Happy Birthday man.....:)
"The sky is cryin. Cant you see the tears roll down the street The sky is cryin. Cant you see the tears roll down the street Ive been looking for my baby And I wonder where can she be I saw my baby early one morning. She was walking on down the street I saw my baby early this morning. She was walking on down the street You know it hurt me, hurt me so bad Made my poor heart skip a beat Ive got a real real real real bad feelin that my baby she dont love me no more Ive got a real real bad feelin that my baby dont love me no more You know the sky, the skys been cryin cant you see the tears roll down my nose."
I’m still cryin :(
I'm crying right along with you 'Train. I don't know where my head was, but I discovered this guy way too late, and then the end came. He is undoubtedly one of the worlds greatest musicians, 1) because of his abilities and 2) he never failed to give homage to his influences, especially Jimi. His humbleness, in comparisons to his talent is a rarity today, I still miss him
I guess I was fortunate. I had just relocated from New York to Houston Texas in the spring of 1979 and in June people started telling me about something called the "Juneteenth Blues festival". Being from New York I had absolutely no idea what Juneteenth was all about & had never until this point ever been to a "Blues" festival. But they told me that it was free music soI said "why not" ....lol I arrived on the scene and there was a sea of Black people surrounding a huge amphitheater in one of the city of Houston's biggest parks. By now I discovered what Juneteenth was all about and that it was in fact the biggest party of the year for Black people in the state of Texas.
Naturally I had my cooler with me so i found a nice spot where I could just "chill with my cooler".....lol Anyhow I got really comfortable & eventually drifted off to sleep to the sounds of some really cool music. Then all of the sudden I woke up & heard
"Lord knows i'm a voodoo chille baby..."
Since I was only half awake at that moment, I just figured that someone nearby had a Jimi Hendrix tape going in their portable tape deck. I turned my head a little bit & looked on the stage & there was this real skinny "white boy", dressed like a "funkateer"(he had on an 'applejack hat', 'nik-nik' shirt, platform shoes, etc) playing the chit out of the great Hendrix song "Voodoo Chille"
……………….My jaw dropped
The most amazing part of it all was that the huge crowd which was 100% Black sat in silence completely mesmerized by this young man doing a cover version of a song originated by a man that the music industry said "didn't play Black music". I became a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn forever at that very moment !!! I own EVERY single one of his albums !!!!!!!!!!!!! Before his untimely death I saw him live 11 times (the same number of times I have seen P-Funk live) I have seen him perform in all knds of venues ranging from small nightclubs to Madison Square Garden. One of the things Many of the fans reading this may be surprised to even see a post here about Stevie Ray here in this topic.
But you know just as well as I do that if there ever was such a thing as a "Soul Man", Stevie Ray was it !!
(and yes.....I do cry for him)
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