Check this out.....SRV-Scuttle Buttin Gayageum ver. - YouTube

What a player!!!

 

Even mo betta!

I thank God every time I hear this that I got to see him do it live a few times (and forever will be proud I saw how the beloved Big Head Todd cut his teeth on this and other SRV gems) back in the day... 
Thanks, RP for keeping it all alive and connected and fully energized!

Ha!  was just thinking of how that Stone Roses tune sounds exactly like SRV's version of Voodoo Chile.  Perfect segue!!

 LongGoneDaddy wrote: 
your South Park reference is not lost on me. Poor Patrick Duffy.

sorry...had to..

I can't even think about playing this fast.  Love it!

VERY nice transition Bill!!!!  ....from Stone Roses Love Spreads...you go guy!  Need I say this song is unbelievable?!!

Stevie's mentor from the early days, Doyle Bramhall, passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday night.  He will be sorely missed not only in Austin but world wide for his contribution (some say invention) of modern blues.  RIP, Doyle.

 cc_rider wrote: 
In my experience, that "lots of notes with no soul" remark often is dispersed by people who are not musicians.  It could be said about Alvin Lee, perhaps, even to non-musicians, but (I think) not to SRV.

 Randomax wrote: 
I loved that place. Saw Poi Dog there several times, also Stick People, lots of 'great unknowns'.

Some purists argue SRV was just 'lots of notes without any soul'. E'erybody's entitled to their opinion, so hey. But this tune, this tune really is a ton of notes! Why d'ya think it's called 'Scuttlebuttin'? Stevie is up there 'cutting heads', and nobody, NOBODY could do it better. He is showin' off here, that's no secret. I contend he's showin' off with soul too, but hey.

Killer segue!  Sonically resembles the mad boogie in Ray Charles' ditty (What'd I Say) played just before...  RP jams, without peer, again!
I recall that when this came out, I was Rocky Mountain Way-High on Trail Crew, making what would become North Peak...saw him a year or so later while at CU; of course he blew us away! as he'd done at Red Rocks (and with Bonnie Raitt to boot!) and I STILL love the way it blows into the room, knocks everything around a bit, then leaves with some mighty fine vibes hanging there...

This was my cellphone ringer for the longest time. Heh! I feel like I have a call now. :?

way cool!!!!

Following Stone Roses? 
BRILLIANT! 

Nice!

SRV was a serious talent, and this song proves it.  I used to love to watch him play - I'd study his hands... How easily he hit the strings and produced such exquisite music.  When I was a kid, I went to a circus with a trapeze act, and I'd have to cover my eyes because I just knew someone would end up missing a catch and falling into the safety net. It was not an enjoyable experience for me.  Conversely, when I grew up and discovered Stevie's music, I never dreaded that he'd miss a note or screw up.  I was confident that he'd nail the songs dead-on, and he always did.  No dread, no fear - just pure enjoyment bordering on total bliss for me.  I love his music.  That's all.

I generally don't like blues or blues rock, but there's almost nothing SRV touched that I won't listen to.

 drife wrote: 

That dude SHOULD play. He is sadly gone.

 Stingray wrote: 
That dude could play. He is sadly gone.

Beyond "Godlike"

THAT DUDE CAN PLAY...!

 KimFav wrote: 

As long as several are relating their SRV concert stories, here's mine;  Last year of college, University of Maryland, fall of 79'.  Went to a little bar in Georgetown in DC to see local Blues heroes the Nighthawks.  Opening act was a relatively unknown trio from Texas.  This place (the name of which I no longer can remember) held maybe 120 people tops, mainly all there to see the Nighthawks.  Then Double Trouble started their set and Stevie began to wail...

The Nighthawks always knew who could play to their crowd and were never afraid to book real talent as an opening act for them.  Four years later I saw then in Tempe Arizona at another little bar; opening act?  The Robert Cray Band.  Both bands ended the night crammed on the small stage together with a 15 minute jam that left everybody drained.  Like your story, that night and that scene is burned into my brain.

 ptooey wrote: 
4 pm pacific every day would be perfect. ...without the segue into pearl jam.