Johnny, more than any guitarist , captures the raw energy, speed and vitality of rock. At his prime he could peel the paint off the rear wall of any venue.
My homeboy Johnny " Guitar" Winter. I group up 20 miles from where he did. I met him a couple of times. Saw him many times..... A Guitar Hero and genuinely a Good 👍 Guy! 😊
I saw Edgar and Johnny in Minneapolis early ‘70s. After the first song I hollard “rock and roll ! “Johnny heard me and said “ you wanna rock and roll?” this is what they played. True masters, both of them.
Much of the time it is the recording......like this one gets chopped off at the end....... that draws the thumbs down. They don't understand us JW fans!
I've listen to music all my life and I listen to it all all geners and I'm 62 will soon be 63 one of my favorite groups is none other than the guitar man AC/DC and I Think Angus is one of the best but I never knew Johnny Winters could play this well he is awesome I guess the real reason I didn't know he was this good was mostly my stupidity it all has to do with I wouldn't listen to him all because of the song Frankenstein I know it was a hit but I just didn't care for it although I didn't know the Winter brothers sang a song I like a lot but back then I was too damn hyper to care who sung what song but the song I like a lot was Free Ride little did I know he could play this well I thought Slash did the best cover of Johnny B goode until I heard Johnny Winter do it in the 1984 video I think it's his best version and he kills it spot on thanks Johnny Winter RIP you were a great performer
Never forget the night Johnny played festival hall Melbourne. Think it was 86. I was 17 , bottle of tequila in my jacket and a fat reefer in my hand. Last song of the night , crowd went nuts and Johnny destroyed festival hall. Rock on Johnny.
Saw him w/ April Wine in Calgary a million years ago.Blew April Wine out the fukkin door.Neighbour seen him in Penticton 8 months before he passed.RIP,soldier.You will always be loved.
over 32 years seen johnny 80 times, saved ALL ticket stubbs, posters, pics from shows.Followed the Muddy tour by hitching from show to show....he is a living master, at his worst, he is the best.I've seen him in every way he could be..nobody will EVER come close to his speed, style, inflections,tone..sure other axe styles/players exist and to each his own.I am a lucky man to know his art.......
I am sorry for anyone who can think that this man , in his prime , was nothing less than breathtaking ability and Texas swagger from the git go. Dammit, there will never be another John Dawson Winter 3rd ever again and its a shame for those who do not know this man's contribution.......
I'm from Brazil and at the time was about 16 to 17 . That was when I first heard my true guitar hero , didn't speak a word in english . I don't know if the pot touched a part of my brain or something, was hooked . When got the album and saw him , told my friend. Hendrix, Eric are Kids next to that strange man. Save some money and bought this album, not cheap . Jonh Winter live Rick Derringer played in that concert. Months later my girl gave me a puppy dog, How you gonna call him, Winter . 4 years later went to live in L A . One sunday looking at the paper saw J Winter live at The Troubador. Got to see the man , was way better than I thought. Got married and moved to D C , he came to town. Sure i was there . Finally in Rio while spending my time , got to see him again. Left almost crying, seeing him the é entire concert on a wheelchair was heavy. He left us a year and a half later. RIP my hero, you are in good company
@@davidwaddington9414 You ever hear the solo Eric does on a Bob Dylan song on the " Bob Dylan Night" Nassau Coliseum album ? When you do you are remined way Clapton bows to no one !! Hear is the thing you know and i know that Clapton, Winter, Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Billy Gibbons, Leslie West and BEck and all the great rockers use the same scales The blues scale and the Pentatonic scales, People like Zappa Beck and some other are more advanced and use other ones But they all play the same licks same scales it is just a matter who can play louder or faster or a great sound or "Bad sound" Some times these guitar players have better nights then other I saw Leslie West and thought he was the best then when i saw him again i was like WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED he was so boring Clapton too i saw clapton play in 1992 he was on fire Better then what you see hear with Johnny but then again i saw clapton another time and he must have been on downers? Too slow and boring guitar some what out of tune, And you know Johnny Winter is great but NExt to Jeff BEck even Johnny would have told you BEck got so great and played more complexed stuff then justthree chord blues ot three chord rock he was 100 times better then Winter BUT in 2000 or was it 2001 BEck went on tour and had to stop a month into it he did not play his guitar for 18 months and just tried to pick it up and tour , well HE SUCKED !!!!! And had to stop and gave all the money back to people who bought ticked and were so upset with his crappy playing so what is my point? Hmm i dont know lol
WOW!! this is fantastic. How did I grow up listening only to Black Sabbath and heavy metal. I feel incomplete. I need my childhood back to see him live!!!!! One of the greatest guitarists ever.
