Treetop Flyer??? Stills playing in a D tuning. Great stuff.
SRV opened the Volunteer Jam in '84, and I stood right in front of him, the only person who knew who the hell he was. Poncho, hat, cowboy boots, etc. THAT crowd must have thought he was a freak.
He played "Scuttlebuttin'", "Testify", and "Texas Flood". Crowd didn't know what hit 'em. Saw him 7 more times, but never in a club setting, unfortunately.
Saw SRV myself in '84 or '85 at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh. They were a trio then. He was pretty unknown at the time. I had his "Texas Flood" album and loved it and just had to go and see him. I was so unfamiliar with the band that I thought there had to be two guitar players going in the band...just took one Stevie Ray to do it all. I was not disappointed, to say the least. On the back of the "Texas Flood" album SRV is wearing a "Decade" shirt from a Pittsburgh rock nightclub.