@TheGuitarGuy9999 Yep...His setup was a regular six-string.Kinda weird choice...He must have liked the XII for some special reason.Perhaps the pickups i dunno..
@GregoryAlice59 I truly believe this was played on an Gibson Firebird his primary guitar, it was strung t ne side like Fender's. If I am wrong I'm someone will crrect me. Thanx
@ThePoboyms61s Nope, it's a Fender. XII 12 string. Strung with six here. They phased them out in 1970. Johnny used it in other videos I;ve seen from this era.
Have mercy mean town blues on a 12 string with no pick just fingers. Johnny has forgot more about guitar than most of us will ever know. A true master.
Actually Johnny Winter was not a "headliner" at Woodstock. His career, while already in play, did not really take off until the release of Johnny Winter And in 1970 (A great album). His best selling album ever was Johnny Winter And Live. He did not want to go into a rock direction, but his manager convinced him that the audience would be much bigger. His manager ended up being right, although Johnny would return to his blues roots later on.
To all substantial musician friends on Youtube, If ever an opportunity to play at another impromptu 3 day festival in upstate New York in the summertime, I recommend you let NOTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF GETTING ON THAT STAGE!
Canned Heat didn't get in the movie either and they said it was because Warner Brothers controlled the production. If you weren't with Warner, you weren't in. Johnny Winter was with Columbia records at the time.
I saw Johnny once, at a small club in San Fran in '86. Frickin' Great. rm3150 is correct here, he's got only 6 strings mounted on a 12 string guitar. Reasons? A few good ones have been given here, neck width and tuning stability. Maybe his other guitar(z) were in the shop... maybe it was just his mood at the time... maybe just to keep guys like us talking about it and wondering for years to come.
@AngusShanks You're assumption may be right ! Slide guitar on a 12-string electric probably wouldnt sound good but then I dont see why he didnt use a Jaguar or Jazzmaster....
@SilvioManfredDante85 I'm not much of a guitar player myself so I gotta sk why did he use a 12 stringer here and only string up 6 ? More room for the thumb picking in this song ? Fucking amazing shit right here.
@AngusShanks - Looks and sounds like only the high strings are doubled. He's playing an 8, 9, or 10 string, which would make more sense for slide. Flashback: Rich Bich 10 string... ahhhhhhh.....
The bass player is Tommy Shannon. Around three years later he was in a band called Krackerjack with Stevie Ray Vaughan and later a member Of Stevie Ray Vaughan an Double Trouble.
WTF Johnny effing Winter was in Woodstock?, bands like Mountain and the Grateful Dead and Johnny Winter got not shown on the documentary but they included fuckin Sha na na.
@Django5198 Well Sha Na Na at least should have picked a better selection than At The Hop. I mean there were better Rock And Roll songs from the 1950s like Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On and Rock Around The Clock. Heck Bill Haley & The Comets would have been a better replacement act than Sha Na Na.
@santanaincubus Horrible movie editing put together in 1970 release. The garbage that should have been removed from the movie was left in. The good stuff that was removed from the movie should have been left in. Now Ten Years After,The Who,Ritchie Havens,Jimi Hendrix,and Santana was not bad. But the other junk was.
@BBQFanNo1 Yes. I had no idea they had archive videos from Woodstock that were not put in the documentary. They should have included these great artists and it would probably be the best 5 hour documentary ever.
@santanaincubus No kidding. If you haven't already get Hendrix at Woodstock DVD set. It shows the whole performance and it's excellent IMHO. He had to go on at daylight (running late on the band schedule) but Hendrix is in tune, playing, soloing, singing and sounding fantastic. I collect all of his vids/recordings and was so impressed with full version of Hendrix/Woodstock (except for his conga player who's maybe on acid? I think they had his mic off. LOL)
@santanaincubus Johnny Winter - 12:00 - 1:00 acompañado por su hermano, Edgar Winter, en dos canciones. "Mama, Talk to Your Daughter" "To Tell the Truth" "Johnny B. Goode" "Six Feet In the Ground" "Leland Mississippi Blues/Rock Me Baby" "Mean Mistreater" "I Can't Stand It" (con Edgar Winter) "Tobacco Road" (con Edgar Winter) "Mean Town Blues"
@santanaincubus Yeah ain't that some shit ? Winter was not in it because the dude who controlled his contract dragged his feet in negotiations with the film makers and they moved on without him. Not sure about the Dead and Mountain. But they had to be better than f'n' Sha Na Na. I think they were placating the greaser, motorhead beer drinkin' crowd.
@santanaincubus dont know if it applies here ,but i know a lot of artists wouldn't sign the release needed to show them in the documentary - but i'm glad someone kept filming
@santanaincubus Yeah I wasn't for sure Johnny Winter was a Woodstock either as you say Mountain and The Grateful Dead were there and left off the documentary also I think I maybe wrong but I think Creedence Clearwater Revivial was there and left off the documentary. I don't guess it would be too hard to look it up to see who all was there but I have never done it.
