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Posted by: hippiejoe Jun 20 2008, 11:46 PM

HELLO GMC;ERS,HIPPIEJOE WITH A LITTLE STORY ABOUT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND MAKING THE WRONG CHOICE. MY FIRST ROCK CONCERT WAS IN 1978,THE BAND WAS KISS AND THE PYROTECHNICS GUYS WERE WORKING OVERTIME! IT WAS GREAT BUT I ONLY TELL YOU THIS PART OF THE STORY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT AN OLD-TIMER I AM. THE STORY I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU HAPPENED A FEW YEARS LATER AFTER MANY MORE CONCERTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS OZZY WITH THE LATE GREAT RANDY RHOADES! THIS IS WHAT SPARKED MY FIRE TO LEARN GUITAR. SO ANYWAY,A FEW MONTHS AFTER I HAD STARTED TAKING LESSONS AT THE LOCAL MUSIC STORE I WAS WALKING IN TO TAKE A LESSON WHEN ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS COMES UP TO ME IN WHAT SEEMED TO ME LIKE A STATE OF SHOCK AND CONFUSION AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS NEW GUITAR PLAYER WHO WAS PLAYING IN A LOCAL BAR AND ASK IF I WOULD LIKE TO GO, SAYING THAT THIS GUY WAS GONNA BE ALL THE RAGE AND THAT I SHOULD CHECK IT OUT. I INSTEAD CHOSE TO BE THE GOOD GUITAR STUDENT AND LEARN RATHER THAN HIT THE CLUB. WELL THIS GUY HAD JUST PUT OUT HIS FIRST ALBUM AND STARTED HIS FIRST TOUR AND AS IT TURNS OUT,THE MAN I DID NOT GO TO SEE AT THE LOCAL CLUB WAS NONE-OTHER THAN THE LATE GREAT STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN! I NEVER GOT A SECOND CHANCE TO SEE STEVIE,ALTHOUGH HE`S ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE GUITAR PLAYERS. NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A MORE SOULFUL BLUES PLAYER! NOW THAT`S A HEAVY PRICE TO PAY FOR ONE GUITAR LESSON! TIL NEXT TIME,PEACE!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jun 20 2008, 11:58 PM

oh man what a great story
But life is full of those little twists and turns..who knows what good it has brought to you..

Posted by: Nick325 Jun 20 2008, 11:59 PM

ouch, too bad you didnt know he was the one playing

Posted by: Fsgdjv Jun 21 2008, 01:12 AM

Woah, wall of text.

Also, TL;DR

Posted by: kahall Jun 21 2008, 03:41 AM

Whoa! Cap locks are on stun!
I missed a SRV concert here as well one time. I barely new who he was and someone asked me to go and I passed.

Posted by: Enucleation Jun 21 2008, 04:18 AM

Caps lock jut owned me man. Haha, it's all good.

Man that is crazy though, anyone could make that mistake though.

Posted by: Danilo Capezzuto Jun 21 2008, 01:28 PM

Wow what a story, I'm sorry for you mate! Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my favorite guitar-hero!!

Posted by: somecrazyguy09 Jun 21 2008, 09:55 PM

my uncle used to play drums with SRV and his brother back when they lived in oakcliff here in texas, and has some great old recordings of him at clubs and bars when he was in his teens.

Posted by: MickeM Jun 21 2008, 10:25 PM

Ouch, too bad you never went.

Posted by: Praetorian Jun 22 2008, 06:18 AM

Man...I wish I could go back in time. Seeing him would be a dream for me!

Posted by: hippiejoe Jun 22 2008, 11:46 AM

yea,it was a huge mistake on my part,but you know what they say about hindsight! I would recommend that you go out and purchase his concert video called "Live At The El Mocambo" if you haven`t already. It is a great performance! Also appeared on Austin City Limits,which is out on video as well.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 22 2008, 01:16 PM

Wow, really great story man. Life is indeed strange

Posted by: -Zion- Jun 23 2008, 09:31 AM

Caps lock... Cruise Control for AWESOME!!!

Posted by: mattacuk Jun 23 2008, 10:56 AM

Awwww man, I would loved to have seen SRV, hes amaizing! :D:D