Well... this is a small war, as far as wars go, given there are only three belligerents. Be that as it may, it's a war I find worth fighting. And to that end, there was some talk of General Vaughn on one of the fronts recently... but as far as I can tell no one has yet to mobilize SRV and bring him into the fight. We shall change that, right now. I give you "Riviera Paradise..."
This tune is somewhat out of character for SRV as it's laid-back to the max. But I think this tune... above all others... shows off his guitar chops better than most. YMMV, of course.
Minor digression.... We spent slightly less than a month in Austin during the epic 1999-2000 El Casa Móvil De Pennington US Tour (Border-to-Border, Coast-to-Coast... all three coasts, and then some). The only reason we left Austin, actually, is we had a previous engagement (scroll down at the link) that HAD to be honored. It was a matter of extreme duty and obligation and we do NOT regret our leaving Austin for it.
That said... we were only in Austin for perhaps a week or less when we noticed that EVERY single bar... dive and otherwise... in the city had an autographed picture of SRV behind the bar. Every. Single. One. The interesting thing about this phenomenon was the barkeep would gladly explain to you, upon inquiry, exactly how said autographed picture happened to come into their possession. Assuming the barman was "of a certain age," of course. It really didn't matter to me if those stories were entirely factual... and sometimes I had my doubts, believe me... because they were always entertaining. Always.
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