Johnny Winter & Derek Trucks - Highway 61 at Crossroads

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  • @brineb58
    @brineb58 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love how happy the band is to be playing with johnny!!!

  • @BigDtootall
    @BigDtootall 12 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    We literally tore up Johnny Winter And Live! on my 8-track player back in the day. I was fortunate to see him play in the clubs around Dallas. He is a legend. We he sings Dallas he means it!

    • @giuseppebontempo7260
      @giuseppebontempo7260 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember those days Johnny Winters is a legend no doubt about that!

  • @gksims
    @gksims 12 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    One of the things I love about Johnny Winter is the characteristic voice of his playing. There are a few guitarist I can recognize wtih 2-3 notes. For me, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, and Hendrix have such unique guitar voices, it doesn't matter what they are playing or with whom, I can recognize them even in the background. I always loved this guy. I first saw him in 1970.

    • @stevelawrie9115
      @stevelawrie9115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, I'd add Ry Cooder and Neil Young as well.

    • @eljefehuevon54
      @eljefehuevon54 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Santana is pretty distinctive, too.

    • @linpiao111
      @linpiao111 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly!

  • @johnleonard3806
    @johnleonard3806 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Heart warming to see Derek, his bass player and the crowd enjoying the experience. RESPECT.

  • @adrianmartin5409
    @adrianmartin5409 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This does my heart good. Last time I saw Johnny was live in '90. He could barely walk. He could still play but his voice was weak. Until just now I've been avoiding all the video clips because I didn't know how much better he'd gotten. Go Johnny Go!

  • @ManikMekanik
    @ManikMekanik 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had the awesome opportunity to see Johnny Winter 18th St Pier, Bar & Grill San Leon, Texas in 2011, we were right up front & center the whole concert he was excellent! If you don't really get into the blues, this man will make you love 'em!

  • @JohnDoe-xu2vx
    @JohnDoe-xu2vx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Johnny sounded like no one else....RIP

  • @terryboard1557
    @terryboard1557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hanging a signed T Shirt , as I stand back admiring Johnny's signature he comes on the radio WXRT singing Highway 61 revisited . The great man had also died on my Birthday ! R.I.P. my Brother !!!!!!!

  • @DoowahDiatribe
    @DoowahDiatribe 14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I respect Derrick so much for giving Mr. John a good band to play with...who love his music as we all do!

  • @sa65cn1
    @sa65cn1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank for posting this one. And for the uninformed Johnny WINTER is one of the finest blues slide players of all time.

  • @andyginterblues2961
    @andyginterblues2961 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some of the best slide playing ever! Johnny was the best at this kind of playing, hands down! One of my all- time blues guitar heroes! You will be missed, never forgotten, Mr. Winter!! - Andy Ginter

  • @61amps
    @61amps 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've been listening to Johnny for at least 40 years now and his sound is exactly the same as the fist time I heard him play. He is still one of my favourites.

  • @CatfishSkinner
    @CatfishSkinner 11 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I've seen this SO MANY times, but it's still as Badass as the first! I love watching Derek smiling as Johnny wails away with that slide & the rhythm section is Totally bumping! GREAT VIDEO!

    • @tompease8810
      @tompease8810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a treat to see this man perform

  • @sunking2001
    @sunking2001 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Johnny...I've seen you 6 times and loved every minute. You were the best! YOU knew how to rock...and YOU knew how to play the best blues. Nobody was/is better! We will miss you. You were absolutely incredible! I never heard you make a mistake. Every time I saw you...after the show...I said to myself..."Wow...how can a guitar player be that good?"...you were unbelievable...absolutely unbelievable." You showed the world how blues is supposed to be played. Many future blues guitarists will get their inspiration from you. "You are truly "THE"... "blues God!" Thank you...and you are well loved! Show them how to play in heaven!

  • @KunaGQ
    @KunaGQ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Johnny is slidin' on into guitar heaven. Glad I got to see him at this performance. R.I.P. Johnny - you inspired.

  • @BlickInStead
    @BlickInStead 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Never heard Johnny swing like that. Amazing performance, after many shows where he was in decline. Good on Derek and band for making that sweet shit happen.