I was sitting about 40 feet away from Winter during his set and it really was one of the best shows at the festival He woke the crowd up big time. He was at the top of his game.
Never ceases to amuse me to read the "experts" here on YouTube put down people who can no doubt play circles around them, even in their dreams. The whole "so and so is better than so and so" is soooo tired and childish. I wish people would just shut the hell up and enjoy the music or go watch some freaking Lady Gaga videos...Geez...
@dirtyoldman1100 Johnny Winter never played a "fucken" Kramer. Ever. And his live shows were always great - one of the great live players ever. Yes, he makes a million mistakes, but that's part and parcel of his dynamicism when he plays live. He goes for it! And until very recently he was taking methadone and washing it down with vodka and benzodiazipines (Valium family). He can't play any more, but dammit he was a magnificent bastard!
This video is amazing! I love it! The only live footage of Johnny at Woodstock to date, well, there's probably more at Warner Bros studios. I just gotta say, Johnny has kept the blues alive. I mean, The Stones and Zeppelin and bands have used the influence of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters but they all turned rock, you know. Johnny Winter has influenced me in so many ways, its such an unbelievable feeling. Much love Johnny. Thanks for countless inspirations.
(This vid is awesome enough for two posts) So I never saw anyone play a 12-string with only six strings before. Maybe it's not quite as off-the-wall as Albert King and a few other lefties playing a right-handed guitar without bothering to reverse the strings...or Steve Miller on the cover of Fly Like an Eagle playing a lefty Strat, re-strung right-handed...maybe not that bizarre, but pretty close!
Thanks a million for posting this scorching piece of music history
@hyjyljyj Here's one for you: Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs) is a lefty but plays right-handed. That fact isn't terribly unusual until you find out that Steve ELECTED to use his dominant hand on the neck when beginning - couldn't do shit with his right (picking) hand! This is an astonishing fact. It felt "natural" to play left-handed (left hand picking), but he deliberately decided to use his dominant left hand for fretwork! One more amazing fact regarding one of the world's most amazing players...
The question "Johnny played Woodstock??" drives me nuts. Sometime, someone, somewhere, somehow,...needs to explain how in sweet merciful crap this legendary master got completely EXCLUDED from both the Woodstock movie and SIX-SIDED album...yet we got the privilege of suffering through [insert favorite wretched drunken slop piece here].
Aside from the towering anthem of Hendrix, which nothing could ever equal, IMO this flat out tops anything that did get included in the Woodstock documentary.
@hyjyljyj Very simple. Johnny's management could not come to an agreement with the producers of the film and was therefore excluded. Read Johnny's autobiography. Biggest damned mistake ever...
Come on...all your ears are all full of wax. Johnny is playing a "Fender XII" strung with only 6 strings. And "no" it doesn't sound like 2 guitars at all. It sounds like any number of slide style guitars. Johnny is probably of the best blues guitarist alive but likely wouldn't have any use for all "twelve strings" on any electric 12 string playing the blues as only he can. LOL... 2 guitars? LOL... 12 strings?? LOL
I just love the sound and how he makes the guitar sing. This is cruising down the open highway music with all the windows down in my 1964 Galaxie 500XL. FLYING!!
Think about this.....1969 and he's what (?) About 26 years old I think. What guitarist alive today under 30 can even touch where he's at? Mind bogglin' how damn good this guy is. Those hair farmer heavy rock guys could learn a thing or two AND Johnny uses a slide on his pinky and still fingers the fret nastier than most of those rocker dudes.....and he uses the slide on his pinky as if it weren't there. Watch closely when he does that. A true virtuoso X Two
@imajeepster You got me, Jeepster. Maybe he's got "microscopic never amplifiers" implanted in this digits. How else can you explain such dexterity and musical feeling? Amazing!
Johnny plays an electric 12-strings here, that's how he can get these fuckin high notes and it's sound like two guitars playing at the same time :) But it doesn't change anything to the fact that he's a god.
It is rewarding to see and listen Johnny Winter performing at the top of his career. He was the one who made me pay attention, like and finally love the blues. No matter if he is old now, dead or alive, his music will live forever in mine and many other people's mind forever.
Hot Damn! Johny Winter was at Woodstock! He wasn't in the movie so I had no clue. That's some righteous blues on a 12-string with some slide work included! Awesome!
@Geepsterr You're right, only six strings on the body of a 12-string Gibson Firebird. I immediately realized my mistake when I replayed the video after posting my earlier comment.
