Johnny Winter warming up his fingers... 1991 09 22

[1skullduggery]

and he's legally blind, too.

[2323rodger]

boy,must be nice to have talent...iv'e been trying to play for 47 years and i'm more amazed every time i hear him.

[SollAr56]

Of course "Warming up" couldn't stop so it became a song!? Great artist doing.

[ProSeries242]

If you want to learn anything about playing the blues you have to go back just a bit.... Listen to John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy,Robert Johnson,J.J. Cale and throw in one of my fav's Asie Payton - there's more where that came from,do some diggin - What do you think the great's like Clapton,Jimmy Page,Stevie Ray and Jimi Hendrix etc etc were listening too when they were kid's. Dig some more and get to the root of the Blue's....! You can't just play the Blue's...You have to feel the blue's....

[KingOfWhiteTrash1]

I saw Johnny last summer. 'twas an outdoor show on a tropical evening in an insane hot/humid Rochester, MN.  Great show, dude tore it up. A top shelf blues man, for sure...

[palmerstonian]

Great musicianship is great musicianship, and variety is the 'spice of life', etc.. Most musicians just laugh at all this 'Who is the greatest' shit, and the greater they are, the more they laugh (and the greatest tend to be the most modest). Let's just be thankful that people like Johnny, SRV, Jimi, Eric, Robben Ford, BB,Albert, Freddie, Bloomfield, Jeff, Jimmy, etc etc live, or have lived, and ENJOY!!!

[JohnAllanification]

fuck around,yeh.

[JohnSouthern800]

The Man

[roemr1]

god bless johnny winter amen brother

[Bluessontlavie]

I'm so sick and tired of johnny this srv that. i usually read comments to see if they are insightful or say something new and interesting about the art, not to hear mindless assclowns whine about who's better or worse.

[BloatedSensations]

@Bluessontlavie But, most people are mindless assclowns, and mindless assclowns will whine about mindless assclowny things. That's just a sad fact of life.

[DogBoi1692]

I have recently just heard about this guy, many claim him to be very under rated and some say he's better than jimi and srv. My response to that is hell no, if you know real blues guitar you would know he doesn't touch either of them. Although he is a good guitarist, sorry he's no legend.

[CamelClass]

@DogBoi1692 Mister, if you only just heard about Johnny Winter then you must either be 12 years old or simply a complete moron. In any case, your opinion is completely irrelevant so for your own sake, just shut your trap.

[DogBoi1692]

@CamelClass Haha. Nah im not 12 try again. Isn't the whole point of having a comment page for different people to voice their opinions. Im not bashing on the guy. I think that he's a pretty good guitarist just not great. Your logic is incorrect, how can somebody be a moron for not known some crack head looking cowboy. Many people don't know who he is, does that make them morons, try again sweet pea.

[timberbeast420]

@DogBoi1692 Who do you consider to be a great blues guitarist,and why,,give us an idea,,,hillbilly white trash?doesn't sound like you know what your talkin about,,

[DogBoi1692]

@timberbeast420 B.B King, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan. The list goes on.

[fld1201]

@DogBoi1692 go play in your back yard kiddy

[DogBoi1692]

@fld1201 Go listen to your garbage wannabe hillbilly blues white trash scum. Haha what fool, getting angry over my opinion.

[5jerry1]

@DogBoi1692

I know your post is old, but I do have to chime in here. It's hard to believe you have only heard about Johnny Winter this past year. He really is a guitar legend, honestly. Winter can hold his own against either of the players you mentioned, and I'm sure they both liked him. "Garbage wannabe hillbilly blues white trash scum?" "Crack head looking cowboy?" Really, was that necessary? True, he's ugly as sin, but he's an amazing guitarist. I'm curious, what isn't good here?

[mattheweast74]

Towering genius. His phrasing is cheeky, brave, lyrical, so awesome. shame about the sound but its better louder, grab your headphones. you have to love how he plays with the timing and its how he kicks back in that gives him that eccentric groove.the world will never see another quite like him. great bass work too. take a look at the most recent postings of him in Southampton where he gives a master class in blues. Legend. Of course jimi, johnny and srv respected each other.

