Crapton was shit same old basic blues licks no advancement or innovation unlike all the other greats that stepped up. He could never ever keep up with Johnny.
Ya i know he gets put behind Srv . Its amazing how hot the texas blues are. Albert collins freddie king, albert king , srv , and the mighty johnny winter RIP
Ask any random stranger on the street if they know a Hendrix or Clapton tune. Ask those same people if they know a Winter tune. 9/10 times they’ll have no clue. Damn straight, Johnny was the man!
I gave a younger person a ride one day and was listening to Memory Pain. He climbed in to the truck and said who’s that like he’d just found a new toy and I said, “you probably haven’t ever heard that have you! I told him Johnny Winter, Second Winter 1969! His eyes lit up a he listened! He said he played guitar and I told him now you can take it in a whole different direction. But here it is 52 to years later after it was first recorded and another different generation is digging the liven ---- out of it. It’s truly time less! RIP Johnny Winter!
You bet he is underrated, I've saw him at least 30 times. The first time I heard memory pain I think I was 16 years old and I couldn't stop listening to him, I'm 67 now and still need my Johnny fix.
First time i saw him was in Paris and i was 16! Already had 2 albums of him. I saw him again with my 13 year old daughter in Canada where i live now, in 2007: she cried at the end of the show
@@sandragriffiths9692 In the USA we have this distinction. Legally can mean variations of blindness as opposed to total blindness. 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. Legal in reference to being declared by the government as disabled thus qualified for assistance and other benefits. Monetary and otherwise.
@@knowmusicman157 Thank you. I think we call that tunnel vision in Britain, either way it didn't stop him or his brother becoming excellent musicians in their field. Both were/are exceptional.👌
This is the real blues. Clean sound, no hiding behind overdriven distorted sound. Just pure skill and playing an amazing slow blues with variations, call and response and also showing of his singing skills. This is the deep blues.
Notice who the bass player is? Tommy Shannon went from sudden fame with Johnny Winter and playing at Woodstock to facing decades in prison on drug charges. After spending years in prison and nobody believing who he was he was released on parole/probation with the crazy stipulation that he couldn`t play in bands again. He worked as a bricklayer in west Texas for many years until he couldn`t take it anymore. He saw Stevie Ray Vaughan playing in a club and walked up to him and said, "I should be your bass player!" So he defied court orders that could have landed him in prison for 10 to 20 years, recorded the Texas Flood album, and the judge basically let him off easy. He had to. The rest is history, and Tommy Shannon went on to be famous in multiple hit bands including Arc Angels after Stevie`s death. What a crazy story!
Johnny Winter is arguably the finest American Bluesman of the postwar period. He is pure, authentic, uncompromising, naturally soulful, and most of all fanatical about technique. His blues runs are faster, cleaner, and more satisfying than anyone else in his time period, if ever. For me he will always be the King of the Blues, and this video clearly demonstrates why.
Some would say Gatemouth is. So many good players have hailed from Texas till it's difficult to objectively pick a winner here, lol. They were, always have been and are still so good till one may as well just throw a coin up in the air to choose the winner. Texas and Mississippi have consistently produced some of the best blues guitarists ever walked the earth.
@@msaintpc I agree, and thanks for replying. Maybe the reason I separate Johnny Winter from the many fine Texan axe-men, is that he is,in a way, as is maybe Eric Clapton, a progressive player who interprets many older styles authentically, but also straddles the cusp of more modern pop-rock styles (ie as in Hendrix), a little more, or at least in a more rock-focused way than maybe Gatemouth does, for all his stylistic variety and eclecticism, and maybe is able to be a rock template blues/hard-rock mainstream artist, somehow more middle class AND blue-collar. It's all a point of view, but that's sort of what I meant, compared to Gatemouth or even Billy Gibbons. It's all relative...I remember Clapton saying that to him BB King was the first Universal Blues player, which I took to mean that he thought BB had taken what was essentially a local folk music, and developed a frameworkwith which to modernise and internationalise Blues. So to Clapton, even if you didn't like BB, he was largely responsible for crossing the blues to an even wider white audience than it began with. Most black audiences in the early record buying part of the 1900's preferred a more sophisticated R and B regimen, and apart from segregated nightclubs in major cities, blues music was a " discovered" folk music by people like Rslph Pear. I see Johnny as mire of a cross-over into middle class mainstream rock improvisation, in a more international flavoured blues/rock ( despite his awesome traditional repetoire,at which he excels) sort of approach, compared to the less progressive yet easily as talented and verstile players like Gatemouth Brown. That's the beauty of art, it's in the eye ( or ear ) of the observer!
You can't leave out Stevie Ray Vaughan in that category. Johnny and Stevie were two of the greatest blues guitarists and blues voices to come out of Texas ever.
