OK, Let's talk Bryson From First-Hand Experience.

[bscinstnct]

9 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Love 'em all, but my favorite on my favorite show where I first saw him actually play (on TV) . . .

 

 

 

If aliens descend on the remnants of human civilization a million years from now

 

They can just listen to this and fully understand the ecstasy and brilliance…as well as the sheer agony of humanity ; )

 

 

 

 

[physasst]

Love SRV, when I started playing guitar, he was a HUGE influence....

 

 

Also, Randy Rhoads, was a huge influence....

 

 

 

[Jim53]

16 hours ago, bekgolf said:

Not sure about best ever but have you ever seen Billy Strings doing "Dust in a Baggie"?

 

Good Lord that kids fingers are flying on the guitar!

 

 

Its ashamed the idiot in the background never stops blabbing all the time he is playing. That is some amazing playing.

[Christosterone]

Bb king tore the house down in the lead up to the rumble in the jungle between Ali and Foreman

Playing an es-345 custom

 

 

[smashdn]

I open this thread up to last page expecting hot BDC chatter.  I find SRV and I am not disappointed in the least.

Edited September 4, 2021 by smashdn

[ChristopherMcDonald]

Thread took a rather musical turn. I'm here for it. 

 

 

[vjswing]

Since this thread took a sharp turn down SRV-ville Lane, I figured I'd humble-brag about my own experiences seeing the great man in person.  First time was in '85, where he was the opening act for Dire Straits on their "Brothers In Arms" tour in Toronto, CAN.  Mark Knopfler - still my favorite musician ever, but I digress.

 

Then in '86, I saw him as a headliner in Cleveland.  Was totally into the entire performance, and then he got to Hendrix's "Voodoo Child".  I was standing there with my jaw on the floor, thinking how can anyone possibly top the original, but it was playing out right there in front of me!  Such an incredibly tragic loss, but I'll always treasure the memories of those performances.

[Christosterone]

5 hours ago, smashdn said:

I open this thread up to last page expecting how BDC chatter.  I find SRV and I am not disappointed in the least.

seeing as how I’m born and raised in austin I always loved him in the old antones days before it moved downtown…

 

anyhow, I remember watching the montreaux performance on vhs…Stevie and Jimmy worshiped many tx legends including Johnny Copeland who he introduced to Europe on this night…he was out of houston but a mainstay on th austin scene in the 80s…

dude could make a $200 peavy sing…and his voice was butter

 

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by Christosterone

[golfortennis]

22 hours ago, Christosterone said:

 

 

Snowman, you got your ears on?  

[Christosterone]

24 minutes ago, golfortennis said:

 

Snowman, you got your ears on?  

it’s funny how overlooked he is as a spectacular guitarist…

 

Same with roy Clark…but as wrecking crew alum Glenn Campbell said, roy is so damn good at every instrument you can’t focus on one….

 

I would defy anyone on this board who is a guitarist to understand how Campbell could do this on a 12 string…

 

it may be the most technically unbelievable thing I’ve ever seen…

he was frankly on a level occupied only by him….

 

Eddie Van Halen asked Campbell for lessons…and that’s not urban legend

anyhow, he often yielded to Clark which speaks to his awesomeness…which is high praise for Roy

this is mind blowing if u play

 

 

Edited September 4, 2021 by Christosterone

[ShowMe]

7 hours ago, vjswing said:

Since this thread took a sharp turn down SRV-ville Lane, I figured I'd humble-brag about my own experiences seeing the great man in person.  First time was in '85, where he was the opening act for Dire Straits on their "Brothers In Arms" tour in Toronto, CAN.  Mark Knopfler - still my favorite musician ever, but I digress.

 

Then in '86, I saw him as a headliner in Cleveland.  Was totally into the entire performance, and then he got to Hendrix's "Voodoo Child".  I was standing there with my jaw on the floor, thinking how can anyone possibly top the original, but it was playing out right there in front of me!  Such an incredibly tragic loss, but I'll always treasure the memories of those performances.

I saw that Dire Straights tour in Hartford, CT in 1985.  It was a great show.   I don't remember who opened, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't SRV.  He must have only played some of the shows.  I would have remembered him.

[Christosterone]

Here’s a few from my collection….

they are each in homage to page(his studio years), SRV, les paul, and glen campbells 12 ovation…

but I prefer les paul style a bit more so warmoth made me the body

 

Page’s studio work was magnificent…long before yardbirds fame

 

 

[hoselrocker]

14 hours ago, Christosterone said:

it’s funny how overlooked he is as a spectacular guitarist…

 

Same with roy Clark…but as wrecking crew alum Glenn Campbell said, roy is so damn good at every instrument you can’t focus on one….

 

I would defy anyone on this board who is a guitarist to understand how Campbell could do this on a 12 string…

 

it may be the most technically unbelievable thing I’ve ever seen…

he was frankly on a level occupied only by him….

 

Eddie Van Halen asked Campbell for lessons…and that’s not urban legend

anyhow, he often yielded to Clark which speaks to his awesomeness…which is high praise for Roy

this is mind blowing if u play

 

 

I will also add for the guitarists on here - he did that without delay, overdrive, reverb, compression and all the other crutches we use to sound good. Very impressive...

[ShowMe]

3 hours ago, Christosterone said:

Here’s a few from my collection….

they are each in homage to page(his studio years), SRV, les paul, and glen campbells 12 ovation…

but I prefer les paul style a bit more so warmoth made me the body

 

Page’s studio work was magnificent…long before yardbirds fame

 

 

Wait.  What?  You stole Page's black guitar?  

[SandyEggo]

Big blues fan here.  Grew up on BB King and SRV.  Some Albert King thrown in for good measure.  All great guitar players.  Happy to see some acoustic players mentioned.  Molly Tuttle is simply awesome.  But the master of the dreadnought is Tony Rice:

 

 

[miamistomp]

 And before there was Tony Rice

 

Clarence White

 

 

 

[Soloman1]

When Jimmy Page would practice, his neighbors would pound on the wall and say, "Hey! Turn that racket up in there!"

[rizzo66]

On 8/30/2021 at 9:51 PM, PHILsThemannnn said:

I saw Bryson at the 2019 3M Open, and he was ok. Thought he was a little crazy with all his pre-shot antics and seemed a little awkward, wasn't a huge fan but in all honesty he was ok. But this was skinny Bryson before his feud with Brooks. That seems like a million years ago.

I was running the Practice Facility at that 3M Open and found Bryson to be a courteous driven young man who played to the fans and especially kids more than most. He was really quirky , but most of the players are they just hide it better. Even then he spent hours on the range and was the last one to leave. He'd put on a clinic for the fans that hung around to watch and gave away a lot of balls and gloves to the kids. His caddy would also bring us back all the practice balls that didn't meet the weight spec they were suppose to be ( yes theyd weigh each practice ball ) On last funny note - he asked us to run to the clubhouse and get some gatorade ( we couldn't have any on the range because of some sponsorship reason ) When I returned with a 6pack for he and his caddy he had the caddy give me a 20 - I refused it but caddy came over and said please take it or he will obsess over it for awhile 🙂 I said have him keep it but giove a ball or something to or kids washing balls - his caddy came and asked if he could borrow a cart to go to the clubhouse and came back with 5 dozen balls for our kids. n( Dozen for each kid). I have been a fan ever since.