over rated hack??? are you fucking kidding me? that just pisses me off…srv was the closest thing we had to a reincarnation of jimi hendrix. and i’m sure people are thinking, “well he just played blues”…yeah he played blues but you have to admit they weren’t any regular old blues…and who’s to say blues is easy anyway?? if you think blues is just playing a minor penatonic scale over a standard blues progression…you can’t play the blues. Have you ever heard scuttle buttin’ by srv or riviera paradise? you listen to those songs and tell me he’s a hack…i fucking dare ya
I gotta back up astral on this one… SRV is neither over-rated, or a hack… The man was amazing…
One of my favorite things about him is the DVD of him playing at the Montreaux Jazz Festival… 2 different years… the first year everyone booed him, not expecting the blues… About three years later he is playing the same place, the same style, and they are going apeshit over him… Oh my how time changes peoples perspectives.
i have that dvd…it’s such a great little story of how stickin with your shit and doing what you want to do, not what anyone else wants you to do, can get you wherever you want to be
[size=200]SRV WAS THE MAN[/size]
stevie ray…?
meh…
^ Not sure if he did or not, but if he did open DB I am sure he got booed… The fans probably wanted some Spiders from Mars.
well, how i look at it is if you are on the top ten guitarist on rolling stone you are over rated. that could be the worse list ever(any list that has kurt cobain anywhere on the list sucks)
ok its is the worst list ever…next to this
top three bands ever
- simple plan
- Blink 182
- a monkey that bangs his face on a drum
Pass that thing over this way…
BTW…I’m from Texas. The Stevie Ray dig is fightin’ words, mack.
I’ve seen the man dozens of times. When he was a barband leader, as a newly signed artist, as a coked-out control freeek, and as a sobered-up blues MASTER.
The man was ALWAYS brilliant. He was understated, soulful, and utterly genius in his use of notes and tone.
I’d just like to say that the difference between a genius and a virtuoso is that genii write great, memorable music first and are excellent musicians second, rather than the other way around. I think Stevie Ray is a virtuoso because I can’t remember a single one of the songs I ever heard by him outside his Hendrix covers simply because it made me go “ohhh it’s a Hendrix song.” Not saying he wasn’t an immense talent or overrated, just that I don’t think he was a genius.
This thread makes some good and bad points.
But overall, it’s just a fucking matter of TASTE.
I happen to love Zappa. I think he is a genius.
My Wife thinks he’s overblown, a poor soloist, and writes terrible songs. But she respects his stature in music.
i would like to throw john patrutchi (spelling) of dream theater and their keyboardist into the technical/bad ass (respectively) category
just my two bits…
I think that the three things that make SRV better than most blues guitarists are (in order):
- his voice
- his rhythm section
- his chops
I love listening to Stevie Ray, though I get sick of twelve bar blues pretty quick no matter who’s playing it.
Riviera Paradise…listen to Riviera Paradise. You shall then know that he wasn’t a one trick pony
SRV still licks balls.
Yes, yes he does. Can’t help bend an ear when you hear a Stevie Ray tune.
^I meant that in a negative context.
Oh.
Okay.
I’ll move along now.
doo de doo, oh look at this lovely… floor board.
Buster and I will smash your face with a drum if you don’t change number 2. 
and as far as a Jimi reincarnation, you guys obviously haven’t heard enough Frusciante. He is Jimi reincarnate, I swear to god.