[mattheweast74]

Towering genius. His phrasing is cheeky, brave, lyrical, so awesome. shame about the sound but its better louder, grab your headphones. you have to love how he plays with the timing and its how he kicks back in that gives him that eccentric groove.the world will never see another quite like him. great bass work too. take a look at the most recent postings of him in Southampton where he gives a master class in blues. Legend. Of course jimi, johnny and srv respected each other.

[biggershoesatbush]

cheers

[unmedication]

@biggershoesatbush

No, Tttttcheeeeersss :-)

[biggershoesatbush]

cher!

[Dogheadj]

Was this recorded at the Zephyr Club in Salt Lake City by any chance? I saw Johnny there right around this time frame.

[axeslinger56]

Sorry guys and gals, John Dawson Winter is with out a doubt the coolest guitarist on the planet, SRV and the rest take the test, this man has the fire, i copped a few of his licks in 1970 and hit clapton alvin lee and ronnie montrose, this man does not fuck around , not to knock all the blues players everyone has their fav, Johnny is mine for sure , makes my big toe stick up in my boot! No one else gets close! (;

[jleyhe]

@axeslinger56 a little richard quote... he makes makes mine stand up to, big toe that is (sorry bad joke) . . .

[Mr1hotguitar]

@axeslinger56 , Well said.

[jamminjoe44]

@axeslinger56  .... No one else gets close?? Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Eric Johnson, Just to name a few, Would take Johnny Winter to school!!

[RUBYMAIPRODUCTIONSJM]

Always playing what I feel and need to hear!

Brother John will fool you - listen, and mentally think where His fingers are at on the Neck! That voice (YEA) one of my favorites! Listen to Hurtin So Bad! The Very Best!

Peace

JaK

[JPRBlues]

What a player great stuff 10/10...Jake

[Rolco64]

There are many fine Blues Artists out there. I love 'em all. Johnny Winter is my personal favorite, but they've all made awesome contributions to the Music. Thank you all!

[tbonesurfs1]

how about a video?

[xkecoupe]

I have got the the whole vhs tape but that is of of very bad quality especially this starting track,therefore I decided to upload the audio part only.I was there on this gig,wholy shit....

[vexamatic]

Oh boy. Another comment on who's better than who. So sick of it.  It's not World Federation Wrestling folks, it's music and it's good for you, so shut the F*** Up. I will say this... one thing SRV didn't do better than Johnny was take drugs and drink and survive.

[AaronWallace]

LMFAO!!!  I definitely prefer SRV to JW but goddamn that was funny as fuck.

[Schillingya]

Don´t be childish ppl. Every1 can jam, neibody wants 2 fight. Right?

[Schillingya]

I luv this, like I love all that Johnny does. Got me goin´again whoooohhyaahh!

[desmoinesst]

Geeeeez Chill everybody, it's all good. just it back relax and enjoy

[Toonair]

guess,this is recording from vienna.

y the way,makilovi66,since few weeks you are trying to convince everybody on several Johnny Winter pages that

SRV or Eric are better,how can you really judge,they are all different style,I like Eric

Clapton,I love Stevie (too bad he left us),

my heart goes for Johnny and my soul goes for Jimi...Thomas

[crosscatch]

Your comments remind me of comments made by Ritchie Blackmore who, when confronted with SRV's success and accolades said something like' Yeah, he's good (SRV) but Johnny Winter was doing this 30 years ago and for my money, he was doing it better". I love SRV and I love JW III. JW has been influential to say the least. Give the man his due!! Johnny was Stevie's idol! Billy Corgan and Steve Vaj too!

[rouse77]

When you speak of raw, one of a kind, unique", intensity, etc.... I can't help but think of Johnny Winter.

[grga888]

Stevie Ray Vaughan was raw, one of a kind, unique, with a style, tone, intensity, voice, fire, passion, tehnique and right hand attack to die for! He is the ultimate king of blues/rock!

[makilovi66]

All this bullshit coming from Johnny's fans claiming that Johnny is better and that there would be no Stevie without him is one of the biggest lies I ever heard. Totally bullshit. Stevie is a god, Johnny is just a very good tehnically blues guitar player, but Stevie was raw, unique, one of a kind, a king of the blues. His Texas Flood performance at El Mocambo says it all. No guitar player has ever matched that performance, intensity, power, bending style, and most likely never will.