@@douglasheath411 I sort of agree. Stevie played more smoothly and coherently than anyone, so you could say he's the best, but I think of him more as a co-ordinator of all the Texas blues players that came before him, rather than doing anything original, he recycles eclectic bits of earlier players. Maybe you could say that about anyone, but ,to me, rather than standing on the shoulders of giants and adding something mire to the pile, he was a stylist, and synthesised parts of earlier players typical licks in a most beautifully balanced way, so that it is all put together perfectly, combined better than any had done before; but he just formed a coherent style by frankenstiening together recycled parts into what is a more well rounded sound; he didn't really put anything original on top to contribute to the tree of blues in Texas, and although his style is not possible to fault, unlike Johnny Winter's, for instance, it was because his playing was so deliberate and reserved that he never stuck his neck out and crashed and burned. This is great to listen to, because it is so tastefull, but it shows no risk-taking or rawness in the moment. Whereas Johnny would keep taking chances 'til it all folded ( even on record) but occasionally sounding clumsy as a result of this nervous recklessness, but had the guts to try and fail, but occasionally do something no-one had ever done, thereby adding something, but Stevie NEVER sounded out of time or phrasing, and ever sounded clumsy. But maybe a little too perfect and unoriginal. But it depends what your opinion leads you to hear, and that's just my view. One thing for sure, if you wanted to listen to the best phraser and stylist No-one is better than Stevie. That's why I said Johnny was the most "important " blues guitarist to come out of Texas in the last years, I didn't say he was the "best" at turning out a phrase... that would be STEVIE! But Johnny paved the way by combining more rock feels along with the traditional... which Stevie also did, but after Johnny had laid the groundwork, and Stevie was happy to be a traditional, rather than progressive. All the best ( it's all up to the individual👍
You guys know the deal, I , isn't he amazing? If you are a player, you can learn enough just from this short clip to keep you busy for the rest of your life, that's how good he was.
I agree with you 100% everything about Johnny drips the blues. His first and second album had a 3 man sound that was amazing. Stevie ray Vaughn’s bass player was originallyJohnny’s bass player. Peace
Why do some people say JW was underrated? He was way up on a pedestal where I came from. Albums, awards, etc... and worth about 10 million at the time of his death. He was big in Europe as well. Come on, man.
@@trombonemunroe It sure is. His slide playing will probably never be surpassed! I saw him 3 times + I'm still in total awe of his talent! That's Tommy Shannon on bass, he later played with S. R. V.
In his absolute prime showing English blues boys how we play that shit down in Texas He had that growl in his voice that really made him stand out and his playing is incredible fastest guy by far in those days
I met Srv, Chris, and Shannon in 1981 here in Houston, Texas where I am from at the majority of our local club's. Fitzgerald's, The Hideaway, Continental Club, and at Antones in Austin, Texas. They were really good people. We remained friend's even after that tragic day in 1990, when Stevie passed away.
Saw Johnny many times in Austin in his early days, the late 60s. At that time, no one alive could play like he did. We will miss you JW, see ya again one of these days.
The two most underrated guitarists of all time.... Johnny Winter and Roy Buchanan. I could listen to both of them all day and all night. Mother Earth, Roy's Bluz. Awesome!! I miss them both.
Surprised to see Austin Powers at 34 seconds... Grew up with an older brother who had all the Johnny Winter albums I still love the guy. Saw him in the '80's at Rum Runners in Oyster Bay Long Island simply amazing he never ran out of licks and don't think he played the same one twice all night. Hey Where's Your Brother album one of my all time faves.
damn.... I listened to this song about a million times through my parent s big old Magnavox stereo console back in the 70s as a blues loving 16 year old. Finally learned how to play a little bit of blues guitar RIP Mr Winter
Johnny is so great. I can’t even think of SRV listening to him?! Not that Stevie didn’t give it all he had. I’d just loved when Johnny hit that next gear!
I don't know how to describe it, but Tommy's "bass chording" is so **$$ing resonant, it just draws you in. It really sets the table. He displays it here and brought it to SRV, too.
I'm from Brazil, my older brother brought one of his albums home in the seventies when when I happened to be a teenager, I heard it and fell in love with his guitar playing: I kept asking people what they thought of him but NOBODY in Brazil ever knew Johnny Winter, it's a shame
I first saw him in '71, and lost count how many times since. And I would go see him a couple dozen times more if I only could! He is missed. All who saw him were blessed. RIP.
The first time I heard this on the studio album(I was 15) I declared it the best blues song of all time. My mind hasn't changed much since. RIP Johnny.
Have always admired Tommy Shannon's playing and stage presence. Just chillin' in the pocket with little flamboyance, simply supprorting the guitarist/singer like a good bassist should.
He's not the least bit "unsung." Everybody knew who he was back in the day. And he had a nice run in the early 70's in blues/rock before settling down to become a straight blues man in the late 70's.
A white (and albino) blues guitarist, who plays with soul and with very fast black fingers ... Amazing! Beautiful and very fanciful phrasing. R.I.P. Johnny
my main influence as a young guitar player . iconic lp " Johnny winter AND live" 1970 w/ Randy Jo Hobbs & rick derringer ! pricless ! I cried this morning . I will miss you JW but we have his work to keep his spirit alive ( and well)
Went to see him at the Sunshine Inn in Asbury Park N.J. Me and a buddy climbed up one of the ceiling supports then made our way over the stage. We watched the concert from about twenty feet directly above him. He looked up a few time, probably wondering if gringos were going to start falling out of the sky.
