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I recently found this video. It is the earliest known recording of Stevie Ray Vaughan! It is very interesting to listen too as it shows the roots of his playing. However if you compare this video to something later on in his career when he had been influenced by other musicians, you can see how his playing had changed yet his roots stayed the same.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 14, 2018 at 9:35 AM

    wow this is a very good song. You should compare him playing live to playing a recording and find similarities and differences.

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