Johnny lived life by his terms and was born to play the blues. This man will always be on of the greatest guitar players the world will ever see. RIP Johnny - you will NEVER be forgotten
@@canadianroot I seen Johnny at the BULL RUN IN SHIRLEY MASSACHUSETTS, a few months before his passing. The guy sitting next too me turned to me and said " I seen him in the Oakla nd Coliseum 1974. This show is off the chain. How right he was... The BULL RUN only sets 350 people. That was a treat.
Realistically I don't believe there was any in existence in that. Duane Allman was also very good but Johnny had much more demention. It wasn't just Slide for Johnny that put in a class with a tiny handful with those capabilities.
@68’ Rumble Bee Hound Dog Taylor does a great version too. On the same record as the killer "Gimme Back My Wig". Lots of good shit when ya dig around a little.
As an old friend of Johnny, we discussed his work & "father - son relationship" with Muddy many times. Yep, he was most proud of reviving Muddy's career, & recording & playing with Muddy!
I too saw him play many times since 1970, from a bar to Atlanta Pop Festival with 300,000 others. When Johnny picked up that old Firebird you knew you were gonna hear some real blues. RIP brother
DOBROCAT, DO YOU PLAY THE DOBRO? LOVE THAT INSTRUMENT!...I SAW HIM IN THE EARLY '9O'S AND AGAN IN WEEKS BEFORE HE PLAYED THIS VIDEO! WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE HIM IN HIS DAYS OF THE '70'S!
Totally agree with you! Clapton is good guitar player but Johnny Winter was excellent. There were and are many better guitarists than Clapton. The Great Peter Green, Mick Bloomfield, Mick Taylor, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, John Cipollina, Jorma Kaukonen, Gary Moore, Buddy Whittington, Kim Simmonds, Alan Wilson, Henry Vestine, Stan Webb, etc etc etc. By the way keith richards is grossly overrated. Greetings Bob. ✌️
He could bend down and get the SLIDE. He wasnt FAT, just old. He has looked like he was dead the past three times I saw him, but still kicked ass. Last tim I saw him, 2 years ago, he was just three piece, and AWESOME. He still had his full power in his voice too. As I peruse the videos now, I realize he was getting even more frail, and starting to lose his voice some.He was what he wanted to be. One of the best Bluesmen ever. Thanks for all the GREAT times Johnny. Thats how I want to go out, rock in out on my last night here!
This guy was the ultimate player and this performance without even considering that he was starting to die is amazing - it was tight and the resident musicians joined in at a tasteful place where the sound just got really solid. This particular classic has to be played straightforward and in your face which is exactly how they all played it.
those were NOT "resident musicians" he was playing with, it was Tommy Shannon (Johnny's bassist and, later on,Stevie Ray Vaughn's bassist) and Uncle John Turner Johnny's drummer). These two guys were Johnny's original band when he was first signed to Columbia in 1969 and played with him on his first two albums for Columbia (Johnny Winter and Second Winter).
@@telephonetlm I can see a guy playing the piano and a sax player etc and they joined in. The guys you were talking about played from the beginning. I don't understand how you thought I meant them as I had made the distinction of saying the resident musicians joined in at a particular place so that could not mean people who were already playing.
Love it...! Have followed Johnny for 50 yrs. This performance was his first national TV appearance and the height of his recovery. Guitarist Paul Nelson made it his mission to 'nurse' Johnny back to health. Johnny was wide-eyed, playing was confident, his voice was strong and he was having a great time. Outstanding...!!
Thanks for that perspective! I thought surely, he had performed on national TV SOMEWHERE in his illustrious career. I saw one performance where he performed well, but his eyes remained closed. What was he recovering from?
@@gregparrott hey Greg johnny was addicted to methadone for decades. There is a great documentary out about Paul Nelson's mission to 'save' johnny. He got johnny playing again while secretly cutting back on methadone. They even had the moment on camera when they told johnny he was clean.
Ignorance...I fully admit to being in that box; too many great musician out there that I've missed when I was young...and then bam! Holy Bad Ass!! Rip, JW!!
I saw him in 1971, Independence Hall in Baton Rouge. He and Rick Derringer absolutely rocked the house down. They were playing through a wall of Fender amps and about half way through the concert, my right eardrum blew! I guess I shouldn't have been standing at the edge of the stage?