It always amazes me when I watch his fingers run up and down with such precision. Even in his later years when he could barely hoist his firebird he rarely missed a note!
One of my very favorite memories is....Fox theater.....Johnny Winter pulled his little stool out center stage and played for an hour straight......so fine....
About 5 years ago this video is the first blues music I heard. It changes everything, i started to learn blues and today i only play blues on my guitar and I'm adicted to blues now
I'm 62. I've been a fan of Johnny's for a long time. We should consider ourselves fortunate that someone had the foresight to record this, and so many other early performances, by ANY performer. I FUCKING LOVE IT! :)
Im so thankful that i saw and met Johnny a few years before his death, he talked with me and signed an old album of his. Truly one of the best, will miss him. The night i saw him, he played the 71 firebird :)
if Johnny gets called underrated, there again, it's probably because he was a blues man that had managed to get airplay on rock stations up until the 80s, at least, when he went straight ahead blues. his bassist here, said johnny changed his life when he met him because his knowledge of blues was amazingly vast. some superb 70s footage. winter, along with Clapton and some others have kept blues alive.
This man totally engulfed me EVERY Time I stood at his feet. I INHALED EVERY note saw him 6/8 times-- Baton Rouge & New Orleans. Got all his albums still.... Love you Johnny--- best ever when paired with the legend BB King
I snorted horse and smoked weed with him in 1971. It was a bunch of us upstairs in my apartment above the Whisky during an after hours party. He knew every joke in the world and could spit them out faster than Rodney Dangerfield. He was a funny dude and the women loved him. When he'd be talking sht to the ladies (lol, he coulda gave a pimp lessons) I'd listen, memorize, and steal as many of his lines as possible.🙂
Absolutely fantastic!! I saw him not too long after this with Rick Derringer in one of the most incredible performances I ever saw. Johnny Winter, Second Winter and Johnny Winter And are three of the most fantastic blues rock albums ever. Not easy to play any of it. The Derringer parts are smoking, and absolutely clean too. I wish they could have kept it going longer. Those were the days.....
I was blessed to see Johnny three times in my life...all three shows blew me away... will always be on my Mt. Rushmore of guitar players...peace to your soul Johnny🎸
I'm SO glad I got to see him live just once before he passed. He was weak, frail, had to be escorted to and from the stage. Sat and played for 90 minutes and changed my life. Died the year after.
Saw him in a NYC club setting when I went to college. Saw him up close and believe his technical skills were second to none. He also played to acoustic steel guitar---that was one of the top five musical experiences for me. He was the king of blues guitar and he will be missed.
life 's a trip man. I heard that Johnny got his stuff together near the end, was happier than hes been in many years, was playing like he was on fire, and I actually saw a photo of him smiling!! then, the man upstairs says: OK Johnny, time to come home "....... maybe its just me, but this seems to happen a lot. anyways, brilliant stuff, as we've all come to expect from this man. RIP.
Ok, Let's see...If my memory serves me well enough... ITS A VIVID & STRONGLY PLACED KIND OF VISION, not many side effects included. A hot, early summer day in Tulsa Ok turned evening, then night fell upon us. I'VE SEEN A FEW OUTDOOR SHOWS, BUT THIS ONE WAS SPECIAL. ZZ TOP "Fandango" was a hot item...and the top billing this night, BUT JOHNNY WAS UP THERE in his Cape atire, SMOKIN HOT...Hot enough to burn down the stage...as if to say, I'm as good as anyone, I'LL PROCEDE TO SHOW YOU...!!! FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT...I have no recall of him taking a drink or a break of any kind for TWO SOLID HOURS OF ROCK, BLUES, AND A SOULFULL OUTPOURING that just took your breath away,!!! I SOMEHOW KNEW EVEN THEN I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS...ONE OF the best guitarist to ever have walked upon earth....
Johnny didn't play a song the same way twice, and that's what i loved about him. I'm Danish, and I was at the concert he gave in 1970. He gave one set of RocknRoll - one set of blues and one set of country/rock. That var the greatest event for me as a 16 y.o. kid - loving the blues
WOW! amazing. with all you Danes and albino Johnny just absolutely SHREDDING the blues it is a surreal thing to watch. I'll bet you had to pick your jaws up off the floor after that eh?
I'm totally ashamed of myself for always forgetting just how fabulous JW was, he's definitely one of the top tier players of all time and never gets his proper recognition 😢
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Johnny Winter belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
No doubt!
what! they still haven't done that....that is incredibly wrong. The truth is that they don't deserve him.
He's too good for that. I put him on a par with Hendrix as a guitarist.
Yes, this man was inspiration for Stevie Ray and many others both famous and well known and also many many others not so well known including me! 🎸🧘🏼🙏
Fucking crime He is not🤯
One of the greatest blues guitarists of all time ! Very underrated .
He's not underated.People know he's one of the best!
& as a singer
Shit I sure do know he’s one of the greatest performers of all time.
Yes! Shannon was very underrated until Stevie picked him up.