  • @YogsenForfoth
    @YogsenForfoth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m so glad that Johnny was able to see how much we loved him before he passed away. He is a patron saint of the blues, that’s without question.

  • @Buffbodz
    @Buffbodz 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is where the future meets the past. Truly a magic moment.

  • @franknotarbartolo7804
    @franknotarbartolo7804 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ...His vocabulary of notes and phrasing is simply unequaled. He is a very special and gifted soul and I look forward to everything he continues to share with us! Derek may be the finest, most passionate soul singer that has ever lived.....except he sings not with his voice, but through his guitar.

  • @Brastow69
    @Brastow69 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    thank you Derek Johnny is one of the most uderrated artists of all time

  • @brooktrout8
    @brooktrout8 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Go Johnny Winter - Go - You Will Always Be A Favorite - At The Boston Garden With Led Zeppelin In The :Late 60s - To The Mahwai Theater In Great Barrington MA 2010 - Keep Going Johnny Go - You Are Loved - Thank you for sharing such a wonderful musical career for all us to enjoy.

  • @TheOneAndOnlyOldB1
    @TheOneAndOnlyOldB1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have met johnny winter and derek a few times, they are truly class acts, very humble and extraordinarily talented...we are all better off for these people pursuing music in their lives, thanks is all I have

  • @123pwop
    @123pwop 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Derek trucks,class act, let the old master take over ! I saw Derek in a small club in Lancaster,pa. when he was still a teenager, I thought my god this kid is gonna be something special !! And he is !

  • @zenwizard7
    @zenwizard7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have been blessed in my life, with opportunities to see The Master many times. And be able to just hang out and converse together, with no one else around. He IS a Beautiful Spirit. A Very wonderful man and human being... You folks know all the rest... Thanks for everything my Dear Brother! ;-l Thanks for teaching how to play.

  • @douglaskford
    @douglaskford 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just appreciate being with others that truly have loved his music over the years. We share the same love. He is a true legend and I have no doubt that he will be in the hall of fame in time. It would be a touching moment to watch him receive the honor when he's alive. He certainly deserves it. He has been a benchmark for me for the last 40 years listening to him and "Sweet Papa John" is absolute art.

  • @quicktothe4
    @quicktothe4 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw him in 98 at Club Denim Guelph Ontario small venue, old cinema, stood at his feet!! - best blues I have ever heard!!

  • @dougbarton5430
    @dougbarton5430 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man i had the pleasure of seeing Johnny Winter back in 92. he was freakin awesome. the biggest speakers you could imagine for a 3 hour show. just shows he held nothing back

  • @BoEmery
    @BoEmery 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The bass player is the happiest guy on the planet to be there!!! His smile speaks volumes...

  • @GuitarfiendIII
    @GuitarfiendIII 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Thank God we've had Johnny around as long as we have.After Jimi passed,in my opinion,the candle was truly passed on to this gentleman.

    • @davidcarroll2451
      @davidcarroll2451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      long live johnywinters

    • @skynrdpikr
      @skynrdpikr  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      (@ Bobby)I would have agree 110%! With the exception of maybe Robin Trower? No one even came close. There was still such a void when Jimi died though still. Because Johnny was a Blues man through & through. Where as Jimi was someone who was such a innovator on so many levels that he just pushed music to it's limits shattering any would be boundaries. And? It wasn't until guy's like Robin Trower, and Frank Marino that Anyone could even come close to capturing Jimi's Sound. But? To this day? No one has ever put the whole Jimi Hendrix experiance package completely together, with his on stage swagger, electronic wizardry, and raw talent.
      One guy in this generation is coming close ... Eric Gales. But still? He ain't no Jimi!
      But as far as I'm concerned? The Best Electric Blues player of all time? Hands down! It's Johnny Winter! I don't think Even Jimi could of beat him in a pure Blues Environment!

    • @_seventh_son
      @_seventh_son 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skynrdpikr nah, johnny winter was his own "jimi hendrix" . He took slide to another level when really no one was playing slide like that and that growling voice just added to his intensity. In my opinion he was better than hendrix as i believe he was a more versatile player, at the very least, hes up there with him.

