Johnny Winter is the only blues guitarist who can pull off a 30 chorus guitar solo and keep an audiences attention throughout. I think he knew ALL the blues licks, if thats possible. RIP brother !
As much as I love Johnny Winter, you've got to give that bass player credit....that man plays a mean ass harp and a solid bass! The drummer is no slouch either! RIP Johnny, you were a killer blues man.
I am so happy to hear Johnny Winter on U Tube. It's been a long time and to be honest, I had forgotten how good he was and how much I liked him!! I'm losing memory at 70 years old and it's kind of a bummer! He was one of the greats in my opinion.😊
I’m 70. Lucky enough to have seen Johnny Winter And with Rick Derringer. I was lucky to have been around for the greatest period of music. Leon Russell was truly the Greatest!
I am 69. I knew Johnny and I miss him to this day. He laughed at me once because he said “ whatcha lookin at” and I said “ I’m just watchin’ your hands! He said “ you ain’t gonna learn nothing’ by watchin’ my hands”. He was SO right! It takes Johnny - and only Johnny to do this ! And he DIDN’T mean cuz I am a girl!
I´m 69 years old, there´s nothing like driving my car with the windows up listening to this music. Last time, a car with two young men stopped next to me, they rolled down their windows and asked me ...Hey what´s the name of that song! I answered - The name of the song is "I smell trouble", and the one playing it is Johnny Winter...
Nobody could touch the great guitarist and vocalist Johnny Winter . Such a clean, clear and crisp sound out of that ax. And that Beaumont drawl and growl put Johnny in an ethereal realm occupied by very, very few.
I recall a video of Johnny Winters at a celebration of the work of Muddy Waters. On stage, with several other leading musicians who also owed a deep debt of gratitude to Waters, Winter brought a necklace of "Mojo Beads" to Muddy Waters which he accepted.
Rare to find a guitarist who combines breathtaking technique, blistering speed and innate musicality while effortlessly pulling it all together night after night. Johnny Winter was such a musician. A legendary bad ass slinger who still inspires countless to this day. The blues has truly lost one of its giants. Shockingly Johnny Winter has not even been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! A sad indictment of a cultural institution purportedly founded to recognize artists from a variety of popular musical genres and seeking to "engage, teach and inspire through the power of Rock & Roll". SAD !!
Saw Johnny at the Coach house in San Juan Capistrano twice ,, about a 200 person venue, every seat is front row, he was excellent and took his audience to heart every song...RIP bluesman.
Que privilegio haberlo visto con nada más 200 personas cuando vino a México lo fui a ver al Estado no recuerdo el nombre de pinche estadio abrieron los dugs dugs pinche grupo mexicano y cuando salió Johny winter el público empezaron a pelearse pinches guarros y se suspendió el concierto que poca madre ni modo no se me hizo escucharlo y verlo
Saw him open for Steppenwolf in 1970 with Derringer on 2nd guitar and Edgar on drums. After their incredible set people just walked out on Steppenwolf, including me. I'll never forget seeing Johnny Winter And!
Wow what an experience man far out thank you for sharing, Johnny / Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer together man I am about to tell that you can’t get any better than this wow they smoked SteppenWolf out of the stage wow ❤
The playing on the alligator records he made, Guitar Slinger, Serious Business and Third Degree is like fine wine. I had the pleasure of seeing him twice in Montreal in the 80’s and his playing was flawless, a true master of the blues.
I saw JW in Melbourne, Australia 1986, great concert, intense, bluesy as you could get and loud beyond belief, in a good way, sounded great, but walking out I couldn't feel my feet on the ground, my head was buzzing like a tuning fork, the volume got into my bones and stayed there, seriously loud seriously great gig
Un moment inoubliable. Jeune adulte. Je pars pour la deuxième fois en vacance en voiture et j'écoute la radio. Europe1 si je ne me trompe. Annonce: ce soir en ouverture et en direct du festival de Montreux : Téléphone en première partie de Johnny Winter. Je me suis retrouvé en pilotage automatique....No comment....Eternellement fan. Je l'aurai vu trois fois sur scène.
Saw Johnny w I interviewed at Harpos probably late 70s. Then at Royal Oak theatrel ate 80s?, then again in Flint. The Royal Oak performance was painful as Johnny wasn't feeling or playing well. A few years later in Flint he was gully recovered and played a great show.❤
Johnny Winter has played with so many great Blues guitar players I've never heard them all. I never listened to RU-vid until 2 years ago. I always played my technics stereo equipment with six feet tall speakers and I had thousands of old vinyl albums and that's not enough for me. I'm still looking for more old vinyl records and I treat them like gold. Kick up the music and I play it loud to shake me till I'm feeling good. I like to shake my house, body, mind and soul.
