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All of the telephone lines are down
Well it's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down
And I've been tryin' to call my baby
Lord and I can't get a single sound
Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Yeah flood water keep a rollin'
Man it's about to drive poor me insane
Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well back home I know floods and tornados
Baby the sun shines every day
Infinity? Yes.
Now your talking
The hell with that 20!!!!
Infinity? Yes.
The hell with that 20!!!!
Wow, what a great song, and what memories this evokes... I was staring into a campfire behind a hostel near the Katherine River Gorge, in Northern Territory, in the Outback of wild, wonderful Oz; a collection of travelers, some from Broome, some from Melbourne, even a gal from Iran and I, all of us drinking our way through a big stack of cold stubbies, when a somber soul stumbled up and told us the news he'd just heard over the radio. We all felt the chill, and as it sank in, I felt the sting of tears in my eyes. I was taking the long way home to the USA after my first two of 20 years in Japan, and I'd seen Stevie twice, once at good ol' CU in '85 and again at Red Rocks with Bonnie Raitt, in '86 or '87, and my North Peak Trail Crew co-workers and I had played Texas Flood every day and night the entire summer of '84, and the idea that I'd never get to see him jam again just seemed too much to bear. We all felt the bite of our own mortality a bit more keenly, and every stubby in reach was dry by the time we all called it a night. Stevie, your jams still rock me to my core, and thanks, RP!
Bonnie.. and Stevie Ray..... in one spot??
It should have been that dip-shit, wife-stealing, music-plagiarizing, anti-vaxxer Clapton on that chopper instead of Stevie.
yeah Clapton is a bit of a dick
RIP, Stevie. Thanks for the good times. I drank a lot of Coors and chatted up a lot of girls while you played.
I hear what both of you are saying, and I also agree with what both of you are saying.
See? It cán actually be that easy :-D
To elaborate: I am definitely more of a fan of Jimi's unending accents, metrics, feeling for the rhythm, his genius mind that adds notes where noone would think of going looking for them, and his fantastic voice (and so much more).
That being said, I know little to nothing about SRV (I'm ehm one of them damn mid-'80s kids) but this guy can PLAY. Very interesting variations to repeating licks, great use of accents and I love guys that know to sometimes NOT play a note to make their playing more impactful.
I do not care much for the way he cuts off his notes and bends so quickly, but then we're talking about style and personal flavour, which is something we are supposed to be discussing, right?
RIP
Yea, I was living in Houston at the time and when the dj broke the news his voice cracked with sorrow, hell he might have been crying in the studio. It was a mighty sad day in Texas that day.
RIP
It's surely good to know that SRV was more than a visionary guitarist. Because Galveston is one of the top cities expected to be partly or completely flooded as the seas rise. The most voodoo guitar licks possible won't be holding that back.
you probably didn't like Larry Bird or Bill Walton either,...that is if you are a basketball fan
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jeez, i don't get it
Close your eyes, "see" a black guy playing, and let us know if it makes a difference. If it doesn't, work on that bigotry a little bit, OK?
Just so that I can choose 10 next time, and make it 100
SO GOOD
Awesome, just fricking — AWESOME! Back in '86 and '87, Big Head Todd used to play this and other SRV gems every week at the Friday Afternoon Club at the CU Memorial Center...can't believe it now but we actually kind of got tired of him doing it! (We'd seen Stevie jam at Red Rocks in June of '85 and CU Events Center in Oct. of the same year...). Then that legend was taken too soon...and now surprisingly many years have gone by and it is good to remember...but not many around who can jam it like SRV or BHT!
Well, Todd and The Monsters are playing for us Boulder Homies THIS SATURDAY Dec. 15, at The Fox On The Hill, and we're hoping they'll do us the biggest and PLAY THIS AGAIN!
The Blues is this marvelous therapeutic ritual thing people can participate in through the years across all times, races, and places, dig it!
