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That's what I was trying to convey in my earlier posts. Stevie Ray just seemed to channel the music. Someone said earlier that you could always tell SRV because he had that big Texas blues sound. That's true enough. He was born and raised in Texas.

I would venture a guess and say the poster who said that doesn't own any SRV. He's as versatile as Clapton, if you listen to more than just 'Love Struck Baby' or 'The House is Rockin', which is what they played on AOR. His big Texas Blues/Rock songs. Buy a cd, listen to all the tracks, not just the Big Texas Blues ones. You'll also find a lot of cuts that drip jazz, as well. Stan's Swang, and Riviera Paradise, to name a few. Yes, he rocked, and rocked big. But that wasn't all he did.

As far as him wanting to be Hendrix, that's just flat out false. Hendrix was an influence, sure enough, but the guy SRV emulated, wanted to be like, was blues great Albert King.

Stevie Ray Vaughan was not a blues guitarist in the classic sense of the word. But then again, neither was Clapton. They grew up later, and had alot more styles to listen to, to learn from, so of course [I]their[I] style was going to be more than just a straight blues sound. They didn't grow up playing just the blues, you know? They also had rock and roll to play.

But, in my opinion, SRV was a natural at it, when it came to playing straight up blues. Moreso than Clapton. I get the impression Clapton, when he plays the blues, is practicing a lesson he's been taught. SRV just dug it. He got it, and it showed.

They both got their lessons from the same pool of guitarists, though. Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, et.al, all provided licks for both guitarists to cut their teeth on. The blues community, more than any other genre, has a fabric that is interwoven so tightly, that you couldn't possibly name all the people who have covered other people's stuff.

There's a respect among blues musicians that you rarely find in any other genre, as evidenced by Clapton's statement mentioned above.

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