This was Johnny's wish, to be known as a bluesman!!👍
I have a great appreciation for anyone who loves to play the blues. Clapton is great, SRV was great. Johnny Winter was EPIC.
Tommy Shannon on the Fender bass❤
Agreed
Clapton sucked
Clapton was Good SRV WAS GREAT. Mr Winter is GOD.
Crapton was shit same old basic blues licks no advancement or innovation unlike all the other greats that stepped up. He could never ever keep up with Johnny.
Killer blues , makes me forget the modern times we live in. True music lives forever
Johnny Winter is criminally underrated
Ya i know he gets put behind Srv . Its amazing how hot the texas blues are. Albert collins freddie king, albert king , srv , and the mighty johnny winter RIP
Ask any random stranger on the street if they know a Hendrix or Clapton tune. Ask those same people if they know a Winter tune. 9/10 times they’ll have no clue. Damn straight, Johnny was the man!
He was influenced by the
blues.
He sounds like a black man.
He wasn't at the time...he played arenas for a decade and headlined woodstock 1969 on sunday night
I gave a younger person a ride one day and was listening to Memory Pain. He climbed in to the truck and said who’s that like he’d just found a new toy and I said, “you probably haven’t ever heard that have you! I told him Johnny Winter, Second Winter 1969! His eyes lit up a he listened! He said he played guitar and I told him now you can take it in a whole different direction. But here it is 52 to years later after it was first recorded and another different generation is digging the liven ---- out of it. It’s truly time less! RIP Johnny Winter!
You bet he is underrated, I've saw him at least 30 times. The first time I heard memory pain I think I was 16 years old and I couldn't stop listening to him, I'm 67 now and still need my Johnny fix.
Same age as you and saw him at the Fillmore and a bunch of places and consider him the best blues guitarist of all time.
First time i saw him was in Paris and i was 16! Already had 2 albums of him. I saw him again with my 13 year old daughter in Canada where i live now, in 2007: she cried at the end of the show
Lucky guy been big fan for yrs only get to see him on utube great guitarist Rip ( belfast northern ireland)
I FEEL YA BRO 🎶🎸🎶
Played " johnny winter live and " .....until my parents went nuts back in the 60s !!! he is one of the super greats !!
Johnny Winter, one of the best blues guitarists ever, and one one of sunscreens greatest challenges. R.I.P
Lol
He and Edgar both albino. Legally blind.
@@knowmusicman157 Legally?
@@sandragriffiths9692 In the USA we have this distinction. Legally can mean variations of blindness as opposed to total blindness.
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. Legal in reference to being declared by the government as disabled thus qualified for assistance and other benefits. Monetary and otherwise.
@@knowmusicman157 Thank you. I think we call that tunnel vision in Britain, either way it didn't stop him or his brother becoming excellent musicians in their field. Both were/are exceptional.👌
Johnny was an American treasure! A great, masterclass blues guitarist up there with Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, etc.!
This is the real blues. Clean sound, no hiding behind overdriven distorted sound. Just pure skill and playing an amazing slow blues with variations, call and response and also showing of his singing skills. This is the deep blues.
Notice who the bass player is? Tommy Shannon went from sudden fame with Johnny Winter and playing at Woodstock to facing decades in prison on drug charges. After spending years in prison and nobody believing who he was he was released on parole/probation with the crazy stipulation that he couldn`t play in bands again. He worked as a bricklayer in west Texas for many years until he couldn`t take it anymore. He saw Stevie Ray Vaughan playing in a club and walked up to him and said, "I should be your bass player!" So he defied court orders that could have landed him in prison for 10 to 20 years, recorded the Texas Flood album, and the judge basically let him off easy. He had to. The rest is history, and Tommy Shannon went on to be famous in multiple hit bands including Arc Angels after Stevie`s death. What a crazy story!
Agree 👌
His tone isn't clean bro.hes amp is running hot.
This guy had come a looong way by this time,
@@PyraGizaif you can’t elaborate people will just assume you’re trying to sound cool😂😂😂😂😂
Johnny Winter is arguably the finest American Bluesman of the postwar period. He is pure, authentic, uncompromising, naturally soulful, and most of all fanatical about technique. His blues runs are faster, cleaner, and more satisfying than anyone else in his time period, if ever. For me he will always be the King of the Blues, and this video clearly demonstrates why.
John Hitchen Amen!
Johnny Winter was probably one of the top guitarist musicians and singers in the last million years!
Not probably...absolutely 🎶
For me, Johnny Winter is the most important Texan guitarist of the last 50 years.
Some would say Gatemouth is. So many good players have hailed from Texas till it's difficult to objectively pick a winner here, lol. They were, always have been and are still so good till one may as well just throw a coin up in the air to choose the winner. Texas and Mississippi have consistently produced some of the best blues guitarists ever walked the earth.