  • @heavynumbertaco
    @heavynumbertaco 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen Johnny 4 times since 70.Pure legend

  • @MrOhjok
    @MrOhjok 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw him here in Las Vegas at the Blues Fest with Edgar, Kim Simmonds and Rick Derringer (Leslie West could not make it) but Johnny was fabulous. Sat 3 rows center stage. He was flawless. He closed with 61, joined by them all..man it brought down the house. You'd have loved it. I realized it may be the last time I'd see him...an emotional thing, but man was he on. He shined. Legend.

  • @Geo68cream
    @Geo68cream 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saw Johnny 3 times back in the day Played HW 61 all 3 times the man was a machine none stop I swear RIP

  • @SerenityMichelle1
    @SerenityMichelle1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In my teens and 20's I saw a lot of the great ones play even back then I knew they were very special but looking back now I realize how truly lucky and blessed I was to see some of the greatest of all time musicians play! They let there talent and music speak for how great they were and were humble to just do what they loved.They were the show they didn't need anything else. Not like some musicians today......

  • @Santanajimi
    @Santanajimi 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I GET THE CHILLS LISTENING TO jOHNNY......Saw him back in the day at the Fillmore East and other places in NYC......just freaken awesome.....

  • @digitalboomer
    @digitalboomer 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember going to see Winter back in the 70's when he was peaking. Songs like this would have the entire audience bopping up and down and sometimes I was worried for my safety, as I was sure the floors were going to collapse. Johnny's sound-men back in those days would also gradually crank up the volume levels to what had to be officially 'ear bleed'. The speed of this song in those days was probably double of what is played here. A living legend.

  • @didclements
    @didclements 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing this video I play this version many times, it gives me such a natural high, not just the music , but the total enjoyment of Derrick Trucks and co. getting their rocks off jammin' up a storm together; these are beautiful men and not forgetting TOP of the class artists.:)

  • @bluerick
    @bluerick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was when he could stand upright...and even when he couldn't there was none better....

  • @cragman8
    @cragman8 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love the tone he gets out of that slide! Great licks too! So glad I got to see him play in early 70's!

  • @gosehed1
    @gosehed1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The crowd gave him the RESPECT he DESERVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @l2string
    @l2string 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Stood in the first row center for this performance.....RIP Johnny.

  • @lakepapa1
    @lakepapa1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless you Johnny. Me and my buddys jammed to you blowin' down the highway in the early 70's. Jumpin' Jack Flash was one of my favorites back then. Does my heart good to see you're still at it. I'd kiss your hand if you ever get to San Antonio TX.

  • @neilphelan145
    @neilphelan145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Johnny is the best slide blues guitarist EVER!!!!

  • @martinaxman2033
    @martinaxman2033 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy crap! ahahaha! How many can walk out onto a stage and blow an audience away like that. Ya gotta love that ever present SMILE on the bass player! Excellent!

  • @garyalexander5686
    @garyalexander5686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those notes Johnny plays seem to come effortlessly from his amp. The entire band is good but Johnny's slide playing is on another level. It's powerful, lyrically muscular music. Thanks for being with us for a while Johnny.

  • @lovethosebudgies
    @lovethosebudgies 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yay Johnny! And he's only #63 on Rolling Stone's list...? Whaa? I love Derek Trucks too.

    • @lesheathjr4494
      @lesheathjr4494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nothing Rolling Stone prints is believable

  • @kmars21
    @kmars21 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw JW in the 70s when he was still able to stay on his feet and play..just a fender amp and his band. Hes pushin 70 now and cant see anymore but he'll always be a legend.

  • @sa65cn1
    @sa65cn1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP, Johnny. I have him to thank, in part , for my education abut the blues. He was special.

  • @MAXIMUSISADOG
    @MAXIMUSISADOG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a guitar player the top three guitar players I wanted to see and did, Johnny winter, bb king and eric clapton. I've seen may more but those three stood out the most for me.

