It's been over 32 years since his sudden passing, and I'm still not over it. 🎸💔
@inertiallychallenged
Жыл бұрын
Right there with you brother!
@harrietmiller3982
Жыл бұрын
There is no over to be had. We remain under the spell he cast🎶🎸💙. And he is still casting that net far and wide and thanks to great reactors like Jamel millions more discover him every year💯👏👋✌️
@jimborgmann178
Жыл бұрын
Nor should you be. The beauty of music is that it lives on, long after the artist is gone.
@harrietmiller3982
Жыл бұрын
Amen to that🙏💙🎶🎸
@Hyabusa40
Жыл бұрын
You and me both brother!
@midnitesunblues
Жыл бұрын
They woke Stevie up out of a sound sleep and he steps right on stage, rubs the sleep away, and just blows the roof off with a Sound Check before the show!! I love this guy so damn much.
@jbweldon13
Жыл бұрын
Love this, hilarious!!
@ianmackinnon5426
Жыл бұрын
His sound checks are better than most concerts lol
@twwtjohns
Жыл бұрын
Just imagine if Stevie Ray Vaughn was still alive to this day. He would be recieving the honors and respect he so clearly deserves.
@Gunboatjingoist
Жыл бұрын
The first time I saw him in person was in Nacogdoches Texas at a bar called the Crossroads in front of about 80 people. The last time was at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas opening for The Who in front of tens of thousands. He was a God!
@alesiaking5578
Жыл бұрын
I was at the Cotton Bowl that day when TN won, but I was a country music idiot and didn't appreciate his brilliance at that time. It's sad that it took his death to introduce his beautiful music and passion to me. Thank God for those who recorded his performances so our grandchildren can be exposed to truly great music we had once upon a time. May sweet Stevie always rest in peace.
@eugenesargent8084
Жыл бұрын
At age 19 in 1978 I moved to Austin from the Dallas area. One night I walked into a bar on Guadelupe St. There was no crowd , no cover. I heard Jimi Hendrix playing a version of Third Stone From the Sun I had never heard before. I thought"at least the juke box in this dive is lit". Then I looked over at the little corner they used as a stage and there was a dude doing things to his guitar that would get you ten years in some states. It was over a year before his first album came out. After, I saw him every chance I got, and yes I still miss him. Thanks for this friend, I am a long time sub for you. Blessings.
@midnitesunblues
Жыл бұрын
great memory -- thanks for sharing. we all miss him.
@se9f282
Жыл бұрын
Lucky dog.
@claytonpaul4259
Жыл бұрын
He loved Jimi so much 😭
@yvonnewebb4867
Жыл бұрын
I first saw him a couple of times when I lived in Austin in the 70s at a small place called the ROME INN and Lou Ann Barton was singing. A while later, I went to one of Antone's many places when it was on Guadalupe. I went into the bathroom and I heard what I thought was Hendrix playing Voodoo Chile. Walked out and it was Stevie, minus Lou Ann (thank god). I knew then how great he was. The last time I saw him was in Dallas the year he died playing with Jeff Beck.
@chris59newyork
2 ай бұрын
Yasss Antones on Guadalupe and Steamboat
@TheMrDwillison
Жыл бұрын
It's funny because I've always known life without SRV so in my mind he doesn't age. But as a 27 years old looking at this dude who's probably in his early 30s it really makes me appreciate what he brought. Another iconic talent taken way too soon
@kdailey4315
Жыл бұрын
This is what sealed him as the GOAT for me. Dude was probably asleep 45 mins ago and this was before he got clean so who knows what else was in his system and he just lays that down for a sound check.
@gruvdrums
Жыл бұрын
Bench breaks...band comes back in exactly where they left off. Double Trouble was sooooo damn tight. I am so lucky to have seen them all live.
@donnalovell4199
Жыл бұрын
I still can’t believe he’s not here! He lived down the street from my grandmother in Dallas! In Oak Cliff! We loved him! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@stewpot6998
Жыл бұрын
At Red Rocks back when you could go in at 11am for a 7pm show and party, he came out early afternoon and did the sound check for everyone. He is still the best ever.
@WhizzingFish12
7 ай бұрын
That's f-in AWESOME. Would have loved to hear him bounce off the sides - yall must have gone nuts! Best venue in music.
@fashionwire3364
Жыл бұрын
My partner went to his last concert. He wasn't even home yet before he got the news about the crash. Devastating. The world lost a real legend.
@michellesanders1548
Жыл бұрын
I was there monster of rock alpine valley
@Bluedruid13
Жыл бұрын
I was supposed to go to that concert but had to work. My most hated day of work ever!!!! Gone way way too soon.
