Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live at the El Mocambo 1983

Starring:Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble
Studio: Sony
Product Type: DVD

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In 1990, Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan was just emerging from a long period in which drugs had taken their toll: the previous year's In Step album was the first he had made drug free, and the results were a marvel. But then, after sharing a stage with Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and Eric Clapton, he boarded a helicopter to Chicago. It crashed, and the career of one of the great blues guitarists was ended.

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If you have even a passing interest in Stevie Ray Vaughan's peerless mastery of urban blues guitar, you must own Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985. Spaced almost exactly three years apart, these concerts (60 and 93 minutes, respectively) represent the Texan blues god at his fiery best, with Double Trouble (drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon) laying the solid foundation upon which SRV built a Fender-driven sound as fierce as it was perfectly refined. The '82 show was truly "success in disguise," because despite booing from a festival audience lulled by a day of acoustic blues, and the stunned dejection that SRV felt after persevering through a uncompromising set, this was the turning point in SRV's career, leading to post-show encounters with Jackson Browne and David Bowie, who proved instrumental in bringing Stevie's music to an appreciative global audience.

When Stevie, Chris, and Tommy returned to Switzerland three years later, with organist Reese Wynans adding rich new dimension to the Double Trouble sound, the Montreux crowd was primed for a rip-snorting set, and SRV's jubilant response is a joyous thing to witness. One of SRV's favorite bluesmen, Johnny Copeland, appears for a three-song triumph in a set that's uniformly superior and ecstatically energized. Basic three-camera coverage is all you need, although guitar students--for whom this DVD is a godsend--will surely wish for more emphasis on SRV's picking and fretwork. Recording quality is superb in the Montreux tradition, with 5.1-channel remixes that surpass the original masters. A splendid 23-minute documentary features retrospective interviews with Layton, Shannon, Browne, and John Mayer, and the accompanying booklet includes a heartfelt reminiscence from Bowie. Stevie Ray may be gone, but Live at Montreux ensures that his gold-standard legacy will endure. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985.......2007-05-23

A snapshot into history. His first appearance at Montreux booed and unappreciated. A few short years later at his second appearance, cheered as an icon of Texas blues. In between not only did he become famous but he cleaned up his life and it shows in his personality onstage. Throughout, his music is unmatchable.

The Kind!.......2007-04-04

Great dvd. A must buy for any Stevie fan!I was lucky enough to see him live twice.These two performances brought back great memories.

Superb!.......2007-04-02

I have played these over and over for years. I guess I'll never get tired of them. A few glitches in the 1985 production, but other than that as representative of SRV as we are probably ever going to get. Any fan of SRV or this sort of music has to have these, they are historic. One comment on the booing in 1982. It really reveals what jerks we can all be. If you don't like a performance, like it's too loud for you widdle ears; leave. To sit there and boo a performance like that (or any performance) only tells the world what an ignoramus you are. If the jerks had left that performance, SRV probably would have played on for at least another hour. 40 minutes is pretty short for him. So in the end what they did is rob the rest of us of another hour of that 1982 performance for all time. Thanks! There is a DVD of Buddy Guy at the same festival a couple of decades later (in the Buddy Guy 70 boxed set) where some dufus shouts out "play some real blues" at the end of the performance. Amazing! At least in the Buddy Guy case the crowd got on the heckler.

A Double-Dose of Historic Documentation .......2007-03-19

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a six-string force of nature with his Fender Stratocaster. He was playing small clubs in Texas with drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon in 1982 when someone with connections heard them and declared "you need to play Montreux". Sooo... without a record, a recording contract or any name recognition outside of the handful of people who had heard them playing in Texas, they headed over to Europe where they were booked at the famous Montreux Jazz festival on the same day as several acoustic stars. Stevie and Double Trouble hit the stage with their electrified cyclone and played to a rousing chorus of boos. Stevie, talented as he was, dressed like a cross between a Texas Gunslinger and a New Orleans Pimp, and the crowd reaction ranged between indifference and total hostility. Were they good? Take a listen... the accompanying and extremely informative documentary features interviews with Slater and Layton, along with Jackson Browne, John Mayer, and a few others who knew what happened that day. SRV and DT burned that stage to the ground. They had honed their 3-piece Texas Blues to a fine edge and they unleashed their power on that crowd. The "music fans", too stupid to notice the genius in front of their very eyes, hadn't yet been told by radio disc jockeys who they should like.... so they didn't like SRV - yet. Of course there were musicians there too, though, and the word spread like wildfire through Jackson Browne's band.... and David Bowie.... and soon all the Montreux musicians were down in the musician's lounge listening to the kind of band that makes musicians tell other musicians "come here.... you've just GOT to hear THIS!" (I had the same experience the first time my brother played their first recording - which was made as a result of this very concert.) David Bowie had to figure out a way to get this guitar genius on his CD and in his band. (Listen to Stevie's wailing guitar on "Let's Dance".) Jackson Browne offered the contractless trio the opportunity to record in his studio. They made their way out to California and basically just recorded their live set in the studio. THAT recording became "Texas Flood" and all of a sudden SRV was not an unknown...