[RamonePinhead]

@makilovi66

People can have different opinions you know.

[StarfireEKS]

Johnny Winter has a better voice than SRV ( or had, years dont forgive anyone,neather does cigaretts) check out his Old stuff, and you'll see, also when SRV started to learn the guitar JW was already playing gigs and making records. anyway music isnt about this comparisons, they Are both great and i love them.

[pmay222]

amen to that...its not acontest...who came first or who been doing it longer or sold more or won more shit...its MUSIC...and its nothing without somebody to share and appreciate it with..! ive loved rock/guitar ma whole life..and i only discovered srv about 7 years ago...how mad is that..!

[makilovi66]

Stevie is also considered to be one of the greatest blues singers ever. Johnny is not. People like J.L. Hooker and B.B King said it about Stevie, also he is the second guitar player in history to win 3 guitar awards, first white blues musician to win a National blues award, he sold more records than Johnny, influenced a lot more guitar players, played with more musicians than Johnny, changed music a lot more and most importantly, nobody compares to his raw talent. Simply a god in his own class!

[yarbroughj1]

ignorance is bliss......

[westuntin]

which live album is this? or is this a bootleg? can you post the download link? thanks! I'd love to have it in my iPod

[yarbroughj1]

i will not even got the vocal route bc jesus if you think stevie can sing like johnny when in his prime then i def can see how you think about his guitar playing. johnny has soul....is soul on two legs this six strings....don't believe me ask muddy, hendrix, gibbons.

JW-the legend god guitarist of blues

SRV-great musician RIP

[makilovi66]

Excuse me, but if you think Johnny is a better vocalist and a better guitar player than Stevie Ray than there is something seriously wrong with you. Stevie Ray is the greatest white man that ever played the blues, he played like a force of nature, he had a soul of a black man, he played with passion like nobody else in the musical history and he never ever seemed to be lost, he never missed a note, he was and still is a guitar god and a legend of blues/rock music.

[garrrrrryyy]

hey there both great guitar players; what you think steve could teach johnny w something on guitar? give me a fuckin break; johnny winter has been round lot longer than stevie; all i say is that

there both guitar gods ; gibbons kicks both there asses;

[yarbroughj1]

people don't kid yourselves....

there would be no stevie without johnny

johnny is the best most dedicated musicians to walk the planet man has been playing gigs before most of us were thought of....and still touring hard.....stevie was great, but listen to him and he is johnny...style too...my opinion his death unfortunately elevated his fame to where it is...

also...only a couple axemen can claim better slide the JW (maybe) and don't worry Stevie was one of them

[rouse77]

Randy472, ah so right, Johnny's phrasing is so unpredictable and mindblowing. Lots of blues pentatonic solists sound somewhat alike, but none at all like Johnny. When Johnny came on the scene in the late 60's he brought something completely new. I saw Hendrix live in 1970 in LA and many others. None of these concerts stuck in my memory as much as when I saw Johnny during the Captured Live era. Guess i'm just a blues freak.

[Cantrememberjack]

Saw Johnny for my first concert with my bandmates and 8th grade english teacher Miss Porter..Hehehe..Was she cool or what? This was at the long gone Panther Hall in Fort Worth, Texas..Ah the memories.

[Cantrememberjack]

@Cantrememberjack 1970

[clear4push]

Just enjoy the music they all gave us if you want competition watch ESPN.

[ben909ben]

I'm just posting this to slide that "who's better" crap down below view. Johnny Winter a completely unique being and player so raw and crisp completely unafraid to take risks ready to go exploring at the drop of a hat a man with a tender and loving respect for the bones of the blues but shit - he just goes off and creates this atmospheric explosion no wonder Jimi loved him I do too

[rouse77]

Oh my, very well put!

[tex8252]

loved johnny winter since 69.70..second winter album

[randy472]

Unbelievably wonderful album.  A classic in the stratosphere with Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin II, Abbey Road, Are You Experienced, and on and on and on . . . .

