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In 1990, Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan was just emerging from a long period in which drugs had taken their toll: the previous year's In Step album was the first he had made drug free, and the results were a marvel. But then, after sharing a stage with Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and Eric Clapton, he boarded a helicopter to Chicago. It crashed, and the career of one of the great blues guitarists was ended.
Rewind to 1983 and here is Stevie Ray at the beginning of his fame, his first album with his backing band Double Trouble, Texas Flood, having just been released to critical and popular acclaim. The venue is the El Mocambo club in Toronto, a dark, smoky joint with a laid-back but appreciative clientele. Vaughan, drummer Chris Layton, and bassist Tommy Shannon share the tiny stage. The guitarist, bedecked in trademark hat and alligator-skin boots, is pale of complexion, sweating from the heat and physical exertion, and physically much smaller than Shannon, who towers over him. But Vaughan dominates, as much by the magnetism of his flamboyant personality as his guitar playing. And what playing: by turns fiery, funky, then limpid and surprisingly graceful. Here is an authentic blues artist captured in the throes of living through his music. At this early stage in his career he was still very much in thrall to Jimi Hendrix (the flower-power shirt gives it away), as covers of "Voodoo Chile" and "Third Stone from the Sun" (the latter a Hendrix-inspired guitar-abuse session) indicate. The highlight of the show, however, is his rendition of "Texas Flood," which turns out to be an amazing essay on the art of blues guitar. This is a raw, intimate, and spontaneous record of a one-time event. All fans of the blues will be grateful to those who had the foresight to capture it on film. --Mark Walker, Amazon.co.uk
Special Features
The DVD allows the viewer to chose a lyrics on/off option, as well as different audio mixes (Dolby Surround or Stereo). There's also a short interview with Double Trouble's Clayton and Shannon, recorded in 1999, in which they reveal that Stevie never bothered with a set list, a biography, discography, and timeline.
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By carlos
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
excellent a pitty this guy is not anymore on this planet
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I would love to see the chance to find products like this more frequently.
Also french movies that normally I do not find here.
thanks
By J. Lamothe
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have seen this show on TV, I was very impressed by this unknown guitar player at that time. I think, I see techniques in this show that I haven't seen SRV doing in another show. Very good.
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By Christopher
Format:DVD
This performance captures Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble playing a smokin' set of tunes at Toronto's El Mocambo in late 1983. In this very intimate setting, Stevie, Whipper, and Tommy play a fantastic set, a type of performance that Stevie always gave. He starts out with two instrumentals, "Testify" and "So Excited" (my personal fave). Then he goes into Jimi Hendrix's classic "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)". After burning through "Pride And Joy", he goes through Howlin' Wolf's "Tell Me" and Buddy Guy's "Mary Had A Little Lamb". Then, the show-stopper: "Texas Flood". Almost ten minutes of textbook blues-playing, culminating with him playing behind his back. Watching him play this song is like someone punching me in the gut. Then he plays behind his head for "Love Struck Baby" and does a great cover of John Lee Hooker's "Hug You, Squeeze You". Then he has his rock-star moment with Hendrix's "Third Stone From The Sun", beating his guitar, Number One, to death on the stage. It makes one realize why Number One looked the way it did. He encores with "Lenny", a performance so beautiful and so full of passion that it would melt the most hardened blues-purist's heart. SRV then concludes the performance with Lonnie Mack's "Wham!", then sets his guitar down, says "Thank you so very much, we got's to go", and he and Double Trouble leave the stage. This performance is so fiery and intense. There is no way to describe it. You'll just have to go out and buy it. GO AHEAD! BUY IT NOW! OR ELSE! LONG LIVE STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
show of anthologie
This is SRV at is best,the only négative point is that it's too short...What a fabulous guitarist!!!
Published on Jan 22 2010 by Michel Roy
5.0 out of 5 stars
OH MY GOD!!!! OH MY GOD!!!! OHHHHHHHH MYYYY GODDDD!!!!
This is a must have for any Stevie Ray Vaughan fan. Stevie is incredibly amazing from start to finish, any blues lover must have this DVD!
Published on Feb 4 2009 by J. Perrotta
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome
I always knew how great Stevie was on guitar but this video made me see he was even better than I originally thought. Read more
Published on July 12 2007 by Matthew L. Hughes
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best of Stevie that I have seen so far............
You just can't go wrong with this one if you are a fan of Stevie at all !!!
Published on May 22 2006 by Paul Seabrook
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yes...He played Little Wing!
Before this video was ever released, it was aired on tv up here in Canada. Stevie performed a beautiful version of Little Wing with some quiet wah wah work in the middle of the... Read more
Published on April 17 2005 by NRoston
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really is as good as people say
Better than the Austin City Limits compilation, SRV is absolutely smokin' on this. Perhaps the best blues concert recording ever. A must-have if you like SRV.
Published on July 11 2004 by My Twin
5.0 out of 5 stars
TAKES THE CAKE
THIS DVD CANNOT BE TOUCHED. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING DVD`S FOR A WHILE NOW AND THIS ONE IS THE BEST I OWN. YOU WILL NOT WASTE A PENNIE ON THIS RIG. I CANNOT STOP WATCHING IT. Read more
Published on May 30 2004 by AARON MCCASLIN
5.0 out of 5 stars
Supersonic Electric Wizardry
Any guitar fans DVD collection is incomplete without Live at the El Mocambo. If you are a Stevie Ray fan and you dont own this DVD its almost blasphemous. Read more
Published on May 28 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Should be called "Stevie: Raw and Unleashed"
The DVD quality is mediocre and has the look of a low budget video, which is what it was. After all this is 1983 before Stevie was "SRV". Read more
Published on May 4 2004 by Ferdo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Live at the El Mocambo.
An absolutely wicked DVD. I've been a huge blues fan for many years and I've seen many of the greats live. SRV's performance on this recording is second to none. Read more
Published on Jan 15 2004 by Rossman
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