Two albums and a keyboardist later, Stevie returned to Montreux in 1985 as a "conquering hero" of sorts and although I would hesitate to say that they sounded better in the '85 concert, it is certainly gratifying to see them received with open-armed enthusiasm. In the '82 concert they only played about 52 minutes. In '85 they turn it on for a hot hour and a half.

Both of those concerts are more than worth a listen - and this fantastic double-disc set includes both concerts, plus the documentary. This is 5-star all the way.

Stevie Ray is sorely needed in today's cookie-cutter music scene.......2007-03-14

Is it just a coincidence that when Stevie Ray Vaughan died in 1990, American music as a whole suddenly seemed to die with him?? Few performers in the last 15 years have possessed the overwhelming firepower and talent that this man had. The 1990's sadly became the decade when real talent and originality became a thing of the past as manufactured pop, rock, and country clones took over the national music scene like a bad disease.

In the first concert presented in this set, we witness a crowd of closed-minded morons mercilessly booing a guy with far more talent than anybody on the charts today could ever hope to have. It was nice to see that at least some in the audience were cheering and applauding in appreciation of SRV's performance, and you gotta love how Stevie Ray and the band totally ignored the boos throughout the entire show and just kept on rockin! It is sad to think that if Vaughan were the opening act for one of today's hot new stars, he would likely receive the same reaction that he got from the Montreux crowd that night in 1982. Would today's pop/metal/rap fans appreciate a guy who only needs "talent" to captivate an audience instead of smoke, lights, mirrors, or half naked girls???

The two concerts on this DVD are significant in SRV's career and are presented with good sound and picture quality, although the far away camera shot during the encore of the 1985 show is disappointing. Both shows consist of solid performances, but neither show truly captures Stevie Ray at his absolute best. The 1982 appearance is probably the best of the two, although Stevie's dynamic stage presence that is evident in other live footage seems a little withheld here. The 1985 show features the expanded Double Trouble line-up with Reese Wynans on keyboards, but Stevie was visibly near the peak of his drug abuse when this concert was filmed, and his performance seems to lack some of the fire and passion that is clearly seen in the 1983 El Mocambo show and the two Austin City Limits appearances.

The segment with blues legend Johnny Copeland is the definite highlight of the 85 concert! Copeland makes the most of his three-song set, holding his own with Stevie Ray in both the guitar and vocal departments. Stevie and Johnny's duet on the down and dirty blues masterpiece "Tin Pan Alley" is probably the best performance on the entire DVD. Copeland's soulful, tortured vocals in the second verse of this song is a lesson in the art of blues singing at its finest! With so many flashy blues-rock guitarists throughout the years, it seems that great blues singing has become a lost art these days. Only the very best blues singers are able to deliver the kind of vocal performance that Johnny Copeland does here. He also cuts loose on some hot solos with Stevie Ray during a rockin' version of "Look at little sister".

Live footage of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan is still pretty rare which makes these two concerts a must-have for any blues fan, even if the El Mocambo show and the Austin City Limits appearances are a little better. We can only hope there are at least one or two more live shows from SRV's short career that will make it to DVD someday.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live From Austin, Texas

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Stevie Ray is Awesome
must have for SRV afficianados
I wish I could give it six stars
Two priceless performances of Stevie Ray at his BEST!!
Produced by chimps?

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live From Austin, Texas
Starring: Stevie Ray Vaughan , Chris Layton , Tommy Shannon , and Reese Wynans
Director: Gary Menotti
Manufacturer: Sony
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A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Crossroads Guitar Festival

ASIN: 157330056X
Release Date: 1997-09-03

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Few guitarists ever mastered the Fender Stratocaster like the late, great Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan, and this priceless digital video disc collects both of the sizzling appearances that Vaughan and his solid band, Double Trouble, made on the PBS concert series Austin City Limits. Combined to form the most popular program in the show's distinguished history, the concerts were taped in 1983 and 1989; both provide a valuable portrait of Vaughan's astounding artistic development. The performances serve as bookends to Vaughan's brilliant career with Double Trouble, showing (in the words of producer Terry Lickona) a striking contrast between "zero self-confidence" and "pure magic," but in both cases you can see a master at work. Songs include "Pride and Joy," "Texas Flood," "Voodoo Chile," "Cold Shot," and "Riviera Paradise." This great-sounding DVD also includes the posthumous music video "Little Wing," featuring clips of Double Trouble and archival footage of blues greats from the 1920s to the mid-1990s. If you're even a part-time blues fan, Stevie Ray Vaughan: Live from Austin, Texas is a must-have disc. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Stevie Ray is Awesome.......2007-07-03