    • @philipgreenfield188
      @philipgreenfield188 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes there all great. Get a taste of Jeff Beck and it will help add to your honor society

  • @canadianroot
    @canadianroot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing short of masterful.

  • @bensisneroz7027
    @bensisneroz7027 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wow even in his later years I hear a lot of people say he didn't sound the same like he did in his prime, but hell he sounds and plays better then most even during his so called declining years.

    • @precisionbrown6829
      @precisionbrown6829 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ben Sisneroz not none but a lot of us don't sound like we did in our prime 🤒

  • @lawrencerobinson9525
    @lawrencerobinson9525 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's a spot in the ROCKIN'ROLL HALL OF FAME for Johnny and plenty of room for Edgar and
    Rick Derringer too

  • @boomerbuz
    @boomerbuz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Johnny Winter has been one of my idols both in my life and my career. He is nothing short of remarkable. Had the chance to see him many times over the years since the 60's and he just kept getting better and better!!!!! he's "much too white" !!!!

    • @lesheathjr4494
      @lesheathjr4494 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw him play with SRV in the mid 80s shortly after Stevie got clean. Holy he'll was that a fantastic little get together!

  • @AlexanderBeaton6
    @AlexanderBeaton6 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Derek is an awesome awesome awesome amazing guitar player with one of the best slide guitar feels i have ever heard he is a LEGEND. A legend doesnt have to be a founder just an innovator or bring something unique.

  • @JamesBrown-js1qx
    @JamesBrown-js1qx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw Johnny in Nashville one of the best concert I ever seen

  • @AUdioHipster
    @AUdioHipster 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Johnny Winter is the "Essence of American Blues and Rock" enjoyed seeing him play the Firebird ... We Love you Johnny ... AudioHipster

  • @beachbum3432
    @beachbum3432 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I saw Johnny at the LA Shrine in 70', he double billed with Mountain and that auditorium was over capacity and there was some great hash working its way through the people. When the lights were off or low all you could see was Johnny's hair flying wildly around the stage.

  • @MrDiederikDuck
    @MrDiederikDuck 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Way back when I was visiting a girlfriend, I was about 17. When I stepped in her family's livingroom I saw Johnny Winter for the first time ever on dutch television. Never heard of the man before. My jaws dropped to the floor, I instantly forgot about that girl.
    Now 45 years later, the love for that girl is long time gone but the love for Johnny still remains.

  • @CatfishSkinner
    @CatfishSkinner 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    HELL YEAH!! That ROCKED!! Derek just hangin back takin a little slide lesson! WOO!! Those guitars are SMOKIN!!

  • @thomvogan3397
    @thomvogan3397 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Johnny Winters, Derek Trucks, both truly amazing. Sad to see so many people feel the need to compare, just enjoy.

    • @34bully
      @34bully 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thom Vogan
      Winter*

    • @rhomboidimason7738
      @rhomboidimason7738 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right on!

    • @minicooper1568
      @minicooper1568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If these people do insist on comparing musicians then I think they should consider WARREN HAYNES AND WALTER TROUT AMONG many others who are amazingly talented guitar players,singers,and songwriters I'm just saying hell don't dare forget BUDDY GUY!

    • @mikecantreed
      @mikecantreed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment is good but my comments are usually a lot better.

  • @drivers1959
    @drivers1959 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    johnny is totally awesome ...........the guy is a master of his guitar and he is one of the best musicians that we have ever been blessed with on this planet! go johnny go!!!!1

  • @steveps2
    @steveps2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RIP Johnny. Fan since the Electric Blues Experiment LP. Getting stoked for the Tedeschi Trucks Wheels of Soul tour concert at Sandia Amphitheater 8/6/16.

  • @didclements
    @didclements 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a loving to J.Winter in the 60's, I believed he was a Saint of his music; he's some 8 years senior to this gal, I have so much respect for him & I know Trucks backing; he's a great one too.

  • @deirdrea100
    @deirdrea100 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    been a fan of Mr. Winter for a very long time, I would know those first lick's anywhere. # 1 in my book RIP my blue's brother, what a band you are in now!

