Comments on: My remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/ music, politics, sports, etcetera Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Stevie Ray Vaughan http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-24281 Stevie Ray Vaughan Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:04:06 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-24281 Great post about SRV. :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('24281','Stevie Ray Vaughan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('24281','Stevie Ray Vaughan','Great post about SRV. :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Great post about SRV. :)
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]]> By: justus howley http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23892 justus howley Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:41:28 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23892 you make some interesting points above, i generally wont listen to SRV if its something ive heard a thousand times before (anyting on his austin city limits videos, anything off of his 5 studio albums, etc.,), now i just wait to hear a new, live, semi-decent copy of any of his stuff....doesnt matter what it is. i, unlike others, dont think he wasnt totaly awful during that 'Live Alive' period of 85 and 86, when apparently he was going thro his worst bouts of alcohilism, drug add, and depression. no one would ever accuse him of being awful, i take that back, but it wasnt the stevie we saw early at krackerjacks in austin in 73 or the stevie we saw bringing down mardi gras with bb king in 88, too many variables with influence.. point is, alot of the music of the albums that came out around then (look at little sister, say what, mary had) were pretty incredible, and i dont think should be written off, just beacuse he was not the guy we saw before he died. theres no doubt in my mind that he was at his best when he got clean, you can hear it his playing, not only when hes doing solo, but when hes on rhythym and using less distortion to mask hiccups. i know he sawed at the guitar, but he was the cleanest iver ever seen. and so inspirational at the end. this ner jersey boy will forever be a believer in not only what he did, but the path that he carved for others. will never forget the first time i heard the montreaux disc, epic. if ur lookin foer something good to listen to to start from finish, through in the first montreaux disc, itll light a fire, i promise.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23892','justus howley'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23892','justus howley','you make some interesting points above, i generally wont listen to SRV if its something ive heard a thousand times before (anyting on his austin city limits videos, anything off of his 5 studio albums, etc.,), now i just wait to hear a new, live, semi-decent copy of any of his stuff....doesnt matter what it is. \r\n\r\ni, unlike others, dont think he wasnt totaly awful during that \'Live Alive\' period of 85 and 86, when apparently he was going thro his worst bouts of alcohilism, drug add, and depression. no one would ever accuse him of being awful, i take that back, but it wasnt the stevie we saw early at krackerjacks in austin in 73 or the stevie we saw bringing down mardi gras with bb king in 88, too many variables with influence.. point is, alot of the music of the albums that came out around then (look at little sister, say what, mary had) were pretty incredible, and i dont think should be written off, just beacuse he was not the guy we saw before he died.\r\n\r\ntheres no doubt in my mind that he was at his best when he got clean, you can hear it his playing, not only when hes doing solo, but when hes on rhythym and using less distortion to mask hiccups. i know he sawed at the guitar, but he was the cleanest iver ever seen. and so inspirational at the end. this ner jersey boy will forever be a believer in not only what he did, but the path that he carved for others. \r\n\r\nwill never forget the first time i heard the montreaux disc, epic. if ur lookin foer something good to listen to to start from finish, through in the first montreaux disc, itll light a fire, i promise.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> you make some interesting points above, i generally wont listen to SRV if its something ive heard a thousand times before (anyting on his austin city limits videos, anything off of his 5 studio albums, etc.,), now i just wait to hear a new, live, semi-decent copy of any of his stuff….doesnt matter what it is.

i, unlike others, dont think he wasnt totaly awful during that ‘Live Alive’ period of 85 and 86, when apparently he was going thro his worst bouts of alcohilism, drug add, and depression. no one would ever accuse him of being awful, i take that back, but it wasnt the stevie we saw early at krackerjacks in austin in 73 or the stevie we saw bringing down mardi gras with bb king in 88, too many variables with influence.. point is, alot of the music of the albums that came out around then (look at little sister, say what, mary had) were pretty incredible, and i dont think should be written off, just beacuse he was not the guy we saw before he died.

theres no doubt in my mind that he was at his best when he got clean, you can hear it his playing, not only when hes doing solo, but when hes on rhythym and using less distortion to mask hiccups. i know he sawed at the guitar, but he was the cleanest iver ever seen. and so inspirational at the end. this ner jersey boy will forever be a believer in not only what he did, but the path that he carved for others.

will never forget the first time i heard the montreaux disc, epic. if ur lookin foer something good to listen to to start from finish, through in the first montreaux disc, itll light a fire, i promise.