A compilation of the two PBS "Austin City Limits" he did. Video and audio is perfect. Stevie is incredible. "Voodoo Chile" alone is worth the price. If you like Stevie you will love this DVD.

must have for SRV afficianados.......2007-06-27

Too short overall, but every song on this DVD is a keeper. Wish they had a few more (how could they not put "Couldn't Stand the Weather" on there?). If you're looking to comp a few of his licks, it's a great tool (just remember to detune a half step if you want to play along). You can always hear his emotions on his recordings; on this DVD, you can see it too. I don't know how a guy can put that much vibrato on a guitar strung with .13s, but it's amazing to see up close. And how many guitarists can cover Hendrix and blow it away? See "Voodoo Chile" and "Little Wing"....

I wish I could give it six stars.......2007-06-26

For me, this is one of the greatest recorded live performances. It's a combination of two concerts for Austin City Limits years apart from each other. He has his most famous music and a long instrumental that is just amazing. SRV had a sound that was bigger than life. Immitation is one of the greatest compliments and there's practically a whole SRV genre out there. I particularly like (and I'm trying to learn to play) his version of voodoo chile. The DVD isn't expensive, especially on Amazon. I strongly recommend it. However, it's a bit much for people who aren't up for explosive, guitar focused, music. Stevie was a rock god.

Two priceless performances of Stevie Ray at his BEST!!.......2007-05-09

I had never seen any live footage of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan until I first saw this video over ten years ago. Since I've enjoyed it for so long, this is still my favorite SRV video to be released so far, although the El Mocambo show and the two Montreux concerts are both highly recommended.

This DVD presents two classic TV appearances of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble at their dynamic best with Vaughan's electrifying guitar skills and captivating stage presence both fully developed. The only flaw here is the fact that both of these great "Austin City Limits" appearances are not the complete shows. We only get three songs from the 1983 show, and only six songs from the 1989 show. Both of these classic appearances need to be released in their COMPLETE UNEDITED form considering the rarity of SRV concert footage currently available after all these years. What is here though is still top-notch footage of arguably the greatest blues guitarist of all time at the top of his form!

The three songs from the 1983 appearance are top-notch. Stevie Ray captivates the audience with stunning, powerful versions of "Pride and Joy", "Texas Flood", and the Jimi Hendrix classic "Voo Doo Chile". This is Stevie Ray Vaughan doing what he did best....exposing great blues music to a whole new audience and delivering it with a higher level of power and intensity. At a time when MTV and mainstream music fans could've cared less about blues musicians, here was Stevie Ray showing everybody on national television all the great stuff we had been missing out on for too many years.

The 1989 appearance is worth the price of the DVD since this is the only footage we currently have of the clean and sober {and better than ever} Stevie Ray Vaughan. The set list here covers songs from his excellent grammy winning album "In Step". Stevie Ray is brimming with confidence and happiness from start to finish and it is like watching a whole new man in this show. Stevie looks more healthy here than he ever had before, and the same passion and intensity from his earlier days is still there. Reese Wynans also shines with his excellent keyboard playing which added a nice touch to the Double Trouble sound. Highlights include strong performances of "Tightrope", Buddy Guy's great slow blues "Leave my girl alone", and a blistering version of "Crossfire" which might be the best song Vaughan ever did. Stevie Ray ends the show with a mesmerizing version of his soothing jazz masterpiece "Riviera Paradise" which he dedicates to "all those who are still suffering in any way". The gentle feel and mood of this song could literally put anyone's mind at ease.

Believe it or not, I was singing with a local blues band in my area a couple of years ago that didn't want to cover any songs by Stevie Ray Vaughan!! {I probably should have tied them all to a chair and forced them to watch this priceless DVD!} There can only be one reason why any blues band would refuse to play a Stevie Ray Vaughan song...they obviously lack the talent and energy to deliver the explosive passion and firepower that Stevie Ray generated night after night with ease. Needless to say, I was only with that band for two months before moving on....

If you are a blues musician that has played "Stormy Monday" or "Mustang Sally" too many times to count, YOU NEED THIS DVD IN YOUR COLLECTION IMMEDIATELY!

Long live Stevie Ray Vaughan! Long live the Blues!

Produced by chimps?.......2007-04-02

This is the most badly produced concert of any sort I have ever seen on any medium in my life. To say the sound is brutal is giving it too much credit. I give it 2 stars because it's SRV, and I am a big fan. However, if I had produced this I would be too embarassed to release it. It doesn't say much for those who take credit for the production.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live at the El Mocambo 1983

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SRV Rules!
Stevie Ray tears it up in Toronto!
Mind blowing..
Live at the El Mocambo 1983
One of Top 5 all time concerts ever filmed

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live at the El Mocambo 1983
Starring: Stevie Ray Vaughan , and Double Trouble
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Jimi Hendrix - Blue Wild Angel (Live at the Isle of Wight)
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
Crossroads Guitar Festival

ASIN: 6305019681
Release Date: 1999-12-21

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In 1990, Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan was just emerging from a long period in which drugs had taken their toll: the previous year's In Step album was the first he had made drug free, and the results were a marvel. But then, after sharing a stage with Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and Eric Clapton, he boarded a helicopter to Chicago. It crashed, and the career of one of the great blues guitarists was ended.

