This next one comes to us from Marcus Ranum. I love Stevie Ray Vaughan, and miss him very much. He was an amazing guitarist. Johnny Copeland was another amazing guitarist in his own right, who I also miss very much. So Stevie and Johnny playing together?
Nothing but pure guitar magic.
This is a 13 minute and 20 second video, so make sure you’ve got that time blocked off…
The first solo, played by Stevie, starts at 0:14 and ends at 1:36. The second solo, a short one played by Johnny, starts at 3:29 and ends at 3:39. The third full solo, taken by Johnny, starts at 5:33 and ends at 6:48. Stevie immediately takes the fourth solo, which starts at 6:51 and ends at 8:05. Johnny comes in with the fifth solo at 9:31, ending it at 10:52.
It’s just… so amazing. Both guitarists are mesmerizing, and both have an amazing command of the Blues. Enjoy!
I made the mistake once of reading some youtube comments on a posted version of this performance. Someone said something like: “LOL look at Copeland sweating buckets!”
And another commenter won it all back by replying: “that’s not sweat -- that’s the blues.”
PS -- I just have to add, that the negative-space missing note on SRV’s first riff, is my favorite bit of guitar playing ever.