RIP Johnny Winter

Sad to hear , thanks for the news though .
I had a guitar that was once his ...seemed like it held mucho Mojo.

sigh...I'll never get used to this world,
elwood

Sad indeed. RIP Johnny. A great Bluesman for sure.

Sad to hear. What a player!

W

Very sad news, great player I always wanted to see live.

RIP Johnny

Truly one of the best guiitarists to come out of the 1960s. RIP Johhny.

I live in Switzerland near Zurich. Looks like he died about three miles away from my home. Strange...

I got to see (hear!) Johnny in the late 80's at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philly. Alan Holdsworth/iou opened the show, followed by a 45 min blistering set by Johnny's trio (he was playing a headless Steinberger at the time), followed by Ronnie Montrose. What a show!
My favorite Johnny record: Still Alive and Well - his music and spirit will always be this for us.

Thx Tim, great video. That's one of those 60's Epi Wilshires he's playing.
Like Jeff Beck, Johnny could coax haunting blues vibe out of a broomstick with a rubber band on it.

Thanks Tim,

I saw Johnny 6 or 7 times. He was what drove me to guitar and I felt he was my teacher. This was sad news for me but not a total surprise.

The first time I remember hearing him was on a record player, in the basement of my Chicago home. I had to have been about 10 years old. My father was dead, we were poor, I had 9 siblings and somehow this man was able to lift my spirits. He was fantastic. His playing displayed a real joy that came from his heart. He did play the blues but for me it lifted my spirits.

A friend burned me a new copy of "Guitar Slinger" last night and brought it to the house. He will live forever.

He provided me and millions of others with a lifetime of joy and inspiration and for that I will always be thankful.

There will never be another and right now he is at peace and home.

y2kc

Tim - I was surprised in the video to see him playing an old Epi Wilshire.

I have a couple of the reissue ones as well as an old one, and they are SMOKING little guitars. You can really get up high on the neck.

Very cool video. And I agree - the audience looks kinda outta place. Like they came to see the Monkees and had to sit thru the opening act.

Johnny will be missed.

Will

I am not sure he even knew the audience was there!

When I first heard him sing "good mornin little schoolgirl" way back when ('70?), with that gravely voice, I said "that man IS the blues!" What a unique sound.

I had the honor of seeing Johnny Winter at the BB King's Blues Club and Grill in NYC in Sep 2009. Keep on stringin on the other side, RIP.

I was blown away by his album Johnny Winter And! What a fantastic LP. Then I found Second Winter which preceded that recording. Again, a phenomenal recording. I was privileged to see him on his Alive and Well tour in Tampa in the year 1973. Johnny was the man! He was playing through 3 Ampeg stacks and just kicking ass! RIP Johnny, you had your demons, but you brought that special brand of Texas blues to the world.

RickT

you had your demons, but you brought that special brand of Texas blues to the world.


Amen RickT

I was especially taken by his passing as I was just finishing a recording of one of my songs that mention Winters in the present tense, when I heard the news.

I my keep it anyway............. RIP JW

He will be missed. I was looking at my Edgar Winter Group album last night...


Cheers,

Will