I saw Johnny in Long Beach back in '74 and we couldn't believe how expensive the tickets were---$6.00! His opening act was James Cotton (really good) and Johnny just killed it. Never forgot it, never will. RIP Johnny!!
Magnifique version musicale @une de mes préférée avec les 2 autres versions musicales jouées par so ami HENDRIX à Santa clara 1969 et surtout à Berkeley mai 1970@
I. SEEN JOHNNY WINTERS LIVE AT PIRATES WORLD IN DANIA FLORIDA. THAT'S WHERE THEY RECORDED JOHNNY WINTERS LIVE ALBUM. JOHNNY WAS ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.
One of the true greats. He is in my top 5 of great guitarists. Other guitarists didn't want to get in involved with a cutting of the heads contest with, Johnny Winter.
Johnny Winter, Still alive and Well was the first album I owned and it would be fine with me if it was the last!!!Thanks for the B-Day present Linder C. Luv you 4-Ev.
@@mikedreucci4236 I saw Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in Philly Spectrum,where I also saw Van Halen 1979 main floor,close enough to count the laces on Eddie's shoes.The Spectrum no longer exists nor does the Pontiac Silverdome,where I saw Chuck Berry and 3 Dog Night.
Is the way to judge how well a guitarist plays by how enjoyable they are to listen to? For me Johnny Winter is as enjoyable as ANY guitarist. RIP Johnny.
I used to sneak into clubs as a teenager when he played with this configuration starting in 1985. The first time was this dive biker bar in Spring Valley NY, an older boyfriend came with me. I was blown away. I leaned right up against the stage, which was not as loud as a few steps behind thankfully, and watched him play 5 feet in front of me. I was stunned. I knew right at that moment this was the greatest guitar playing of this style I would ever see. My friends were all into boy bands at the time and they couldn't get it. I am so glad I saw him perform, probably 5-6 times total. But that first time in a tiny club was incredible, it was like a personal concert in a living room. Memory Eternal, Johnny.
Seeing this guy Live was as good as blues rock gets, especially in a small club, I remember watching him and being in awe, nothing seemed rehearsed, the music oozed out of him
I went to see JW at the turning point in PIermont NY about 2 years before he died, barely a stones throw from SV (I'm SVHS class of 82') We got there early ate dinner upstairs and they reserved seats for us at the bar right next to the stage. I had one foot on the stage the whole time, not 5 feet from JW as well. I was mesmerized I couldn't see he fingers move as fast as they were moving to get the sounds he was getting.
Such a great story. I had no idea who the hell Johnny was till I bought some of his albums, then saw him so many times. From dives to festivals, Winter was as special as they come.
@@tommcnally3646 Of the 30 or so times I've watched Johnny and his bands play, yes, the best concerts were the small clubs. But here in Milwaukee, we have a Summer music festival called Summerfest. For over a decade, Mr. Winters thrilled audiences of 2 to 3 thousand. I last saw him in 2010, and I miss him much.
Guys like johnny werent overlooked they just never sold out hes been keeping it real from day one clapton sold out music scores and concerts playin with the corporate money makers i like clapton but hes commercial johhny winter is a hard workin grass roots bluesman who is one hell of a guitarist.
This has got to be one of Johnny Winter's best solos with lots of little phrases thrown in. This guy plays real earthy blues- Stevie Ray Vaughn couldn't do this emotive stuff -he was more rockabilly ..
