SRV Gone 25 Years

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 08/27/2015 at 09:23 • Filed to: Musiclopnik

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Lost way too early on this date in 1990.

Stevie and Double Trouble at Austin City Limits 1989:

fourvalleys > Jcarr 08/27/2015 at 09:32

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I always remember that my dad and uncle had tickets to his last show, but only went to Alpine Valley to try and sell them. If I remember correctly, they ended up selling them for peanuts in the parking lot and leaving before the show started.

Jcarr > fourvalleys 08/27/2015 at 09:38

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Wow, that would haunt me for a while.

camaroboy68ss > Jcarr 08/27/2015 at 09:52

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he was one of the greats,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLDvl9…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0BdU…

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Jcarr 08/27/2015 at 10:23

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For my money, the greatest guitar player of all time. I'll be spinning Texas Flood as soon as I get home from work today.

Jcarr > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 08/27/2015 at 10:24

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Watching these videos just reminds me that I will never even be able to hold a guitar as well as he did.

Such an incredible talent.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Jcarr 08/27/2015 at 10:34

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I'm honestly not sure there's any one thing I can do as well as SRV played guitar. Like he's better at guitar than I am at breathing.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 08/27/2015 at 11:01

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SRV’s memorial in downtown Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman)

desertdog5051 > Jcarr 08/27/2015 at 14:36

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I have that episode of ACL on VHS tape. It’s the reason I keep a VHS player. Should get it digitalized but it is more fun to set up the VCR on the old cathrode ray tube TV and watch.

Side note: I remember going to see him early in his career and having a hard time getting anybody else to go with me. There were maybe 500 people in the audience and he rocked just like there were 50,000. What a talented guy.

Jcarr > desertdog5051 08/27/2015 at 14:39

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That’s awesome. I was only 6 when he died so I’ve only gotten to experience him posthumously. I can’t imagine how huge he would have gotten if he’d lived.