I just recently found out that Johnny Winter had passed away last year. I was saddened by this because Johnny was an awesome blues singer and guitarist. I had the privilege back in the early 90’s to hear him in concert. It was a very small, intimate setting, and I enjoyed it so much more than the huge rock concerts I’d attended in earlier days.
I imagine more people have heard of his brother Edgar Winter. He had a couple of big hits in the early seventies, “Frankenstein” and “Free Ride”. (Those are the two I remember most, but I’m sure there were more.) Edgar was more main stream, but I much prefer Johnny’s style.
For your listening pleasure, I’ve picked out a few of Johnny’s songs.
This first one is “Sound the Bell”. I picked it mostly because of his speed on the guitar in this song.
This next one is “Be Careful With a Fool”. Very bluesy.
And this one is a real treat for me. Two of my favorite blues singers/guitarists TOGETHER. Johnny Winter and Muddy Waters! I think that first song is called “Mannish Boy”, but I’m not 100% sure. The second one is “Got My Mojo Working”. The video quality is poor, but the music…pure bliss.
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Wow. I never even realized Edgar Winter had a brother. What an amazing talent the world lost when Johnny passed away!
Yes, they were both albinos. I love his beautiful white hair. He is SO talented. I love a good blues guitarist!
Yes, it is “Mannish Boy.” Johnny and James Cotton were on Muddy’s 1977 (?) album “Hard Again,” which Johnny also produced. The band looks like Muddy’s from the mid- to late-’70’s.
I knew you would know! 🙂 I noticed there was also a YouTube video with those two as well as John Lee Hooker. I need to go back and listen to that one. They were singing “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, which is one of my favorite Muddy songs. It’s been covered several times.
Thanks for the music while I roam the blogosphere.
I aim to please! 🙂
Thanks for sharing the tuneage. I didn’t realize they were brothers.
Yep. They are both albinos. I think they look a lot alike.
I thought it was interesting when I read about how Johnny had really bad vision and still was successful since his vision is about the same as what the doctor told me mine was. LOL.
That’s inspiring to know he was successful despite his bad vision. It’s a good reminder we can rise above the difficulties in life and still pursue our dreams.
It’s always sad to hear someone passes away. Thanks for sharing some of his music. I wasn’t familiar with him, so it’s nice to hear what he played.
I think it’s good to feature artists who either aren’t that well known or who are from a while back. If I can get time, I want to feature more music on here. Time? What’s that? LOL