Johnny was the fastest Guitar player ever. Nobody even close notwithstanding the TONE!! , Woodstock a 12 string. I grew up in New Orleans and if I didn't see Johnny 25 times, I didn't see him once. Since the Warehouse in the late 60s. One time in a small venue maybe 60 to 70 people.my brother and I went right up to him at the same level tripping on acid. We couldn't speak for a couple of hours
STOOD BEFORE THE MAN ..NOT 5 FEET AWAY WHEN HE RIPPED INTO THIS CLASSIC... MY YOUNGEST SON , WHO PLAYS A LITTLE, STOOD THERE WITH HIS JAW ON THE FLOOR... ALL I COULD THINK WAS..""WE'RE NOT WORTHY"".. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WHEN HE RIPPED INTO HIGHWAY 61 THE ROOF CAVED IN. REST IN PEACE SLINGER...YOU WERE THE BEST!!!!
Johnny is one of my all time favorite guitar players. I was fortunate to see him in the early 70’s then 80’s and 90’s and lastly about a year before he passed away . He did what he loved to do until the end . Thank You Johnny for Your Incredible Talent and Joy of Playing Guitar 🙏👌😊☮️❤️❤️❤️❤️
When I first heard Johnny doing this here on u-tube I keep bringing this 1984 and the other one he did live in a Europe concert show, and I jam with my harmonica with my extra speakers turned up and well He's my main rock god guitarist. I feel there will never be another one with His soul and rockin blues energy to put out such incredible love songs like he did. We'll keep tuning his songs out there Yea.
Probably john Mayer fans or Joe bonamassa fans. Johnny was too real, too blues, and too rock n'roll for them to understand from their nice but dreary perspectives
I saw Johnny Winter,,, round this time 1984 when he was in "Tweed Head's Gold Coast Australia",,in a very large Hall,,with waitress serving beers while he Played ,,in front of like only 150 people. You could walk around the Hall with a Beer while he played,in front of you,the sound, acoustics of the place was like an opera hall,,totally unbelievable,,experience,,,epic. Johnny was awesome,,he was almost heavy rock,,best concert ever...
As much as I love Jimi (God bless him), Winter is a bloody demon with that guitar! I don't know why he's so underrated. Here in Italy I've never heard of him on the TV, NEVER. I discovered him thank to my mum (she's a blues geek) and he's super cool!
That's a real shame. Here in America, at least in music circles, he is a highly regarded and respected guitarist. He doesn't have the recognition of a Hendrix, Beck or Page, but is still pretty well known to most.
It's unbelievable that someone can play with such a feeling that the hair on my arms stands on end! Johnny Winter and Jimi Hendrix raised the bar of what you can do with a guitar and broke all boundaries! ❤🙏
Johnnys album Still Alive and Well was the first album I ever owned (thanks Linda C. Merritt island Fla !)And I still listen to his cd to this day and I visit his gravesite in Easton Ct on the regular!!!!def in top 5 guitarists of ALL TIME!!!!
Salut à vous toutes et vous tous @magnifique JOHNNY WINTER@tout comme le sont ces supers musiciennes et musiciens @comme le disait un autre musicien instrumentiste virtuose LA PAIX VIENDRA PAR LA MUSIQUE @il s agisait bien évidemment DE MONSIEUR JIMI HENDRIX @
Seen him less than a year or so before his death in his home town Beaumont TEXAS at the Jefferson Theater. Had to be helped on stage and had to sit to play. But when he began it was awesome. RIP Johnny Winter.
Same here. Celebrity theater in Phoenix. One of the handlers almost let him fall as he was being helped to the stage but he sat a played like the great player he was. Never forget that.
John Dawson Winter 3rd , lay peacefully with the knowledge that you are without equal. In a class of your own. There are other guitar gods who got close to, but never made it to that final level which is yours alone. 23rd feb 1944 - 16th July 2014
Well people we lost the original KING OF ROCK AND ROLL . Rest in Peace Chuck Berry, and thank you for the music you brought, and for the start of rock and roll.
I knew them when we were kids and went to school with him and Edgar. There was a black nite club in Beaumont, BB King let Johnny on stage to play when he was about 16, we all would go to the Big Oaks in Vinton, Louisiana to hear him and sometimes he and Edgar would ride with us, he was a true student of the Blues, a Texas Style gunslinger...and he was at Woodstock, he played with all the Blues Greats, from Muddy on down the line, and every Rocker know to man. He had a coke bottle top cut off to play slide. RIP. JW.
possibly the greatest guitarist you will ever SEE OR HEAR
enjoy
For blues? Easily.
