But, it gets better. SRV was playing the next night and went to see them again. The night before I saw they were selling a huge SRV poster (about 3 feet by 5 feet) and I wanted to get one so that I could get it signed but the vendors were gone by this point. The next night a bought the poster and after another great show, hung around afterwards by the door. I took a while before the guards would bring stuff in and I kinda remembering doing a little bs'ing by saying they said to come back tonight. One old guard said he'd bring in our stuff (there were a couple of others hanging around) and after a bit he said that we could all come in and go backstage. Pretty soon the members of double trouble showed up and they were hanging out talkin' to a handful of fans. SRV was in a trailer doing some promo photos and they said he'd be out later. The guys in Double Trouble were really cool and I had them all sign the poster and a couple of CD's that brought. When Reese Wynans signed my 'Couldn't Stand the Weather' CD he joked about not even playing on the album. After a bit SRV came out and all the fans lined up to talk to him. I guy in front of me brought a guitar for SRV to sign, which he did, it was already signed by another guitar player -who I forget- but Stevie ray joked about it as he played a bit on this guys guitar. It was really cool to see him jamming out (it was an electric guitar w/ no amp) so it was kinda a mellow but he played one of his solo which sounded really cool. SRV (and all the guys backstage as I already mentioned) were really cool and relaxed. At this time it was a while after the concert and if these guys wanted to do anything else that night they didn't act like they were in a hurry. I've run into local bands at bars who have such a attitude so it was beautiful to see such humble people. SRV was wearing a leather jacket with a huge picture of Martin Luther King on the back which was really cool. The guy in front of me asked Stevie about the drug thing and hugged him when SRV said he cleaned himself up. Other people talked to him for a bit. I went up there and thanked him for a great show and shook his hand, probably telling him what a thrill it was to meet him and that's about all. He seemed like such a nice guy, very polite like when he's talking on stage, stuff like "thank you for coming to see us tonight" etc. This was one the happiest moments of my life. I framed the poster signed by double trouble and it is my prize possession, as you could imagine. It's hard to imagine that I'd every get anything as valuable to me as that.
I hung around as the other fans talked to SRV which was cool. Other people who played guitar were asking about his playing and this and that. After we left, I guy there told me that we could go around the other side and see the band leaving which we did. I took a photo of the band taking of in the limo but for some reason I didn't get a someone to take a photo of me and SRV when we were backstage.
By the way, when SRV died, one of the guitar mags had a write up of this story- I have the magazine somewhere but can't find it and I'd like to post that version on the web as well.