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]]> By: Susie http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23785 Susie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:53:59 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23785 Just traveled to Austin, I am a huge fan, and remember where I was and that was a sad day. Don't let him disappear from your ipod.. each and every lick that man plays will bring power to your own soul!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23785','Susie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23785','Susie','Just traveled to Austin, I am a huge fan, and remember where I was and that was a sad day. Don\'t let him disappear from your ipod.. each and every lick that man plays will bring power to your own soul!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Just traveled to Austin, I am a huge fan, and remember where I was and that was a sad day. Don’t let him disappear from your ipod.. each and every lick that man plays will bring power to your own soul!
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]]> By: Spencer http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23739 Spencer Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:52:44 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23739 Wow - I swear Merujo - you should write a memoir - and this story probably wouldn't make it. Of course, these days memoirs don't need to be true - so you have no excuse ;)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23739','Spencer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23739','Spencer','Wow - I swear Merujo - you should write a memoir - and this story probably wouldn\'t make it. Of course, these days memoirs don\'t need to be true - so you have no excuse ;)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Wow - I swear Merujo - you should write a memoir - and this story probably wouldn’t make it. Of course, these days memoirs don’t need to be true - so you have no excuse ;)
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]]> By: Merujo http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23722 Merujo Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:41:21 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/2008/03/23/remembering_stevie_ray_vaughan/#comment-23722 I remember very clearly when he died - I was in London, on a long weekend trip with two friends from the Embassy in Moscow - one was my best friend from second grade on up (yeah, believe it or not, we both became Soviet historians) and the other, a new friend from Texas, just met in Moscow. I was scanning a newspaper over breakfast our first morning in England and said, "Wow. Stevie Ray Vaughn died." And our Texas friend burst into tears - we had no idea he was a close family friend of hers. She started making phone calls to see if she could fly home for the funeral, but because of our restrictive contracts back in Moscow, it wasn't possible. Remarkably, since two of my sisters were big fans, I was completely unfamiliar with SRV's music. I tried to pick up a couple of his CDs while we were in London, but - unsurprisingly - people had swept up his CDs in the aftermath of his death. Thanks for the iMix list. I will have to see what our library has and reserve some CDs this week.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23722','Merujo'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23722','Merujo','I remember very clearly when he died - I was in London, on a long weekend trip with two friends from the Embassy in Moscow - one was my best friend from second grade on up (yeah, believe it or not, we both became Soviet historians) and the other, a new friend from Texas, just met in Moscow. I was scanning a newspaper over breakfast our first morning in England and said, \"Wow. Stevie Ray Vaughn died.\" And our Texas friend burst into tears - we had no idea he was a close family friend of hers. She started making phone calls to see if she could fly home for the funeral, but because of our restrictive contracts back in Moscow, it wasn\'t possible.\r\n\r\nRemarkably, since two of my sisters were big fans, I was completely unfamiliar with SRV\'s music. I tried to pick up a couple of his CDs while we were in London, but - unsurprisingly - people had swept up his CDs in the aftermath of his death. Thanks for the iMix list. I will have to see what our library has and reserve some CDs this week.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I remember very clearly when he died - I was in London, on a long weekend trip with two friends from the Embassy in Moscow - one was my best friend from second grade on up (yeah, believe it or not, we both became Soviet historians) and the other, a new friend from Texas, just met in Moscow. I was scanning a newspaper over breakfast our first morning in England and said, “Wow. Stevie Ray Vaughn died.” And our Texas friend burst into tears - we had no idea he was a close family friend of hers. She started making phone calls to see if she could fly home for the funeral, but because of our restrictive contracts back in Moscow, it wasn’t possible.

Remarkably, since two of my sisters were big fans, I was completely unfamiliar with SRV’s music. I tried to pick up a couple of his CDs while we were in London, but - unsurprisingly - people had swept up his CDs in the aftermath of his death. Thanks for the iMix list. I will have to see what our library has and reserve some CDs this week.

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