Saw him like 9 times, Johnny. Carlos, Jimi, and Eric my Mount Rushmore guitar heroes
How can Johnny Winter not be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, I saw him in the 70's and Noone Could Touch Him!!!
Johnny was the first American guitar hero-before Hendrix, Clapton, all those guys...
Especially when there are people who shouldn’t be.
Johnny, more than any guitarist , captures the raw energy, speed and vitality of rock. At his prime he could peel the paint off the rear wall of any venue.
u described it well,I saw Johnny more than once in different States...mentally AND physically :)
he jkust did while you were writing your sililoqy
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A great way to describe it!
Yes he could and his nr 🔥 Edgar wasn't bad either even though he played the piano
Did the 123 people who did not like this not see him live?? In a complete class by himself. I was HONORED to see him 3 times. RIP
My homeboy Johnny " Guitar" Winter. I group up 20 miles from where he did. I met him a couple of times. Saw him many times..... A Guitar Hero and genuinely a Good 👍 Guy! 😊
This is awsome, at 66 y/o brings bak da 70,s🙏
One of the greatest guitarists of all time.
saw him twice and that wasn't enough
White blues: YOHNNY WINTER. ALVIN LEE.
Amen! Johnny was my idol when I first started playing in a band.He will be missed. rip Mr. Winters! ❤❤❤
An American Badass.. Johnny was on fire!!!!!!
I saw Edgar and Johnny in Minneapolis early ‘70s. After the first song I hollard “rock and roll ! “Johnny heard me and said “ you wanna rock and roll?” this is what they played. True masters, both of them.
Who on earth would 'dislike' this? A natural and modest genius of the guitar world.
Much of the time it is the recording......like this one gets chopped off at the end....... that draws the thumbs down. They don't understand us JW fans!
Well he is playing a headless guitar !
I've listen to music all my life and I listen to it all all geners and I'm 62 will soon be 63 one of my favorite groups is none other than the guitar man AC/DC and I Think Angus is one of the best but I never knew Johnny Winters could play this well he is awesome I guess the real reason I didn't know he was this good was mostly my stupidity it all has to do with I wouldn't listen to him all because of the song Frankenstein I know it was a hit but I just didn't care for it although I didn't know the Winter brothers sang a song I like a lot but back then I was too damn hyper to care who sung what song but the song I like a lot was Free Ride little did I know he could play this well I thought Slash did the best cover of Johnny B goode until I heard Johnny Winter do it in the 1984 video I think it's his best version and he kills it spot on thanks Johnny Winter RIP you were a great performer
This is not talent - this is a super-power!
+Kiani Francis how do you spell awesome? haha.
Pure Energy!
Kiani Francis ii
You look up talent in Webster's and you will see a pic of Johnny Winter!!!
Simply the best!
Never forget the night Johnny played festival hall Melbourne. Think it was 86.
I was 17 , bottle of tequila in my jacket and a fat reefer in my hand.
Last song of the night , crowd went nuts and Johnny destroyed festival hall.
Rock on Johnny.
u watch Johnny play u have a permanent smile
Saw him w/ April Wine in Calgary a million years ago.Blew April Wine out the fukkin door.Neighbour seen him in Penticton 8 months before he passed.RIP,soldier.You will always be loved.
over 32 years seen johnny 80 times, saved ALL ticket stubbs, posters, pics from shows.Followed the Muddy tour by hitching from show to show....he is a living master, at his worst, he is the best.I've seen him in every way he could be..nobody will EVER come close to his speed, style, inflections,tone..sure other axe styles/players exist and to each his own.I am a lucky man to know his art.......
Cant disagree with you. Johnny was a bad ass......
You’re one heck of a lucky man
FACTSSSS!
Wrap up all that’s best in southern rock Johnny represents it great all around rocker-blues man!
Lucky 🍀
One of the most Amazing live solos ever recorded... Chills everytime
I saw this chit high as a kite in less than 20 seconds it took my high away. Fckin Phenomenal
yes...............