I was recently watching a programme on the BBC (UK) hosted by Jools Holland called 'Sounds Of London'' and evidently (if I remember correctly) during the 17 century on every street corner there were people singing .. songs they had written themselves ... these songs were taken to the Americas long before the slave trade began but when the black man did arrive in America he took up these songs and sang them in his peculiar style... Does that help with your SRV problem ???
Have always loved Stevie and tonight it's just great.
I know what you mean, most songs get old just from being old.
Just look at most of the songs from the 60's for an example.
But this guitar is special. Old or new, this is one hot guitar.
Stevie is to guitars, what Elvis was to hips
No no no, i meant that literally! The day before i posted that, we had flash floods here in Texas. All apologies for my strange sense of humor!
Or Riviera Paradise?
All the same, Hendrix and Santana and Clapton and just about ALL the others came up by and with those there blues, so it's the real deal. But even when the blues are an off-putting the-guitarist-gotta-shoot-himself 6, this kind of play rockets it to the top. Jeez, Stevie could finesse those strings.
You only wish you could do that. Try it tomorrow ... for everything that goes so wrong.
wow.... just wow....
guess ya had to be there...
wow.... just wow....
All the same, Hendrix and Santana and Clapton and just about ALL the others came up by and with those there blues, so it's the real deal. But even when the blues are an off-putting the-guitarist-gotta-shoot-himself 6, this kind of play rockets it to the top. Jeez, Stevie could finesse those strings.
That's about as perfect an assessment of this song as I've seen posted here.
it is a shame he is no longer
I'm betting that whatever your wavelength is, it would fit here, and I'd probably like it. Thank you for being candid. You rock. Um, or, whatever you do in your wavelength...
I call em like I hear em, I can do no more nor less.
You filled the air with the sound of perfection the likes of which we may never see again.
Dear lord yes. :)
Dear lord yes. :)
agreed, this is good makin' baby music
Dear lord yes. :)
Quite an amazing sound he creates
Yeah.
Amen brother. We need a small hurricane in the Gulf.
I'd say you are correct. I really don't like it. I remember going to Blues bars and festivals in Chicago and the great House of Blues there. I was born in St Louis too, where the Hockey team is named "The Blues". I never got it, not even a little. I have one of those Gregor Samsa moments being around people enjoying the Blues. I am on a different wavelength I guess.
I'm betting that whatever your wavelength is, it would fit here, and I'd probably like it. Thank you for being candid. You rock. Um, or, whatever you do in your wavelength...
I'd say you are correct. I really don't like it. I remember going to Blues bars and festivals in Chicago and the great House of Blues there. I was born in St Louis too, where the Hockey team is named "The Blues". I never got it, not even a little. I have one of those Gregor Samsa moments being around people enjoying the Blues. I am on a different wavelength I guess.
What can I say? It was a good buy :-)
It's like a reprieve from badness. A musical "Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free" card.
No doubt! Nothing accomplished here, either, for the past however minutes. Very cool explanation..reflection..whatever..
It's like a reprieve from badness. A musical "Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free" card.
Yep...well stated. Couldn't have said it better.
Love this Blues run you have going.
As a matter of fact, it's freezing down in Texas right now - not rare, but certainly uncommon.
It's like a reprieve from badness. A musical "Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free" card.
These blues are giving me the blues.
Postscript: I have actually thought of several artists since writing this, so not one of my finer comments...
if only...there's like 4,000,000,000 blues artisans (alive and dead and yet to be born) that would LOVE to sound like this. his tone is ridiculous.
I agree with you somewhat. That's why I don't think I could play in a blues band. Many of the songs are based on the 1-4-5 chord progression, and it could get a bit boring playing that all night. But, I guess it's what you make of it!
10. amazing. love ya Stevie !
I've read that remastering is bit of a scam, but I thought it was adjusting the master tape EQ, etc., for the CD medium. With vinyl, the engineers had to be careful of levels, especially bass, or the needle would literally jump out of the groove. The CD is more forgiving, hence the "remastering."
Do you even realize how much you sound like some oldtimer yelling "Kids these days and that noise they call music" while shaking a fist??
Worked again today - thanks Bill!