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Author Message   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 1:37 pm:    OK, so I figure we just have to add Stevie to the list. I have to admit to never actually buying an SRV album, but I can say that one day, I turned on the radio and found myself in the middle of "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" a live version, deep in the solo. I was mesmerized, and was thinking that it was a Hendrix recording I had not heard before, and possibly some of the best lead playing I had ever heard from him. Imagine my surprise when, after the lead, when the vocals came back in, I realized it was Stevie. -Chuck   Bluesmeister Username: Bluesmeister Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 10:59 pm:    I have but one CD of SRV, The Essential double CD, and it's rather good. I suppose the best description of SRV's style of music is Hendrix meets Texas Blues and I, for one, love it. This one CD epitomises for me the SRV sound. I think if one had to narrow one's SRV collection down to one record, it would have to be this one. Stevie rarely strays from the traditional 12-bar variety of blues, but he plays them with such passion and feeling that it's never tedious listening to him. I have the Live In Montreaux double DVD, and that's well worth owning. The first concert, recorded in 1982, is the one where he was apparently booed by certain members of the audience. This is in my opinion the better of the two concerts on the DVD, he plays like a man possessed, and the band, as a whole are absolutely cooking. In the second concert, recorded in 1985, he's more mellow and seems to have less fire than in the first. Still, it's an enjoyable couple of hours viewing. By complete contrast, the Vaughan Brother's Family Values CD is a dud. I was very disappointed with this, it really should have been a killer recording, but Nile Rodger's production renders it impotent. One to avoid, my friends.   Bluesmeister Username: Bluesmeister Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 11:00 pm:    Erratum That's Family Style by the Vaughan Brothers.   Jimmys Username: Jimmys Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 10:15 am:    Aparently SRV made the Ibanez TS808 famous. The original 70's pedals are now selling for about $700AUD on eBay I think. I have a greatest hits CD. The tone that he could get was amazing. On one song (have to find out which) it sounds almost violin-like. I think his main guitar had really low output pickups. The bridge was a left-hander also. He also used really heavy strings. Fender issued a pretty faithful replica of his really beaten up number one 60's Strat a couple of years ago. Has anyone seen the video of him playing Texas Flood? Such a tragic loss.   Talajuha Username: Talajuha Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 12:55 pm:    Texas Flood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAxLgGVRV64 Voodoo Chile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x78Nf6BpYg

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