Rewind to 1983 and here is Stevie Ray at the beginning of his fame, his first album with his backing band Double Trouble, Texas Flood, having just been released to critical and popular acclaim. The venue is the El Mocambo club in Toronto, a dark, smoky joint with a laid-back but appreciative clientele. Vaughan, drummer Chris Layton, and bassist Tommy Shannon share the tiny stage. The guitarist, bedecked in trademark hat and alligator-skin boots, is pale of complexion, sweating from the heat and physical exertion, and physically much smaller than Shannon, who towers over him. But Vaughan dominates, as much by the magnetism of his flamboyant personality as his guitar playing. And what playing: by turns fiery, funky, then limpid and surprisingly graceful. Here is an authentic blues artist captured in the throes of living through his music. At this early stage in his career he was still very much in thrall to Jimi Hendrix (the flower-power shirt gives it away), as covers of "Voodoo Chile" and "Third Stone from the Sun" (the latter a Hendrix-inspired guitar-abuse session) indicate. The highlight of the show, however, is his rendition of "Texas Flood," which turns out to be an amazing essay on the art of blues guitar. This is a raw, intimate, and spontaneous record of a one-time event. All fans of the blues will be grateful to those who had the foresight to capture it on film. --Mark Walker

Customer Reviews:

SRV Rules!.......2007-06-27

One of my favorite live performances ever! I could watch it over and over again.

Stevie Ray tears it up in Toronto!.......2007-03-30

I saw the VHS version of this over ten years ago, and watched it again for the first time in years when I recently bought the DVD. Considering the small amount of concert film currently available of this great talent, it is a blessing that this small club performance was even filmed at all. This is likely the only footage we will ever see of Stevie Ray in a small and intimate club setting, and the camera crew did a nice job of capturing this raw performance on film that night in 1983. The audio and picture quality of the DVD are good, and the insightful bonus interview with Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon is just one more reason this a must-have for any blues-rock fan.

As most of the reviewers here have said already, this performance at Toronto's El Mocambo club captures Stevie Ray at the top of his form during his rise to fame in 1983. Most of the set list covers the songs from his classic debut album Texas Flood. The show is a fairly short set of only 12 songs, but Stevie Ray and the band deliver each and every tune with the kind of power and intensity that is sorely needed in music today.

After kicking things off with two fiery blues intrumentals, Stevie and the band tear into a blistering performance of the Jimi Hendrix classic "Voo Doo Chile" that is superior to Jimi's recording of the song. As great as Hendrix might be, nobody has ever played this song with more power and feeling than SRV. It is the highlight of the show along with Vaughan's tour de force slow blues "Texas Flood" where he cuts loose on those searing, electrifying solos that still pack a punch over 20 years later.

After watching SRV rip through "Texas Flood" with the guitar strapped behind his back, he then proceeds to play "Love Struck Baby" with the guitar behind his neck without missing a note! Was there anything this guy could not do with a guitar?? I'm starting to think Stevie Ray Vaughan would sound better playing a solo with his feet than today's pop stars would sound after a million guitar lessons!

Once upon a time, there was actually a national music scene where artistry, originality, and talent were the requirements for becoming a star. If you are a younger music lover like myself tired of being deprived of real talent in today's dreadful music scene, enlighten yourselves with a copy of this DVD and discover the kind of greatness that simply isn't allowed on the charts today...

Mind blowing.........2007-01-06

I grew up in the midst of 80's hair metal and was never a big fan of the blues. That is until I heard Crossfire on the radio and my hair stood on end. I was never the same since. I think everyone remembers the first time they were slapped in the face by Stevie's playing. It was an epiphany..I now understood what the blues, and on a deeper level, music, was all about. My voyage into a whole new realm of musical enjoyment had begun, and to this day I could never thank Stevie enough.

And even after having said all this, this DVD was just as life changing as when I heard Stevie for the first time. And I guarantee, one listen to his playing "Texas Flood" here will convince you that this man had a direct, wide open, and unfiltered connection right to the heart of the blues. It is absolutely amazing. I don't care what style of music you have been enjoying till now, watching this performance will affect you, change you, and floor you.

Live at the El Mocambo 1983.......2006-12-22

So you have a few SRV albums and you are hungry for more. I understand. The best way to go, in my opinion, is NOT the SRV Box Set. The best way to get more is to buy two things: (1) This DVD, and (2) The Essential SRV & Double Trouble (a 2-CD collection).

