Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
Frances Chung
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Rosie Searle
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
inkslave
You'll get exhausted watching Stevie Ray Vaughan crank out this incredible performance long before Stevie does. Sweat pouring off his sparse frame, he delivers heartpounding riff after riff on every song in this movie, leaving you wondering how he possibly had anything left for the next one.My personal favorite is the 9-minute version of "Texas Flood," which includes some of the tightest, fastest playing ever captured on film. And it's captured well by multiple cameras worked by people who knew what they were doing. What a welcome relief from the drugged-out, out of focus zoom work that has marred so many classic performance movies -- the 1973 docu "Jimi Hendrix" is a prime example, though still worth watching for sure.But back to Stevie. He was a little guy, all skin and bones, and hands. Like Hendrix he seemed to be gifted with hands belonging to some other, much larger person. His hands were so big that he used extra-wide guitar necks most of the time. He once described his style thus: "I use heavy strings, tune low and floor it. Floor it." See the results for yourself in this terrific film. Buy the DVD so you can jump right to your favorite tracks.
ccthemovieman-1
It took me a couple of viewings to fully appreciate this concert. It sounded like too much of the same thing over and over but, man, it gets better and better with each viewing....and the louder you play it the better it sounds, too! Vaughan and his boys are seen and heard at the El Mocambo nightclub in Toronto in 1983. It was small intimate place and SRV must have made it sound deafening.The first 40 minutes are about as good a rocking time as you ask for, and it makes a great workout video if you're on an aerobics machine. In fact, I can't think of a better workout tape. Visually, the most memorable scenes are probably with Stevie Ray playing the guitar from behind his back and behind his head! The man was talented! The only song I didn't care for was "Third Stone From the Sun," but that was past my 40-minute workout anyway. Earlier, he did another Jimi Hendrix number that was much more preferable: "Voodoo Chile." Vaughn was the only guitarist I've heard that could a decent imitation of Henrix. (There may be more that I don't know about.)
vince_montgomery
Wow! I saw this a few years ago, and it still pops into my mind a couple of times a week. Now I have the DVD! Describing how amazing Stevie Ray Vaughan is could take pages and pages. This is simply one of the BEST concert performances on film. It's raw and honest without the production polish of other so called concert broadcasts these days. Raw and honest is what is at the heart of the Blues, and it jumps out at you while watching this gem. Look for it and feel the power of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble working the Blues. The El Mocambo was a small club in Toronto. BB King played there, and so did the Rolling Stones. It's closed now, a piece of musical history is gone.
slinky-8
The best live performances are those were not intended to be taped, such as this one. Stevie Ray's in your face, heavy, powerful blues chops are intense and this sweat pouring performance must be seen and heard by blues fans. The selections are amongst Vaughan's best material and it seems that the band is almost completely oblivious to the cameras as they do what they do best -- make great music. This is a rare gem that will not disappoint, and seeing this for the first time is what made me run out to find Stevie Ray Vaughan's material.