I am sorry for anyone who can think that this man , in his prime , was nothing less than breathtaking ability and Texas swagger from the git go. Dammit, there will never be another John Dawson Winter 3rd ever again and its a shame for those who do not know this man's contribution.......
I'm from Brazil and at the time was about 16 to 17 . That was when I first heard my true guitar hero , didn't speak a word in english . I don't know if the pot touched a part of my brain or something, was hooked . When got the album and saw him , told my friend. Hendrix, Eric are Kids next to that strange man. Save some money and bought this album, not cheap . Jonh Winter live Rick Derringer played in that concert. Months later my girl gave me a puppy dog, How you gonna call him, Winter . 4 years later went to live in L A . One sunday looking at the paper saw J Winter live at The Troubador. Got to see the man , was way better than I thought. Got married and moved to D C , he came to town. Sure i was there . Finally in Rio while spending my time , got to see him again. Left almost crying, seeing him the é entire concert on a wheelchair was heavy. He left us a year and a half later. RIP my hero, you are in good company
FACTS! HES AMAZING AND THE BEST
Greatest guitar players to come out of the sixties Johnny Winter and Alvin Lee.
Johnny winter , rory gallagher, alvin lee, lesley West , Steve ray vaughan, 70’s are the best years…
fact is the list of songs were endless to choose from...Johnny wins every time
no one compares
Truly awesome guitarist, one of the greatest of all time.
Tremendous blues guitarist of all time!
He was the real shit. Should be in hall of fame twice!
I guarantee that guitarists like Eric Clapton would stand in awe of Johnny.
who is Eric Clapton ?
La pura cremaaaaassa 🖒
@@davidwaddington9414 You ever hear the solo Eric does on a Bob Dylan song on the " Bob Dylan Night" Nassau Coliseum album ? When you do you are remined way Clapton bows to no one !! Hear is the thing you know and i know that Clapton, Winter, Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Billy Gibbons, Leslie West and BEck and all the great rockers use the same scales The blues scale and the Pentatonic scales, People like Zappa Beck and some other are more advanced and use other ones But they all play the same licks same scales it is just a matter who can play louder or faster or a great sound or "Bad sound" Some times these guitar players have better nights then other I saw Leslie West and thought he was the best then when i saw him again i was like WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED he was so boring Clapton too i saw clapton play in 1992 he was on fire Better then what you see hear with Johnny but then again i saw clapton another time and he must have been on downers? Too slow and boring guitar some what out of tune, And you know Johnny Winter is great but NExt to Jeff BEck even Johnny would have told you BEck got so great and played more complexed stuff then justthree chord blues ot three chord rock he was 100 times better then Winter BUT in 2000 or was it 2001 BEck went on tour and had to stop a month into it he did not play his guitar for 18 months and just tried to pick it up and tour , well HE SUCKED !!!!! And had to stop and gave all the money back to people who bought ticked and were so upset with his crappy playing so what is my point? Hmm i dont know lol
No doubt.
@@meyou-dv8ns Jesus that was an exhausting read
WOW!! this is fantastic. How did I grow up listening only to Black Sabbath and heavy metal. I feel incomplete. I need my childhood back to see him live!!!!! One of the greatest guitarists ever.
Por supuesto Winter fue un guitarrista expresivo habilidoso y de gran poder musical no se le olvida.!!!
I was blessed to have a lot of friends whit different favorite bands Love Rock and BLUES 😎
i saw him... was so so wonderful
I saw Johnny in Long Beach back in '74 and we couldn't believe how expensive the tickets were---$6.00! His opening act was James Cotton (really good) and Johnny just killed it. Never forgot it, never will. RIP Johnny!!
Magnifique version musicale @une de mes préférée avec les 2 autres versions musicales jouées par so ami HENDRIX à Santa clara 1969 et surtout à Berkeley mai 1970@
I. SEEN JOHNNY WINTERS LIVE AT PIRATES WORLD IN DANIA FLORIDA. THAT'S WHERE THEY RECORDED JOHNNY WINTERS LIVE ALBUM. JOHNNY WAS ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.