[vexamatic]

I think you got it all wrong. Music is something that is handed down from generation to generation. I'm sure that SRV and Johnny had no ill will toward each other and probably were fans of each other as well? Hard for me to imagine it otherwise. Johnny will go down in history as one of the great blues players of all time. It's pretty simple. I love the way he goes out of time and comes back in just when you think he's lost it. The phrasing is uniquely his. Bless you Johnny!

[makilovi66]

Yeah, and SRV as the best one!

[satjathamma]

metal4life you obviously don't know what you are talking about, Johnny Winter was 10 times better than SRV, he could outplay SRV sleeping! atleast Johnny did his own thing, what did SRV do? nothing! just a Jimi Hendrix copy cat like so many others! it's easy to play like someone else but try to invent your own style, THAT IS TALENT!

[metal4life160]

then lets see you play like hendrix if its so "easy"

[rockinredneck57]

They both borrowed pretty heavily off of older black blues players and gave them credit for the inspiration. SRV and Johnny are both great, but totally different styles of playing. Each in his own style are among the greatest ever. Stevie took songs and made them his, the sound and tone he got were so different than anyone had. It's hard to compare them, Johnny does a lot more slide than SRV, and his tone is a lot cleaner. SRV developed the dirty Texas tone that is so hot. They're both excellent

[monkeys350]

But then you can't tell whether guitarists these days are influenced by johnny winter, hendrix, or srv...

[randy472]

Saw them all, and love them all. But for my money, Johnny in his prime was the most fun. He had a way of coming to a place you expected to hear a pause in the phrasing, and then playing through it with some figure that just left you shaking your head and going,"Wait, what just happened?" And to my ear, his patterns went most imaginatively beyond the familiar treatment of the blue pentatonic scale.

[bthoma1]

Don't forget Duane Allman

[merrilltim]

Sure wish people could stick to positive comments instead of childish who is your favorite crap. I am a pro and musicians do not talk like this.

[220denyse]

@merrilltim oh

[blewzguitar]

@merrilltim Amen

[fingerlicks]

@merrilltim you are so right.(musician for over 15 years but still an amateur in my believes.,)Who cares.!

[GymFloozie]

Johnny is the greatest WHITE blues player ever. SRV - when he was alive, RIP - couldn't tie Johnny's shoelaces. Johnny has the blackest white soul I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. There will always be comparisons between the two guys - and all you commenters need to just relax and let people speak their opinion.

[truthoffiction]

SRV had no depth. After a few songs you've heard all of his licks. He didn' have much to say. JW was and still is the master!

[moe17moe]

what? you asshole. the comparing on here is so annoying. SRV no depth? Dude you are not worthy to even mention his name let alone make such a comment out of your ass. Let us enjoy these legends who gave so much.Good for you that you think Johhny is the master.But I don't give a fuck. Love them both. Oh and I happen to like Rory as well. Got a problem with that? Just shut up, you're all talking while the music says it all.

[Flunder]

Man thats hot! Johnny keeps it interesting. he always has.SRV was great for 5 minutes then you get bored.not so with the master.Thats Tom Comton I believe? on drums? thanks!

[busanwolf7]

grga88 is a frickin idiot for starters---johnny and stevie shared the same bass player rtandy jo hobbs first played with johnny---stevie was a great guitarist, thats no lie but johnny was doin it real when stevie was just a baby, frickin aye johnny played with hendrix, muddy waters all the frickin greats nobody had the fast unpredictable licks johnny had

[Luca2352]

Hey grga888...What kind of glue are you sniffing?

[madaka11]

Thanks for posting!

[grga888]

A great guitar player, but not even close to SRV's level.

[madaka11]

You have to be an idiot

[anthonycrystal33]

ahem, sorry brother, but Johnny Winter has more licks than hairs on his head, and was faster, more versed, played slide guitar and could wail even as a singer. Stevie Ray Vaughn wasn't even in JW's league!

