Posted on 12/10/2008 1:59:21 PM PST by AmericanHunter
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I know that. I certainly am not trying to discredit the man that I have every album and recording of. He had “cleaned himself up” a hundred times prior to his demise, as most addicts do. He was hooked on smack. Perhaps that is where his gutsy music that we all enjoy to this day came from.
I am listening to him jammin’ with Albert King right now! A hard to find album recorded back in 1983 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada at the CHCH Studio.
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SRV played like SRV and no one else... millions try to emulate but everyone alive or dead falls short. The man could squeeze blood and tears out of a fret.
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I remember sitting 4 or 5 feet away from SRV down in Lower Greenville Avenue, I think it was Poor David's Pub... during blues night. SRV could just play anything and make it bluesy. Anything. I swear he could make "Silent Night" sound like it came straight out of a whiskey bottle and a broken heart on a snowy night.
Jimmie sounds like he got right by the Lord. Good for him.
ya shoulda stopped at the different styles. Cause Stevie was the balls out, sold his soul to the devil, real-deal blues man. Jimmie and the T-Birds were/are good in their own way... music is like that, subjective I suppose.
I always thought that Jimmie's group had more of a "pop" flavor. Most of the fans figured that as far as radio, you'd here the Fabulous Thunderbirds before you'd hear SRV and double trouble.
SRV just had that magic in his guitar and was a real sit in his room/go to the clubs workaholic when it came to his guitar.
If you've ever heard interviews or seen them, you'd appreciate how much SRV really understood about the music theory involved. Little Wing is a beautiful example of what the guy could do. Just listen to it and close your eyes....it's the blues... just a good man playing a sad song..... Man, this is a weird thread. Lots of great memories from my younger days.
Austin was cool, but I liked Dallas better. (cause of the women, I guess)...hahahhaha..
Definitely not silly. There is a world of difference in their abilities to play. Stevie was much better.
But you don’t know that he wouldn’t have stayed clean this time. We’ll never know unfortunately. Don’t leave the impression, with those who don’t aren’t familiar with Stevie’s work, that he died from drugs.
Whenever there was a so-called great local guitarist giving a show, my sis and I would always keep yelling out between songs, “Play some Stevie Ray!”. If they didn’t know any we didn’t think much of their abilities. :)
Not to mention that he had a distinctive voice as well.
you don't play guitar or you haven't heard all of SRV. SRV was a blues man that used the electric and rode the rock train as well. He could play it all. a little blues..----> The Sky is Falling... puhleeze. Jimmie is a good guitar player, but SRV was just able to make the guitar part of his body. Look at what he does with a Stevie Wonder tune.
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Mary had a Little LambOf course this is only my opinion, and I could be wrong.
You should try listening to Albert King sometime. I’ll bet you’d be surprised at how much SRV borrowed from him. He’s like Albert King with a supercharger.
Theory has nothing to do with it. SRV was a pop phenom. he was very, very good. But he was pop.
Stevie was better than Jimmie the way a ‘57 Chevy with a blown late-model V8 crate motor and billet wheels is better than a bone stock numbers-matching cool old Mercury. Some people like the Mercury.
Stevie is the pop phenomenon that everyone and their cousin knows about (and rightfully so because he’s amazing). Jimmie is a niche guy who’s appreciated by the blues purist types. Most people would consider his playing dry and boring after about 10 minutes, but the purists like him because they can exchange knowing glances when he slips in a phrase from, say, Hubert Sumlin or some other obscure blues god that 99.9% of people have never heard of.
Also, what Jimmie did in those couple of Fabulous Thunderbirds songs that you hear on the classic rock channel isn’t what he does as Jimmie Vaughn the blues guy. I didn’t realize his depth and traditionalism as a blues player until I listened to some of his other albums.
Are you a musician? Or just a fan? Jimmie’s music is quite exceptional. SRV’s, although wonderful, is rather pedestrian.
Yeah, I agree with you, Doctor!
I doubt that Jimmie could play SRV's stuff if he wanted to.
SRV was a synthisist. He combined Texas blues, with modern Chicago blues, and Hendrix. An interesting, and enjoyable mix, for sure. But, Jimmie sticks to his roots. Also very enjoyable. People who can’t see, and enjoy, the difference, are at a loss.
Now you are talking about his roots, his genre and all that sociological stuff. All I said was that Stevie was the better player.
I just don’t see as SRV as the better player. Only as the more popular. Because of his wider appeal, not because of his ability.
GREAT!, its okay for me to listen to Jimmy Vaughn,I love him.
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