@scottsanders9090
Жыл бұрын
The bucket is chuck full of the world’s elite talents. Stevie has his own bucket.
@Pix2GoStudios
Жыл бұрын
Stevie had a 55 gallon drum ......
@farwoodfarm9296
Жыл бұрын
When people say they don’t know who SRV is I bring them to this sound check. It’s incredible. I don’t think there has ever been anyone more fluid with the guitar. Also Jamal, Stevie would play so hard that his finger tips would split and he’d have to super glue them mid show to keep playing.
@sneezindragon
Жыл бұрын
Even his sound check, sounds better than 90% of the best bands out there now days.
@kelvinjones5825
Жыл бұрын
Great band following his lead! But the mastery from guitar to guitar!!!
@phillipcloutier6884
Жыл бұрын
This is just GREAT! This sound check is 100% better than other bands concert performances. SRV lives on forever. SRV and his band is the benchmark which all other bands should aspire to perform to this level. Jamel thanks for posting this video. Do you know what year and where this sound check was performed ?
@rustywalker9921
Жыл бұрын
It didn't matter if there was an audience or not He just absolutely loved to play.
@closebits
Жыл бұрын
Oh! Oh! Oh! Saw him in Dallas, early 80s, but I think I appreciate him more with this sound check. What an athlete of a musical talent! Living!!!
@jameschristensen5353
5 күн бұрын
We saw him warm up for the Moody Blues at reunion arena
@jonathansmith3742
Жыл бұрын
Its been a long time since Stevie left us and he still stand his ground. Its his title and no one seems to want it. He set the bar too high for anyone else.
@gl15col
Жыл бұрын
And never forget Double Trouble, who could just jump on that train as it went flying by without even ruffling their hair. And here I go, tearing up like every time...
@harrietmiller3982
Жыл бұрын
Well said!
@DaveB-hg7el
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. His two fellow band members were also great talents, and helped him to create his sound. They provided the beat and the bottom which allowed SRV the freedom to soar into the heavens.
@doobiedave9686
Жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray is just casually blazing on the guitar, no worries. 🎸🔥
@lilburro3
Жыл бұрын
Dallas/Fort Worth here, and I was in HS when he died. First period economics the next morning was spent with me, my good friend Michael, and Mr. Allard our teacher just listening to SRV. This man meant a lot to a whole lot if people. Amazing talent taken too soon.
@brendaclark8344
Жыл бұрын
You missed it, when they went over to Reese he was on the floor, his piano bench broke!
@martymcpeak4748
Ай бұрын
music was in Stevie's mind body and soul. he was one of a kind and the late great BB King said that he and Stevie hit it off from their first meeting and talked often and their relationship ended up being a Father and Son... if everyone loved one another like that this world would be a much better place.. Peace
@Jeffbambam
Жыл бұрын
When Stevie straps on that guitar he opens a window to his soul for all the world to experience. Smooth ! Thanks for keeping his music alive for the world
@adriannarodriguez7138
Жыл бұрын
Oooooh LAWD!!!! That sound is straight up SEXY❣️❣️❣️ALL THE WAY!!! SRV was amazing then and now! Brought the blues to an audience who would then follow him to the blues gods of the past.
@oldschoolfink3212
Жыл бұрын
Yeah man, Stevie was THAT good. His sound check was as good, or better than the show. RIP to best guitar player to ever walk the Earth.
@oldschoolfink3212
Жыл бұрын
@TEL'EGRAM 👉@Jamel_AKA_Jamal.. fuck you loser.
@bigoneleesmith6969
Жыл бұрын
Can you IMAGINE just getting out of bed ( as you can tell he did ) and be able to play like this !! Simply Amazing !
@jtracer96t
6 ай бұрын
Im glad I got to hear him live as a kid. Its what inspired me to pick up a guitar. There's never been anyone like him amd never will be. Gone to soon
@scottrgood
Жыл бұрын
I love when these reaction channels react to players who don’t get the recognition as much as they used to. SRV is the REAL DEAL! These are some of the only channels to cover Steve Marriott as well! 🔥🎸
@debbiemccain5850
Жыл бұрын
BB King said SRV was the blackest white man he'd ever met🎶🎸🎵🎶🎸 His hands were huge which allowed for all that greatness!!🎶🎸 His mother said when he-was a little boy he slept with his first guitar🎸🎶
@eugenia523
Жыл бұрын
His soul, you can feel his damn depth of soul, and he's gone, and it's just sad.
