But I never got around to watching his performance of Third Stone From the Sun by Jimi Hendrix, until I decided to play through the whole show while at work today. Live At The El Mocambo captures him on top form in 1983. Well I do know: Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best rock and blues guitarist that ever lived, and always will be. The eight remaining titles include favorites from Double Trouble's early repertoire: 'Love struck baby', 'Pride an joy', 'Mary had a little lamb' and Stevie's homepage to his hero Jini Hendrix, 'Voodoo Chile.' Another Hendrix vehicle, 'Third stone from the sun,' is a tour de force of acrobatics, both sonic and physical, while 'Lenny' reveals the guitarist's lyrical, sensitive side. Filmed in 1983, Live at the El Mocambo captures a high-powered performance from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Troubles early days. PLAY Stevie Ray Vaughan - El Mocambo - Third Stone From the Sun I've watched several performances from Live at the El Mocambo, widely considered one of SRV's greatest live shows. Above them we have Stevie Ray Vaughan, in a league all by himself. Four of the songs included here were never released on LP in Vaughan's lifetime. Even with bassist Tommy Shannon towering over him, Stevie appeared almost larger then lufe. Clearly, the El Mocambo crowd witnessed an emerging guitar legend and his top-notch band on an extraordinary night. There just happened to be cameras there.'In other words, this wasn't a studio audience, there were no re-takes, no fixing or sweetening after the fact. Luckily, the entire event was captured on film.ĭrummer Chris Layton recalls, Ït was just a straight live performance. Such was obviously the case one night in 1983 when Double Trouble played Toronto's El Mocambo. The SRV recording that Ive played the most is undoubtedly Live at the El Mocambo, the DVD of Stevie Ray and Double Troubles performance at the titular.

Stevie Ray's flamboyant, in-your-face style blossomed most in front of a live audience. And like any self-respecting guitarslinger. What began as a love song for his wife Lenora (and the name of the guitar she gifted him), Stevie Ray Vaughans instrumental Lenny has. Brother Jimmie Vaughan hit the nail on the head as only he could: 'He never played it the same way once, much less twice.' As impressive as Stevie's too-brief studio career was, the records represent only freezeframe stills of songs (and a guitarist) thta were continually evolving. The film was recorded at the El Mocambo club in Toronto, Ontario during the. As with any great artist, particularly those of the blues persuasion, Steve Ray Vaughan was constantly taking chances, stretching out, discovering new possibilities even in songs he performed nightly. At the end of the day there arent many SRV dvds but to me this is his very very best performance on dvd and the Lenny track I think is the best version he has. Live at the El Mocambo is a live video by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.

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