| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | rebuilding (0)
07/14/2008 | I LOVE SRV, my favorite song of his 'Life By The Drop' Only got to see him once, the world lost, but heaven gained.
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 | ANDREW57 (0)
07/11/2008 | One of my favorite
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 | Rob670 (1)
07/02/2008 | This man could play and perform like a madman. If he hadn't died on my dad's birthday, I'd have loved to have seen him play live.
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 | sheepy grl (0)
06/23/2008 | NOW YOUR TALKING Biothes
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 | Will292 (0)
06/22/2008 | damn the first guitrist i listen to.blew my freakin mind, a true rock god
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 | CanadaSucks (45)
06/22/2008 | I live in a world where Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead and Barry Manilow is still alive. Why? Why? The pain. . .
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 | ILikePie (49)
06/22/2008 | A blues legend up there with Hendrix in terms of ability (but maybe not quite in terms of songwriting), and a tragic loss to the guitarring community, especially considering he was making some of the best music of his career and had cleaned his act up.
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 | kinger75002 (0)
06/20/2008 | Technically, speaking the best guitarist during the 80's. His Live performance had such great energy you felt that you were listening to the greatest guitar player in the world.
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 | cathka (0)
06/17/2008 | Simply the best! That's all there is to say.
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 | dgooch (0)
06/06/2008 | The greatest in my view. Struck down before his time. Love and miss you Stevie.
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 | myspace-55076233 (0)
06/01/2008 | he was a great guitarist
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 | Automatt (28)
05/25/2008 | Definitely on the list of the best. When I heard his helicopter went down on the car radio, I had to pull over for a while.
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 | DynaSword11252 (26)
05/25/2008 | A true bluesman, he was great, It is a shame that he died, I wonder how many albums he would have put out by now?
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| Snakepit22 (0)
03/12/2008 | The talent was there, but I can't take in the tone. Also, I'm not sure if I'd notice the difference between any of his songs if I wasn't REALLY paying attention, which would be hard to do because i find his music excruciatingly boring. Maybe its just that I'm not a southern bluesman at heart. He could play till the cows came home. That is for sure, but they probably would want to come home to the samee tired licks.
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| bulldog83 (0)
02/28/2008 | One of my favorite musicians. Gives me chills when I hear his playing. Awesom player and was incredibly talented. RIP Stevie!
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 | SC64 (1)
12/18/2007 | Lucky enough to have seen him play in 1984! Still plays in my head.
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 | ROCKTRAIN69 (10)
12/14/2007 | A great legend. His death was just terrible, he had cleaned up his life, and things were going good for him. Then he was killed, damn shame.
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 | nwpanther (0)
11/30/2007 | Brings chills just watching him play.
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 | georges11 (16)
10/06/2007 | Pure raw talent. When he played his guitar it was like magic. Saw him live at the Palo Solari in Santa Fe. You could tell he just loved making that guitar sing. Hollywood should make a movie aqbout him much like La Bamba. His music was truly original. You can tell when you listen to his songs and compare him with others. Try it his sound is very distinct and recognizable. Stevie was taken from us much too early. He had a lot of magic left to share.
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 | rayrose (0)
09/05/2007 | he could do things that only hendrix could do but i don't really like his songs.
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| makerholler (0)
08/26/2007 | Slickest guitaris out there.
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| csc99 (0)
08/18/2007 | With out a dout the greatest guitarist ever so mush power feel & aggression no one could live with stevie on stage he was amazing. He also had a great voice but what was great about him was that he always played from the heart and never forgot who his influences were. RIP SRV second to none.
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| peterpink (0)
08/18/2007 | Wonderful performer with real feel and grace.
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| Fintan (0)
08/12/2007 | Best live guitarist ever, and the best blues guitarist ever. Tragically cut short, SRV had amazing chops, tone, soul and versality, dabbling in jazz, funk and shred, besides blues. The coolest guitar god ever, and better than Hendrix, Van Halen, Page etc.
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 | greggorangee (0)
06/23/2007 | Brilliant guitarist, proves that drugs DONT ruin your ability
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 | GoinDownSlow (23)
04/08/2007 | Almost as good a guitarist as Skydog and that my friends is saying something!
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| hunyrider (0)
03/24/2007 | Sorry guys. He did use drugs. This is a fact.
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 | jtwhit (0)
03/19/2007 | The definitive blues player! Check out the DVD, Live At The El Macambo...unreal. His rendition of Third Stone From The Sun will send shivers down your spine. Stevie has secured his place in rock history as one of the very best.
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| cevaking (1)
03/15/2007 | Half of you need to get your facts straight, stevie died in a helicopter crash, he was free of drugs and alcohol 3-4 years before his tragic death losers. I'll agree his studio songs may not seem that impressive (although they are to me), but watch him play live and thats where his greatness is, everything he played was from his heart and soul, nothing he played can be found in books or tabled, the man was just a legend and all round great guy - put it this way you don't have a statue put of yourself in the middle of austin, texas if you haven't done something right.