@1stsharkb8
Жыл бұрын
His clothing style was a cross between Elvis, Prince, and a Pimp!!! Gotta love him!! I used to go watch him play when he was a teenager in some of the rougher parts of Dallas!!
@michaeljozwiak25
Жыл бұрын
In 1981, in the Houston Chronicle, there was an announcement that Stevie Ray Vaughan was to play at the Pub on the Rice University campus for FREE. I arrived in the small pub and grabbed the table in front of him and maybe Double Trouble. In the Pub were about five pairs of people socializing with each other, two single students studying and the bartender. They were all oblivious to what was going on on the very small corner stage.
@3SeveredHeads
Жыл бұрын
Lol great story...
@sledzeppelin
Жыл бұрын
SRV was the real deal. Love your videos, man.
@Pix2GoStudios
Жыл бұрын
As many times as I've watched this video, I'd never noticed that the break in "Soul to Soul" was because Reese's seat broke! They brought over a road case for him to sit on, then fell right back into the song.
@kcprice1115
Жыл бұрын
Rolls out of bed on the bus. Straps his guitar on. Yawns. Picks a booger . Then awesomeness 🔥
@scottparsons829
Жыл бұрын
Just a sound check. Infinite talent.
@brookehornback1896
Жыл бұрын
That was cool!My first time seeing him warm up.Great idea for a reaction. Enjoyed and appreciate you!
@jamiegriffin9866
Жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray was the most awesome man so humble you would have never thought he was famous
@jamessweet5341
Жыл бұрын
Had a friend who was a cabbie in Austin at the time. SRV used to ask for him when he needed a ride. Friend says he was always the same decent laid back guy wherever he went.
@user-yh2er3cr9j
6 ай бұрын
I think our man passed the sound check. I might be more impressed that the other band members were able to keep up. SRV looked like he just rolled out of bed, put on his duster and decided to go kick ass.
@Mr12161969
Жыл бұрын
SRV WAS the blues incarnate ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@angelaolson2025
Ай бұрын
❤ it! SRV will forever with amazing music! 😊
@elitec4845
3 ай бұрын
We not gonna mention the band knowing what he wants them to do?... Priceless
@alansmith7626
Жыл бұрын
I would have paid big bucks just to be there for This! I have seen many times and never gets old!
@jameschristensen5353
5 күн бұрын
So glad I got to see him warm up for the Moody Blues. Justin Hayward is an underrated player too.
@amrak5028
Жыл бұрын
Hey 6'5" Stevie stood a a tall 5'5"+/- But he walked 10' TALL. I saw him from the Front Row, Center stage, just 2 weeks before his untimely death. My Hearing has suffered from attending this show, but it was one of the Greatest Shows ever played in Cleveland, Ohio. That is saying a lot for this town.
@skipjohnson7255
2 ай бұрын
One of a kind , absolutely incredible !!
@geraiapowen2
Жыл бұрын
You've got to show your brothers this one!
@pacificcoastpiper3949
Жыл бұрын
The man wasn’t even freaking trying and he was killing it!!!
@aspjake123
Жыл бұрын
This was just before a 2hr concert mind you!! @13:45 SRV took the blues to another level!!
@tanguman2
Жыл бұрын
His soundcheck was better than most bands full music set
@getexis8685
Жыл бұрын
Only the blues can get up a thrill notch in music perfection.
@malcolmfield6677
Жыл бұрын
Can never get enough of that man!
@tallgrayandgruesome
Жыл бұрын
looks like he just rolled outta bed! 😂
@alansmith7626
Жыл бұрын
to Us mere mortals, this is Mindblowing, for Stevie was a day in the life, no big deal...lol
@rugby342
Жыл бұрын
I saw a show on SRV and they said that Stevie played with bigger diameter strings than is usually used on an electric and the Action on the strings, distance between the strings and fret, is greater.... so imagine how strong your fingers need to be to play like him on his guitar.
@Deemac70
Жыл бұрын
That’s incredible playing ❤
@mjeffn2
Жыл бұрын
I can;t believe you’ve not reacted to this until now. It’s so bad ass. SRV rolls out of bed, throws some odd cloths on, walk onto stage picks his nose then, sets the f’n world on fire.
@LarryNtx
Жыл бұрын
Checking out his guitar, his back up guitar and his back up back up guitar. And if you watch close you see the base player checking his back up guitar. Nothing stops the show.
@JamesAllenJr
Жыл бұрын
Go, Go, Gadget... Left Hand lightning speed... GO!
@markb.4977
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. It was fun seeing someone's mind blown for the first time...and having mine blown by SRV all over again.
