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Stevie Ray Vaughan — Life By The Drop
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acupunk
(West Hartford)
Posted: Feb 24, 2013 - 13:12
 
God I miss SRV. One of my all time fav's. Lucky enough to see him and Double Trouble play at my spring weekend at SUNY New Paltz in 1984. What a show.
 

hidey
(NZ)
Posted: Nov 22, 2012 - 12:50
 
Colossal tune from SRV - I wish he'd done more acoustic recordings! A proper guitar hero lost far too early... {#Guitarist}

joelbb
Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 16:05
 
A latter day master.  Awesome cut; unplugged before it got cool.

JIan
(Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 11:26
 
Love SRV, and this is a particularly shining example as to why.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 11:25
 
 ziakut wrote:
Quite simply my favorite tune by SRV. Understated and beautifully arranged. Just pure, simple goodness. You are missed Stevie.
 
Me as well!!

ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 10:58
 
Quite simply my favorite tune by SRV. Understated and beautifully arranged. Just pure, simple goodness. You are missed Stevie.

sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 10:44
 
 Proclivities wrote:
Sounds like Mumford & Sons: 8
 

Shame on you! Go sit in the corner and think about what you said! {#Naughty}



asilbuch
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 10:43
 
One of the best ever...many memories
 

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 17:33
 
 willrobinson wrote:
Not even a little bit, thank goodness.
 
{#Roflol}  yes indeed!  this is my FAVORITE of his

willrobinson
(danger)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 07:51
 
 Proclivities wrote:
Sounds like Mumford & Sons: 8
 

Not even a little bit, thank goodness.

rushed
(Edwardsville, IL)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 15:35
 
STEVIE1 wrote:
This is the reason that Radio Paradise is such a great station, you play some sublime music, thanks Bill keep up the great work.
 

{#Good-vibes}


shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 15:31
 
 Proclivities wrote:
Sounds like Mumford & Sons: 8
 
He sounds like Stevie Ray to me.......


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 06:16
 
Sounds like Mumford & Sons: 8

STEVIE1
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Oct 08, 2011 - 11:48
 
This is the reason that Radio Paradise is such a great station, you play some sublime music, thanks Bill keep up the great work.

Mita
(Santa Fe, NM)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 16:19
 
First SR Vaughan song I ever heard that I'd want to hear a second time.

slartibart_O
(N29°57'-W97°34')
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 07:42
 
 jpfueler wrote:

you were too liberal for Austin or Houston??? You can be to the left of Marx {#Tongue} and fit in Austin. Houston has somewhat become New Orleans West after Katrina. Dallas has a few pockets of libs, but less notorious than Austin.
 
Concise and accurate opinions. No place celebrates mediocrity and weird like Austin. Houston is unlivable but to Houstonites, If you are homesick for most parts of the northeast see Dallas. If you want a more conservative but very Texas experience with culture (yes there is such a thang) go to Ft. Worth, if you want to visit Mexico but keep your head atop your neck see San Antonio and El Paso. If you like your politics teaparty see Midland, Amarillo and Lubbock. You can see beach, swamps, pine forest, plains, desert, high plains and mountains in a single day of travel and never leave the state.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 04, 2011 - 15:59
 
 GriffinMN wrote:
I love this song. Yes, it is easy to play and I think that was on purpose. This song was meant to be simple and pure. This song was written by Stevie and Doyle Bramhall about their experience being in recovery from addiction - "that's how it happens livin' life by the drop" - a double entendre. In fact, I believe it is specifically about how Doyle tried to get Stevie into recovery unsuccessfully for some time (or I may have it backwards). In honor of Stevie, Doyle still picks up a sobriety medallion for Stevie at what was his primary meeting in Texas. That kind of transformation is amazing.
 
This made me suddenly remember a song called "Wait this Longing Out" by Arc Angels (Charlie Sexton, Doyle Bramhill, and some of SRV's backup band.) There's a line in it:  "I felt so much pain.... when they put away Stevie Ray..." Your comment, with these lyrics, makes the whole thing even more tragic and triumphant.  RIP, Stevie Ray. You fought the fine fight, and you went down victorious. Your fans will never forget.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 16:59
 
I've read through a lot of the comments on this song, and all I can add is this:  I saw him in concert, in Salem, Oregon, and he was dressed in black and gave a breathtaking performance. I was there for John Hiatt, because at the time, I wasn't a SRV fan - but the whole show was awesome. I wish I'd had the pre-cognitive powers to know that what I was seeing would be one of his last performances. I wish HE could have seen it - but probably, even if he could have known, he'd have done things exactly the same.

When I saw him, he was clean, sober, and totally on top of his game. That's how I'll always remember him.

agnes
(within stumbling distance of a brewery and the ocean)
Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 14:21
 
Dear Lord yes.  

My best friend wants this played at her funeral.  

One of the many reasons why I love her. 

diannemck56
(Sacramento)
Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 10:53
 
 bethesdaboo wrote:
This song makes me cry! I love it.
 

