Crazy Mama where you been so long? Crazy Mama where you been so long? Lord have mercy I can not see Crazy Mama comin back to me Crazy Mama where you been so long? Standin on the corner lookin for a date...I see you standin on the corner lookin for a vein... Lord have mercy I can not see Crazy Mama comin back to me Crazy Mama where you been so long? Crazy Mama where you been so long?
thats the line up I saw at the capitol theater in passic NJ with tommy shannon on bass probably a half century ago at least,,,john b.goode mister winter RIP.
Saw Johnny 15-20 times from mid-70's until the very late 90's when his playing collapsed along with his health. Couldn't bear to watch thereafter. But man, I smiled and thanked my lucky stars every time he started playing...
When Johnny plays in full-tilt boogie mode, like few other artists (Canned Heat comes to mind), all you can do is sit or stand there in wide eyed amazement and quiver! I got to sit in and jam with him and his brother Edgar many years ago. A very memorable day that I'll never forget.
Johnny winter el albino de oro my friend charles in puebla with Carlos Santana Pioneer in México Huautla i love this love song country in your guitar maybe banyo one classic rock AND roll of the Johnny winter
Interesting that he plays a 12-string Fender for this performance. What a virtuoso on Strongs. Any strings. I bet he had x-ray vision that saw the interplay between the bones of his fingers and the strings of the guitar when he closed his eyes. Such micro-control could be accounted for under this hypothesis.
Yes he sure is I'm 56 I was raised on him I have a very young mother. I was looking enough when I was 20 to see him at the Fillmore in San Francisco with John m a y a l l. It was an awesome show
saw him at Filmore west around 1967. sat close enough to see the tips of his fingers pressing on the strings .i say this because he created a sound like bone on metal . very clean and sharp and LOUD. and yes we all sat in silence in those days out of respect for the musicians . it was the norm to really deeply listen
I love seeing all these old videos where the bassists are using Acoustic 360 amps. Bought mine in 1971, $810 new, and played through it a good 15 years. Classic.
I have been playing slide for 38 years. It has to be said that no one plays like this. It is part blues, part rock, part creative explosiveness but at the end of the day can not be categorized. So much feel, power, and raw expression. We can copy but there will never be another like him.
I've seen Johnny play live a few times, and it is heavily dependant on the audience what he plays; bluesrock, or pure rock'n'roll, or even jazzrock, or any color and mix of these. Who's also almost that versatile, is Eric Burdon; also seen often. I'd have loved to have seen them both together on stage!
Great. In sixth grade I accidentally bought his album, thinking it was Johnny Rivers. I was stunned. A Hendrix moment. I did track down 'Secret Agent Man' later. :)
Yeah, playing blues rock for the teens... If you're 14-16 years old and trying to understand about 1000 things while getting none of it, this kind of stuff doesn't help at all. This is grown people's music, not for the teen jerk-offs, nubiles or sloppy fuck-ups. Excuse my english. Johnny Winter was a hell of a guitarist, but here is a strange atmosphere. Band and the audience seems to be out of place. Give these youngsters some teen pop for Christ's sake! These kids will get their blues soon enough... For the band: Put this band to play in a crowded club with a drunken mob of weekend warriors... you get my drift. R.I.P. John Dawson Winter III.
Anyone know where this was? Alot of small clubs would just mic the amps but sounds like they ran it straight through the board. It's a damn good recording for a small club in 1971!