@@msaintpc I agree, and thanks for replying. Maybe the reason I separate Johnny Winter from the many fine Texan axe-men, is that he is,in a way, as is maybe Eric Clapton, a progressive player who interprets many older styles authentically, but also straddles the cusp of more modern pop-rock styles (ie as in Hendrix), a little more, or at least in a more rock-focused way than maybe Gatemouth does, for all his stylistic variety and eclecticism, and maybe is able to be a rock template blues/hard-rock mainstream artist, somehow more middle class AND blue-collar. It's all a point of view, but that's sort of what I meant, compared to Gatemouth or even Billy Gibbons. It's all relative...I remember Clapton saying that to him BB King was the first Universal Blues player, which I took to mean that he thought BB had taken what was essentially a local folk music, and developed a frameworkwith which to modernise and internationalise Blues. So to Clapton, even if you didn't like BB, he was largely responsible for crossing the blues to an even wider white audience than it began with. Most black audiences in the early record buying part of the 1900's preferred a more sophisticated R and B regimen, and apart from segregated nightclubs in major cities, blues music was a " discovered" folk music by people like Rslph Pear. I see Johnny as mire of a cross-over into middle class mainstream rock improvisation, in a more international flavoured blues/rock ( despite his awesome traditional repetoire,at which he excels) sort of approach, compared to the less progressive yet easily as talented and verstile players like Gatemouth Brown. That's the beauty of art, it's in the eye ( or ear ) of the observer!
You can't leave out Stevie Ray Vaughan in that category. Johnny and Stevie were two of the greatest blues guitarists and blues voices to come out of Texas ever.
@@douglasheath411 I sort of agree. Stevie played more smoothly and coherently than anyone, so you could say he's the best, but I think of him more as a co-ordinator of all the Texas blues players that came before him, rather than doing anything original, he recycles eclectic bits of earlier players. Maybe you could say that about anyone, but ,to me, rather than standing on the shoulders of giants and adding something mire to the pile, he was a stylist, and synthesised parts of earlier players typical licks in a most beautifully balanced way, so that it is all put together perfectly, combined better than any had done before; but he just formed a coherent style by frankenstiening together recycled parts into what is a more well rounded sound; he didn't really put anything original on top to contribute to the tree of blues in Texas, and although his style is not possible to fault, unlike Johnny Winter's, for instance, it was because his playing was so deliberate and reserved that he never stuck his neck out and crashed and burned. This is great to listen to, because it is so tastefull, but it shows no risk-taking or rawness in the moment. Whereas Johnny would keep taking chances 'til it all folded ( even on record) but occasionally sounding clumsy as a result of this nervous recklessness, but had the guts to try and fail, but occasionally do something no-one had ever done, thereby adding something, but Stevie NEVER sounded out of time or phrasing, and ever sounded clumsy. But maybe a little too perfect and unoriginal. But it depends what your opinion leads you to hear, and that's just my view. One thing for sure, if you wanted to listen to the best phraser and stylist No-one is better than Stevie. That's why I said Johnny was the most "important " blues guitarist to come out of Texas in the last years, I didn't say he was the "best" at turning out a phrase... that would be STEVIE! But Johnny paved the way by combining more rock feels along with the traditional... which Stevie also did, but after Johnny had laid the groundwork, and Stevie was happy to be a traditional, rather than progressive. All the best ( it's all up to the individual👍
T Bone Walker- West Texas blues genius
you got that right because he’s the most talented traditional bluesman of his generation.
You guys know the deal, I , isn't he amazing? If you are a player, you can learn enough just from this short clip to keep you busy for the rest of your life, that's how good he was.
Johnny said that rock made him money, but the blues was where his heart was, and when he played the blues.....he played the blues. 🔥❤️👍💯%
I'm happy to be reminded what an awesome blues vocalist Johnny was!
Absolutely ❤️✊
yeah that
Yes he was an amazing vocalist as well as an A+++ AxeMan
The great Johnny Winter, what a player! And a true gentleman R.I.P. Johnny.
Voice, guitar, presence. Legendary. Quintessential bluesman.
I agree with you 100% everything about Johnny drips the blues. His first and second album had a 3 man sound that was amazing. Stevie ray Vaughn’s bass player was originallyJohnny’s bass player. Peace
Why do some people say JW was underrated? He was way up on a pedestal where I came from. Albums, awards, etc... and worth about 10 million at the time of his death. He was big in Europe as well. Come on, man.
Really ! That comment gets thrown around too much . And who does the “ rating” ?
When the guitar becomes the extension of a human soul.
Johnny is one of my favourite guitarists of all time ever
you got that right. He's my fav musician of all time
For Real
Man this guy has the blues stitched right in his soul
Best white bluesman ever....my favorite....we were lucky to have heard him..,..
Muddy Waters claimed Johnny Winter as his "lost son."
Even Johnny's singing is f-ing great!
Johnny referred to Muddy as "Father" in a old Rock and Roll magazine.
A interview w/both of them.
I believe it was CIRCUS.
Undeniable... Blues seeping from every pore🥰 Gotdamn
@@trombonemunroe It sure is. His slide playing will probably never be surpassed! I saw him 3 times + I'm still in total awe of his talent! That's Tommy Shannon on bass, he later played with S. R. V.
@@davidmartin7081 And Arc Angels as well.
