Old metalhead reacts to Tobacco Road (live) by Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter
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Edgar Winter Group "Frankenstein" Is really worth a listen.
LIVE version of that as well, please.
I will be doing a video of it this month, as it was requested by one of my patreon members. I've asked if she is ok with me doing the live version of the song
Johnny was solidly in the blues/rock guitar pantheon of legendary guitarists of the sixties, for anyone who enjoys top shelf electric guitar, it's worth digging through some of his catalog, he put out a lot of very good music
Saw Johnny in his later years, they walked him on stage sat him down in a chair and he took it from there...one of the greatest of all time, he restarted MUDDY WATERS career and brought the blues to white audiences. His brother Edgar is a multi instrumentalist a great talent. The bass player went on to play with SRV.
They were superbly unique, Johnny was a world class blues guitarist, he's passed away sadly, Edgar on keys and sax is still rockin! Two albino Texan brothers who are dearly loved by many folks. They made good music.
I saw Johnny several times in the 80’s. He is an absolute virtuoso on guitar. You need to do a deep dive. By the way you have a talent for this so keep doing what you are doing.
Being a metal guy you would love the Edgar Winter group, Frankenstein. Fits in a genre called monster rock. It's pure instrumental. Johnny Winter was a celebrated blues guitarist in the nineties.
In the nineties? You mean 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s brother.
One of my favourite performances from these 2, what a talented family.
Johnny is the older brother and went on to have an awesome, legendary rocking blues career. Edgar was the first guy to put a strap on a keyboard and wear it around the stage. Also, you probably have heard of Frankenstein at some point. That is the Edgar Winter Group. Both brothers have been involved in making music their whole lives. They are a super-talented family. Johnny lost his vision later in life but he never stopped performing.
Both Winter brothers were way talented. In 1988, Johnny became the first non-African American inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
I got to see Johnny Winter 3 times , the last time was 2 weeks before he passed away , he walked out on stage by himself and jammed up a great show ! The first 2 times I seen him , he did get help walking onto the stage , but not the last time , and I got to sit about 5 feet away from him in the front row ! Incredible ! Johnny is on the guitar , and his brother Edgar plays everything else ! They can both play any instrument , but Johnny mainly plays the guitar ! Johnny has been in my top 5 of guitar gods for years ! Now you'll get a bunch of requests for Edgar Winter playing Frankenstein !
Johnny on guitar, Edgar the younger bro on organ,sax and vocals. Saw Johnny back in 71…..brilliant.
Thank you Old Metal Dude ! Ned from Spain here and a giant fan for 50 plus years and saw him live in 1978. He was unique and always surprises me even after hearing the same songs again and again. One of my favorite LP's by him is " Still Alive and Well " from 1973 when he had just gotten clean from a rehab clinic. It was like a tsunami of passion and rocked so hard it made the needle jump off the platter. All of his albums especially the first batch on Columbia and most of the Blue Sky ones are blistering classics.
Johnny’s version of Highway 61 Revisited on the Captured Live! album is in a class by itself. One of the best guitarists ever, criminally underrated
They were mainstream with the rock blues scene, internationally. I’m 73 I was there.
this is around '69 ... Johnny and edgar were both studio musicians ...and then they did everything else...johnny was at woodstock '69
Johnny used a thumb pick. Amazing how each of those rapid fire notes are so clean and totally defined.
Wood I was in New York what are the bands I was in had a drummer named sandy ganero, he was Johnny winters, rehearsal drummer, because Johny’s drummer lived out in Connecticut and didn’t wanna driving to the city to rehearse so sandy was the rehearsal drummer, I was always begging him to bring me to a practice, but he said they were always closed
Thanks again for checking this out!! ❤😊
Saw Johnny in Madison square garden in 74 or 75
Bass player is Tommy Shannon who went on to be Stevie Ray Vaughan Bass player,
Check out “Save the Planet” from The Edgar Winter Group, from the White Trash album featuring Jerry LaCroix
Lol I saw Johnny at the gutter in little Rock. A bowling alley/pool hall. About 100 or so people there. He turned that room inside out. Great show. Leon russell was on deck. Fun shows
Dude, you need to see some of Johnny's slide work. Check out "Highway 61 Revisited," or "Mean Town Blues" if you'd like to have your socks rocked off.
That guitarist would be Johnny ( one of my guitar heros ) my number 1 favorite guitarist ( and biggest influence ) would be Duane Allman.
