Caught in the Crossfire.
Actually, I’m Caught in Teh Lazy.
I’ve been groundpounding with an iPod, which takes my mind away from the time I customarily use to think about goofy stuff to write. The upside is that I have been listening to tunes I haven’t listened to in quite a while, such as this from the great Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Here is the MTV-type video.
Here he is playing it live.
He was amazing, and died way too young. When I was at a blogmeet in Austin in 2006 a bunch of us did the pilgrimage to see the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue, the existence of which provides additional proof that Texans have their shit together.
You can buy a copy of Lenny from Guitar Center. The GC up in Paramus has one of the guitars on display and the authenticity even down to the Mickey Mantle autograph on the back of the body is astounding.
Great guitar, great guitarist…sorely missed. Stevie Ray was the man.
Comment by RobbieRob — June 8, 2010 @ 11:01 am
It was probably too dark to see them when we visited, but all the other times I’ve seen the statue, there have been several roaches (butt end of a wacky tobacky joint, not a bug) tucked into Stevie Ray’s fingers. A popular pastime in Austin is to drop by and “smoke a jay with Stevie Ray”.
I’ll plead the 5th on how I know that bit of trivia…
Comment by El Capitan — June 8, 2010 @ 4:58 pm
great clips..Back in my hotel days, I checked SRV in…he gave me several of his personalized guitar picks…
Comment by mark c — June 8, 2010 @ 9:48 pm
The thing that always tripped me out was his pick technique. Six string drags and end up on a clean single note with huge vibrato. Long distance plucks where anyone else would end up with three vibrating and two broken. I read somewhere he favored 12 gauge strings – friggin piano wire. The guy must have had fingertip calluses like a shrimper.
The best ones always go too quick. He was the funkiest of the funky and it seemed like he felt the guitar as a physical part of him every time he touched the damned thing. One of the best, no doubt.
Comment by Andy — June 8, 2010 @ 11:43 pm