@defdave62 It's actually a Fender 12 string from the mid 60's same as used on the recording of Stairway to Heaven and so I've heard Tom Petty's American Girl . It has split pickups sort of like on a Precision bass. Early on Johnny used this for slide and a Mustang or Epiphone for conventional tuning. Johnny has used this 12 st guitar in various stages of stringing. On Second Winter on a cut or 2 he is using some of the other strings maybe 12 but I think 9 or 10.
@Geepsterr Touche! You're absolutely right again! I'm guessing that you might be a musician. I'm just an avid music lover that knows a little bit about some guitars, but I'm certainly not an expert. I have actually seen Johnny live in concert before a couple times, and I know that he has played numerous different guitars over the years. BTW, Led Zeppelin is my all-time fave, and I live in Tom Petty's original hometown and have seen him in concert twice. And, I think JW is in fine form here.
@defdave62 Well Yeah you guessed it : Guitar player. Me too Led Zep are still a Fav along w Jimi, Johnny, Jeff Beck , Cream. I try to play pretty much only what I love , & I'm getting away with it . HAH!
@Geepsterr So you ARE a guitar player, that figures. I never learned, though I wish I had. I bang on my bongos when the mood strikes, and my brother-in-law has been the drummer of a local bar band for thirty+ years. Way cool on the Zep, Hendrix, Winter, Beck, and Cream - I have all them Guitar Gods! - Yes Sir-ee. Kinda cool that this video is more than ten minutes long, gives me time to tap out a comment while rocking out at the same time. Peace out - Bro! Happy playing to you!
i love the night time/early morning footage from woodstock, something about the way you can't see anything except the performers and their instruments, but you can still hear the crowd. i wish bands wouldnt put up crazy big lcd screens at concerts now, it ruins the mood
been listening to Johnny for 40 years and have yet to figure out why he's not in the Hall of Fame.Rory Gallager as well!I guess the did'nt have any top 40 hits like some of the Bozo's they've inducted!
Notice he's using only six. The big ass neck on that thing could handle any tuning he needed and still stay true no matter what. Keep it simple, play it sweet.
@48Tincan If you listen carefully, you'll note the guitar is well out of tune after the long middle break. Fuckin' Fenders never stayed in tune (I had many of 'em)
I don't think any rocker played blues guitar on a par with Johnny! People say SRV was the king but he just didn't have the "soul" that JW has. And the fact that he produced Muddy Waters' last two LP's says a lot!
Now I remember why he made me want to play.
He just screams rock and roll guitar god!
MotorheadMiniatures 8 hours ago
Johnny B F***ing Brilliant!!!!!
mypgtips2 6 days ago
Feel it, Johnny. Yeah!
Jimmyjumpnjive 1 week ago
I believe the fender 12 string is the "Coronado XII"
jimajw 2 weeks ago
@jimajw actually its just called an electric XII a coronado is a hollow body
TheGuitarGuy9999 2 weeks ago
@TheGuitarGuy9999 Yep...His setup was a regular six-string.Kinda weird choice...He must have liked the XII for some special reason.Perhaps the pickups i dunno..
lofi73 4 days ago
@lofi73 I think it may have been for the extra string spacing but that's just a guess.
TheGuitarGuy9999 3 days ago
Totally Rocks~ Great power trio~
jamwc3008 2 weeks ago
While Stevie Ray Vaughan was still hiding in his Dallas bedroom with his brother Jimmy's guitar Johnny was becoming Texas's first blues rock legend.
kidtexaus1 3 weeks ago
Johnny Winter - Blues/Rock's conjure-man.
mickeymousebiker1 3 weeks ago
This is road music in its purest, truest sense. Rollin' and Tumblin' (Cream's version) is king tone, as well.
mickeymousebiker1 3 weeks ago
I was surprised also that they didn't show Johnny Winter. I got to see him at Shea Stadium though.
TheHoneybear13 3 weeks ago
"The rock video"
niemisveksi 4 weeks ago
@GregoryAlice59 I truly believe this was played on an Gibson Firebird his primary guitar, it was strung t ne side like Fender's. If I am wrong I'm someone will crrect me. Thanx
ThePoboyms61s 4 weeks ago
@ThePoboyms61s Nope, it's a Fender. XII 12 string. Strung with six here. They phased them out in 1970. Johnny used it in other videos I;ve seen from this era.
chiphotoguy 3 weeks ago
Ok with six strings and a thumb pick. Still this is bad assed about 20 years ahead of its time
GregoryAlice59 4 weeks ago
Have mercy mean town blues on a 12 string with no pick just fingers. Johnny has forgot more about guitar than most of us will ever know. A true master.