Johnny was one of those rare artists who never repeated a rif from one song to the next he always changed it up and it flowed so perfectly.
He could be on that stage alone and it would still be great. There's nothing between his emotion and that guitar.
In his absolute prime showing English blues boys how we play that shit down in Texas He had that growl in his voice that really made him stand out and his playing is incredible fastest guy by far in those days
Luv it play that shit down in texas/rod steiger/sidney poitier/Johnny in excellsis/play that shit world wide/Johnny winter forever
Discovering Johnny Winter at 35, what the hell !? Better late than never !
Here I am with 38😅
and also the most under rated singer! Johnny was the KING of the blues.
The bass player is Tommy Shannon. He played with SRV later on in his career.
Edward Mendiola I've watched this video like a gazillion times and never knew that. Thanks for that little tidbit.
@@bryanbanks1966 😎 yeah, that's Tommy
I met Srv, Chris, and Shannon in 1981 here in Houston, Texas where I am from at the majority of our local club's. Fitzgerald's, The Hideaway, Continental Club, and at Antones in Austin, Texas. They were really good people. We remained friend's even after that tragic day in 1990, when Stevie passed away.
Using the same old Fender bass he used with SRV.
It's the same one alright.
You better believe that.. 😢 I love Johnny Winter.. He Is the Top 5 of remarkable Guitarist and Singers.. He makes Me WET !! ❤😂🎉
Every "ahhh " is awesome, every note is awesome because Johnny is awesome.
Saw Johnny many times in Austin in his early days, the late 60s. At that time, no one alive could play like he did. We will miss you JW, see ya again one of these days.
He makes love to the guitar
The two most underrated guitarists of all time.... Johnny Winter and Roy Buchanan. I could listen to both of them all day and all night. Mother Earth, Roy's Bluz. Awesome!! I miss them both.
The list is longer than that: Albert King; Freddie King; Mighty Joe Young; T-Bone Walker; Fenton Robinson & many more!
Yes, let's hear it for Roy, still the best unknown guitarist in the world!
Surprised to see Austin Powers at 34 seconds... Grew up with an older brother who had all the Johnny Winter albums I still love the guy. Saw him in the '80's at Rum Runners in Oyster Bay Long Island simply amazing he never ran out of licks and don't think he played the same one twice all night. Hey Where's Your Brother album one of my all time faves.
How could anyone play this fast and still make sense?? Unbelievable performance by the greatest guitar player I’ve ever heard… RIP Johnny Winters
👉W I N T E R👈
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It's a beautiful thing when fingers are connected to such a talented mind. Life is good.
I saw Johnny in a small bar back in the mid-seventies. He instilled in me a love of guitar blues which I still have today.
Without a doubt the greatest blues guitarist of all time. Fluid grace and flawless tone.
Johnny had that gritty "sizzle" in his playing that even some of the more well known rock & blues players lack.
This video should have 20 million views...nectar of the gods
damn.... I listened to this song about a million times through my parent s big old Magnavox stereo console back in the 70s as a blues loving 16 year old. Finally learned how to play a little bit of blues guitar RIP Mr Winter
Ken Wareham right on, Ken. Peace
You deserve more than 7likes
Happy Birthday, Johnny! RIP, brother; your musical legacy lives on and on.
I’m lucky to have seen Johnny Winter in concert 4 times between late 70s and mid 80s. These videos are a Godsend.
I think he is greatest ever. Pick hand and left hand in accord with each other.
one bass,one drum,one guitar....a winning combo later re-perfected by Stevie Ray Vaughan...and with Tommy Shannon...WOW!.
Tommy Shannon laid down the perfect backdrop for JW and SRV
Johnny is so great. I can’t even think of SRV listening to him?! Not that Stevie didn’t give it all he had. I’d just loved when Johnny hit that next gear!
SRV was a Johnny clone
Good point on Stevie Ray...first time I heard him I thought it was Johnny. Not that he wasn't really good, just had that same vibe.
Don't forget Uncle John Turner on drums.
Tommy Shannon later played with Stevie Ray & DOUBLE TROUBLE 'til the end. Great bassist!! Johnny Winter is the MAN here, and that never dies.
I don't know how to describe it, but Tommy's "bass chording" is so **$$ing resonant, it just draws you in. It really sets the table. He displays it here and brought it to SRV, too.
I'm from Brazil, my older brother brought one of his albums home in the seventies when when I happened to be a teenager, I heard it and fell in love with his guitar playing: I kept asking people what they thought of him but NOBODY in Brazil ever knew Johnny Winter, it's a shame
This man has so much talent. While I'm happy I just found out about him, I'm also sad that I JUST found out about him.
Yeh man I never ‘preciated him til now and he’s gone.... but I def respects him
I first saw him in '71, and lost count how many times since. And I would go see him a couple dozen times more if I only could!
He is missed. All who saw him were blessed. RIP.
Me also at 70 😧💜🇦🇺
@@marilyntape508 You're checking out & listening to Johnny Winter at 70?!?...
AttaGIRL!!! You rock!