Me Too!!!

bethesdaboo
(sacramento)
Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 19:08
 
This song makes me cry! I love it.

audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 07:20
 
 bbryan wrote:
Is anyone aware of any other SRV acoustic tracks available via Amazon or iTunes. Like Jimi, SRV didn't have many acoustic tracks in his catalog (this is the only one I am aware of).

Thanks,
BB 
 

Seek out tracks from the MTV Unplugged appearance, Rude Mood and Testify are particularly awesome. Also Lenny from the Live At Carnegie Hall Cd is achingly beautiful. Sigh...

bbryan
(Don't believe everything you think)
Posted: May 28, 2010 - 07:56
 
Is anyone aware of any other SRV acoustic tracks available via Amazon or iTunes. Like Jimi, SRV didn't have many acoustic tracks in his catalog (this is the only one I am aware of).

Thanks,
BB 

rjewyo
(Ventura, CA)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 15:47
 
Thanks Bill for playing SRV...the greatest!

jpfueler
(South o' Ft Worth)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 01:31
 
 robbeek wrote:

You're in Burleson?  Got family there, but I got ran out of the state 'cause I am one of them long-haired hippie liberal types.  Still, the ole Lone Star state did give us the great Stevie Ray, Tommy Lee Jones, the wonderful Molly Ivins, just to name a few.
 
you were too liberal for Austin or Houston??? You can be to the left of Marx {#Tongue} and fit in Austin. Houston has somewhat become New Orleans West after Katrina. Dallas has a few pockets of libs, but less notorious than Austin.


jpfueler
(South o' Ft Worth)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 01:24
 
 NeuroJoe wrote:

Wow, I can't imagine a bigger change in venue. That's like an Earthling moving to Mars. {#Sealed}

Lived in Paradise, MI for a few years as a kid. Great place to live as a kid, not an adult (unless you like welfare and excessive drinking). My parents owned the Little Falls Inn and Red Flannel Saloon, being less than 10 miles from Whitefish Point I can't tell you how many times I heard "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on the bar jukebox. Always gives me a smile when Bill plays it here.
 
First move was to N.O. and yes, it was like a planet change in many ways, but the ghetto kids thought I was crazy, so they left off the usual harrassing and they learned I was an ok guy to be around.
The move to Texas was wrenching financially, but things have finally turned the corner (got all the bills paid off, and then got damned good raise late last year!!). Texas is much more to my liking in many ways. Michigan is home, but the bottom third (and the fools voting for bozos like Stupek) made the state unlivable (If everyone who lost a job in Michigan just this recession still lived there, the unemployment would be twice the rate now, and kids like me never stayed. 120 graduated and 6 years later and only 4 still lived in the area). So I go for visits. If I hit a lottery, I'd get some land in the woods, otherwise I'll not live there unless things change massively.
Tis sad, really.



jpfueler
(South o' Ft Worth)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 01:11
 
 Otomi wrote:

Howdy, fellow Yooper! I grew up in Marquette! We go bar, get hoyhoyed! You betcha!

 
Former resident of Gladstone. 4500 people...6 or 7 bars on Main St. plus others in and around town (~_^) .
 


Bine
(Duesseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 08:41
 
 Jamunca wrote:
HILARIOUS! The Beatles break into SRV!

Anyone else catch that?

 
Yeah...but did anyone else also catch that extremely high-pitched noise right at the beginning of the track? I think I have a headache now...


lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 17:40
 
 Jamunca wrote:
Bill left "A Day in the Life" continue playing in the background of his between-song station ID. There's a pause at the end of the song followed by that little brief, repeating outro. That bled into SRV's first verse and made me LOL at work. Thanks Bill!
 
oh thank you Jamunca i was seeking an explanation for my aural confusion 



dyharenas
(¡En Chile, y que viva Chile!)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 17:40
 
 Jamunca wrote:


Bill left "A Day in the Life" continue playing in the background of his between-song station ID. There's a pause at the end of the song followed by that little brief, repeating outro. That bled into SRV's first verse and made me LOL at work. Thanks Bill!

 

It happened again! It's engraved...leave it there.

Jamunca
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 - 19:53
 
 Kemoc wrote:
Didnt know what that was

 Jamunca wrote:
HILARIOUS! The Beatles break into SRV!

Anyone else catch that?

 
 

Bill left "A Day in the Life" continue playing in the background of his between-song station ID. There's a pause at the end of the song followed by that little brief, repeating outro. That bled into SRV's first verse and made me LOL at work. Thanks Bill!


Kemoc
(Waynesville, OH)
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 - 19:52
 
Didnt know what that was

 Jamunca wrote:
HILARIOUS! The Beatles break into SRV!

Anyone else catch that?

 



Jamunca
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 - 19:50
 
HILARIOUS! The Beatles break into SRV!

Anyone else catch that?