  • @davethedrummer711
    @davethedrummer711 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great player Johnny is. That guy's tone just kills me every time I hear him.

  • @playmusicnet7347
    @playmusicnet7347 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great Rhythm Section with Derek Trucks just awesome!

  • @grandbbq
    @grandbbq 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw Johnny Winter with Muddy Waters, Albert Lee, Eric Clapton and a host of others at the old Chicago Stadium in the 70's. Sweet

  • @fore101
    @fore101 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love JW. His "Second Winter" Album is proably one of the best blues LP ever. Has his skills deminished? Maybe, but I do not care! I would still go see him, 'cause he is still great. And you never know, that one night might be one that he has his game on. Would not want to miss that. Good too see him playing still.

  • @paul1x1
    @paul1x1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is amazing just how great he is

  • @michaelmaibaum7359
    @michaelmaibaum7359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Johnny is my unsung hero, never got his due as one of the greats.

  • @turfdoc49
    @turfdoc49 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    grew up in Beaumont with Johnny, had the same luthier, named Chip, and I got a lesson in life via Johhny. Chip was setting up one of my guitars, a lucite strat, and when I tried to see what he had done with it, I said I thought it was still difficult to play. He said Johnny was by the day before and shredded it. Nuff said!!

  • @paparidgeback
    @paparidgeback 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw Johnny live on Friday night, 5 days after the Super Bowl. He did an amazing 90 non-stop minute set, got a standing ovation and did "Dust My Broom" and "Highway 61" as encores. Probably the best show I've seen, ever.
    It's funny how after the awful Super Bowl, nobody's been writing that the BEPs are too frail to be performing, or that Christine A is too old to remember the national anthem's lyrics.
    Personally, I'm hoping Johnny will do the Super Bowl halftime show in 2012.

  • @keithrussell4548
    @keithrussell4548 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dig Johnny. This one of my favorite songs that he dids. Hi version holds fond memories of seeing him in a big venue a couole kf small benues and when I was hanging out at Cactus the Club in Kileen, Texas where I saw the original Cactus, the original Spirit and listemed to this sing and an entire live album (rare) all of the time netween the club and hime and the base that I built pre-cast concrete on diring thise times in the late 70's. My favorite memory of him was playing this song at UTA. ❤

  • @sebz661
    @sebz661 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm going to go see Johnny Winter at the Doheny Blues festible at the beach! Its gonna be good times. cant wait.

  • @facilitiesmadison2605
    @facilitiesmadison2605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seen jw six or seven times in syracuse NY nothing better twice w Rick derringer once w edgar what can u say man gone but not forgotten

  • @garyanderson9818
    @garyanderson9818 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with all the previous posts. As a young adult I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1985 and I thought “I’ve seen the best”. SRV was great. But when I saw Johnny Winter in 1987 my mind was forever changed. To this day Johnny Winter (God rest his soul) is the best I’ve ever seen. I know, that’s my opinion only. However I also feel (and I think many would agree) that Johnny was is/was the most underrated guitarist to date.

  • @skeetv123
    @skeetv123 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When you've played the blues your whole life, jammed with the greatest musicians alive, lived breathed and slept the blues through countless decades like Johnny Winter has done, playing becomes mind to fingers, simple as that.
    He might be old and frail, but he's knows better than anyone onstage what to do in that situation and it shows. A great guitar player is made through age and experiance.
    The original killer.

  • @davemooreblues
    @davemooreblues 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm 53.... and got turned on to Johnny Winter at age 13... so thats 40 years for me too. He's my all time favorite... and it looks like he always will be!

  • @sa65cn1
    @sa65cn1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sonny Landreth is for sure one of the unsung best blues players around today. But Johnny Winter was my first concert in New Orleans when I was 14.