Saw him once live. Unbelievable
The first time I heard this on the studio album(I was 15) I declared it the best blues song of all time. My mind hasn't changed much since. RIP Johnny.
Have always admired Tommy Shannon's playing and stage presence. Just chillin' in the pocket with little flamboyance, simply supprorting the guitarist/singer like a good bassist should.
Jon Said It all right bro. His bass lines in the first album of Johnny winter are pure Gold.
i wonder how Johnny felt when Tommy went to play in Double Trouble....missing an important staple.
Johnny Winter is another unsung hero of blues music and of guitarists in general.
He's not the least bit "unsung." Everybody knew who he was back in the day. And he had a nice run in the early 70's in blues/rock before settling down to become a straight blues man in the late 70's.
@@positiveleanings3023 - He's not as revered as he should be.
Kids these days think SRV was the only great blues man from Texas. They just give me blank stares when I mention Johnny Winter and leadbelly.
@@gxtmfa - All I say, is: More fool them!
Johnny was truly one of the greats and always brought me such joy , live and on vinyl - still does !! ✊
Blue as it gets. Love you Johnny! Thanks for all the great music and laughs over the decades man; you are never forgotten.
Johnny Winter has a great "feel" for the Blues, and with his great guitar and musical artistry, he's got it going on.😎
Blessed to have seen him twice (Second Atlanta Pop Festival (Byron, Ga.-1970), and in Atlanta (1973). Both were amazing af.
A white (and albino) blues guitarist, who plays with soul and with very fast black fingers ... Amazing! Beautiful and very fanciful phrasing. R.I.P. Johnny
What a total baddass...man that guy had some chops.
my main influence as a young guitar player . iconic lp "
Johnny winter AND live"
1970 w/ Randy Jo Hobbs & rick derringer ! pricless ! I cried this morning . I will miss you JW but we have his work to keep his spirit alive ( and well)
And Captured live !
The JOHNNY WINTER album is amazing and has this on it.
WOW!!!
In Johnny’s prime , he couldn’t be touched ! Amazing licks with NO PICK ! ❤️
WAIT... NO PICK?!?!?!
Travis picking technique...thumbpick & bare fingers
He's using a thumbpick, I do believe!
Who can dislike this? Johnny Winter is one of the best guitarists of all time. Even Jimi Hendrix said that he is the best!!!
he and Hendrix used to jam and there are tapes out there somewhere. He was a pall bearer at Jimis funeral.
@@j.dragon651 I have head that Jimi played bass on some of those jams - Amazing!
@@davidrpriest I have heard bootlegs of them both on guitar at the same time and Jimi is giving Johnny the leeway.
Jimi a dit aussi que Rory Gallagher était le meilleur, puis Billy Gibbons ... et Django
Went to see him at the Sunshine Inn in Asbury Park N.J. Me and a buddy climbed up one of the ceiling supports then made our way over the stage. We watched the concert from about twenty feet directly above him. He looked up a few time, probably wondering if gringos were going to start falling out of the sky.
R.I.P Johnny and thank you for a lifetime of shared talent.
It always amazes me when I watch his fingers run up and down with such precision. Even in his later years when he could barely hoist his firebird he rarely missed a note!
One of my very favorite memories is....Fox theater.....Johnny Winter pulled his little stool out center stage and played for an hour straight......so fine....
This is I call a GUITAR MAN RIP Johnny.
Man that guitar tone! So soulful!!
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Always loved the Winter Brothers. I love his blazer 🥰
I been playing since I was a kid and after hearing this I looked at my guitar and it laughed at me. Johnny is amazing.
About 5 years ago this video is the first blues music I heard. It changes everything, i started to learn blues and today i only play blues on my guitar and I'm adicted to blues now
I'm 62. I've been a fan of Johnny's for a long time. We should consider ourselves fortunate that someone had the foresight to record this, and so many other early performances, by ANY performer. I FUCKING LOVE IT! :)
Love the Music of Johnny Winter 💙🎸💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙🌟💙
I had the pleasure of seeing Johnny Winter 3 times. Each time I was blown away!
Amazing blues guitarist. Most underrated that I can think of. He is def amongst the legends imo.
Im so thankful that i saw and met Johnny a few years before his death, he talked with me and signed an old album of his. Truly one of the best, will miss him. The night i saw him, he played the 71 firebird :)
what a blessing!!!
Is that Uncle John Turner on drums Johnny is the greatest ♥️him
@@marryanne2221 It is
if Johnny gets called underrated, there again, it's probably because he was a blues man that had managed to get airplay on rock stations up until the 80s, at least, when he went straight ahead blues. his bassist here, said johnny changed his life when he met him because his knowledge of blues was amazingly vast. some superb 70s footage. winter, along with Clapton and some others have kept blues alive.
Can you imagine being in that small venue/ room? Wow!!