One of the true greats. He is in my top 5 of great guitarists. Other guitarists didn't want to get in involved with a cutting of the heads contest with, Johnny Winter.
You know what is cool? He is so universally respected and admired that you never hear anyone mention his condition. Says volumes
Rest in Peace Johnny! Thank you for the music!
Yes man . 👍
Winter per me sei il numero1 e incompreso della tua classe mai più uno come te
greatest version ever...and the 1st minute is just the intro
Johnny winter is the best
when is last time u listened to a guitar solo THAT long and LIKED it?
Johnny rode his guitar around the stage in the air like a wicked witch on a broom.
Mind blistering..
Love ya Johnny.!
Johnny Winter, Still alive and Well was the first album I owned and it would be fine with me if it was the last!!!Thanks for the B-Day present Linder C. Luv you 4-Ev.
une des meilleurs version de johnny b good bravo a toi dieu winter
Johnny and Chuck are playing together somewhere out there. RIP Mr Berry and Johnny
no offense to Chuck but Johnny nailed this.and I was honored to see Chuck perform at least once in my lifetime.
Frank Marino nailed it too! Chuck Berry was the Father of Rock N Roll.
This kicks ass, just like Rory Gallagher's version of Messin with the kid.
Maybe . But its very god version . 👍
@@mikedreucci4236 I saw Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in Philly Spectrum,where I also saw Van Halen 1979 main floor,close enough to count the laces on Eddie's shoes.The Spectrum no longer exists nor does the Pontiac Silverdome,where I saw Chuck Berry and 3 Dog Night.
@@hmackie6823 What was it like standing in front of those Marshall stacks?🤘🤘
This is Johnny at his Best and in his Prime.
Is the way to judge how well a guitarist plays by how enjoyable they are to listen to? For me Johnny Winter is as enjoyable as ANY guitarist. RIP Johnny.
There once was a guitar player named Johnny Winter and then there were the rest.
I used to sneak into clubs as a teenager when he played with this configuration starting in 1985. The first time was this dive biker bar in Spring Valley NY, an older boyfriend came with me. I was blown away. I leaned right up against the stage, which was not as loud as a few steps behind thankfully, and watched him play 5 feet in front of me.
I was stunned. I knew right at that moment this was the greatest guitar playing of this style I would ever see. My friends were all into boy bands at the time and they couldn't get it. I am so glad I saw him perform, probably 5-6 times total. But that first time in a tiny club was incredible, it was like a personal concert in a living room. Memory Eternal, Johnny.
Seeing this guy Live was as good as blues rock gets, especially in a small club, I remember watching him and being in awe, nothing seemed rehearsed, the music oozed out of him
I went to see JW at the turning point in PIermont NY about 2 years before he died, barely a stones throw from SV (I'm SVHS class of 82') We got there early ate dinner upstairs and they reserved seats for us at the bar right next to the stage. I had one foot on the stage the whole time, not 5 feet from JW as well. I was mesmerized I couldn't see he fingers move as fast as they were moving to get the sounds he was getting.
Such a great story. I had no idea who the hell Johnny was till I bought some of his albums, then saw him so many times. From dives to festivals, Winter was as special as they come.
@@tommcnally3646 Of the 30 or so times I've watched Johnny and his bands play, yes, the best concerts were the small clubs. But here in Milwaukee, we have a Summer music festival called Summerfest. For over a decade, Mr. Winters thrilled audiences of 2 to 3 thousand. I last saw him in 2010, and I miss him much.
@@jonathanleslie9100 So cool. Johnny wasn't the same musician or singer in the decade before he passed away, but I'm so glad that he kept playing.
Always underrated!
and the people loved him...I was one
Guys like johnny werent overlooked they just never sold out hes been keeping it real from day one clapton sold out music scores and concerts playin with the corporate money makers i like clapton but hes commercial johhny winter is a hard workin grass roots bluesman who is one hell of a guitarist.
Johnny played that guitar with ease and it was a part of him. R.I.P. Johnny
I think that is trrue ,he is in heaven
I cant wait to get there, what a band that will be.
I've seen Johnny Live multiple times and he's always this great he has no off switch
I had over 20 songs to chose from,I always come back to Johnny
You'd almost think Chuck wrote this about this Johnny!
