What does the number of albums made have to do with anything? Hendrix only made four and was alot more popular during his career then Stevie was during his.

SRV.... So Humble, So Awesome!!!!!

bbr I am still trying to figure when in the 80's ratboy saw a show with Bobby Blue Bland and Hooker with SRV at the Beacon Hotel Theater.
That would have been a show to see there.

I believe it was November of '89. I saw Stevie earlier in the night at Madison Square Garden with Jeff Beck. There was a Blues show at the Beacon headlined by Fabulous Thunderbirds. Show also included Buddy Guy (one of my favorites). Stevie came out on stage (as I expected he would) to jam with Jimmie and the rest. It was a great show. I think the appreciation for SRV is notched up a level if you were able to see him live.
The first time I saw SRV in NYC, Johnny Copeland and Steve Winwood joined him on stage (as well as Jimmie being that the Fbirds opened up).

Johnny Winter is great too, but for me he is one of those guys that just tries to squeeze to many damn notes into a solo.

I recall an interview in which SRV said something along the lines of "there isn't a best guitar player in the world, just people who are best at being themselves". That's a fairly loose quote and I don't remember the exact words, but he was basically saying that Albert King was the best person in the world at being Albert King, Hendrix was the best Hendrix, Clapton the best Clapton etc. SRV was the best and only SRV. There really isn't a best blues guitarist/vocalist, or a best musician period. It's like arguing over who was the best renaissance artist.

I don't like arguing over genres and sub-genres either. Music is music.

Regardless of supposed originality issues, if it weren't for SRV (and Jimmie Vaughan too), I would have absolutely no idea who John Lee Hooker, Albert King or Gatemouth Brown were. I never would have listened to Robert Johnson, and I never would have realized how people like Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker impacted music. I can hear a little SRV in all of those people's playing, and ever since music of all kinds has made a lot more sense to me. Thank God SRV was a copy cat, and openly admitted it.

I never got to meet or see SRV since he died before I was born. But from the videos and interviews I've seen from him, I'm totally blown away by the kind of person he was. I did get to meet Jimmie Vaughan and he's also an amazingly down to earth person. As good as the music is, and regardless of whether you like it or not, it's almost unbelievable that two guys who could easily play circles around (or at least keep up with) anyone in the world are so humble. It sort of reminds me of the "how many guitar players does it take to screw in a lightbulb" joke. One to do it, and nineteen to explain what he did wrong and how they would do it better. It's scary how much truth there is to that joke. Let's try and not fall into the latter category.

I wish I was good enough to critize other players.

Absolutely I think SRV's version of it is a tasteless toneless travesty (3T's). Its like the chipboard wallpaper of littlewing covers.