GriffinMN
(Minneapolis)
Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 21:26
 
I love this song. Yes, it is easy to play and I think that was on purpose. This song was meant to be simple and pure. This song was written by Stevie and Doyle Bramhall about their experience being in recovery from addiction - "that's how it happens livin' life by the drop" - a double entendre. In fact, I believe it is specifically about how Doyle tried to get Stevie into recovery unsuccessfully for some time (or I may have it backwards). In honor of Stevie, Doyle still picks up a sobriety medallion for Stevie at what was his primary meeting in Texas. That kind of transformation is amazing.

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Nov 28, 2009 - 10:45
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

Not a big Stevie fan, but I do like this song!{#Bananajam}

 
That's a start. Keeping an open mind and see what happens.

flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 11:32
 
Terrific rendition of that song!


EssexTex
(Living The Dream)
Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 04:16
 
Always amazing......sing it Stevie

audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 10:41
 
:'( I Soooo Miss Stevie.

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 09:33
 

Not a big Stevie fan, but I do like this song!{#Bananajam}



Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 08:57
 
 toterola wrote:


You're all class there, slick. Here's to seeing you in Hell. {#Cheers}
 

Ah, see, there's your problem, you believe in fairy tales about an afterlife, and eternal damnation, and shit like that. Hence the insistence on having respect for "the dead" which really means, either having respect for a rotting bit of organic material, quietly minding its own business and decomposing; or it means having respect for the memories of people who, if you apply your fairy-tales to their lives strictly, are all going to Hell anyway. So why should I have respect for dead people, who by your rules (if you're a believer that is) are going to burn in hell? And if you're not a believer, then why have "respect for the dead" at all?

And by-the-by, you are a prude. You just haven't caught up to the fact that you've become your parents. It's okay, it happens to all of us.



robbeek
(the foothills above El Lay....)
Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 15:16
 
 jpfueler wrote:

some time has passed. . . oops.
Howdy, eh! I'm over in Burleson. A displaced Yooper in Cowboyland.

 
You're in Burleson?  Got family there, but I got ran out of the state 'cause I am one of them long-haired hippie liberal types.  Still, the ole Lone Star state did give us the great Stevie Ray, Tommy Lee Jones, the wonderful Molly Ivins, just to name a few.



drtjdel
Posted: May 14, 2009 - 11:47
 
This is easy too play, too! Need the twelve string, though.

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 17:19
 
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

Thanks for your humble opinion, I'll file it in the appropriate receptacle. *flush*  There it goes.

 

You're all class there, slick. Here's to seeing you in Hell. {#Cheers}

NeuroJoe
(North Tijuana, USA)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 11:02
 
 jpfueler wrote:

some time has passed. . . oops.
Howdy, eh! I'm over in Burleson. A displaced Yooper in Cowboyland.

 
Wow, I can't imagine a bigger change in venue. That's like an Earthling moving to Mars. {#Sealed}

Lived in Paradise, MI for a few years as a kid. Great place to live as a kid, not an adult (unless you like welfare and excessive drinking). My parents owned the Little Falls Inn and Red Flannel Saloon, being less than 10 miles from Whitefish Point I can't tell you how many times I heard "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on the bar jukebox. Always gives me a smile when Bill plays it here.

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Jan 16, 2009 - 11:01
 
Just heard this yesterday morning on my drive in. It's ALWAYS a pleasure to hear SRV!

stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Jan 08, 2009 - 03:44
 
I love this song, allways liked to hear SRV just tear notes out of his guitar but had heard him do some accoustic stuff and he really was good on one so add that to his personal struggles and this is great song

Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 19:11
 
 toterola wrote:

Was this comment really necessary? I mean, really?

I think not. I ain't no "shrinking violet", but a lack of respect for the dead is a sign of a poor upbringing. You should be ashamed of yourself, and you should keep such ghoulish sh*t to yourself. {#Sealed}

Just my humble opinion.
 
Thanks for your humble opinion, I'll file it in the appropriate receptacle. *flush*  There it goes.


toterola
(Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving)
Posted: Nov 29, 2008 - 20:56
 
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

Butbutbutbut...you could bring back zombie Stevie-Ray, and zombie Jimi, and zombie Keith Moon...andandandand of course on vocals you'd have to have zombie Elvis! I'm sure there would be grou...I mean people lined up to provide the nice, juicy brains required to fuel a ZOMBIE SUPER-GROUP!!!!!!!1!!!!! That would be awesome!
 
Was this comment really necessary? I mean, really?

I think not. I ain't no "shrinking violet", but a lack of respect for the dead is a sign of a poor upbringing. You should be ashamed of yourself, and you should keep such ghoulish sh*t to yourself. {#Sealed}

Just my humble opinion.

driver8
(right on target)
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 07:02
 
No wasted time....We're alive today
Churnin' up the past....There's no easier way
Time's been between us....A means to an end
God it's good to be here walkin' together my friend

aahhh  stevie     {#Notworthy}

bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Nov 14, 2008 - 07:00
 
funny, it starts just like 'revolution' so i understand why it comes after ' a day in a life' ;-)