GregoryAlice59 4 weeks ago
ITS JOHNNY BEING JOHNNY HE IS THE BEST ON THE SLIDE THAT IVE EVER HEARD AND IM NO YOUNGSTER IM 55 AND JOHNNY IS THE BEST
mcgaheefamily 1 month ago
anybody know who was on drums? was it bobby caldwell?
madbowls420 1 month ago
@madbowls420 pretty sure it was "uncle" John Turner on drums
petejmcguigan 4 weeks ago
Actually Johnny Winter was not a "headliner" at Woodstock. His career, while already in play, did not really take off until the release of Johnny Winter And in 1970 (A great album). His best selling album ever was Johnny Winter And Live. He did not want to go into a rock direction, but his manager convinced him that the audience would be much bigger. His manager ended up being right, although Johnny would return to his blues roots later on.
tull1971 1 month ago
anybody know where I can find some Lady Gaga videos?
SuperOlds88 1 month ago
genial. johnny winter........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Axell9791 1 month ago
'...but never in my heart'
jonnyy40 1 month ago
Yeah not many know Johnny was a headliner at Woodstock.
He inspired a lot of graet guitarists. Incredible player. Get achance to see him live do it.
imdpriest 1 month ago
To all substantial musician friends on Youtube, If ever an opportunity to play at another impromptu 3 day festival in upstate New York in the summertime, I recommend you let NOTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF GETTING ON THAT STAGE!
bassman619 1 month ago
@santanaincubus Be thankful Justin Bieber wasn't around back then. Bad enough having Johnny W pushed off the film in favor of Shanana.
bassman619 1 month ago
DEADLIEST THUMB ON THE PLANET.
timpenfield5 1 month ago
Canned Heat didn't get in the movie either and they said it was because Warner Brothers controlled the production. If you weren't with Warner, you weren't in. Johnny Winter was with Columbia records at the time.
jl214555 1 month ago
love the fender 12.
imajeepster 2 months ago
I saw Johnny once, at a small club in San Fran in '86. Frickin' Great. rm3150 is correct here, he's got only 6 strings mounted on a 12 string guitar. Reasons? A few good ones have been given here, neck width and tuning stability. Maybe his other guitar(z) were in the shop... maybe it was just his mood at the time... maybe just to keep guys like us talking about it and wondering for years to come.
garylarnold0 2 months ago
@rm3150 Duh !!
You should've read my other comments before posting.....
SilvioManfredDante85 2 months ago
jimistreets1 is on. Jackasses who want a number one can become jellyfaces at the crappy girl videos
TheStampedehero 2 months ago
am a huge Johnny Winter fan and I had no idea he was at Woodstock and no idea he was that good in '69.
MinkSnopes1 2 months ago
johnny has the spirit of rober johnson i mean it!!!
FEBRAX89 2 months ago
@AngusShanks You're assumption may be right ! Slide guitar on a 12-string electric probably wouldnt sound good but then I dont see why he didnt use a Jaguar or Jazzmaster....
SilvioManfredDante85 2 months ago
Johnny strung his Fender Electric XII with just 6 strings
rm3150 2 months ago
They should of replaced Sha-Na-Na with Johnny Winter in the movie
unkwonstudios 3 months ago
@unkwonstudios what, you mean you like the greatest blues guitarist of all time better than watching happy days reruns?
MinkSnopes1 2 months ago
Fender XII
SilvioManfredDante85 3 months ago
@SilvioManfredDante85 I'm not much of a guitar player myself so I gotta sk why did he use a 12 stringer here and only string up 6 ? More room for the thumb picking in this song ? Fucking amazing shit right here.
AngusShanks 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@AngusShanks - Looks and sounds like only the high strings are doubled. He's playing an 8, 9, or 10 string, which would make more sense for slide. Flashback: Rich Bich 10 string... ahhhhhhh.....
garylarnold0 2 months ago
@garylarnold0 Ahhhh, I see. Never would have figured that. Thanks.
AngusShanks 2 months ago
@garylarnold0 Tuning ?
AngusShanks 2 months ago
open A
rm3150 2 months ago
lady gaga is so a student of madonna...beiber is a prodigy of timberlake....just kidding i did that for jimistreets1.
shelliebellie3672 3 months ago
Mr Winter thaws out every time he plays
jonnyy40 3 months ago
Thanks for sharing this! I always liked Johnny Winter's live stuff.
ZelbeQahi 3 months ago
thanks for putting this up...brings back some good memories...
icabodcrane08 3 months ago
The bass player is Tommy Shannon. Around three years later he was in a band called Krackerjack with Stevie Ray Vaughan and later a member Of Stevie Ray Vaughan an Double Trouble.
scrotaint 3 months ago
Clapton is great, but he will never do for me what Johnny does!
borntrippin 3 months ago
Thanks to whoever posted this complete version.
Baytoo 3 months ago
Last day of Woodstock-Festival,monday 18.08.1969.....
Stoned1959 3 months ago
Wow man. Just freakin WOW. Great camera work too.