When I listened to the first disc of the SRV box set, I loved all the early tracks. But they started to sound same-y after a while. Then a track called "Hug You, Squeeze You" came on and I sat right up. Wow! Turns out that track was from this show at the El Mocambo. So I quickly got this DVD. EVERY song on here is amazing, not just "Hug You Squeeze You." And the footage is incredible, too...watch as Stevie plays behind his back, over his head, and WHILE HE'S SPINNING IT AROUND HIS TORSO. Incredible stuff. Also, on the Jimi Hendrix feedback fest that is "Third Stone From The Sun," Stevie actually bangs his guitar on the stage, hits it, holds it up to the amp, and submits is to various other acts of violence - but manages to actually get music out of the thing. Least importantly by far, but still importantly, the interview with the two members of Double Trouble that is included as a DVD extra is very long and pretty interesting.

The second thing I recommend is "The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble," because although it is mostly stuff from his studio albums, it also collects the best of the best of his rare and live tracks, such as "Shake For Me" from a 1980 show (and the In The Beginning CD), a nine-minute live take of "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," and a fuzzed-out "Rude Mood/Hideaway" medley that makes Cream seem like a soft rock trio in comparison. Even though I have all of Stevie's studio albums, I find myself listening to The Essential SRV & Double Trouble fairly often.

Bottom line, though, is to GET THIS DVD. It is better than the box set, better even than any of his studio CDs; it's the one SRV item I would keep out of my whole collection. In fact, if I hadn't still been in the womb when this show was played, I'd still be kicking myself for not having been there. As it is I really can't take the blame.

One of Top 5 all time concerts ever filmed .......2006-11-22

SRV in his "high" flying form before he made it big.

This show is so powerful, some people might have to stop it once or so to take a break for a few, then turn it back on. The man runs you right over like no one has ever.

Hendrix wasn't this good. Hendrix was the man, but Hendrix made it all look easy, he just stood there like Tiger Woods and got the job done

SRV just radiates with energy, he looks like he is trying to strangle the guitar.

as a bonus, and its not even mentioned on any site, this DVD is closed captioned if you want to turn it on.

SRV cleaned up and got off drugs and booze a couple years after this show, good for him.

Never be another one. I saw SRV 6 months before he passed, with Jeff Beck. Def an all time top concert of the 100's of all the bands I have attended.

This guitar in the show, old beat up brown finder, bought at a pawn shop, its in the hands of his brother Jimmy, it is THEE most expensive guitar in the world, worth over 1 million. But you know Jimmy will never sell it. I wouldnt either.

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A history lesson
BUY IT
Antone's Home of the Blues
A great music documentary!
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Starring: Joe Ely , B.B. King , Stevie Ray Vaughan , Willie Nelson , and Paul Ray (III)
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Renowned club owner and blues aficionado Clifford Antone's life and career are celebrated in this extraordinary film. Performances by blues legends Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, Pinetop Perkins and more ignite the stage along with contemporary and archival footage that capture the magic that famed Austin blues club Antone's bottled on a nightly basis for over 29 years. In addition to the musical performances, Antone's: Home of the Blues also includes interviews with Clifford Antone as well as B.B. King, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan and much more in this exciting glimpse into the magic of the blues.

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A history lesson.......2007-05-11

Clifford Antone kept the Blues alive during the 70's, 80's and 90's at his clubs in Austin, TX. His habit of bringing artists in for a week's engagement meant that young artists like SRV and Doyle Bramhall Jr. could hang out with these cats and learn their riffs. This collection of jams, recollections, and pure blues energy will be a treat to any blues lover. Highly recommended.
If you dig this, also check out Kenny Wayne Sheppard's new CD/DVD, 10 Days Out. A similar collection of old blues masters, but with more complete cuts.
Let's hope Antone's Records releases full DVD versions of these seminal bluesmen in their natural environment,

BUY IT.......2007-04-21

An absolutely amazing Blues DVD. This is an absolute must have to anyone who loves the Blues, and I guarantee you'll have more love for the Blues after watching this.

Antone's Home of the Blues.......2007-02-07

I had an equally good experience with this DVD. It arrived in excellent condtion...and the DVD itself was really great. Again, I recommend this DVD to any blues lover. Thank you.
Barbara Butler

A great music documentary!.......2006-09-27

What a great documentary about such legendary venue. Antone's should be registered by the Austin authoritys as a historic landmark. This place can be a meca for blues lovers from all over the world.Cliffford Antones was a man who follow his dreams and provided joy to many blues musicians and public in general.

