The late great Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” is one of the most badass covers I’ve ever heard
The late great Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” is one of the most badass covers I’ve ever heard
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Saw him live back in the 80s opening for the Moody Blues at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. That man was outstanding.
Two of the biggest blues guitar legends in history.
Stevie Ray was a monster
He’s been gone a long while now, but damn that dude was amazing. Hearing him play still sends shivers up and down my spine, he was one of a kind.
That’s not Steamy Ray Vaugh
Yeah, he worked that guitar so hard this performance he popped a string on it during [‘Look at Little Sister’] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7272ma7tuyY) later in the set
He was amazing, his technical skill was out of this world.. my dad feed me his music to me growing uo. Went to blues festivals all over Europe with him as a child.. and still go my self. Not knowing who they were, I’ve seen some pretty awsome but now dead legends.
Is his pickup selector backwards? Sounds like neck is the lower position and bridge is upper?
his cover of little wung is great
Not voodoo child but voodoo chile (slight return). Very different songs
I remember seeing SRV on one of Letterman’s anniversary shows on NBC, but I’d never really heard any of his stuff until he died. The night after he died, they played a live version of Voodoo Child on the radio, and I was blown away. Hooked forever after that.
Couldn’t agree more. I own of dvd copy of his Austin City Limits performances. I would recommend it to anyone. He really tears it up.
I don’t even play and he seems inhuman. People who play and understand what he’s doing must think he’s a god. Like he’s playing a whole other kind of instrument
Little known fact, he actually used Jimi Hendrix’s guitar pedal that his brother bought him as a gift.
To me, what hendrix did to all along the watch tower, ray did to little wing. It’s his song now https://youtu.be/An4uDegHB8s
I’m originally from Texas and you can guarantee most bars you walk into are playing Stevie Ray. He was amazing and a Texas treasure.
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so yeah third stone from el mocambo and I met larry davis hours before srv brought him out for texas flood. good times. miss you stevie
he’s a great technician but his voice has zero character and his playing always strikes me as too florid and mechanical. I always admire his ability but it feels soulless especially in this case when you can compare it to Jimi’s version which is raw and organic and just happens without thought.
Fuck me… this was even better than the original! Thank you for posting this!
SRV was one of the greatest talents that ever was. I was raised listening to him. And his music, voice and very particular sound never gets old
Stevie Ray Vaughan is a god, but you could tell he wasn’t feeling the groove for this take, especially when it came to his improvisation. The first improv after the verse and chorus was small and he played the rhythm for most of it, and then at the end he didn’t really go anywhere with the solo, just bouncing around the same lick.
If you really wanna see this man in the groove watch this take of [Lenny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5sqJNFFwqc), phenomenal.
There are very few people who could do that song justice and Stevie was one of them.
Those bends. I would probably break a finger doing that.
“Voodoo Chile”…..not child, not chili
His cover of “Little Wing” is phenomenal, too. So good he just did it as an instrumental.
There are certain musicians that I could just sit and watch play all day. SRV was is one of them. Every note comes over on his facial expressions and body movement in the form of pain, lust, loss, exhilaration.
Even Jimi would be blown away.
what does that little switch and the 3 knobs do? Thanks in advance
I saw SRV in 1989 and met him after the gig. Wasn’t long before he died and he was just starting to get himself together again. He completely blew me away, even in a fairly small venue he put everything into the performance and took time to talk to fans and sign autographs.
What happened to that guitar was it destroyed in the crash?
I like this version better https://youtu.be/rb53-sDII0o