Yellow Snow's Record Shoppe Recording Artist of the Week - Stevie Ray Vaughn

YellowSnow

Share your thoughts...

Overrated? The greatest blues guitarist of all time? Favorite song and album?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC5H9P4F5Uk

Fishpo31

For me, he’s in the convo for best, with Lightnin’ Hopkins, T Bone Walker, Muddy, BB, Buddy Guy (the best I’ve seen live). Jimi may have been better than all of them…

DerekJohnson

Pride and Joy and Life by the Drop

alumni94

My favorite song of his is a Howlin’ Wolf cover.

He one of the greatest in my book, kept the Blues alive in the 80s, tough decade for the blues.

Saw him at the Gorge about a month before he died. Great show.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I9A6zK7oXaM

Fishpo31

Lenny…
https://youtu.be/i5sqJNFFwqc

YellowSnow

alumni94 said:

My favorite song of his is a Howlin’ Wolf cover.

He one of the greatest in my book, kept the Blues alive in the 80s, tough decade for the blues.

Saw him at the Gorge about a month before he died. Great show.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I9A6zK7oXaM

I wasn't super into SRV in college. Just had the Texas Flood CD.

But once my hi fi phase started like 17 years ago, I continue to be more and more blown away by the guy's playing.

He truly was the Eddie VH of the blues genre with a level of virtuosity no one could touch.

Fishpo31

Stevie's tone was ridiculous. It is Jimi's tone (or where I first heard it), but he completely made it his own. As long and as much as I've listened to both versions of Little Wing, I still can't tell who is playing in the intro...touch, tone, taste...

YellowSnow

Fishpo31 said:

Stevie's tone was ridiculous. It is Jimi's tone (or where I first heard it), but he completely made it his own. As long and as much as I've listened to both versions of Little Wing, I still can't tell who is playing in the intro...touch, tone, taste...

Absolutely. He got the fattest sound ever out of the Strat through that Mesa Boogie Tube Amp.

I'm team Strat and IFL that tone.

Not saying, his Little Wing is better, so don't twist. But it's one of the best covers all of time.

Fishpo31

YellowSnow said:

Fishpo31 said:

Stevie's tone was ridiculous. It is Jimi's tone (or where I first heard it), but he completely made it his own. As long and as much as I've listened to both versions of Little Wing, I still can't tell who is playing in the intro...touch, tone, taste...

Absolutely. He got the fattest sound ever out of the Strat through that Mesa Boogie Tube Amp.

I'm team Strat and IFL that tone.

Not saying, his Little Wing is better, so don't twist. But it's one of the best covers all of time.

Stevie just needed moar glockenspiel…

chuck

He's a great guitar player but never really my bag. I was never a fan of his Hendrix covers.

But I like some songs for sure. I always loved Crossfire.