Just watch his live performance of texas flood from the el mocambo or his version of voodoo chile (slight return) and even the harshest crtitics will have to take their hat of to him.
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 | doobiesNhof (21)
03/13/2007 | One of the best ever. Contrary to what some reviewers here think, SRV was clean meaning drug and alchohol free at the end of his life. Please, get your facts straight. He was also a fantastic acoustic guitar player. Ranks right up there with Hendrix, Page and Clapton. Another life tragically cut short in his prime.
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 | curtisstambay (0)
03/11/2007 | Sure he was a dope fiend, but still a great guitarist.
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 | grazieb (0)
03/03/2007 | I would like to say that I have only just heard of SRV. I heard Voodoo Child on the local rock station, and I was totally blown away, I thought to myself 'even Hendrix would have been impressed by this cover'. I said to a work colleague this guy is amazing, the next big thing. He said I was 100% correct, but too late, and that SRV had died 17 years ago. I have since bought his albums and have seen the DVD's and now I am absolutely sure he is up there with the best. He is on a level with Clapton, Hendrix, Gilmour & Hammett.
Sad to say, here in the UK, SRV is a virtually unknown artist.
There are people who can play the guitar, and there are those who understand it. Vaughan understood. SRV had it all, a talented guitarist, a showman, an inspiration! I wonder how many people picked up a guitar after hearing Stevie. It almost makes me want to stop playing all together!
Vaughan deserves to be in the top 5.
Legend
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| markgtrplyr (0)
02/14/2007 | He reminds me so much of Hendrix - I sometimes think that these incredible players come along once every 25 or 30 years - dazzle us with their brilliance for a short time and then leave us far too soon.
To those people who think he was over-rated, all I can say is that they don't know Squat about players or guitars.
If they did, they wouldn't make such a stupid comment
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| majorreynolds (0)
02/10/2007 | Stevie had major substance problems which diminished his ability.
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| WishIcouldbeStevie (0)
01/28/2007 | You kidding - the Master, the King. The One and Only.
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| jetlangley (0)
01/28/2007 | A real pity he was cursed by drug addiction because he had the potential to be really good.
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 | Barbara007 (0)
01/26/2007 | I loved this man - he was a class act with more talent than most people realize.
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| Jake31994 (0)
01/25/2007 | Stevie Ray Vaughan is Insane with skillz
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| straycat7 (0)
01/25/2007 | The man who can let music flow naturally out of him. No set solos
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| downie1953 (0)
01/16/2007 | EVH #1??!! You all who voted him that, smokin' window pane? Granted, a gifted guitarist..but HIM above SRV,Clapton,Hendrix,Zappa(yes),Robin Trower,Jeff Beck,etc.... Ya know, this is what is so great about questions like this. Music is art. What do WE like. I think that Picasso sucks, but I love Dali. Chet Akins was great to me. Where is he? Where are the Jazz guitarist? None here! And,excuse me,placing B.B.King here tied at 3rd?! I love B.B., but it is his booming vocals that dominate his songs. Art=subject/personal opinion.
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 | watergrass (1)
01/15/2007 | this dude is a beast, playing both rythm and solo while singing, that is a freaken genius.SRV isnt too high up on my list. Obviously he's one of the greatest ever. Well you all have a different opinion from mine and i respect that since you didnt act like an idiot about it i just enjoy SRV more.
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| lucy2 (7)
01/13/2007 | Stevie ray does it for me. Who would not feel happy listening to "Pride and Joy" or not be elated when "The House is Rockin"? Don't know if his guitar playing is correct or great but I sure do love listening to it
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 | sobrdj41 (0)
01/11/2007 | I think he was awesome. Watch any of his live DVD's. I don't understand all the people calling him a hopeless junkie or drunk since he was sober about 4 years when he died.
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| bluescatb (0)
01/08/2007 | This bluescat was as fluid and natural as he was gritty and nasty with the axe! Check out some of his fusion on songs like Lenny and Chitlins Con Carne to realize he was The Best There Ever Was!
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 | Chrisrianna (14)
01/07/2007 | I saw him in 1988, unbeleivable player, only behind a handful of other players like Eddie Van Halen, Angus Young and Ace Frehley.
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| ace999 (0)
01/05/2007 | incredible phrasing and speed picking
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 | GreggOrange (17)
01/04/2007 | SRV was a decent blues guitarist from Texas that interpreted Hendrix material real well and was a good live performer. That's about it. I think his original material sounds very "stock" and is wildy overrated. As a matter of fact everything this guy ever did became excessively overrated after his death. I don't have anything personal against SRV's legacy, I just honestly don't think that he was the inarguable genius that so many have labeled him as being. I think that one of the reasons that it has become so fashionable to excessively praise SRV after his death is that there are many blues fans out there that wish that blues would become more mainstream. Subsequently, the overplayed nature of SRV's material, especially on godawful classic rock radio stations across the USA, attempts to toss these fans a few proverbial crumbs to satisfy their cravings. Me, if I want to listen to real blues I will put on a Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf record.