  • @VonBluesman
    @VonBluesman 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Johnny Winter = # 1 Most Wanted modern day Texas Slide Outlaw

  • @kirkjohnwiggle
    @kirkjohnwiggle 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This demonstrates what great musicians can do with one the greatest ALL time Bobby Dylan songs (and albums, first electrified effort for young Bobbie Z. from Hibbing MN)> I have been up the Arrowhead HIghway 61 right next to the Great waters of Lake Superior . You have to see the sights of Bob;s upbringing to appreciate the true greatness of lyric in this song. I would invite anyone to drive from Duluth Mn northeast to Thunder Bay where Canada starts. AWESOMELY spectacular, just like this music....

  • @heavynumbertaco
    @heavynumbertaco 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I saw Johnny a couple of times.But the best memory I have of him was back in probably 71 or 72.They were closing the Filmore West in Long Beach CA and had a 6 day,6pm to 6am concert.I worked at the local harbor free clinic and they needed volunteers to work the stage and stuffSo yeah,thats what I got to do for 6 days.Some of the headliners were ZZTop,(didnt have beards yet),Mama Lion,Seigal Schwall(sp)Mountain,Sweathog.I tried looking the place up and the Filmore West was in Frisco,but I'm pretty sure that's what they called the place on Ocean Blvd in Long Beach.Who caresSo Johnny was supposed to be one of the last acts but they said he ODed on Red Mountain and F40s.I watched them carry him out.His arms were stretched out straight,they carried him like a human cross. But back then,everybody was drinking Red Mountain out of the gallon,throw it over your shoulder jugs and eatin F40s like PEZ candy.You could walk down the street in my neighborhood and just watch the guys fall of curbs flat on their faces.Anyway,so they carried him out that night and he came back and played the following night.I was little ways over from stage left,ten feet from him.He was playing a flying V and it was an old school auditorium stage with a curtain.He was all nervous and weird standing there,but when the curtain came up he just broke it off. He never opened his eyes once and I'll never forget how he looked under the blue light.He looked like he was made of silver,It was unbelievable.I'm so glad I was able to see all the things I did in that era.Late 60's thru the 70's were just an unbelievable time.SO much change and new concepts developing.Got to see Hendrix,got to see Marley by himself and with the original Wailers,that was more 80s though,got to see absolute jazz and blues greats at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach before that place went sideways in the late 70s.But my friends would sneak me in when the All Stars were playing there in the late 60s.I got to be 20 feet from Miles Davis, George Benson when he was a straight ahead jazz player,,Dizzy,,Freddie Hubbard,,Pinetop Perkins,George Duke,Stanley Clark,Butterfield,Elvin Bishop(who was a total asshole,thought he was some god because he wrote fooled around and fell in love,spit on the audience to start some spit on the audience fad)Mike Bloomfield,I mean icons,,legends,,I cant remember all the artists I was able to see.I got to sit in with blues guys at the Sweetwater in Redondo.Man,I hate to say it,I really do,but those were the days.I always hated it when old people said that shit to me when I was young,but cmon.man,this generation has to start doing something. Something special creatively..Hip hop was a great start,I've got cassettes of Tupac,NWA,Public Enemy,A Tribe,LL Cool,Snoop,oops,whats he called now,Biggie..What happened?HowTF did CoolJ and IceCube end up selling denture cream on teevee shows?You think Jimi Hendrix would have played a detective on a crime show? Anyone? Or you think Janis Joplin would do a bra commercial? the last funky thing to come out of R&B was Prince.And the last really good thing to come out of the rock scene were Nirvana and Rage Against the Machine.Cobain was right there with the Beatles as a song writer.Heart Shaped Box is one of the best examples of pure American music, ever and I mean ever.And meanwhile,Joe Bonamsa(sp) is playing the Greek,I mean cmon man.Squeaky clean,perfectly packaged and produced blues.Haters stop hatin,sure,hes a great player,as good as it gets,great singer,but I aint buyin itI could sing circles around him and I'm an old man.And cmon,Johnny Winter told me,well a group of us,youre not supposed to understand the words.Listen to Johnny sing Mean Town Blues on his produced and recorded version of Mean Town Blues.Somebody tell me what hes saying.It's who ya know and who ya blowalways has been,but MTV killed the musician.Its sad.Everybody sounds like everybody else,hell theres even some guy flat out copying that cartoonist Larson,I mean flat out straight up copying him,drawing, content,everything and nobody even cares.Nothing but a cookie cutter society,glad I'm on my way out and not in.
    But,man if I was in my 20s I'd be pissed off if they were shoving Miley Cyrus down my throat or selling Huggies with Straight outta Compton. Viva Las Vegas,Elvis was a movie star too

    • @AngryHatter
      @AngryHatter 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saw him twice - woodstock and the palladium in NYC with Foghat. He was my first guitar hero.