[metal4life160]

dude SRV could play more licks behind his back then johnny could which he did play behind his back on texas flood. srv was also a way better guitarist with shuffles he could play rhytme and lead at one time

[grga888]

Exactly, Stevie could play more licks behind his back than Johnny could playing normally guitar, Johnny is great and amazing, very fast as well, but Stevie was pure magic, he was like an alien on the guitar, he was capable to do anything. Johnny is great, but Stevie was a lot more creative, talented, a better songwritter, and a better singer. He had that natural flow, raw talent, feel and power, simply wow!

[grga888]

Exactly metal4life160, you are totally right. Johnny is great, but SRV was better, an ultimate package of blues and rock and roll playing. He had a better tone, better style, he was a better singer, better songwritter, probably even sold more records, he was even the first white blues musician to win an award as the best blues musician from W.C. Blues foundation, and many other things. Johnny can't compare to Stevie, Stevie is simply better, considered by many to be the best blues guitar player!

[ApplianceOperator]

@grga888 Sorry man, but you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground.

[grga888]

Sorry man, but face it, the guy is right. Stevie is a god, Johnny is a master, and a great one with plenty fine and fast licks, but Stevie is a world class guitar icon and a god in a class of his own, second to none. Right up there with Jimi Hendrix as the greatest blues/rock guitar player that ever lived. You sir are a moron!

[rocknroll1012010]

Are you even watching the same video as us

[fleckfor]

Dear grga:888:

obviously you don't play guitar or you would not have made such a ridiculous comment! I felt embarassed for SRV when he was on stage with Jeff Beck and if he was on the stage with Johnny Winter with Winter in his prime( he can no longer play at the level he used to because of ill health) I would feel embarassed for SRV. SRV lacked real depth and while enjoyable to listen to he could not wow you like Beck Winter Hendrix Wes Montgomery or chet atkins

[sinprelic]

obviously you are not a good listener. you have the guts to say that SRV had no depth (what's depth? there are so many ways to describe music and you use such a vague and meaningless term) while the musical geniuses and greats all call him a musical miracle. i mean bb king, albert king, eric clapton, satriani, vai and the likes! even the great buddy guy had a thing for SRV, and buddy guy was jimi hendrix before jimi was hendrix.

musically literate people dont downplay srv or winter ALIKE.

[canafechal]

If anybody can do what he does sitting on a chair i´m not seing it, i had the pleasure of seeing him once in Belgium about 3 years ago, will never forget it!!!

[lfwpro]

I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Winters more or less a dozen times and even though he cant move around on the stage like he used to he still can rip that guitar like no one else can.

[FinCups]

Man the guy needs to lift weights!! Look at him!

[25030511]

saw him in montreal 2 weeks ago what a guitar player

[dubbedcrazy]

i love this era of johnny...

one of my fave johnny combo's

damn their tight

[ProphethSamson]

Love this guy.

[plattform5163]

Thanks for sharing this great music!

[Graiskye]

Get to see him in a few months, well August, can hardly wait. Kepp rocking and Rolling J Man.

[psygnsup]

I've seen Johnny 6 or 7 times. The first was at Long Beach Arena in 74 or 75. The last was at a Long Beach Blues Festival.

I saw Edagr, then Johnny, then both together in the same night once.

[sadhouse]

Johnny and Edgar have blow mind since I was 14now 59 , at Act III a Go Go so '64 or '65 .

There were records out then and early , can anyone put one on. Listen to one not ago ago , a mind blower . Someones treasure though and they are not giving it up , should be some on CD by now , shows he seemed to always have it .

[flexman22]

Tony u lucky man, i cud just imagine it, wow!

[TonyJenRock1]

Johnny amazed me in '74 in New Jersey on a cold winter night... small venue..near the city... man what a night..... I fell in love with his music

[DOConROCK1]

Johnny Winter fucking shredds!!!!! Would love to see him again, altho he's sitting in a chair riffing his ass off, now... Saw Johnny & Edgar "TOGETHER" in 76. Fucking awesome show!!

Long Live Johnny Winter

R.I.P.~SRV

[MickiDee1000]

I'm a guitarplayer myself and the thing i love about both Stevie and Johnny is the "flow" they both have. It just does not stop! They can't start with an idea and then follow it until the cows come home! It's exhausting just listening to them. The stamina they possessed was awesome. (Yes, i know Johnny is still alive. But he ain't playing much anymore.)

