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Stevie Ray Vaughan - no-one else could do a cover of 'Voodoo Chile' and get away with it
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Christ, I remember the night he died...what is it with rockers and aircraft? It was far worse for me even than hearing the news about John Lennon... I did quite a number of SRV's songs in my last band...(Pride n' Joy, Texas Flood, If the House is Rockin', The Sky is Cryin', and a few more)...This band, in Phoenix, had a THUNDERSTORM guitar player, by day a construction worker, had hands that could crush a walnut, but AMAZINGLY virtuosic...just used to close his eyes, throw his head back and SMOKE on that blues stuff...the crowds (lots of bikers) would go nuts...god, I'd be swayin', pickin' my bass HARD, the bottom notes THROBBING and POUNDING, the smoke'd be in my eyes, the spotlights makin' the sweat run down my face, my bass would be all hot and slippery, and our drummer ( a 6'2" bus-mechanic) would be makin' the floor shake...JESUS, we tore up a lot of bars (and not a few biker rallys) with that stuff...RIP SRV. :chug: