I got a blues number for ya: "The Chopper Crash Blues."

Wow 17 years ago. I saw SRV at Darien Lake just a few weeks before his death and it was an AWESOME concert. So sad. I am so glad that I got to see him live before he died. Thanks to my late husband who took me to rock concerts I might not have otherwise attended.....

The Rolling Stones

Cocksucker Blues

some blues fer Larry Lewd and Ted Buggered...

I remember learning of Stevies death. It was a sad day. Ironic how he had cleaned up his life and was trying to help others to do the same when he died. Sad indeed. I regret that I was never able to see him live. I enjoy his music to this day. (Pride and Joy was our recessional song for our wedding.)

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years ago i went to see the moody blues in concert. i was terribly disappointed as they were not in good form, just seemed content with going through the motions. formulaic.
for some odd reason that night, the back up band came on second, someone i had never heard of before...stevie ray vaughan. i was so annoyed by that time that i was preparing to leave when srv startled the heck out of me by opening with a hendrix-like interpretation of dylans' all along the watchtower. i was floored. i hadn't heard anyone that deserved to play hendrix since hendrix. i miss stevie.

Stevie Wonder

Too High

from one of those albums that you listen to ... then listen to again

Stevie Wonder

Higher Ground & Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

Innervisions live, 1973

Total lunar eclipse tonight. I'm going to the beach to watch it and then the moonset. For any of you who won't be seeing it, you could try 43 minutes of Dark Side of the Moon.

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I heard he took Clapton's seat on that chopper because he wanted to get to Chicago to see his girlfriend. Maybe it's just an urban legend.

I am grateful that I was able to see SRV four times live. Once at the Greek, twice in Milwaukee, and once in San Diego. I could never get enough. I think my hearing is bad because of him. Like a goddamn runaway train. At one show, in Milw on Halloween, it was SRV and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. The encore was Jimmy and Stevie Ray together playing one double necked guitar, with Stevie Ray sitting and Jimmy standing behind him. As the song progressed, they slowly changed places so that at the end of the song Jimmy was seated and Stevie Ray was standing.

When you saw him play, you were definitely caught up in a whirlwind. Couldn't catch your breath. I've never seen anyone be so at one with a guitar before or since. The crowds were so together you would end up partying with total strangers without a care. So much love lost.

Long live the Texas blues.

1985 in Toronto, Stevie opening for Dire Straits. Knopfler was good but Stevie was out-and-out brilliant. I expected the two guitar masters to play a number together but (if memory serves) they didn't, which may be a reflection of the fact that Stevie played as long as Dire Straits did because of the encores. The crowd came for Dire Straits but wound up really getting in to Stevie.

I saw him just once in '88 at UCONN spring fling...he was clean,sober and on top of his game...I was amazed. I already was a fan, but he outplayed all his albums that day. One of the best moments was when he put his guitar down during "Life Without You" and walked over to some drunk and disorderly concertgoers...after chewing them out off-mic, he put on his guitar and went into his narrative about when he was lost in addiction. two yers later he was gone...I thought he was going to be around forever and that i would get to see him again in good time...I was wrong. I remember when I heard the news...I got up that morning and turned on MTV; Kurt Loder was doing the news segment, and there was SRV's picture with "1954-1990" under it. It didn't sink in until Kurt Loder said "Stevie Ray Vaughan, dead at 36". I had never felt the feeling of shock that makes ones stomach turn over until that day. I was numb the rest of the week...
I will never forget how one with the guitar he was. I have his CD's, and am thankful I was introduced to his music back in '86 when I was 16.

Actually, something I've thought about over the years-a couple of teachers, I remember when school came back in that year, were reminiscing over how it was 20 years since Jimi had died (that would have been about the right time) and I wonder if they were remembering it in relation to Stevie. I can't remember, but it has always intrigued me. That said, even if they were just remembering Jimi (who passed away Sept. 18, 1970), that would have been OK now. Anyway, what an album this would have made for-or any sort of collaboration.....this is some amazing audio. Thanks!

I was listening to the radio at work the day he died. Man, did that news suck! I consider myself fortunate to have seen him twice before he left us, but I'll always regret never getting tickets for a gig he was doing at Madison Square Garden - with Jeff Beck on the bill! Stevie was the only guitar player who could do justice to Jimi's "Voodo Chile - Slight Return". This is why I can't get into John Mayer. After you've seen Stevie, anybody else is just a copy (though, I have to admit, I heard some live Los Lonely Boys recently that really did get my attention).

TC @ 24:

I was only 15 when he died. But the first time I heard him play "Pride and Joy" my head turned as if on a swivel. There are some performers-him, Hendrix, another one I'd say is Robert Randolph who just put something more into their music. Unfortunately I never had any experience with the guy in any way when he was alive but I can say with a great deal of certainty, he's been very re-assuring in the last 15 years or so....I could listen to him and everything would be alright. Thanks for sharing, all of you who met the man or who heard him play. It's incredible how underrated, how underpublicized this guy is, when there's so much crap out there.

You are so right about Robert Randolph. Anybody who thinks pedal steel guitar players don't rock should give Robert Randolph and the Family Band a listen. Fucking awesome!

I was fortunate enough to see SRV three times. Once real close at the Philly Mann Music Center.

One of the greats, if not the greatest.