@billyfarrell2036
Жыл бұрын
Legend !! That's all... The Greatest !!
@ecarteringram
Жыл бұрын
Reese Wynans........often overlooked . Such a great addition to Double Trouble
@todd8688
3 ай бұрын
Wild man could play the keys
@chrisgreise2006
Жыл бұрын
This could be a whole concert . It's that good. Love your reactions. They are so true. We just couldn't keep this goodness to ourselves . He had more to do. ✌️❤️🤘
@goldenruletv7301
Жыл бұрын
Legend has it that he once played until the calluses ripped off his fingers, then he just taped the calluses back on and kept playing. Legend.
@barbarascotto3873
Жыл бұрын
Glue, not tape. He glue the skin on his fingers back.
@rockinredneck57
Жыл бұрын
Yep, glue. Can't play with tape on your fingers.
@barbarascotto3873
Жыл бұрын
@@rockinredneck57 Stevie probably could. He is immortal.
@kathleenvaughn3630
Жыл бұрын
Man and Guitar became One.
@TheLongcolt
Жыл бұрын
His sound checks were better than most artists entire show srv was and still the one and only GOAT !
@GeneBussler
Жыл бұрын
The greatest blues guitarist to ever walk this earth. R.I.P. SRV!
@APaganPerspective
Жыл бұрын
i was 12 when i found SRV an Jimmy Vaughan with the Fabulous Thunderbirds.. No one plays like SRV
@jamessweet5341
Жыл бұрын
That guitar is as natural to Stevie as breathing. Still half asleep, he's better than 99.99% of other players.
@carolcjh8938
Жыл бұрын
Double Trouble, so tight. One of the best walking baselines ever. Someone asked Stevie where he got his clothes, he said, truck stops mostly. lol
@julesmac
Жыл бұрын
He was AMAZING live..and that was after just hearing Jeff Healy and Jeff Beck at the same show, there was no comparison. I was completely mesmerized..
@jamessullenriot
Жыл бұрын
Guy gave the greatest show of most peoples careers to a bunch of roadies, sound guys, and maybe an usher or 2 cleaning up
@mikeyrebs8259
Жыл бұрын
Stevie was just another level ...
@XCaliKev
Жыл бұрын
👍😎 Heard Buddy Guy use this line, fits it. “So Funky You Can Smell It”
@theakos6174
11 ай бұрын
Best sound check ever.
@leemcintyre3943
Жыл бұрын
I’m digging the new format. Reinvention is bristling creativity!
@darlenebanks1368
Жыл бұрын
Miss him every day.
@jdbroders64
Жыл бұрын
During his way to short of time with us (RIP Stevie), he was a GOAT and was channeling God (or the Universe if you prefer) through his hands and his voice. He was unearthly (in every positive sense) in his music and spoke to our souls. He was truly amazing and his voice/soul is truly missed.
@SSPVideo
9 ай бұрын
Seen this video many times and always amazes me how he literally wakes up and starts jamming. He didn't know any other way, either you're playing or you're not. His wife said she's wake up at night and Stevie would be playing in his sleep. It was his whole life and it showed. We were so lucky to have him. May he rest in peace. SRV = THE G.O.A.T.
@edgarbaring6319
7 ай бұрын
Wearing that coat was fire in its self but then add the guitar playing and its the whole package. Just amazing what a performer what a human being i know his spirit shines bright in heaven, you gave such a good reaction thank you spread the love.
@jjuniper274
Жыл бұрын
Jamal, every summer we have a couple blues jams up here in the Midwest. There is a local one at a small venue in July, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Blues Bash, or Dave and Howard's Birthday Bash. We have Reggae Fest too. Come do a live show. It's at the Trempealeau Hotel. Talk about walking back in time. It's on the Mississippi, and if you're lucky, the big riverboats cruise by. That's always fun waving to them. Sun setting over the Big Muddy, drinks, good food, Blues players, and lots of fun people dancing.
@trunkmonkey9417
Жыл бұрын
Stevie never played for an audience. Stevie played to everyone what ever had the blues. Stevie opened his pores and let all the people what had the blues, pour out his body for those that never did, so they could understand just a little. Gone, too soon. RIP
@TheRealHaloLover
Жыл бұрын
The song he's playing is 'Mary had a little lamb' it's one of his classic takes on a old hymn
@jefftaborsky5541
Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest.
@muddbucket
Жыл бұрын
That shirt, Gijoe used to be on when I got home from school.
@randymccollum7876
Жыл бұрын
He was a beast
@bungalowmo
Жыл бұрын
You must've had this little gem stashed away for the perfect time to post it! Thanks...this was crazy good!