Johnny had his own career
Best workers in the album called Johnny Dawson Winters
If you think Tobacco Road is mind-blowing, you should check out Frankenstein by the Edgar Winter Group. It was named Frankenstein because, according to Johnny Winter, it was comprised of snippets of taped bits the group had laying around the cutting-room floor, which they stitched together to make the song. In the video of them performing the song, Johnny plays multiple instruments flawlessly, constantly shifting from one to another. I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio in the 70's, and thinking WTF did I just listen to?😂
I'll be doing it this month
@@oldmanmetaldude Cool. By the way, as an Aussie, have you heard of Tim Minchin? Amazing pianist and composer of Broadway musicals such as Groundhog Day and Mathilda. He has written and performed many musical comedy songs in the past, but is now focusing on more serious material. Brilliant dude.
@@timpwhit I know of him and what he looks like, but I have never watched any of his stuff
@oldmanmetaldude Since you are a metal head, you might get a kick out of his song Rock And Roll Nerd. Also, he has a song called Play It Safe commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Sidney Opera House. He can be very funny, but also quite poignant at times. Great singer, piano player and lyricist.
Listen to "Frankenstein". Edgar Winter. Amazing insane🤟
Johnny Winter influenced a lot of guitarist period
@@ivansavoie3190 true! And not just is the US. Winter was a huge hit in Europe.
Listen to Johnny Winters( Mean Town Blues) 1971 cph live, Johnny is amazing on the guitar!!!
I think this is from the same show, I just noticed they’re all wearing the same clothes earlier 👀
Johnny shredding on guitar. Edgar played everything even drums. Johnny has been more or less forgotten but he was a star in the Blues revival late 60's. Playing guitar to him was like breathing, lightning fast but tasteful. In the mid-70's he was kinda sorta metal, loud loud loud. A guitar god. RIP
To paraphrase a band title that Steve Martin is involved with: Men with instruments who know how to use them!
Johnny's "scat" is as good as anyone's.
Johnny is a blues great, spent a few years in the late great Muddy Waters band. Edgar was much more progressive and had a couple of hits which Johnny never had. Edgar just did a tribute album to Johnny with many great guests that deservedly won an award or two. Great tribute to his brother.
The albino brothers couldn't go out in the sun so they spent time indoors with musical relatives and learned various instruments and they learned them all very well. I think johnny is 19, years old here.
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Checking out both Edgar and Johnny. They didn’t always play together. Johnny was considered one of the best blues guitarists of all time. Word is somebody asked Jimi Hendrix how it felt to be the best guitarist in the world, and he said “I don’t know, you should go ask Johnny Winter”….lol
I had a 1960 Fender Jazz Bass... From my understanding it was the first year they came out...✅
I've discovered SO MANY musicians decades late....you're not alone. I've been aware of the Edgar Winters Group for a long time, but I have definitely not given the proper investigation into their music. Thanks for this! FYI, both Edgar and Johnny are (were) Native Texans :)
It was always great to hear Johnny and Edgar together even though Johnny usually stuck to the Blues and Edgar liked playing some Jazz and Rock and Roll.
There is so much great content out there for both brothers. I would humbly suggest checking out Johnny Winter's first album on Columbia records. Just a white white guy authentically playing black black blues, including Tommy Shannon who plays bass, who's the same guy who played with SRV and Double Trouble (another rabbit hole worth going down!).
Amazing!!
Progressive blues is precisely what it is termed.
They were too good for pop music
Great band, one of my classic rock favorites. But, I'm surprised you weren't given Frankenstein as the first song to get you going on them. They were music geniuses, and their influence does spread far and wide.
I was torn when requesting a first song. I love both, and I'm really glad Turk gave it a listen.
Dude are you in for a treat 1:25
nice catch johnny could not play with a flat pick take a look at montreux 84 for speed johnnny b goode or jumpin jack flash on i smell trouble jon plays a harmonica while he plays bass johnny has about 25 albums and edgar has about 30
Sorry, too much yakking
The best video I have seen, the second is "Careful with a fool".
I am also an "old metalhead", as I belong to the end of the 60s to the middle of the 70s and from 1979 to 1985 with the N.W.O.B.H.M. invasion ......... but I have an appreciation for old heavy blues/hard rock bands, I have their live 1972 album "roadwork" where you have a better version of this kind of heavy blues song, it kicks ass all time I play it, also in the album there are 3 hard rock and roll songs that get you on the mood when you're working out or doing something around the house.
Roadwork was actually Edgar's album with his White Trash group and Johnny played as a guest guitarist on a few tracks.