http://www.steviesnacks.com/lessons/free-lessons/
I came across this on another forum
Good player with great tone.
But he sure does talk a lot.
Enjoy
http://www.steviesnacks.com/lessons/free-lessons/
I came across this on another forum
Good player with great tone.
But he sure does talk a lot.
Enjoy
He sure does. I tried listening. I just couldn't take it!
Studying my SRV myself these days... but I’m watching his vĂ*deos and figuring out what he’s doing by myself.
Go to the source: Freddy King.
"No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim
I think the source is Albert King for his lead, Lonnie Mack for a lot of the rhythms.Originally Posted by Offshore Angler
You'd have a lot of work to do if you are going to try to "source" Stevie's style. That's one of the things that made him so grest: he stole stuff from everyone. Hubert Sumlin to Kenny Burrell & a lot of others in-between & beyond
Good calls melody.
I was a young blues guitar stud around South Dallas in the late 70's. We all drew from Freddy.
I hear almost all of Freddy's signature licks when SRV played.
https://youtu.be/mE9H1bW-zQ4
Take a listen here and compare to Texas Flood which came out much later.
But Albert King, man, oh man, I loved that guy. What a player and showman!
Chuck
"No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim
I never got to see any of the Kings and I saw SRV about 3 weeks before the chopper crash
damn, it will be 28 years ago on monday
I liked the guy's style but do think a lot of other players took the Blues farther than SRV did at the time. He just had the ability to mix it all up through it in you face with a bit of fuck you ta boot.
SRV gave back to the blues and the artists a lot. SRV was never, never one to shy away from who his influences were and always showed huge respect to them. There's many YT videos of that very thing. SRV gave new birth to the blues when he broke through and brought many artists from the past along with him and it gave them a new life on their career as well. SRV is also one of the very few artist that was able to play Jimi Hendrix tunes true to form.
Check out Marty Schwartz he's got some good videos on SRV.
I think the beef some people have with SRV is the vast army of imitators he spawned. I've not really listened to him in quite a while as I had gotten a bit burned out on it but I definitely liked what he did just fine. I used to have a Concert (90s version) 4x10 that with a Tubescreamer (very early one, should have kept it) copped some very fine SRV type tones.
I think this is the same with Eric Clapton. A lot of people pooh-pooh his playing, claiming he's recycling licks and so on. You know what? Those licks he's recycling are the licks he blew us away with when he first hit the stage. After 50+ years of playing, I think the wear and tear on the fingers, ears, and body begin to take their toll. Clapton may not be the first guy I put on the turntable/CD/mp3 player, but when I do, he's very definitely Eric Clapton.
Stevie Ray wasn't able to produce the body of work that Clapton has. Which makes his legacy even more amazing.
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