I literally cannot count the number of times I’ve seen Johnny; all the way back to his first band, with Uncle John Turner, and Tommy Shannon. I was a 14 or 15 year old whippersnapper, talked my way into his dressing room (security was WAY different in those days), and had a nice chat with him. He said something to me I remember to this day: I was just trying to learn to play slide (thanks to his inspiration), didn’t know much about it. So, I said, “Hey Johnny, is playing slide guitar hard?” He looks at me sort of quizzically, and goes, “Everything’s hard.” God Rest you, sir…
I believe you I saw him dozens of times once me and a friend walked into his dressing room we sat on a couch and one of Johnny’s roadies gave us a beer. Come to find out Johnny was sick and Rick Deringer Played the whole set…I eventually got to talk with Mr.Winter he was so laid back and real no BS. Got into blues guitar because of him.
You guys are so right. I saw him in Springfield Connecticut with the James Gang. Another widely underrated band. Johnny Winter - and his brother Edgar-were simply great. And then forgotten.
We redid the roof on Edgar and Johnny winter's childhood home in Beaumont Texas. A beautiful modest two story with the lemon trees and garden their mom originally planted. A lawyer owns it now. They had a studio upstairs . It was a surreal and cool experience. Johnny winter had died about a year before
No huge petal board on stage. Just Johnny and guitar. Seen him numerous times. Had a few tough years but really came back strong right up until his death. Thanks and RIP Johnny
Anyone here was truly blessed. I’m 25 and I’d give anything to have seen Johnny Winter in the flesh. This is as close as I’ll get and it still blows my mind. What a legend….
Sadly, I'm NOT 25 anymore, but I suppose age has it's benefits. Saw him about 4 or 5 times. He used to be a regular in the 80s at Summerfest on their blues stage. Saw him a few times at clubs too. More intimate venue. Say what you will about SRV, but Johnny was the original Texas tornado and put on one hell of an electric blues guitar show.
he was known to play a gibson SG when we were in highschool. he also flashed a mean 12 string electric. he was born to play the blues and he was a hero for all of us lifelong, old school junkies.
Rory Gallagher, Alvin Lee, Peter Green, Paul Kossoff, Johnny Winter. My guitar heroes. All passed and gone, but not their music. Montreux must be a magic place. All bands who performed there played very good shows. Pink for instance. Just she and her fantastic band. No clothes change or circus performer bullshit. And she' s really a heck of a singer.
Seeing Johnny live was one the best gigs I’ve been to (and Hendrix was my first concert ever). Not noticing many youngsters coming up to step in the shoes of guys like Johnny and Jeff Beck.
I was always into Johnny Winter since the very 1st time I herd him back in the early 70's, saw him Live several times around Buffalo. Always put on a great live show. I must say that this recording is one of the best I seen on youtube of Johnny Winter! thanks for posting some real music.
I saw Johnny around 1976. He was great. I lived in the Buffalo area. My buddy’s brother was a great guitarist and waited for Johnny to come out after the concert. Johnny came back to his home studio and they got to jam all night.
This was a great version of his touring 3 piece bands! Johnny’s superlative chops. The vibrato, the slick little moves in between motifs and solos verses and choruses. Johnny’s road experience on show here.
Is this the best film and audio of Johnny? It is definitely the best I have seen. What a performer. He is so good! It is so great that we can watch this.
Johnny Winter will always be one of my top favorite guitar players of all time❗️ I saw him Live at his absolute peak in the 70’s-it’s one of my top 5 favorite concerts of all time, as well. He was on fire❗️God love ya❗️
Si, x aquí también . En el 2000 y pico( entre 9 y 12) vi carteles anunciando que venía a Bs. As. ....pero no vino!!!😭😭😭😭.QUE BÁRBARO!!!!!!!💃💪👏👏👏👏👏💥. Grande el jeite de Cream!!!!!!. Cariños!!!!!🤗😘🇦🇷
I went to an Edgar Winter White Trash concert at the New York Academy of Music, and a Johnny Winter concert broke out. Johnny was a surprise quest. He played like he was from another planet. Then after the show he was just hanging out by the exit holding his Firebird in its case. The thing was so big. It was like he was holding some serious weaponry. It was very impressionable on my 15 year old mind. Some 50 odd years later, he still has me awe struck.
Wow..so would Johnny of been about 14-15 then? What kind of stuff was he playing? Please, could you share a little more. I love hearing anything about his early years. I know he had some country licks that he never let out much, once he went down the rock and blues road..😮
One thing that distinguishes Johnny Winter's playing is his fluidity between the lower and upper registers. A master. Flavors of Stevie Ray Vaughn later. Love the tastes of SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE (Cream) at the end of this piece. Wow.
I've been playing 60 years and many other details about his playing come at me one by one, in clusters, and in short order. But the thing that brings me to my knees is while this is going on and he's melting his guitar, through his studious but relatively expressionless gaze he seems to be just calmly managing and watching it all happen. Thanks for your comment.
Love Johnny! Always thought he was one of the very best blues players around. Got to see him with Rick Derringer, J Geils Band opened. They all walked right in front of us, a foot away, man were they stoned, LOL!