[framayx]

Hi Micki, is it really exhausting for you ? Seems that you are in bad shape...

[GOYA551st]

Funny that you mention it. I'm also a blues guitarist and have seen both live and no other guitar players have struck with the sheer unrelenting drive of their playing. It's like standing in a steady 100 mph wind.

[geraldineski]

Yup. Saw Johnny in the early 90's at the Casino in Hampton NH. See somebody like that play and you never get over it. Every guitar player would like to be able to showboat and jam like that for an hour or two; few can. Johnny can. Come to think of it, maybe only Johnny can solo all night.

[schoenburgh]

johhny is #1 blues.his pyrotechs,and unbridled pure blues emotion sometimes he's on fire actually always.more important for me his style incorporates the traditional melodic and rythmic frazing of r johnson and so many early southern black roots.i don,t care what technical prowess so many exhibit.he is the blues not a compilation of riffs.plus he plays 4*faster then most and resolves every phrase differently.can't say enough.you can't touch this.#1

[fjansz]

Let's not forget that a lot of great SRV songs were composed by Doyle Bramhall and others. Also Stevie was sort of addicted to the pentatonic scale. Listen to his live versions and you get 9/10 the same pentatonic scale solos. IMHO Hendrix was the composer, Stevie the re-inventor of the JH sound and Johnny has been with us since 1969 and seriously folks; only few can match his guitar skills.

[musictranscription]

I can write for you any sheet music

[klavierabend]

There is no one like Winter, and again bow to SRV, but Winter is real creation. He brought up guitar blues and rock to a new level of originality and complexity. I can listen to him and feel exhilarated!

[paisCatalunya]

Sí. Lo escuchas y "I feel exhilarated too".

[logjammers]

you nailed it

[theriffer]

Finally some intelligent discussion about the greats without any serious putdowns. Johnny was my fav for years 'til SRV showed up. Now they are BOTH my fav's and the best one is whatever I'm listening to at that moment. Maybe SRV is bit more flamboyant with his looks and has perhaps better stage appeal? At this level it gets down to the 'little' things that separates the greats. Skill wise, it's Johnny all the way,but that don't take nothing away from Stevie! SRV maybe wrote better tunes? ? ?

[sof654]

yea johnny seems to possess that raw mojo the great black players have and had, but johnny seems to have brought the playing of the blues to a much higher expressive level, I think SRV was much more packaged and produced after he was discoverd, they worked really hard on his sound and tone in the studio, johhnny seems to pick up the guitar and just git it!! ps check out my red house version sof654

[itisitsits]

workin'

[riverstrat]

The Letterman JB Goode video was banned for terms of use violations ?

WTF would that be about ......:grrr( that was a great take and a cool interview.

[riverstrat]

Johnny is by far the best bluesman in the world.

Hendrix was a god for sure, but he wasn't really a blues god, he brought more guitar inovation to us than any other player ever has.

SRV : a fantastic act for sure, but still he was a tribute act to a huge degree, Hendrix tribute.

[Bopalena]

We can argue about who is the best guitarist until the sun turns plaid. They're ALL great! SRV, Duane, Hendrix, Johnny, etc. Whoever turns you on at the moment is the best. God bless 'em all for enriching our lives with their God given talent.

P.S. - Johnny is by far the best. So there!

[jamminjoe44]

@Bopalena ... Oh yeah, Buckethead can play circles around Johnny Winter!! So there!!

[Bopalena]

@jamminjoe44 - Buckethead is a chowderhead. I have charts and graphs to prove it.

[jamminjoe44]

@Bopalena ... Buckethead is a genius, Who learned from Paul Gilbert!! Not to metion, That Buckethead is so diverse, That he puts on a guitar clinic for all that are fortunate to hear and see him ... His fingers are lightening fast, And plays the guitar effortlessly!!

[Bopalena]

@jamminjoe44 - I could take him out with one punch. I've frisked a thousand young punks.

[jamminjoe44]

@Bopalena ... LMAO!!!