At around 2:53 Johnny drops his slide oops....I've seen Mr.Winter from 1969 up to his last shows in New England. Over 30 times he was the best of the best! RIP Sir!
A legend! So fortunate to see him perform 7 times ,brilliant!!! Ottawa NAC incredible, an idiot in the front row was taking pictures with a flash, moronic inconsiderate actions, a gentleman front row center whom I'm familiar with removed the camera and after the show left on his Harley
@@russellbarnes7728 LEGALLY BLIND MEANS THIS: Legal blindness occurs when a person has central visual acuity (vision that allows a person to see straight ahead of them) of 20/200 or less in his or her better eye with correction. With 20/200 visual acuity, a person can see at 20 feet, what a person with 20/20 vision sees at 200 feet.
@@russellbarnes7728 HE COULDN'T SEE WELL BUT ENOUGH THEN TO GET AROUND WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AS LATTER. I SAW HIM IN '91, '92 AND HE NEEDED HELP UP STAIRS AND AGAIN IN 2008 HE WAS IN VERY POOR HEALTH. I SURE MISS HIM.
Those 3 made magic together. Got to see Johnny in the mid 70s at a blues fest; he played right before the headliner, Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Saw Rick's band Derringer opening up for Aerosmith back then too; blew them off the stage because Steven and Joe were having one of those nights. Never got to see Edgar though.
He should have been at home relaxing & watching TV. I spent hours with him in private before & after his final St. Louis show, & he just wanted to go home.....
At 69, the freaking guy is STILL one of the best guitarists. ...and that hack magazine rolling stone listed him somewhere down around 60 something of the top 100. He should be a LOT higher than that!!!
Thank you Dave for turning people onto Johnny! Some of us have been doing just that for 50 years now, but you are one of the few talk show host who really appreciate his genius and reach a large audience. So thanks!
Johnny Winter was Muddy Waters "lost son." Much like the Stones brought us white American kids around to Chuck Berry and Little Richard, Johnny was our guide into the heart of real blues. Forever indebted to JW, a humble man with otherworldly musicianship.
I remember catching this performance on Letterman & was blown away by his guitar playing. I can't believe that this July it will be 5 years since he died. To me Johnny Winter will always be missed. R.I.P & thanks for all the great music you left us.🎸🎵🎶🎸
2:57 his slider slip off, I can't believe even legends are not excepted from rock n roll hassles, but still he managed it, RIP johnny!!! ( Rock In Peace)
I bet Johnny woke up some of Dave's audience w/his down and dirty playing! Just wish SNL had bookers who could book actual musicians like JW, instead of the no-talent bums they inexplicably seem to favor....
Saw him six times, each one a thrill. Tomorrow Club, Youngstown, Ohio, back when he would, as the Brits say, "leap about"! World Series of Rock, 3 Rivers Stadium; worked for the company that had security for the stadium at the time, heard that BTO, the headliners, needed some persuasion before they would agree to go on because Johnny had the crowd fairly worked up. IC Light (a Burgh beer) Amphitheater Tent; mostly bikers that day, Wife and I were the only ones there whthout tatoos. Burgh Civic Arena, opened up for George & the Destroyers. The Rivers Blues Festival, eyes must have been fading because he never moved a foot away from the mic stand. Mancini's, a small blues club in the McKees Rocks section of the Burgh, now sadly a strip joint. Thanks for every note, Johnny!
You are extremely lucky to have seen him that many times! IC Light Amphitheater was a great place to see a show. I saw Molly Hatchet, Pat Travers and Foghat there several years ago as well as Great White, LA Guns and Bulletboys. I wish I could have seen Johnny during that time but unfortunately it never transpired. I did manage to see him a few times near the end which was truly an honor for me.
Johnny is an astonishing and marvelous blues guitar player & performer. He is part of our heritage. He makes my days since the late 60's! God bless Johnny!!!!!
johnny winter was so cool,lookin at his face tells me this a man that's done this a million times befor,thanks mr.winter,and your brother edgar was acool m/f too!
That was great!! I have seen him 3 times in my home town[Phoenixville,Pa.] and met him back stage all 3 times!! The ticket was my Jimi Hendrix pictures that my brother took on 4.12.1969 at the Spectrum! Johnny was so happy to look at the pics. even tough his vision is not that good.Johnny loved Jimi and jammed with him a few times!! Johnny was a very quiet and nice man,,,,and talented!