Passion Exists.......2006-08-30

This DVD is not for anyone expecting muscial performances. It is a history class about someone who contributed to the blues revolution. Antone's shows clips on virtually every important blues act of the day. It is informative and educational. While music was going thru its transition of disco, glam, and metal Antone was creating a foundation of the blues movement. It is an informal documentary that is pleasing. Now that we know tapes of and young Stevie Ray exists, please release them!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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Good music, poor editing
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Already a legend among musicians, Stevie Ray Vaughan was bringing new relevance and popularity to the blues when his career was cut short in a fatal helicopter accident following a 1990 concert appearance. His music offered the drama and sheer firepower of rock, and his flamboyant live shows likewise proved well suited to arena-sized crowds, yet there was little argument that Vaughan's fealty to the blues remained at the core of his style. This 1996 concert tribute underscores that common denominator through muscular performances from contemporary blues masters who readily (and appropriately) confirm the Texas guitarist as a true peer--it's no small matter that bona fide influences Buddy Guy and B.B. King cite the honoree on an equal plane with Vaughan's most obvious rock forebear, Jimi Hendrix.

King and Guy are among the stars who interpret Vaughan's own songbook in live performances backed by either his old band, Double Trouble, or the larger Tilt-a-Whirl Band. Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Dr. John, and the late guitarslinger's big brother, Jimmie Vaughan (himself a major figure since his days with the Fabulous Thunderbirds) all pay gritty musical homage noteworthy for powerhouse guitar work. Whether clad in coveralls (Guy) or Armani (Clapton, of course), each reaches the same common ground in the soul-deep language of the blues; equally important, the choice of material points up Vaughan's sure sense of blues song form and a penchant for tough, frequently witty lyrics that fit snugly into blues traditions. The 80-minute concert also intersperses brief interviews with the principals, with the music building toward a satisfying climax in three high-octane jams featuring the headliners in lively exchanges. The DVD optimizes the full-frame visuals of the original videotaped special, and the 5.1 audio mix likewise fine-tunes the straightforward stereo mix with some added ambience. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

Good music, poor editing.......2007-04-27

I agree with the previous sentiments that this is edited all wrong. Between each song is an interview that is several minutes at times, and stops the flow of the music.

The songs themselves are well done, there's a lot of talent giving tribute to a lot of talent--and the result is impressive.

SRV rocks!.......2007-03-10

There was no lead in on the dvd - it just jumped into a interview with Bonnie Raitt. But the music is the only thing that matters and this cd has the best of the best!

SRV Tribute.......2007-01-29

Clips of SRV, Raitt, Clapton, BBKing, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy and John Vaughan, Dr John on the piano Double Trouble all helping each other out in a great concert.

This is one of the best since the Last Waltz

Live Blues SRV style.......2007-01-24

I had this in VHS format but, wanted the DVD because of the better technology and the improved visual/sound quality. Stevie has always brought me to the heart of the Austin high power blues venue.

A Different Look at SRV's Music.......2007-01-10

"A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan" is probably not what you would expect; it's less of a documentary and more of a farewell concert. The artists chosen to play each of SRV's songs tend to lose the feeling of his music in translation over the course of the show, but on the same token it's interesting to see how each artist would have played the song if it was them who wrote it. All in all, it's a good addition to the library of anyone who is a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Guitar Signature Licks: Stevie Ray Vaughan's Greatest Hits Featuring Greg Koch

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A great instructional video.
Wow! Great help learning the SRV style!
This DVD is awesome.
Excellent Instructional Video
This Instructor Can Play

Guitar Signature Licks: Stevie Ray Vaughan's Greatest Hits Featuring Greg Koch
Starring: Greg Koch
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
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ASIN: B00008G90N
Release Date: 2003-02-04

Product Description

Learn the trademark riffs and solos of the man who reinvented blues and rock on the guitar. An in-depth analysis of eight classic songs presented by Greg Koch: Honey Bee ? Lenny ? Love Struck Baby ? Pride and Joy ? Rude Mood ? Say What? ? The Sky Is Crying ? Tightrope.

Customer Reviews:

A great instructional video........2006-08-02

I've reviewed the other Koch SRV instructional video in its review section, but I'll repeat the gist of my comments here. This is top flight instructional material presented by in a very entertaining way by a guy who can play and who connects with the material. If you are an intermediate or better guitar player, you will be able to easily learn the key parts to the songs on the video with a little practice. I've bought all the videos that Greg Koch has put out and they are uniformly excellent.

Wow! Great help learning the SRV style!.......2006-03-25

I am a hack guitar player who picked up SRV tabs off the web. My frustration told me to throw away the crap tabs and buy this SRV DVD. I did and I am happy. I also picked up the corresponding SRV tab books for the songs covered on this DVD. (highly recommended) My only beef with this DVD is Hal Leonard's omission of tab sheets so you could work along with Greg. Greg is very solid in his teaching of SRV's licks but you need some knowledge of the blues and scales. If you want to learn Stevie licks and get a history lesson of where SRV's roots lie, this is an excellent product. Will buy the other one soon.