Amazing how many different notes he can play in one song from start to finish , he solos the whole song.
A master of improv.
This has got to be one of Johnny Winter's best solos with lots of little phrases thrown in. This guy plays real earthy blues- Stevie Ray Vaughn couldn't do this emotive stuff -he was more rockabilly ..
Johnny was the fastest Guitar player ever. Nobody even close notwithstanding the TONE!! , Woodstock a 12 string. I grew up in New Orleans and if I didn't see Johnny 25 times, I didn't see him once. Since the Warehouse in the late 60s. One time in a small venue maybe 60 to 70 people.my brother and I went right up to him at the same level tripping on acid. We couldn't speak for a couple of hours
The genius of Beaumont along with Edgar.
Johnny is an unbeatable guitarist for speed, accuracy and cleanliness of his notes.
Johnny was always "light's out."
He sure could make that guitar wail.
if u see Johnny for the 1st time,u never heard anything like him
One of the greatest of all time.
Jimi and j. Winter, first of the first... From France.
Texas finest guitarist along with Stevie Ray Vaughn. What a guitar jam it would be now where Johnny,Stevie Ray,Jimi & Many Others are now
stevie what!!!!!!
I was at blue monday in austin with the fabulous T birds and Johnny came in. He sat in with the t birds (SRV's older brother, Jimmie)
don't forget their founder...Buddy Holly
Billy Gibbons
Johnny Winter knocks the Rock n' Roll National Anthem right out of the ballpark! God could this man play. Every note is from the heart. R.I.P. J.W.
Great bluesman. Put Johnny in the Hall.
STOOD BEFORE THE MAN ..NOT 5 FEET AWAY WHEN HE RIPPED INTO THIS CLASSIC... MY YOUNGEST SON , WHO PLAYS A LITTLE, STOOD THERE WITH HIS JAW ON THE FLOOR... ALL I COULD THINK WAS..""WE'RE NOT WORTHY"".. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WHEN HE RIPPED INTO HIGHWAY 61 THE ROOF CAVED IN. REST IN PEACE SLINGER...YOU WERE THE BEST!!!!
Johnny was the master of that Lazer guitar, even though I always picture him with a Firebird. Freakin genius.
I have listened to this track so many times and it just gets better and better, R.I.P. Johnny Winter. Your genius is here on this track forever.
A sort of perfection in this live...
Johnny is one of my all time favorite guitar players. I was fortunate to see him in the early 70’s then 80’s and 90’s and lastly about a year before he passed away .
He did what he loved to do until the end .
Thank You Johnny for Your Incredible Talent and Joy of Playing Guitar 🙏👌😊☮️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ein Meister seiner Klasse und seiner Zeit,
The Albino....
Forse il più grande sicuramente uno straordinario artista
How can music be this fucking good??? This was seriously fukkin' amazing...
When I first heard Johnny doing this here on u-tube I keep bringing this 1984 and the other one he did live in a Europe concert show, and I jam with my harmonica with my extra speakers turned up and well He's my main rock god guitarist. I feel there will never be another one with His soul and rockin blues energy to put out such incredible love songs like he did. We'll keep tuning his songs out there Yea.
over 140 people gave this the thumbs down.......how sad they must be RIP JW.
Probably john Mayer fans or Joe bonamassa fans. Johnny was too real, too blues, and too rock n'roll for them to understand from their nice but dreary perspectives
He is Johnny B. Good. He can play a guitar like ringing a bell.
If you have to be somewhere that's an hour away but you only have 30 minutes to get there....just play this tune... you'll make it
I saw Johnny Winter live multiple times in different states,geographically and mentally.
Truly amazing how those skinny arms and body frame could play the shit out of a guitar.
RIP, Johnny.
if i saw one guitarist and I saw many Johnny was the one I am most proud of
johnny winter
( Rip)
from Texas
one of the best guitar in modern
music history
My Hero,the best Guitar player and Musician EVER
R.I.P.
Yea !!!!!!
few who actually saw this man knew how special he and his brother are /were
JW in the 80s wow how anyone could not like this?