    • @rickroybal7022
      @rickroybal7022 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mile Hi Stadium. Denver Pop Festival 1969. I was 14 yrs old.

    • @jcgood
      @jcgood 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it was the Long Beach Convention Center. It was next to Long Beach Arena.

    • @THEmaggspie
      @THEmaggspie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so in short....YOU ROCK!!! damn good to see that you are one of a rare few that truly loves all music that is good and didnt sit around getting old and grumpy and nostalgic ....me either !! very well said btw!!! cheers!!

  • @stephenmarceau7872
    @stephenmarceau7872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That man was🔥in his prime!

  • @g.stephens263
    @g.stephens263 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Truck's face..."holy crap, I'm playing rhythm for Johnny Winter!"

  • @cecilbmurph
    @cecilbmurph 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    been playing Johnny Winter songs for nearly fifty years. I'm his biggest fan and I never got to play one song with him.
    very sad....J MURF (topanga BLUE JUICE

    • @billdude1313
      @billdude1313 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      My kid manages a 4-star yuppie Restaurant and a blue ribbon brewery. And he knows I am a Johnny fan, he had to listen to it from birth. Turns out Johnny was going to the restaurant fairly often the last few years of his life. And my bonehead kid didn't tell me or call me, till after he died. WTF

  • @robertdunham5677
    @robertdunham5677 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    69-70 caught Johnny and Edgar in Davenport,Iowa...baseball stadium on the Mississippi....hwy. 61 ran thru a couple of hundred feet away.....opening act was Black Oak Arkansas.....$1.50 cover...

  • @ramirov97
    @ramirov97 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    holy crap, where did they dig johnny winters up, i remember him playing at the whiskey a go go sometime around 1965. the man is a true guitar legend

  • @70goldtop
    @70goldtop 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poor Johnny looks like he's about to drop over dead.I like how he didn't let Derek do 1 solo.Johnny earned his right to do that.Man he could still belt it it out.The vocals were particularly impressive.

  • @richardmoss7094
    @richardmoss7094 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most Excellent.......Derek & Johnny......the rarest,..of rare.....

  • @ernesttuttle7868
    @ernesttuttle7868 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two thumbs up to derrick he is real deal the one who will keep the spirit of the blues alive

  • @digitalboomer
    @digitalboomer 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been a fan of JW since the early 70's and saw him many times with his brother, and Derringer, Hobbs(RIP) and others. Back then, you could still find venues with general admission and get right up against the stage. Glad to have been a part of that. JW was doing it when everyone else was just thinking about it. Also, if any slide player deserves to be up there alongside, it's certainly Trucks. A brilliant player and a kind gentle soul who just goes out and does it.

  • @d.infidel2157
    @d.infidel2157 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's Johnny WINTER, dammit!!!

  • @55nobuchan2
    @55nobuchan2 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love his music!^^
    Thank you up^^

  • @davemooreblues
    @davemooreblues 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Johnny is the best guitarist of all time. No one else even comes close.

  • @DjangoThunders
    @DjangoThunders 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Priceless! Derrick has the torch now and he is a great player. Johnny was the best though, tough act to follow.

  • @billkalivas9750
    @billkalivas9750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I bet the band's having the time of their lives.

  • @huntingdogowner
    @huntingdogowner 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    simply fantastic jam.

  • @johnlornie4221
    @johnlornie4221 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best Dylan covers ever, !

  • @WildIndian1129
    @WildIndian1129 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    RIP JOHNNY......

  • @Dr3amtime
    @Dr3amtime 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Frickin' legend.

  • @tomcanfield5108
    @tomcanfield5108 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    johnny your the man r.i.p