[Bopalena]

@jamminjoe44 - And if I see that Buckethead chowderhead in my neighborhood I'll make him kick the bucket! I'll rip out his pancreas and sponge my car with it! I'll tear out his intestines and jump rope with 'em! I'll bite out his adams apple and play handball with it! I'll make his mother wish she never had him! Come on down here, Buckethead and I'll show ya somethin' I will! The boys'll know what to do with you, ya pansy!

[jamminjoe44]

@Bopalena ... ***Rolls eyes*** Theres no telling what kind of drugs you`re on dude, But whatever they are, Keep trippin!! lolololol

[Bopalena]

@jamminjoe44 - I don't do no drugs, ya damn hippie! Gimme the good old days when a joint was the neighborhood bar and coke was a soft drink. Gimme the good old days when longhair music meant opera! Gimme the good old days when crack was something in the Liberty Bell! Gimme the good old days when getting stoned meant begin beaten to death with rocks hurled by an angry mob! Gimme the good old days when pulling a train meant Jack LaLainne showing off a feat of strength!

[Bopalena]

@Bopalena - And how about these groups today like the Stones, the Kinks and the Cramps? It sounds like my medical condition! Hey, I have a son who's 6' 4". I made him get a haircut and now he's 5' 2"! But I gotta tell ya.....

[jamminjoe44]

@Bopalena @Bopalena ... ***Yawns*** I rest my case!! ROTFLMFAO!!!

[kurtizzyflush]

@Bopalena What's your favorite part to frisk their crotch?

[Bopalena]

@kurtizzyflush - My favorite part is to frisk your whore mother's dirty smelly snatch and watch Al Sharpton's watch fall out..

[kurtizzyflush]

@Bopalena Someone told you you were funny and you were dumb enough to believe them correct?

[sunking2001]

GuitBoy63...I agree with you. Hey...I love all the blues greats including Jimi, Stevie, and Alvin Lee, Eric, B.B., Albert, Freddie, etc. Johnny can play blues all night and never repeat...anything!!! King of slide...electric and acoustic. Those other guitarists didn't play slide...nothing like Johnny. He is the most multi-faceted and diverse. I'd bet that all of the "greats" would say..."yeah...Johnny's the best."

[guitboy63]

I love Stevie(I saw him 4 times), but Johnny(I've seen him 3 times) is the best blues player ever. He is so multi-faceted in blues it'll make your head spin. His CD Let Me In says it all.

[strat4279]

Sorry man but Stevie Ray Vaughn is the best blues guitarist there was

[sunking2001]

I love Stevie, but, Johnny is "King of the Kings". If you knew more about Johnny you may agree.

[SoberGeorge]

You've got that right. I've been a huge fan since I was knee high to a grasshopper, and nobody (not even Jimi Henrix) compares to Johnny. Thanks for your post!

[rouse77]

OK, i'll pipe in. Nobody can doubt SRV's technical blues skills, he's absolutely incredible. Johnny however, has a innate slipin'and slidin' blues style all his own. I can pick out Johnny's and Jimi's licks right away. I have to listen for a bit before I can say Stevie, Eric, or whoever else. Johnny's one of a kind and you can't help being drawn to his fun and wild blues style. No question he's tops on slide. It's a preference thing though. They are all amazing to me.

[703224796]

by far, srv is indeed my favorite (skill and tech wise) but johnny winter is on a level unreached by anybody else...srv can power in and kick your ass, but winter just has so much more soul and sentiment (keystones of blues) and his rock and roll is just amazing...i trully love both of them......and it is true........you can listen to SRV and say "freddy king, albert king, hendrix...so on and so on..." srv is just crazy good..... winter is better all-around-ness wise...

[rouse77]

Great comment, true blues/rock aficionados seem to recognize and appreciate Johnny's amazing and far-reaching talents, however, it seems he never reached the mainstream appeal as much as Jimi, SRV, etc.. That's ok though, it's part of his appeal and enigma for the true guitar enthusiast.

[sunking2001]

I've seen Johnny 6 times and I can tell you...he is the "Best of the Best"...he can "smoke them all"!

[Bopalena]

I second the below comment. Johnny is simply the best there is!

[Flunder]

Go Johnny Go. your the damn best.