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SRV 25 years ago today Aug. 27, 1990

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Today is the 25th anniversary of his death at Alpine Valley Music Theater.

I was not able to get any tickets to this last show. I remember moping around in my backyard while mowing the lawn thinking about it. We didn't go to many shows at the time because we had two young kids, now in their 30's.

I miss SRV almost as much as I miss Jerry Garcia. RIP SRV and thanks for the memories that live on.

Great article - http://www.jsonline.com/news/wiscon...-years-after-death-b99562934z1-323022431.html
 
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In CT back in his early solo days, Stevie Ray played at Toad's Place in New Haven in '83 and the Agora Ballroom in West Hartford in '84. He was everything to me for a long time. Inspired me to become a guitarist. I'll never forget that first CT show I saw AFTER he got clean and sober. 10,000 local guitar players, all standing their with their jaws on the ground. Blew me away. I saw at the Great Woods Blues Festival with John Mayall and Johnny Winter (Coco Montoya, Mayall's guitarist at the time, was so good that day, his amp caught on fire). I saw him with Jeff Beck at the Worcester Centrum. Beck was totally on that night. The "Power & Passion" tour. Beck had just released "Guitar Shop", and Stevie Ray had just released "In Step". Both of those albums completely-redefined their respective genres. I saw Jimmy quite a few times in the '80's with the Thunderbirds.

I saw his brother and Lou Ann last winter at a small club about 3 minutes down the road from here. Fantastic show (It was his birthday). I got a picture with him, and Lou Ann signed the LP I had. Jimmy has grown A LOT as a person and a musician in the 25 years since SRV passed away. He seems really-happy these days. Happy like Stevie was.

Listening to "Family Style" right now. Just played "Texas Flood".

I have an invitation to a Texas guitar clinic ('85 or '86... Austin or Dallas... Can't remember which) along with a picture of him taken there. This was the one where he showed up high and VERY-distracted. Very-un-Stevie-like. This had to be less than six months before his collapse. They talk about it in the SRV biography I have. I had gotten the clinic invitation and picture down in Georgia at the Atlanta Guitar Show while visiting my dad, who was living down there at the time. This was either the summer of '89 or '90. Same year I bought my Super Reverb, so I guess it was '89.
 
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Twenty Five Years Ago at Alpine Valley Music Theater in Troy, Wisconsin . . . .


Stevie Ray Vaughn ~ Couldn't Stand The Weather

Epic, 1984

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Saw Ozzy Osbourne at Alpine Valley back in 1980 or '81. :scratch2: Can't believe I paid to see him! :D That was the only time I've been there. Very unique theater, that's for sure!
 
Sadly discovered SRV after moving back to HI. I had moved on musically to jazz and hearing him brought me back to my blues roots from my teen years. So I never saw him live. Big miss. I keep thinking it's about time for another blues revival but I don't get the sense there is a wellspring of young players ou there these days. Like jazz and me, all the guys from last time are in their 50-60 years brackets, e.g. Ronnie Earle, duke robillard, cCoco Montoya, Keb Mo, Eric Bibb, JimmieVaughn etc.
 
percival said:
SRV...sadly gone and sorely missed.
Not all is lost, however.

Give Gary Clark Jr a listen.
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Yes, and Doyle Bramhall II as well. A chip off the old SRV block if there ever was (and the only guy who is truly-worthy of that title IMO). One of the very-best in the funky blues world. Check out his S/T solo debut as well as "Jellycream" (I LOVE "Jellycream"... Damn-near-burned a hole in that disc), not to mention that original Arc Angels debut from the early '90's with Charlie Sexton and Double Trouble. Killer stuff.

And speaking of funky blues, here's a guy who's been getting a lot of play on my system lately. If you've never heard this song, you're missing out. It's a monster. This guy is known as much (if not more) for his jazz-fusion playing, and he has only released three blues-based albums in his near 40 year career, but to hear him play on those albums, you'd swear he had been playing the blues his entire life. Anyway, the guy I'm talking about is Scott Henderson. Imagine the technical artistry of Robben Ford combined with the raw emotion of guys like Doyle Bramhall II. Henderson is one of the hidden gems of the guitar world. Check 'em out: https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=2Q5BkubPGuY
 
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I saw Stevie in concert when he opened for Dire Straits on their Brothers In Arms tour (1985 or 86). One of the best concerts for me, and Stevie was the highlight. I still recall listening to Couldn't Stand the Weather throughout my university years. Having returned to vinyl, I picked up a mint LP copy of this album last year and I can now be transported back to school. Many good memories but SRV lives on in my music room. :thmbsp:
 
Yes, Doyle Bramhall II is great. Haven't gotten to see him live solo, but did see him with Clapton a couple years back. He stepped out front for Little Queen of Spades and it was the best blues number of the night.

He was great in the ArcAngels and solo. Also toured with Tedeschi Trucks Band this summer, playing a couple numbers with them nearly every night in addition to his solo set.

Ian Moore is another who started off in the SRV/Texas Blues style but he grew in another direction. First CD was great.

KWS is the closest we get to hearing SRV these days. He absolutely nails the SRV tone and feel. Not to mention he has Chris Layton in his band.
 
I think SRV played MI 1 or 2 days before he died and I had thought of going to see him, it was at another small outdoor ski hill venue. I tried to get a buddy to go but he wouldn't so I blew it off, that was a big mistake. I'm sure you've all heard Jimmy doing Six String Down.
 
I remember hearing the news on the radio that day. When it was first announced, all we knew was that a helicopter went down.

For a few hours, we didn't know who was on the helicopter, for all we knew, Eric was on that helicopter.

Very say day...
 
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I don't remember the exact year, but sometime in the late 80's I was browsing in the local Tallahassee record store (Vinyl Fever) when I noticed a short long haired dude wearing a hat in the store. He looked vaguely familiar and after a while it dawned on me that he looked much like SRV, but I thought he was just a wanna be look alike type. I also noticed that he bought a stack of SRV albums.

So no way did I think SRV would be in Tallahassee of all places buying his own albums. After he left I went to the counter with my purchases and mentioned the dude to the clerk. Turns out it was indeed SRV. He was in the area to check out a recording studio that Butch Trucks had opened in a nearby community. The clerk said he purchased some of his own records to play at the studio to get a feel for the playback equipment and acoustics of the studio or something like that, since he knew how they were supposed to sound.

I remember exactly where I was when I got the news of his death.
 
Yeah Gary Clark Jr and Doyle Bramhall II. Have not seen GCJ but Doyle Bramhall II did indeed open for Tedeschi Trucks Band this summer, along with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.
 
I saw him at the Colorado State Fair in around 87 or 88.I was working at a auto body shop where the classic rock station was always on when I heard news of his death.Love "Riviera Paradise".
 
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