Probably the best ACL ever. RIP SRV

lotstodo

aka "The Jackal"
This may have been recorded before many of you were born, but nobody has ever done it better. There are/were very few original Blues Guitar players in the world. I can think of maybe a half dozen off the top of my head. Stevie Ray Vaughn was one of them. This is the full 30 minute set, recorded in 1989. This was SRV's comeback from alcohol, and was recorded shortly before his death in a helicopter accident in 1990.

The SRV original song "Couldn't Stand the Weather", here at about the 15 minute mark, is widely regarded as perhaps the best Blues Guitar Song ever, and this is a consummate live performance of it, solo performances/band introduction not withstanding. The next song at the 21 minute mark is "Voodoo Chile" by Jimi Hendrix, a staple of Vaughn's live performances.

I swear that this man doesn't play the guitar, the music flows from his fingers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHKPQ26F6ug
 
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