TheMemphobian 4 months ago
just before hendrix
gerthie 4 months ago
sehr gutes video(;
Yeecha1 4 months ago
Awesome! Tommy Shannon on bass and 'Uncle' John Turner on drums?
fuzzmower 4 months ago
@fuzzmower Yep... That was the Woodstock lineup. Great band!!
fillmorenyc1 4 months ago
beyond words, i cant say how much i love boogie and winters played so excellent
nickjames46 4 months ago
Not having this documented in the DVD or albums is a crime of the highest degree.
lastdaysguitar 4 months ago
they say the DEAD didnt like there own performance
but JW not in the film or the LPs...thats just a crime!
for years l never even knew he played WOODSTOCK
1mo4dro 4 months ago 2
@1mo4dro Creedance Clearwater and The Band also played Woodstock
klmullins65 3 weeks ago
WTF Johnny effing Winter was in Woodstock?, bands like Mountain and the Grateful Dead and Johnny Winter got not shown on the documentary but they included fuckin Sha na na.
santanaincubus 5 months ago 32
@santanaincubus Sha Na Na probably got shown cause they were so funny
Django5198 4 months ago
@Django5198 Well Sha Na Na at least should have picked a better selection than At The Hop. I mean there were better Rock And Roll songs from the 1950s like Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On and Rock Around The Clock. Heck Bill Haley & The Comets would have been a better replacement act than Sha Na Na.
BBQFanNo1 4 months ago
@santanaincubus Horrible movie editing put together in 1970 release. The garbage that should have been removed from the movie was left in. The good stuff that was removed from the movie should have been left in. Now Ten Years After,The Who,Ritchie Havens,Jimi Hendrix,and Santana was not bad. But the other junk was.
BBQFanNo1 4 months ago
@BBQFanNo1 Yes. I had no idea they had archive videos from Woodstock that were not put in the documentary. They should have included these great artists and it would probably be the best 5 hour documentary ever.
santanaincubus 4 months ago
@santanaincubus its on the blueray.go figure.lol
sodapopkid90 4 months ago in playlist sodapopkid90's favorites
@santanaincubus No kidding. If you haven't already get Hendrix at Woodstock DVD set. It shows the whole performance and it's excellent IMHO. He had to go on at daylight (running late on the band schedule) but Hendrix is in tune, playing, soloing, singing and sounding fantastic. I collect all of his vids/recordings and was so impressed with full version of Hendrix/Woodstock (except for his conga player who's maybe on acid? I think they had his mic off. LOL)
rleary1 4 months ago
@rleary1 Thanks man. I'll defenitely check out the Hendrix at Woodstock DVD set.
santanaincubus 4 months ago
@santanaincubus Johnny Winter - 12:00 - 1:00 acompañado por su hermano, Edgar Winter, en dos canciones. "Mama, Talk to Your Daughter" "To Tell the Truth" "Johnny B. Goode" "Six Feet In the Ground" "Leland Mississippi Blues/Rock Me Baby" "Mean Mistreater" "I Can't Stand It" (con Edgar Winter) "Tobacco Road" (con Edgar Winter) "Mean Town Blues"
Wikipedia
estebansu 4 months ago
@santanaincubus Yeah ain't that some shit ? Winter was not in it because the dude who controlled his contract dragged his feet in negotiations with the film makers and they moved on without him. Not sure about the Dead and Mountain. But they had to be better than f'n' Sha Na Na. I think they were placating the greaser, motorhead beer drinkin' crowd.
bhedrock 4 months ago
@bhedrock Yeah man. Thanks for the info. Yeah, you're right, there were some greasers in the crowd, in favor of Sha Na Na lol.
santanaincubus 4 months ago
@santanaincubus dont know if it applies here ,but i know a lot of artists wouldn't sign the release needed to show them in the documentary - but i'm glad someone kept filming
taylor655814 3 months ago
@santanaincubus Yeah I wasn't for sure Johnny Winter was a Woodstock either as you say Mountain and The Grateful Dead were there and left off the documentary also I think I maybe wrong but I think Creedence Clearwater Revivial was there and left off the documentary. I don't guess it would be too hard to look it up to see who all was there but I have never done it.
TheJackiemickie 2 months ago
@santanaincubus vastly underrated guitar player.
MinkSnopes1 2 months ago
@MinkSnopes1
...underrated?!
Not exactly; that's effin' Johnny Winter, man!