I saw Johnny Winter,,,
round this time 1984 when he was in "Tweed Head's Gold Coast Australia",,in a very large Hall,,with waitress serving beers while he Played ,,in front of like only 150 people.
You could walk around the Hall with a Beer while he played,in front of you,the sound, acoustics of the place was like an opera hall,,totally unbelievable,,experience,,,epic.
Johnny was awesome,,he was almost heavy rock,,best concert ever...
Hail and farewell, Johnny Winter...you were one of the best!!
unbelievable how great this guy was
Johnny don't quit
I never thought of Johnny as a Cowboy...not even close :)
and I love his brother Edgar...I actually talked to Edgar in Virginia Beach 40 years ago
As much as I love Jimi (God bless him), Winter is a bloody demon with that guitar!
I don't know why he's so underrated. Here in Italy I've never heard of him on the TV, NEVER.
I discovered him thank to my mum (she's a blues geek) and he's super cool!
That's a real shame. Here in America, at least in music circles, he is a highly regarded and respected guitarist. He doesn't have the recognition of a Hendrix, Beck or Page, but is still pretty well known to most.
Obviously your mother is super cool too 👍
Jimi could play but they were so boring. Nothing like this
This guy BLOWS ME AWAY! Been listening to him for years!
Underrated by whom
Drums, bass and Johnny = Perfection.
It's unbelievable that someone can play with such a feeling that the hair on my arms stands on end! Johnny Winter and Jimi Hendrix raised the bar of what you can do with a guitar and broke all boundaries! ❤🙏
Johnnys album Still Alive and Well was the first album I ever owned (thanks Linda C. Merritt island Fla !)And I still listen to his cd to this day and I visit his gravesite in Easton Ct on the regular!!!!def in top 5 guitarists of ALL TIME!!!!
Saw this guy twice he was absolutely amazing
Salut à vous toutes et vous tous @magnifique JOHNNY WINTER@tout comme le sont ces supers musiciennes et musiciens @comme le disait un autre musicien instrumentiste virtuose LA PAIX VIENDRA PAR LA MUSIQUE @il s agisait bien évidemment DE MONSIEUR JIMI HENDRIX @
donde estes imagino cerca de dios ...gracias x tanto ....
FULL TILT BLITZKRIEG !!!!! JOHNNY EXPLOSION !!!!!! ... so damn perfect ...... "Bear"
Seen him less than a year or so before his death in his home town Beaumont TEXAS at the Jefferson Theater. Had to be helped on stage and had to sit to play. But when he began it was awesome. RIP Johnny Winter.
Same here. Celebrity theater in Phoenix. One of the handlers almost let him fall as he was being helped to the stage but he sat a played like the great player he was. Never forget that.
Saw JW open for SRV in 1987- best 2 blues men ever!
Quel solo extraordinaire, Sacré Johnny, Toi tu avais le Mojo mon pote 😎
Jeezzzzz this man had no speed limit. Amazingly good! ( Blues Foundation Hall of Famer. Well deserved respect! )
Plays guitar just like ringing a bell. Johnny is simply the best. Jon Paris nailing it, too, when Johnny's improvising.
no one played like johnny
My main man Johnny, is from Beaumont, Tx. The greatest!
John Dawson Winter 3rd , lay peacefully with the knowledge that you are without equal. In a class of your own. There are other guitar gods who got close to, but never made it to that final level which is yours alone. 23rd feb 1944 - 16th July 2014
Well people we lost the original KING OF ROCK AND ROLL . Rest in Peace Chuck Berry, and thank you for the music you brought, and for the start of rock and roll.
I knew them when we were kids and went to school with him and Edgar. There was a black nite club in Beaumont, BB King let Johnny on stage to play when he was about 16, we all would go to the Big Oaks in Vinton, Louisiana to hear him and sometimes he and Edgar would ride with us, he was a true student of the Blues, a Texas Style gunslinger...and he was at Woodstock, he played with all the Blues Greats, from Muddy on down the line, and every Rocker know to man. He had a coke bottle top cut off to play slide. RIP. JW.
He Best Guitarist of all time!
¡Este hombre llevaba el rock and roll en las venas,tocaba con sangre,corazón y alma!