Stevie Ray Vaughn - Page 2

**Lynch** · 03-13-2010, 08:16 PM

My biggest musical regret!?

I had tickets to the Clapton/SRV/Robert Cray concert. Well, I SHOULD have had them, but I turned them down. Story recap. I was living in Minneapolis, not long after college at UW-LaCrosse. I was down there one weekend in a bar getting drunk (as I liked to do). Along comes the girl I had been on/off dating for about a year. She owed me money (from loans I had given her). She says "I have 4 tickets to Clapton and SRV next month. Do you want them?".

Me... being the drunk dumbass that I was, thought it out for a second. Lemme see, she still owes me about $500. The tickets are worth $150. The concert is on a Sunday. So, I'll likely have to do this: sell 3 of the tickets, keep one for myself. Drive all the way across wisconsin with 3 of my drinking buddies in -my- car (since I had the pimped out ride and no one else did). We'll go to the concert and more than likely crash there because we'll have drank too much to drive all the way across WI that night. So, we'll get up monday morning, drive all the way across WI to drop those guys off, then have a 180 mile drive back to Minneapolis and have to be ready for work by 3pm and more than likely with a hangover.

So, I turned to her and said, "nah, I want my money instead."

The concert: August 26th, 1990. Alpine Valley, WI.
(The second of two shows that weekend in East Troy.)
The billing: Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray.
The Encore: All three of them, along with Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy jamming for about 20 minutes on the last encore. I have read stories that it was some of the most inspiring and incredible playing SRV ever did. I think it was Sweet Home Chicago (jam session version of course) that they were playing.

I got up on Monday morning (the 27th of Aug) and turned on the TV. There were reports all over MTV.... "SRV dies in helicopter crash following a concert at Alpine Valley". I damn near cried.

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Regrets?! Yah I've got a few. That one though. That's the worst one.

TheFeldster · 03-13-2010, 08:22 PM

^^

Man, I feel for ya mate

Big fan of SRV, but as I was concieved about a week after he died, I never got to see him live.

**Lynch** · 03-13-2010, 10:01 PM

Currently listening to Texas Flood. What a great album.

Now playing: Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town)

As good as every song on this album is, this one always gets to me. Very souful, very bluesy. Just a great song from the first note to the last. I've heard several live versions of this song as well some being up to about 12 minutes long. Always a treat to hear SRV play this one.

RIP Stevie, I miss ya!

Sunny · 03-13-2010, 11:46 PM

Love SRV!!

Did you look at the Davey Knowles thread I put up yesterday? I've seen him perfrom a couple of times and he is awesome!!

**Sox** · 03-14-2010, 05:30 AM

This is a great dvd showcasing SRV's talent.

taha · 06-10-2010, 10:33 AM

think I'll start giving him a listen, never got into his music to much, but now that my metal tastes are changing I think I'm going to have to pick up a couple of his LP's

**Magic** · 06-10-2010, 10:53 AM

Play it Stevie......that's what I'm talkin' about.

Džedaj · 06-22-2010, 07:09 AM

Yeah, SRV is one of greatest bluesman ever and Texas Flood is one of best blues albums ever. All of the tracks are just brilliant.

Fever · 08-27-2010, 10:19 AM

Stevie Ray died 20 years ago today

Sweaty · 08-27-2010, 03:58 PM

Still one of the greatest guitarists ever, he had a unique sound all his own. He is surely missed in the music business by all those true guitar fans.

ComfortablyNumb · 08-27-2010, 04:12 PM

Great guitarist. One of my favorite blues musicians.

**Lynch** · 08-27-2010, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by Fever

Stevie Ray died 20 years ago today

20 years ago today, I didn't go to his final concert at Alpine Valley because I was bucky and half drunk when the gal who had said tickets asked if she could give me the tickets in exchange for some of the $ that she owed me. In return, I never got ANY of the $ and I missed out on a piece of history.... not just the Clapton, SRV, Robert Cray concert... not JUST the fact that it was SRV's final night on earth, but the all-start jam at the end of the concert.

A 20 minute encore/jam of Clapton, SRV, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy guy jamming out Sweet Home Chicago.

RIP Stevie, I missed that concert and I've been missing you ever since.

Gearjammer · 08-27-2010, 06:52 PM

20 ****ing years! Seems like just yesterday

Still missed here!

RIP Stevie

Groovy Man · 08-27-2010, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by Sweaty

Still one of the greatest guitarists ever, he had a unique sound all his own.

Agreed. Stevie played with a mighty passion.

When he played guitar - you KNEW it was Stevie Ray, and no other.

What a talent.

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Sweaty · 08-29-2010, 01:06 PM

He has a natural ability and just like all the greats was taken from us before his time, why does that happen, and all the bad people seem to live on and on