SuperAmin1950 2 months ago
@santanaincubus 3 days of music dude, sooo many bands were there... and you have more than 1 docu about the event ;)
pacotellez1 2 months ago
@santanaincubus
Man,I'm wit you! One of the greatest talents alive or dead!
wrp54 1 month ago
@santanaincubus And CCR!
joshjaccard24 1 month ago
I was sitting about 40 feet away from Winter during his set and it really was one of the best shows at the festival He woke the crowd up big time. He was at the top of his game.
fatchanceband 1 month ago
how come poor Johnny was cut from the movie and both woodstock albums?
fanofprotopic 5 months ago
Ol' Johnny goes into a zone performing this song.
motorcityquig 5 months ago
@motorcityquig yeah that heroin zone
acguitarfsg 4 months ago
this is clearly one of the best sets in the entire woodstock line up. he kicks fucking ass.
davidk4616 5 months ago
Dude he's last name is winter and he's albino! How can u put negative shit on hear? That's too funny
TheWizardofGore 5 months ago
Never ceases to amuse me to read the "experts" here on YouTube put down people who can no doubt play circles around them, even in their dreams. The whole "so and so is better than so and so" is soooo tired and childish. I wish people would just shut the hell up and enjoy the music or go watch some freaking Lady Gaga videos...Geez...
jimistreets1 5 months ago 22
WOW!
Stratcat31 5 months ago
@dirtyoldman1100 Johnny Winter never played a "fucken" Kramer. Ever. And his live shows were always great - one of the great live players ever. Yes, he makes a million mistakes, but that's part and parcel of his dynamicism when he plays live. He goes for it! And until very recently he was taking methadone and washing it down with vodka and benzodiazipines (Valium family). He can't play any more, but dammit he was a magnificent bastard!
beeroosterm 5 months ago 3
@beeroosterm yes man.so true.word ! ! !
brdynali 5 months ago
Outstanding! Had only heard this performance! Thanks for posting!
rmeastjr 5 months ago
Johnny Winter is great. My first concert back in '75 when I was seven years old. BTW that's Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble) on bass!
rickyterritory 5 months ago
The Real Deal! So clean and clear!
djmdStreets 5 months ago
Thanks for good quality!
oclero 5 months ago
This video is amazing! I love it! The only live footage of Johnny at Woodstock to date, well, there's probably more at Warner Bros studios. I just gotta say, Johnny has kept the blues alive. I mean, The Stones and Zeppelin and bands have used the influence of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters but they all turned rock, you know. Johnny Winter has influenced me in so many ways, its such an unbelievable feeling. Much love Johnny. Thanks for countless inspirations.
-Delia
ledzeplover73 6 months ago
(This vid is awesome enough for two posts) So I never saw anyone play a 12-string with only six strings before. Maybe it's not quite as off-the-wall as Albert King and a few other lefties playing a right-handed guitar without bothering to reverse the strings...or Steve Miller on the cover of Fly Like an Eagle playing a lefty Strat, re-strung right-handed...maybe not that bizarre, but pretty close!
Thanks a million for posting this scorching piece of music history
hyjyljyj 6 months ago
@hyjyljyj Here's one for you: Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs) is a lefty but plays right-handed. That fact isn't terribly unusual until you find out that Steve ELECTED to use his dominant hand on the neck when beginning - couldn't do shit with his right (picking) hand! This is an astonishing fact. It felt "natural" to play left-handed (left hand picking), but he deliberately decided to use his dominant left hand for fretwork! One more amazing fact regarding one of the world's most amazing players...
beeroosterm 5 months ago
The question "Johnny played Woodstock??" drives me nuts. Sometime, someone, somewhere, somehow,...needs to explain how in sweet merciful crap this legendary master got completely EXCLUDED from both the Woodstock movie and SIX-SIDED album...yet we got the privilege of suffering through [insert favorite wretched drunken slop piece here].
Aside from the towering anthem of Hendrix, which nothing could ever equal, IMO this flat out tops anything that did get included in the Woodstock documentary.
hyjyljyj 6 months ago
@hyjyljyj Very simple. Johnny's management could not come to an agreement with the producers of the film and was therefore excluded. Read Johnny's autobiography. Biggest damned mistake ever...
beeroosterm 5 months ago
Yes the solo is definitely a Tele on Stairway . Winter amazing ? I guess so. As fine a blues man as ever was and the kickin-est R'n'R to boot..
Geepsterr 6 months ago
For anyone wondering how many strings that guitar has, instead of counting the tuning pins, go to 7.54 and count the strings.
It's 6. He was using 6 strings on a 12 string guitar
chazzplaya 6 months ago
a 12 string strung as a 6 would give you a lot more fingering space.
pretty cool.
MrKirkenstein 6 months ago
This is awesome guitar playing
eevalko 6 months ago
Come on...all your ears are all full of wax. Johnny is playing a "Fender XII" strung with only 6 strings. And "no" it doesn't sound like 2 guitars at all. It sounds like any number of slide style guitars. Johnny is probably of the best blues guitarist alive but likely wouldn't have any use for all "twelve strings" on any electric 12 string playing the blues as only he can. LOL... 2 guitars? LOL... 12 strings?? LOL
bohtzsah2002 6 months ago
@bohtzsah2002 count the tuning keys on the end of that neck!
lilbrazie 6 months ago
@bohtzsah2002 to you,it dosn't sound like 2 guitar's.
