Remembering STEVIE: TRIBUTE TO SRV

[Matt White]

SIX STRINGS DOWN

JIMMY VAUGHAN



Alpine Valley, in the middle of the night

Six Strings Down, on the heaven-bound flight

Got a pick, a strap, guitar on his back

Ain't gonna cut the angels no slack

Heaven done called another blues stringer back home



See the voodoo chile, holding out his hand

I've been waitin' on you brother

Welcome to the band

Good blues stringin', heaven-fine singin'

Jesus, Mary and Joseph been lis'nin' to you playin'

Heaven done called another blues stringer back home

Lord, they called another blues stringer back home




Albert Collins up there

Muddy an' Lightnin' too

Albert King and Freddy playin' the blues

T-Bone Walker, Guitar Slim

Little Son Jackson and Frankie Lee Sims

Heaven done called another blues stringer back home

Lord, they called another blues stringer back home

Lord, they called another blues stringer back home

They called another blues stringer back home


Heaven done called another blues stringer back home

Lord, they called another blues stringer back home








Today is 15 years since Stevie went down on that August night in 1990................

[Matt White]

I was working construction in 1990.......

The old guy on the crew looked like somebody had shot his dog that morning....


I remember asking him what had him so down...........


"Stevie Ray died last night..." was all he could say as he walked away from me............................

[Matt White]

IN the age of "New Wave" & "New Romantic"......SRV single-handedly brought The BLUES back into mainstream music circles..........

[Matt White]

Gaining critical & public notice on DAVID BOWIE'S "LET'S DANCE" record....

ANd then with his own releases "TEXAS FLOOD, COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER, SOUL TO SOUL, LIVE ALIVE, IN STEP & FAMILY STYLE" Stevie Ray Vaughan rewrote the book on playing blues guitar.....

[Matt White]

The epitome of "NO BULLSHIT" guitar playing........

Refered to by no less than JOHN LEE HOOKER, BB KING & ERIC CLAPTON as the GREATEST BLUES GUITAR PLAYER......

[ThrillsNSpills]

SRV single-handedly brought The BLUES back into mainstream music circles..........

and the fender sound as well.
you really can't say enough about what SRV was all about.
He lived it, and he had Hendrix's feel and he worked the hell out of it.

made the thing talk and cry and all that good stuff

I like the very beginning of Cold Shot, just that first sound on the guitar before he plays the riff. You know they could have just started the track with that riff, but it just set up the mood of the tune that much more.

He was almost too good, maybe that's why he got called back so soon.

[Matt White]

"6 STRINGS DOWN"

[Matt White]

I agree 1000% TNS!!!

He was so good that he made it look easy!

Anybody who's ever tried to play SCUTTLEBUTTIN' knows the man was a GENIUS........


Yup, straight up strat into a fender amp.....

I knew skin-heads, Punks, & Country fans who all acknowledged his greatness....he transcended genres......

[Matt White]

"AUSTIN CITY LIMITS" "LIVE AT THE EL MACAMBO" & "LIVE IN MONTREUX" are ALL KILLER LIVE PERFORMANCES & ESSENTIAL viewing for guitarist.......

[sammysucks65]

very nice matt ....i really like him and double trouble...i own there one live in texas dvd...really an amazing guitarist...shame he died like so many guitarists before there time.

srv forever!

[Jack68]

I said it then ill say it now,should of been Clapton who went.
Jack

[Matt White]

I read recently where CLAPTON said that STEVIE was "the only guy" he feared going on stage after. He said STEVIE was like a open CHANNEL, that he "never seemed to get lost or run out of ideas....the music just flowed from him".

[Matt White]

THE MAN & HIS MUSIC LIVE ON

[diamondsgirl]

Now this is an awesome thread.

Thanks Matt.

I remember when I heard the news. My daughter JUST took her first step and Little Wing was on the radio, I was so happy.

Then the DJ announced that Stevie was dead and I was like WTF!

Going from such a high to such a low like that was seriously fucked up.

I could not believe it. I was a huge fan, but never got to see him live. I always wanted to, planned to, but never did.

We all lost big time that day.

If you haven't already check out Buddy Guy's tune "Rememberin' Stevie". Now thats the blues.

[Matt White]

"Stevie is the best friend I've ever had, the best guitarist I ever heard and the best person anyone will ever want to know," a choked-up Guy said the day after his friend's death. "He will be missed a lot."

Buddy Guy Aug 1990