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08-27-2011, 08:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | Can't believe it's been 21 years!
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Just realized that today is August 27th. It was 21 years ago today that Stevie Ray Vaughn was killed in a helicopter crash leaving a concert at Alpine Valley. I know this is a bass forum but I'm sure there are others here who appreciated SRV's music and still miss him like I do. It was one of those "I will never forget where I was when I heard the news" moments.
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08-27-2011, 08:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Parker, CO | | | Wow. That long.
I was just playin' some SRV today. Cold Shot, Cross Fire, Little Sister, House is a Rockin'.
Fun songs to play.
RIP Stevie. |
08-27-2011, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by awakefie Wow. That long.
I was just playin' some SRV today. Cold Shot, Cross Fire, Little Sister, House is a Rockin'.
Fun songs to play.
RIP Stevie. | throw in Pride And Joy an you just named my top 5 favorite SRV songs - 21 yrs, wow. |
08-27-2011, 09:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | I'll see your Pride and Joy and raise you with Little Wing and Couldn't Stand the Weather.
Tragic loss.
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08-27-2011, 10:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cincinnati Ohio | | We do covers of Pride and Joy and Cold Shot, and the crowd loves them. SRV has an appeal that has lived on long after he left us. I watched the Behind the Music about his life and it was a very interesting story. It was sad that he died as soon as he overcame his addictions and got his life back on track. It's hard to believe it's been that long already. I must be getting old...  |
08-27-2011, 10:05 PM
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08-27-2011, 10:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: northeast Ohio | | | Never got into SRV, but he sure was talented. I don't remember where I was when he died, I only remember where I was when Cobain died.
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08-27-2011, 10:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: alabama | | SRV was, IMO, the greatest electric guitarist ever. I thought that when he died; I still think so. His records I never cared much for - his fire, intensity, and stream-of-conciousness playing never translated to the studio. Live though, he was a completely different animal. He (along with #1 ) had the most ferocious tone I`ve ever heard. PLayed completely in the moment; no two live performances were played the same. And his technique was flawless - rarely a sour note. To say his death was a massive loss would be a massive understatement. I was not even a blues fan during his day - I was a teen, a fan of the hair-metal 80s rock. SRV did NOT fit into that scene at all, and I didn`t know anyone who even knew who he was. But I first saw him on MTV Unplugged - it was truly life-changing. I couldn`t believe what I`d just seen - in four minutes, he completely annihlated every famous guitarist popular during that time. I bought all his records, but the live performances were where you really saw his greatness. While getting ready for school one morning, I flipped on the TV and saw it announced on CNN. I felt like the wind was kicked out of me, sat down, and cried. It just seemed so cruel. One of my fave clips, an outtake from the last ACL appearance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2qtcp-T_q8
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08-27-2011, 11:29 PM
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08-27-2011, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by pnut166 SRV was, IMO, the greatest electric guitarist ever. I thought that when he died; I still think so. His records I never cared much for - his fire, intensity, and stream-of-conciousness playing never translated to the studio. Live though, he was a completely different animal. He (along with #1 ) had the most ferocious tone I`ve ever heard. PLayed completely in the moment; no two live performances were played the same. And his technique was flawless - rarely a sour note. To say his death was a massive loss would be a massive understatement. I was not even a blues fan during his day - I was a teen, a fan of the hair-metal 80s rock. SRV did NOT fit into that scene at all, and I didn`t know anyone who even knew who he was. But I first saw him on MTV Unplugged - it was truly life-changing. I couldn`t believe what I`d just seen - in four minutes, he completely annihlated every famous guitarist popular during that time. I bought all his records, but the live performances were where you really saw his greatness. While getting ready for school one morning, I flipped on the TV and saw it announced on CNN. I felt like the wind was kicked out of me, sat down, and cried. It just seemed so cruel. One of my fave clips, an outtake from the last ACL appearance STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN [ MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB ] LIVE. - YouTube | Awesome. Thanks for everything, Stevie.
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08-27-2011, 11:55 PM
| | | | I was lucky enough to see him just a few months before he died. I am happy I did.
RIP SRV |
08-28-2011, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: KCMO | | | I also saw him a few months before he died. I saw him at Jones Beach LI
I bought the SRV signature Strat but later sold it to a friend of mine who is still playing it . |
08-28-2011, 03:05 PM
| | | | I took 3 of my teenage sons to see SRV live. Two of my sons were big EVH metal fans. I remember they were kind of scoffing that this guy was a blues player and couldn't hold a candle to EVH. As soon as he started to play my sons sat up in their seats and did not utter another word until we walked out of the concert hall and one of them says "EVH doesn't stand to his shoe tops". True story and one of them turned into an excellent blues guitar stylist.
SRV spewed soul on stage just like Jimi. One of the most natural and totally engrossed players I have ever witnessed. |
08-28-2011, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lumberton, TX | | | dang...first discovered stevie when i found some of my dads old tapes.......never forget that day |
08-28-2011, 03:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Indianapolis | | | I was at the show at Alpine Valley the night Stevie died. I didn't actually hear the news until the next morning on WXRT in Chicago. Called off work and sat around listening to SRV the whole day through.
I was never what I'd call a huge fan, but I really loved his music and saw him many times, including his first trip to Chicago. One of the very few musicians I really miss as I felt he had turned a corner and had a lot more to give us all. It might be a good evening to roll some great music and just enjoy. |
08-28-2011, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by runmikeyrun Never got into SRV, but he sure was talented. I don't remember where I was when he died, I only remember where I was when Cobain died. | Didn't Cobain die the same week as Bill Hicks? That's 17 years ago.... |
08-28-2011, 03:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | He played at Pine Knob in Clarkston, Mi the show before the last show. My buddy called me up he had an extra ticket, free of charge, and for some reason I couldn't go. I said to my friend, O'h I'll just see him the next time he comes back to Michigan......and the rest is history. |
08-29-2011, 12:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blimp City | | | The sky is crying... RIP Stevie We still have your great music.
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