JohnAllanification 6 months ago
One of the best to ever play!
StatenIslandSlim 6 months ago
is this from the digital remastered version?
imajeepster 6 months ago
When I watch and hear this....... I know.....I was never wrong the last 40 years. A tribute to Johnny Winter!
slideguitarblues 6 months ago
Nailed it!
perp33 7 months ago
Needs more VOLUME!
Loosewire2 7 months ago
I want maybe about a 20th of the talent Johnny has (ten fingers!!)
UncleVinty 7 months ago
2 people don't like albinos !!
bronncohowie 7 months ago
Watch him glide around the stage in these old videos. It's so sad to see him stuck in a chair these days.
Realitytourist 7 months ago
@Realitytourist
Didn't he fall and break his hip?
5jerry1 6 months ago
el mejor guitarrista de blues y el que diga que no es por que no sabe sigue rodando mi buen juanito.
kefrem61 7 months ago
I just love the sound and how he makes the guitar sing. This is cruising down the open highway music with all the windows down in my 1964 Galaxie 500XL. FLYING!!
lookn4somthin 7 months ago 2
@lookn4somthin Wow, mine was a 1962 Galaxie! 8 track cranking with plenty of Johnny Winter, John Fogerty and Jimi Hendrix. :) Good times was had.
Realitytourist 7 months ago
Think about this.....1969 and he's what (?) About 26 years old I think. What guitarist alive today under 30 can even touch where he's at? Mind bogglin' how damn good this guy is. Those hair farmer heavy rock guys could learn a thing or two AND Johnny uses a slide on his pinky and still fingers the fret nastier than most of those rocker dudes.....and he uses the slide on his pinky as if it weren't there. Watch closely when he does that. A true virtuoso X Two
Harpgrindin 7 months ago 2
@Harpgrindin seriously, how did he do that? it sounded like he was playing 2 guitars at the same time!
imajeepster 6 months ago
@imajeepster You got me, Jeepster. Maybe he's got "microscopic never amplifiers" implanted in this digits. How else can you explain such dexterity and musical feeling? Amazing!
Harpgrindin 6 months ago
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numadrozcoffeeshop 6 months ago
@imajeepster
Johnny plays an electric 12-strings here, that's how he can get these fuckin high notes and it's sound like two guitars playing at the same time :) But it doesn't change anything to the fact that he's a god.
numadrozcoffeeshop 6 months ago
AMAZING!!!!!!
luke666bad 8 months ago
The North Mississippi AllStars do this song with authority !!
scott87031 8 months ago
Yes, a 12 string with only 6 strings...very interesting.
GuitarfreakRick 8 months ago
ジョニーウインター。かっこいい。
starangler 8 months ago
JW doesn't just look like a wizard he truly also is one when it comes to handle the guitar :-) Thx for upload
mackeguitar 8 months ago
Thanks so much for sharing this!
RAINBOW BLUES light rules
EVILBROTHERAGAIN 8 months ago
It is rewarding to see and listen Johnny Winter performing at the top of his career. He was the one who made me pay attention, like and finally love the blues. No matter if he is old now, dead or alive, his music will live forever in mine and many other people's mind forever.
sauerix 8 months ago
This is a great video. I like the 12 string......
GuitarfreakRick 8 months ago
@GuitarfreakRick
Rick, it looks like JW is only using 6 stings on this number
chrisb3999 8 months ago
Gee I wish I could play like that ! As I said the other day to a friend, All White but All blues !
Jarastlad 9 months ago
hell johnny could play with no strings or a million of them together a master betwen the masters
traslomita 9 months ago
Para los huevones que escuchan Rageton, hip hop, Rap y cochinadas similares....ESTO ERA MUSICA, MIERDA !!!!
oigres96 9 months ago 2
i saw him today. he was in linz its in austria. it was great to see such a legend in our country!
MrBauanbua 9 months ago
Hot Damn! Johny Winter was at Woodstock! He wasn't in the movie so I had no clue. That's some righteous blues on a 12-string with some slide work included! Awesome!
defdave62 9 months ago
@defdave62 Only 6 strings .
Geepsterr 9 months ago
@Geepsterr You're right, only six strings on the body of a 12-string Gibson Firebird. I immediately realized my mistake when I replayed the video after posting my earlier comment.
defdave62 9 months ago
@defdave62 It's actually a Fender 12 string from the mid 60's same as used on the recording of Stairway to Heaven and so I've heard Tom Petty's American Girl . It has split pickups sort of like on a Precision bass. Early on Johnny used this for slide and a Mustang or Epiphone for conventional tuning. Johnny has used this 12 st guitar in various stages of stringing. On Second Winter on a cut or 2 he is using some of the other strings maybe 12 but I think 9 or 10.