It just so happened that I went to see Peter Frampton prior to releasing his Comes Alive album and Johnny Winter opened up for him. By the time Frampton took the stage we were burnt out from getting blown away by Johnny Winter 🥵🤣🎸🍺
I'm a Johnny Winter fan from back in the 70's and I always felt that Johnny was truly at his best when playing with another guitarist in the band, it was then that Johnny could really stretch. God rest his soul and thanks Johnny.
I'd agree with that...gives him much more range and a fuller sound. Johnny Winter And, with Rick Derringer on rhythm / second lead was the PERFECT match-up. Unfortunately, Rick had what he thought were bigger things in mind. Being a solo act is always better than being a part of a band, so I never blamed him one bit. I just feel blessed I was able to see Johnny live in '91.
Agree. The interplay between Johnny and Floyd on "Captured Live" is absolutely legendary. And Floyd wasn't just a "fifth wheel" - that motherfucker could PLAY. My favorite Johnny album.
he just shreds everyone into submission. awesome. this version of Johnny B. Good had a huge influence on me, and is part of the reason I bought a headless guitar. :-)
Johnny Winter and live album was Rick Derringer also there actually was Johnny's least favorite album! Can you believe that wow! He made more moves on that fretboard then it's humanly possible therefore he must have been a god a guitar God for sure. I have been Johnny Winter fan since 1970 in 2012 he autographed my shoulder for me and I got to speak about 20 minutes with him unbelievable! I had wanted him to autograph my shoulder for 42 years at that time. Too bad though as it was so hot and humid by the time the tattoo shops open the next morning the lines had bled out so far that it was not possible, head shine my shoulder with a sharpie I know it was there a 42-year long fantasy had come to light. Thank you very much Johnny I hope they have guitars in heaven maybe even a Gibson Firebird! Rest in peace my friend!
Yeah I agree. This was within a year after he got the Lazer (or started using it primarily), and switched to it being his main guitar; using the Firebird for slide songs. The year before, he was still exclusively using the Gibson. I liked him on the Lazer because he played it (mostly) more in a "clean" channnel without running it through a phaser like he did the Firebird.
Saw him live twice. Got him to autograph Johnny Winter And album. I was kinda at a loss for words I said something like "thanks for all the great Music Johnny" ..."been a fan forever".
I saw Johnny play several times in the late seventies and early eighties. At one show in a small club on a hot August 9th, our sweat was condensing on the overhead pipes and dripping back down on our heads like rain. The bassist at that show was named I.P. Sweat! This was around the time of "Nothin' But the Blues", "White, Hot and Blue", and the two records he produced for Muddy. The Firebird was still his main guitar then, he hadn't yet gotten the Erlewine Lazer shown here.
@@jchow5966 , I think Randy Jo Hobbs may have been the bassist at the other Firebird-era Johnny Winter show I saw. Hobbs played bass on Johnny's "Still Alive and Well" record (I have a quadrophonic LP of that album).
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None better, rock-n-roll, country(ever heard "Ain't Nothing To Me" from Still Alive And Well) he kills it on that album, everything laid down on that record is great, talk about the Blues, finest Bluesman, ever!! Multi - Talented, I don't know if a lot of people know this but when he records a song it's live, a live band in the studio with no overdubs, he says if there's a mistake that's the way it's supposed to be. The only time he overdubs is when he plays multiple instruments on the song, dobro, American Steel Standard(there's a difference) mandolin, acoustic guitar and fender electric guitar, he's played them all on some songs, his brother is known for his sax, flute other instruments has been on many of Johnny's records, my favorite with the two is Miss Ann the way the guitar and sax intermingle is nothing short of fantastic, give it a listen 🎸
Johnny was the man and always will be the man last time I saw him was that Knucklehead Saloon in Kansas City Missouri I got to go on his bus last in line because they knew what I wanted since 1970 I had one Johnny to autograph my shoulder and Johnny did autograph my shoulder was wonderful I've been in devout fan and my very favorite ever since I first heard it in 1970 he's made me cry made me laugh like a crazy man dance on the furniture and roll on the floor put me to bed and woke me up God I love that man love his music thank you Johnny for a lifetime of sharing what you love it shows man God bless and keep him
Johnny Winter doesn't mess around, he plays a mean, fluid, slicing, scullting blues guitair fueled with a sense of primal drive that unites it with the hardware of the seventies. This is the music of a driven man, gutteral, edgy, a unbroken rush of pulessating funk. So pick up on it. Give yourself a treat. Get ready to stomp and shout and moan. Get ready for razor flashing Texas Roadhouse funk.Get the real wrenching meaning of the blues GET DOWN!!;... Lester Bangs Cream Magazine 196?...
I can’t believe I never heard him before but I thought he was in a video seen talking Jimi Hendrix she could be wrong but I know my late he knew he was he own every great artist music plus he was guitar players jazz blues and was a left handed bass player this man is greatness I wasn’t a blues fan a young woman from New Orleans but moved to Bay Area Berkeley this doesn’t sound the blues up in am listening to my favorites he makes his guitar talks at 72 that all I do RIP Jonny Winter this 🔥🔥🔥🔥