I think when johnny finally started sitting when playing...it took that powerful voice down a notch....those were the days tho , late 69 , he was loud n proud
Oh I don't know about that. Duane was a clean, technique player. Although I liked Johnny winter for years he was a dirty, aggressive bluesy rocker. He was fun to listen to....but he was nowhere near Duane Allman.
Would've been fun to see once in a while but I think Johnny had too much of an independent streak to be with the Allman's. I can't see him doing 20 minute jams. It's why he and Edgar didn't constantly work together
I have a 1964 Firebird 5 that Johnny Winter autographed for me in about 1985 outside a club he was playing at in downtown Tampa. It is by far my most treasured possession. What a great guitarist. Take a look at the videos from Midnight Special.
Johnny is seated because his is recovering from hip surgery How do I know?? saw him and this band @ a small club in Randolph, NJ. Bumped into his manager @ the venue and he mentioned the recent surgery to me. May he RIP now.
WHAT A REMARKABLE JOB,Paul Nelson has done,this guy(Johnny Winter) has been an idol of mine since the early 70's,I respect his point of view,for not wanting to be made a hero,or idolized,but it is extremely hard not to have some hero worship for someone that basically taught you what you know and want to carry on the whole blues tradition.Thank-you both,you for your efforts to look after a national treasure,and John Dawson winter the third for keeping the tradition alive.Thank-you both.!
JOHNNY winter in a huge Chinese restaurant in Massachusetts with James Montgomery opening... awesome...one of many I've seen from JOHNNY late 70s till right before passing.... winter in July ... another great one in Boston.
I’ve been playing guitar for a very long time and only recently started listening to Winter a lot. Within weeks of doing so I not only began using a thumb pick (not a huge adjustment for me as I use my fingers to play most of the time anyway) but learning to play slide and actually buying a 2017 Gibson Firebird. It looks very much like his. It’s a big beautiful piece of wood man. A coffee table of a guitar.
I'm special... I got to see him at least ten times... Edgar sat by me and my buddy the last time at center stage Atlanta..D... Saw Edgar with Leon Russell there in '88..... I'm not gonna compare anybody to him...
Lol johnny wouldnt mix dude he wasnt using slide while he was playing rhythem. What i mean is he wouldnt have pre recorded anything if thats what you mean. Good vid btw the winter bros are the shit!
Paul you have saved an icon,and quite possibly a national treasure,Johnny has been my guitar hero for I don't know how long,I',m almost 60,and been a fan since ..... God bless you for the real hero you are.from myself,and everyone else who has been a fan,THANK-YOU.
Kinda hard to watch since I grew up when he was in his prime and he was my first guitar hero;........Check out Johnny and Janis Joplin performing Ego Rock together and you'll find it hard to believe it's the same guitarist ;.....It's on the level of Buddy Guy or Stevie Ray.
best show i ever saw...Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, Kames Cotton, Pine Top Perkins amd Company in Cincinnati.Johnny rarely looked away from Muddy and Muddy had a smile as wide as the Ohio River when Johnny ripped
Caught Johnnie with james cotton n muddy waters at the Akron Civic theater in late seventies drunk at the bar after the show they showed up n cotton signed my full leg cast still have that chunk
Aunque fuera así de viejo me hubiera gustado haber visto a Jhonny Winter rockear, pero algo que es seguro es que nunca me aburriré de verlo y oírlo tocar el Blues 🤘🤘
+Ethan Hamill Thank you so much for that! Sorry to have answered so late. Just watching this video over and over again. I am very sad, Johnny Winter one of the greatest!!
He really was quite a guitarist. He took lessons from one of Roy Rogers guitarists, toured with the Everly Brothers, won on Ted Mack'Amateur Hour, played as a teenager with BB King.
And let us not forget that he engineered Muddy Waters' comeback, producing the electric blues album "Hard Again" where his own credits include guitar, "miscellaneous screaming," and producer. That's a great Muddy Waters Album.
I grew up with Captured Live and it is still one of my all time faves. Totally sad about Johnny's passing. Sadly all the real musicians are going to God, one by one wiht not too much in the way of replacements... a dying art... a dying breed. R.I.P JW and thanks for the many hours of pleasure that you brought into my life.