Geepsterr 9 months ago
@Geepsterr Touche! You're absolutely right again! I'm guessing that you might be a musician. I'm just an avid music lover that knows a little bit about some guitars, but I'm certainly not an expert. I have actually seen Johnny live in concert before a couple times, and I know that he has played numerous different guitars over the years. BTW, Led Zeppelin is my all-time fave, and I live in Tom Petty's original hometown and have seen him in concert twice. And, I think JW is in fine form here.
defdave62 9 months ago
@defdave62 Well Yeah you guessed it : Guitar player. Me too Led Zep are still a Fav along w Jimi, Johnny, Jeff Beck , Cream. I try to play pretty much only what I love , & I'm getting away with it . HAH!
Geepsterr 9 months ago
@Geepsterr So you ARE a guitar player, that figures. I never learned, though I wish I had. I bang on my bongos when the mood strikes, and my brother-in-law has been the drummer of a local bar band for thirty+ years. Way cool on the Zep, Hendrix, Winter, Beck, and Cream - I have all them Guitar Gods! - Yes Sir-ee. Kinda cool that this video is more than ten minutes long, gives me time to tap out a comment while rocking out at the same time. Peace out - Bro! Happy playing to you!
defdave62 9 months ago
@Geepsterr
I read somewhere when Jimmy Page recorded the solo to "Stairway" he used a Telecaster he got from Joe Walsh.
Is Winter amazing or what?
5jerry1 6 months ago
what song is this??
avantgardefunkpunk 9 months ago
@avantgardefunkpunk Mean Town Blues
motorcityquig 9 months ago
@avantgardefunkpunk
It's "Mean Town Blues"
satanel77 9 months ago
Muito bom este som!!! Queria ter ido no Woodstock
BigMotorBand 10 months ago
It's too bad they have only released the video for this song. I wish I could watch Tobacco Road as well.
SteadyHaze 10 months ago
Raw emotion at it's meanest.
I love the way he switches between standard, finger picking and slide. Awesome Blues.
MrRadarpro 10 months ago
is that a 12 string, strung with 6....?(O_o)
walosi24 10 months ago
@walosi24
actually its a 12 string strung with 12....
igessthsisgrwnup 10 months ago
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@igessthsisgrwnup
actually its a 12 string strung with 6
ur just (really) deaf n blind.
nusdorfer 10 months ago
i love the night time/early morning footage from woodstock, something about the way you can't see anything except the performers and their instruments, but you can still hear the crowd. i wish bands wouldnt put up crazy big lcd screens at concerts now, it ruins the mood
rockshred5150 10 months ago
He actually says:
"Worked for a dollar could not save a lousy, man couldn't save a dime"
Listen...
SubliminalAttraction 10 months ago
I worked for a dollar several thousand couldn't save a dime
mortskaew 11 months ago
been listening to Johnny for 40 years and have yet to figure out why he's not in the Hall of Fame.Rory Gallager as well!I guess the did'nt have any top 40 hits like some of the Bozo's they've inducted!
matchingnumbers 9 months ago
@matchingnumbers Johnny had at least 2 top 100 hits: Jumpin' Jack Flash, and Johnny B Goode. And fuck Jan Wenner!
beeroosterm 5 months ago
Awesome!
misterd699 11 months ago
¡Great, playing the guitar very, very inspirated simply master whit fingers
mecheymemo 11 months ago
love johnnys playing
lovintonal 11 months ago
Notice he's using only six. The big ass neck on that thing could handle any tuning he needed and still stay true no matter what. Keep it simple, play it sweet.
48Tincan 11 months ago
@48Tincan If you listen carefully, you'll note the guitar is well out of tune after the long middle break. Fuckin' Fenders never stayed in tune (I had many of 'em)
beeroosterm 5 months ago
those Fender 12-strings were some ugly-ass guitars - Johnny plays some fine music on his tho
SupernalOne 11 months ago
Great quality video. 12 string electric, what's that? And when oh when are we gonna see the release of the full Woodstock on dvd?
chrisguygeezer 1 year ago
im seeing johnny tonight!
bob101125 1 year ago
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THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER EVER!!!!
dennishopkins53 1 year ago 3
I don't think any rocker played blues guitar on a par with Johnny! People say SRV was the king but he just didn't have the "soul" that JW has. And the fact that he produced Muddy Waters' last two LP's says a lot!
jbrahin 1 year ago
@jbrahin SRV had plenty of soul, but JW is in a different league...
beeroosterm 5 months ago
@beeroosterm are you seriously saying JW is better than SRV in any aspect at all? lol
BuddyWillis 5 months ago
@BuddyWillis Not getting into a pissing contest...
beeroosterm 5 months ago
@BuddyWillis WGAF.
vatti902 5 months ago