This man totally engulfed me EVERY Time I stood at his feet. I INHALED EVERY note
saw him 6/8 times-- Baton Rouge & New Orleans. Got all his albums still.... Love you Johnny--- best ever when paired with the legend BB King
I snorted horse and smoked weed with him in 1971. It was a bunch of us upstairs in my apartment above the Whisky during an after hours party. He knew every joke in the world and could spit them out faster than Rodney Dangerfield. He was a funny dude and the women loved him. When he'd be talking sht to the ladies (lol, he coulda gave a pimp lessons) I'd listen, memorize, and steal as many of his lines as possible.🙂
Johnny Winter was The Original ""Slow Hand."" Shown here, at his BEST, that nite in Denmark.
Johnny on guitar and vocals, The great Tommy Shannon on Bass, and on the drums Uncle John Turner ! Nothin but wow man !
Thank you John for taking me to see JW at Fairfield Hall in Croydon in the 60's, he was support to Taj Mahal. What a player.
Absolutely fantastic!! I saw him not too long after this with Rick Derringer in one of the most incredible performances I ever saw. Johnny Winter, Second Winter and Johnny Winter And are three of the most fantastic blues rock albums ever. Not easy to play any of it. The Derringer parts are smoking, and absolutely clean too. I wish they could have kept it going longer. Those were the days.....
I remember way back when, I loved Edgar Winter. Now I'm loving Johnny as well.
Saw him at the Texas International Pop Festival and immediately afterward bought his albums up to that time. So amazing!
Johnny didn't play the guitar. He channeled the universe. Damnit man this is the tastiest jam I've stumbled across in a while. 🤘🔥
This crowd had no idea of the greatness in front of them. I saw him at Clemson University in the early 90's. It was one the highlights of my life.
I was blessed to see Johnny three times in my life...all three shows blew me away... will always be on my Mt. Rushmore of guitar players...peace to your soul Johnny🎸
Super jealous. I graduated in May and the only concert we got was Waka Flocka Flame.
They were smoking hash. I'm sure they know how great he was.
Well to be fair...the're ..Swedish..
seems like they understood pretty well they’re all sitting quietly observing
I've seen him several times, always spectacular. One of the best rock guitarist; in my top 5.
One of thee greatest EVER!!!,,,,,,,,,PURE GENIUS!!
could study this video for a lifetime and still find a new blues lick to play on your last watch
we will miss the great J W what a bluesman seen him over a dozen times live
love you Johnny rest in peace
1st "underground" FM station album ever bought ....1970...a whopping $3.99!
....An enthralled 16 year old...still enthralled at 62.....
I'm SO glad I got to see him live just once before he passed. He was weak, frail, had to be escorted to and from the stage. Sat and played for 90 minutes and changed my life. Died the year after.
In 1976 I bought my for the first times a record of Winter with Rick Derringer. Came from Sénégal, was living in Paris. Winter was a good bluesman.
Saw him in a NYC club setting when I went to college. Saw him up close and believe his technical skills were second to none. He also played to acoustic steel guitar---that was one of the top five musical experiences for me. He was the king of blues guitar and he will be missed.
life 's a trip man. I heard that Johnny got his stuff together near the end, was happier than hes been in many years, was playing like he was on fire, and I actually saw a photo of him smiling!!
then, the man upstairs says: OK Johnny, time to come home "....... maybe its just me, but this seems to happen a lot.
anyways, brilliant stuff, as we've all come to expect from this man. RIP.
True!
Ok, Let's see...If my memory serves me well enough... ITS A VIVID & STRONGLY PLACED KIND OF VISION, not many side effects included. A hot, early summer day in Tulsa Ok turned evening, then night fell upon us. I'VE SEEN A FEW OUTDOOR SHOWS, BUT THIS ONE WAS SPECIAL. ZZ TOP "Fandango" was a hot item...and the top billing this night, BUT JOHNNY WAS UP THERE in his Cape atire, SMOKIN HOT...Hot enough to burn down the stage...as if to say, I'm as good as anyone, I'LL PROCEDE TO SHOW YOU...!!! FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT...I have no recall of him taking a drink or a break of any kind for TWO SOLID HOURS OF ROCK, BLUES, AND A SOULFULL OUTPOURING that just took your breath away,!!! I SOMEHOW KNEW EVEN THEN I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS...ONE OF the best guitarist to ever have walked upon earth....
Johnny didn't play a song the same way twice, and that's what i loved about him. I'm Danish, and I was at the concert he gave in 1970. He gave one set of RocknRoll - one set of blues and one set of country/rock. That var the greatest event for me as a 16 y.o. kid - loving the blues
WOW! amazing. with all you Danes and albino Johnny just absolutely SHREDDING the blues it is a surreal thing to watch. I'll bet you had to pick your jaws up off the floor after that eh?
Was that the live recording concert from Pirates World? I was there man!!! Mean Town Blues, the best👍👍👍
I was lucky enough to meet the Winter Brothers. Real deal
That opening riff is one of the best i’ve ever heard.
Rest In Peace Johnny ,. I always loved watching you play
Truly one of the all time greats. The real deal without any fancy bullshit to smooth things out from a computerized mixing board.
yes em
He is compelling to watch and an authentic musician.
I'm totally ashamed of myself for always forgetting just how fabulous JW was, he's definitely one of the top tier players of all time and never gets his proper recognition 😢
SHOULD BE!