@zippitydoodah5693
Жыл бұрын
SRV. Miles Davis. John Coltrane. Charlie Parker. Prince. Victor Wooten. Bela Fleck. YoYo ma. Edgar Myer. David Gilmour. Ray Charles. Freddie Mercury. Brian Wilson. Stevie Wonder. Marvin Gaye. Smokey Robinson. Bob Marley. Aretha Franklin. CCR. Tom Petty. Frank Sinatra. Sam Cooke. R.E.M. Paul Simon. Sting. Steely Dan. Roy Orbison. The Everly Brothers. Buddy Holly. Willie Nelson. Louis Armstrong. Billie Holliday. Haley Reinhart. Amy Winehouse. Ella Fitzgerald. Janis Joplin. It does not matter what the genre is. The greats are immediately recognizable when you hear them. They have something more than just speed, or range, or tone, or timbre, or power . . . they have a quality for which we have yet to create a properly descriptive word. It exceeds the capacity of human language. Perhaps that's because it hits a sensory organ of which we are equally at a loss to describe. A receptor that bypasses the ears, the eyes, and the intellect, . . . that is connected directly to the soul. Stevie Ray Vaughn was one of these greats. They are too rare.
@barbarascotto3873
Жыл бұрын
SRV is not "one of the greats." He is THE greatest. Annnnnd, you forgot the Grateful Dead in there.
@zippitydoodah5693
Жыл бұрын
@@barbarascotto3873 I didn't forget the Dead. I just kept the list short for the sake of brevity. Tried to stick to single artists instead of bands though a few snuck in. I trust you took my point. I cannot tell from your reply.
@tammybrooks4392
Жыл бұрын
You can feel it. He put his heart and soul in everything he recorded. 🎸🎼🎶
@michaelrandall2490
Жыл бұрын
Stevie Ray is a god
@Alwaysherethere
Жыл бұрын
He's really good!
@hollysmith9979
Жыл бұрын
He had a God given talent and what a phenomenal artist it's to bad we lost this man so young....I saw him live and he was just a amazing entertainer and when I heard he passed I was so heartbroken along with everyone else...so much talent a legend gone forever
@jimbusby8298
Жыл бұрын
Must be nice to play around and still be great
@daniellittle830
Жыл бұрын
I just want to thank whoever recorded this
@rogercaruso9337
Жыл бұрын
Just thank you play the night before they set up to do a sound-check he rolls out of bed and this is what he does it's like a mini concert
@steveh1395
Жыл бұрын
Please,Please, please, go find the recordings Stevie did with his mentor, The Great Albert King! Stevie is still new and young at the time, but already famous, especially here in Texas. His teacher is giving us a look back into Stevies early years when just a boy wanting to jam with the Blues King he wanted to be like and still respected, once grown. There are songs by both and the stories and exchanges between them are priceless. You are a Great human yourself Jamel, we love your work and appreciate you too!
@yvonnewebb4867
Жыл бұрын
I have seen it and it is good. Got to see Albert King in Austin at the original Antones.
@3SeveredHeads
Жыл бұрын
I put him in the Elvis catagory of beyond human...own style...kind & humble yet had alot to go thru from an early age...only difference was despite being seen as a genius at just 14!! Stevie somehow never got the break Elvis did then died in that awful accident as he was getting the recognition he deserved...he didnt have to practice as such coz he'd been jamming constantly from about 7! I think we are SO blessed that dispite his short commercial fame we have lots of video footage of Stevie or audio from age 14 onwards!! This recording is gold...and all when video was a rare thing to have back then. There is a great bittersweet story told on youtube about Stevies very 1st studio recording age 14...will put the links..defo worth watching 🙏❣ kzitem.info/news/bejne/sXminqF6aWaGdYY kzitem.info/news/bejne/spyQzaimsnicn2U
@jimarmstrong2630
Жыл бұрын
A friend of mine worked on the Don't Mess With Texas anti litter campaign produced by the State of Texas in the 80s when Stevie came in to do his spot ,my friend who played Guitar somehow talked Stevie into letting him try to play his SRV Stratocaster, I say tried to play because Stevie was using such a heavy gauge string set that he couldn't press most of the strings to the frett board. Stevie had a good laugh over it, My friend said that Stevie told him that his guitar was set up just like Hendrix's strat, Stevie even had the whammy bar on top, like Hendrix did, a product of Hendrix being left handed, but his father bought him his first guitar, used, and it was set up for a right handed player, and that's how Hendrix learned to play ,by flipping it around which put the Whammy on top.
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