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| maxwellsimms (0)
12/31/2006 | Tragic stuff. A life ruined by narcotics. A junkie beyond saving.
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| watumbi (0)
12/03/2006 | Considering the amount of drugs he used, his playing was creditable.
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 | lawrencefamily99 (0)
11/22/2006 | Certainly rated in my elite guitarist of all time. He had heart and soul and technique to back it up.
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 | Meike (1)
11/19/2006 | Usually when a guitar player dies in their prime they receive legend status even if they aren't. But SRV was an explosive energetic and talented force of nature.
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| heyheystevieray (0)
11/13/2006 | I don't believe any guitarist can be called better than another as long as they have emotion, soul and a good technical approach. If someone were to go up to Jimmy Page and say 'Wow Mr. Page, you are way better than BB or Albert King,' I think Page would so 'Whoa, not so fast.' Saying such things are irrelevant cuz all guitarists choose to play the way they do. Hell, i think it would be a crime to add shredding to the sweet blues playing of Bloomfield. However, I do still believe that it is possible to make a claim as to which guitarist has the best control over an instrument. SRV is this person for me, no one had a batter grasp than he did
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| ma duron (62)
11/10/2006 | Will not be denied, assuredly. But in a list that compares the talent and legacy of virtuoso artists, every 4- and 5-star vote among 56 for contemporary guitarists creates a considerable void that separates them from the neglected classics, such as Django Reinhardt, whom only a half dozen among us recall.
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| meggsknows (0)
10/16/2006 | Would have been better if if didnot take drugs. They really screwed him up and halted his potential.
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| jackal077 (0)
10/07/2006 | he would be the greatest guitarist of all time if he hadn't died (and he is). only rory gallagher can match him ( and the other way around). And for those who think he was junkie, he was for a first few years of fame, then he quit drugs. rest in peace stevie
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| MamaArkana (0)
09/12/2006 | the best!!!
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 | gorgtem (0)
09/09/2006 | Great Musician, Great Guitarist.
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| tomdavisjr (0)
08/20/2006 | This man took a dying genre and made it his own. He's one of the all time greats.
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| lomu (0)
08/19/2006 | Pretty hopeless drug crazed addict.
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| Limpin' Trenchfoot (16)
08/04/2006 | Definitely in the all time top 10 electric guitar players. He had a very recognisable style and tone which is more than can be said for most metallers and other bluesmen. He made 3 cracking studio albums - Texas Flood, Couldnt stand the weather and In step - but IMO the addition of keyboards was unnecessary as was the use of brass on some of his live recordings.
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| cak0130 (0)
06/24/2006 | Hey Capt. Cock or whatever the hell ur name is just cuz u didnt listen to his music doesnt mean u can just give him a bad rating. Also this isnt the "rock god" catagory dumbass. This is the best guitarist list. Thats all. And Im pretty sure ive said this b4, if SRV would have come b4 hendrix he would without a doubt be number 1 on this list with no one coming anywhere close to him!!!
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| leftfinger (2)
04/17/2006 | That guy knew how to make a Strat sound like it should. Killer, powerful tone and some amazing licks. Yea, it was the blues and could get a little repetitive, but the way he played......
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| Rockon64 (2)
04/07/2006 | Saw him in concert in '85, he was good, but after fifteen minutes I started yawning. Yeah Stevie, we know you could play the hell out of a pentatonic scale, but I need more.
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| wolfy1 (0)
04/05/2006 | Just fabulous -- the best ever! Even the other greats admit to it --- After Clapton saw him live the first time he was so awed that he just wanted to go home and throw away his own guitars --- like, why bother anymore ??
As for Tossa's remarks, may we wish him a similar fate with even less regrets.
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| lightfinger2000 (2)
04/01/2006 | saw him in concert and was smooth as silk but still overated.especially after his death
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| Capt.Cock (0)
03/27/2006 | He was good. but it never had the effects on me as it obviously did to some others...i cant rate him high because i honestly dont think he is 'rock god' category
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| tossa (0)
03/25/2006 | A junkie and wino who fortunately died young. No great loss.
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 | AndrewT (15)
03/23/2006 | OK, how about the greatest electric blues guitar player of the late 20th Century. C'mon, this guy was the last true guitar hero (and he played a fine acoustic too).
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| brandtelope (0)
03/22/2006 | Awesome. All of you with anything below a five, go back and listen again.
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| brownfinger (0)
03/17/2006 | Only remembered because he died young.
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