This DVD is awesome. .......2006-03-15

It has some great songs. They jam with the songs, they break them down slow, you can browse the chapters, flip over to the slow breakdown part, use AB loop on your DVD player and practice practice practice, it's the best way to learn a new song, IMO.

Greg Koch can play! AND he's not a annoying dork like some of these instructor videos have.

Excellent Instructional Video.......2006-03-13

Greg Koch is the MAN!!! Not only is he an amazing guitar player and teacher, he's hilarious. You won't be disappointed with this DVD. Well... until you actually start to try to play some of this stuff. It's harder than it looks/sounds. My hats off to Stevie. What a loss that he's no longer here, but at least we have Greg Koch offering some valuable insight into SRV's playing. In short, this DVD will open up your "blues" playing. It's an invaluable resource... and totally worth the price of admission.

This Instructor Can Play.......2005-08-07

If you've read any of my other reviews, you'll know that I was a huge fan / admirer of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

And over the years, I've seen numerous transcriptions of his music in guitar magazines and have attempted to learn many of his songs.

However, this guy comes as close as is humanly possible to "replicating" the riffs of Stevie. He's a great guitar player and has obviously done his homework.

However, the one thing that can't be captured on an instructional DVD - and I throw this out not as a "negative" - is the "feel" behind Stevie's music.

Stevie's sound didn't come exclusively from his Number 1 Strat, Fender amps and heavy strings with the action set relatively high. Greg - the instructor on this tape - to his credit, uses a strat (tuned down a half a step a la SRV - and the same amps and effects pedals that SRV used - and comes close to getting the same sound.

But Stevie's sound came from his "attack" of the strings and his "in-your'face" attitude towards the blues. And no instructor can duplicate this. Stevie's sound came from his hands and his "soul".

I was reminding my wife that when we visited the Louvre many years ago, you would see many artists camped in front of a famous painting with their easel "copying" a painting of some master - i.e. Da Vinci or Rembrandt. And while many of them were great artists and to the untrained eye their work may be indistinguishable from the original, there would be a difference.

This DVD is similar. It comes very, very close, but there was only one SRV.

This DVD does pass along many insightful observations about SRV's style - i.e. SRV's Albert King like licks / his attack and popping style when attacking the strings - and, in my opinion, this was invaluable. However, for young guitarists, this DVD can save the player countless (possibly frustrating) hours trying to figure out how to play his licks armed with just a magazine.

I know that I came away with alot of new ideas and tools and I've spent years listening to Stevie and trying to learn his licks with guitar tab magazines.

If you're a fan of the blues and inparticular this gifted guitarist, I would not hesitate to recommend this DVD.

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Guitar Signature Licks (Instructional)

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An Accurate and Easy-to-follow Primer for Stevie Ray's Style and Signature Songs
SRV probably wouldn't understand this!
AWESOME A++!!! A GREAT TOOL TO LEARN FROM
Great Instructional Video
Koch is an ass but the instruction is good

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Release Date: 2003-02-04

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In this outstanding DVD, author/clinician/recording artist Greg Koch teaches the trademark riffs and solos of SRV, the man responsible for reinventing blues and rock on the guitar. Greg analyzes these eight classics in detail: Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up on Love ? Couldn't Stand the Weather ? Crossfire ? Empty Arms ? The House Is Rockin' ? Riviera Paradise ? Scuttle Buttin' ? Stang's Swang.

Customer Reviews:

An Accurate and Easy-to-follow Primer for Stevie Ray's Style and Signature Songs.......2007-02-01

As a gigging guitarist of 40 years experience who keeps a reference library of books, vids, and DVDs that encompasses styles from Django and Joe Pass to Merle Travis to John Scofield and Jimi, I can enthusiastically recommend Greg Koch's clear, accurate, and informative "guide to SRV's style and repertoire". Koch is obviously intelligent and talented, and clearly enjoys communicating his jones for Stevie Ray's music and technique. One caveat (and this does not dock the DVD a star in it's value rating of 5, since it is really quite trivial): Koch's personality is an acquired taste. There's a sort of lame 70s goofball Steve Martin impression going on there once in a while that is a bit offputting. This does not, however, spill over into Koch's instructional content. Thank god. An excellent instructional DVD, Greg. Five stars.

SRV probably wouldn't understand this!.......2006-10-24

This DVD was a real dissapointment for me. You have an SRV wannabe bloviating to the max. Lots of music jargon that SRV himself admitted he did not understand. SRV was perhaps the best example that knowing a lot of music jargon is not required to play well.

I was hoping to get some insights into how SRV actually played the guitar. I can figure out how to do things like string rakes myself. I really don't care for the jargon. What I see is a trio playing a few SRV songs and throwing around a lot of jargon and pretty much nothing else.

If you like to talk the talk, you'll like this CD. I play the guitar for fun and get enough "talk" at work. I'd prefer to learn to walk the walk when I play the guitar, and for that, this DVD is not of much use.

AWESOME A++!!! A GREAT TOOL TO LEARN FROM.......2006-10-22

Don't bother to pay homage to what a few of these idiots have said here. Not to regurgitate what others have said, but if you fit in the category of being "....disappointed b/c SRV isn't teaching on the DVD dude..." category, I suggest you go and re-learn some of the basic facts about SRV, and modern DVD technology.

Although DVD technology was implemented as early as mid 1992, the consortium of DVD technological companies didn't agree on a specific DVD standard until early 1995, and thus the trickle of DVD media being mass released until later in 1997.

How would SRV even have been on the DVD, unless it was re-mastered from a reel to reel, or VHS style recording??

-Enough of that-

Anyway, Greg Koch is by far the best "blues" instructor I have seen. By proxy, he nails the SRV style instructional video. I have heard, and seen many SRV fanatics, live and on a personal level, Greg takes the cake not only with his playing, but his tone and knowledge of musical styles. His ability to teach, analyze, and slow down the music makes it digestible for any intermediate or better player.

Saying this, don't expect to nail SRV's songs overnight b/c of a DVD lesson. It takes years of playing, years of listening, and an overall blues ear and style to be ready to play and understand his (SRV's) music, even with the aide of these lessons.

Thanks for the great work and "...keep em' coming" Greg!!

Great Instructional Video.......2006-08-02

This instructional video is fun to watch and will have you playing the licks in short order if you are an intermediate level or better guitar player. Koch is hilarious and an excellent instructor who has obviously closely analyzed and feels comfortable with the material. He is also a versatile player. The only other comments I can think of are that it would be nice to have the tabs to go along with the video and that SRV wannabes should know that the songs are not covered note for note from start to finish. Only the "signature licks", i.e. key rhythm parts, leads, intros, bridges, etc. are covered in detail. The "filler" parts are treated lightly or not at all. This should not trouble intermediate or better players.

Koch is an ass but the instruction is good.......2006-05-02

Greg Koch needs a complete personality transplant - he is as big an ass as I have ever seen. His peronality made it hard for me to watch the instruction. I don't know how his band members can stand working with him - even with his considerable talent. Having said that - his SRV is dead-on and the instruction is good - not great - but good. I don't know why anyone expected SRV video on this DVD but it would have been cool. So, all in all, I am glad I have this DVD but I feel I payed too much for it. It's not worth more than $10.

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Release Date: 2006-11-21

Guitar Method: In the Style of Stevie Ray Vaughan - 50 Blazing Riffs

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In the interest of 'truth in advertising', they should pull this trash --
PATHETIC - ZERO STARS
There ought to be a law against such garbage
Less than one star video
DON'T waste your money...

Guitar Method: In the Style of Stevie Ray Vaughan - 50 Blazing Riffs
Starring: Curt Mitchell
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Customer Reviews:

In the interest of 'truth in advertising', they should pull this trash --.......2007-02-07

Well -- I guess you get your fifty licks. Mitchell, who can obviously play, stands in front of a console and plays SRV licks and riffs at approximately recorded tempi, and then plays them again somewhat slowly. He offers no commentary, no technical explanations or advise, and doesn't identify what it is that he's playing. Useless.

Oh, and dig -- you *can't* fast forward through five or so insufferable mintutes of advertising before you can access the menu. HUH??? And to make life just a *teeny* bit more difficult, you gotta go to some website to print out the tab. I twenty bucks doesn't buy printing and a couple of sheets of paper any more.

Instructional snake oil.

PATHETIC - ZERO STARS.......2006-03-23

There are one or two useful licks on the DVD. But since the publishers were too damn lazy to put in more detailed markers/indices you have to scroll the licks too many times from the beginning. Thus you cannot loop one single lick in order to repeat it while you rehearse along with it. No camera on the picking hand - they let you figure it out. Home video quality - VHS simply transfered to DVD in order to make a buck or two. If zoomed to full screen you get more pixels than picture - pathetic. I should have read the other reviews before buying - will do next time :-(
DO NOT TOUCH...

There ought to be a law against such garbage.......2006-02-13

I could not be more dissappointed. Stay far away, from this and I'd guess any such dvd. This guys idea of a SRV blazing riff is one and two note phrases any bonehead with a guitar could figure out. Nothing useful at all.

Less than one star video.......2005-12-08

I bought this because I was new to guitar and wanted to know how to play "Pride and Joy". The sheet music and notes for this song are wrong and how to play it is wrong and the rest of the riffs are silly at best. I finally went with a Hal Leonard book and trashed this poorly made video. Is there any way to give Zero stars as a rating?

DON'T waste your money..........2004-03-05

Basically a home video of Curt showing you riffs.....Yawn. Bad video, bad camera work, bad sound....

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