3 Johnny Winter Licks From 1970

[@bluesdriver6354]

Johnny Winter changed my life with his music. I've been listening to him all my life. My favorite guitarist EVER!!! Thanks for this!!!

[@jboughtin7522]

I've never heard anyone one say it, but Johnny was a great singer. He had real vocal chops and soulful style of singing.

[@buddylobos5277]

I saw him a bunch. And you're right. He absolutely had one of the great blues vocals of all times. I used to say he sounds like an old Black blues musician. Very identifiable quality.

[@Mission2Transition641]

oh definitely!! one of my favorite all time blues vocalists!! Johnny had that classic GROWL!

[@sayshuh]

Right, he was so good at guitar but a great singer. I play slide because of Johnny Winter.

[@chrisnaples2838]

@J Boughtin You got that right brother! Johnny and Rory Gallagher IMHO were the only White guys that could pull off singing traditional blues tunes phenomenal voices sometimes lost in the great guitar playing

[@chrisnaples2838]

@@Mission2Transition641 I was 9 when i heard Johnny Winter and Live the way he Growls ROCKNROLL !! before johnny b goode still gives me a chill

[@VangeliRock]

Johnny Winter is not talked about enough in the guitar world. Nice one sir. Respect.

[@fordprefect4345]

It's how much you listen to is playing That Really Counts😊

[@PIPA1302]

hi Dave, greetings from Spain, in these strange times at least people like you, help us learn something, and FOR FREE, wtf more do you want??? i sincerely thank you, take care...

[@EarthAltar]

Got to see Johnny right before he passed away. Little club in Ft. Lauderdale called the Culture Room. He seemed so frail when they walked him on stage to a chair for him to sit in, but as soon as that guitar was placed in his hands he proceeded to wreck the place with the most amazing, smokin' fast blues licks I've ever seen. R.I.P. Johnny Winter. A true legend.

[@uncleremus5046]

While I’m a huge Winter fan Johnny should’ve hung it up years ago. The last few years even he admitted he lost his chops. Sadly years of abuse had caught up too him. In his prime one hell of a player. Highly recommended 2nd Winter that album is ripping!

[@MrHendrix999]

Got to see Robin Trower at the same club RIP JW My best time was seeing JW at Billys Old Mill in Milwaukee he played for 2 hours and never missed a note.

[@EarthAltar]

@@MrHendrix999 Trower has the best live tone I've ever heard. Hair raising the whole time.

[@aboveaveragebluesenjoyer9953]

@@uncleremus5046 101% have to disagree, while his vocals may be more shot he still had the guitar running through his veins. Wish his manager didn’t abuse him in the 1990s, what a piece of trash Teddy Slatus was.

[@guitarkis4969]

Thanks for doing some Johnny! One of the most overlooked rock and blues players, who could rip like anyone at the time!

[@1dswylde]

Johnny was an amazing player and one of my favorite guitarists....a true rock and blues master

[@barrycooper4006]

Best Johnny Winter technical guitar wizardry video I’ve seen.

[@PJCobi]

Johnny Winter was a beast! Thanks for the upload! 🔥🔥🔥

[@jonsvenson7056]

I spent weeks as fifteen year old trying to learn Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo. Good memories.

[@leechild4655]

Funny thing about that riff in that song we all love. For the longest time I thought it was Johnny doing that guitar but, no, it was Rick Derringer that played those cool lead lines.

[@rogerweafer2179]

@@leechild4655 Actually according to a guitar magazine Tabulature I have, Winter takes the first solo. The record company has released a Version of RRHK without Winters cool harmony parts and as a replacement,it's pretty bad!

[@citamedicaapp7393]

Thank you for this exposure. You are also kind of guy because it aint easy even mimicking Johnny. Nobody ever spoke about Johnny as a human being but i can assure all of you that he was a very kind and sweet soul. Yes Johnny was my main and principle influence for over 30 years, so he was to all my friends in Cologne, Germany. I think he was even more popular in Germany than in the US and this happened to other groups as well, starting with Toto and Mothers Finest. Soon we will meet in heaven again Johnny.

[@sttarch5150]

Johnny made me want to play guitar at age 13. Saw him at the Garden in '74, Saints And Sinners tour. He came out on stage in a totally white outfit under pink lights, started with The Good Love, and the crowd went wild. Best concert I ever went to.

[@aquabot]

Johnny Winter deserves more recognition.

[@bambledaczymbledek]

Thanks for mentioning how he helped Muddy at the end of Muddy's career. Johnny made him so happy with the chance to showcase all those great tunes just as Muddy wanted them to sound, and Johnny himself was overjoyed to see the great man shouting' the blues in top form and have a chance to rip it up. You can tell how much they appreciated one another. It's a beautiful thing.

[@privateer0561]

Amazing that Johnny's been gone 10 years! I'm so glad I was able to see him so many times...

[@rogerweafer2179]

Muddy Waters said he's never heard a player with more "Licks" than J.Winter. The album John Dawson Winter III is difficult to find for sell but can be heard on KZbin. Check out "Stranger " and the AWESOME "Self Destruction Blues"....awesome fast blues.

[@uncleremus5046]

Thank You 🍺’ski. Grew up wearing out the progressive blues experiment & 2nd Winter. Johnny had great technique navigating pentatonics & was lightning quick. Thanks again.🤘

[@edmundhenderson6559]

Super underrated. He just wasn't presentable enough for the general public. Top 5 all time for me.

[@edwardarata6995]

Have you done anything on Mike Bloomfield? Glad to have stumbled upon your channel by accident Great work

[@michaelmaynard58]

Frantic. That is the word for Johnny. Saw him in 77 and didn’t appreciate what I was seeing. RIPJW

[@yogaasana6019]

There's a great KZbin tutorial for JW's Memory Pain, a song I haven't ever heard him play in live footage, but chock full of interesting (and difficult) riffs. I've been working on it for 3 years. Maybe a couple more and I'll have it down!

[@lennybellafiore1503]

Agree. Memory Pain is a soulful lick masterpiece but gets no propers.

[@moreorlesslikeso]

Yeah, Johnny Winter had that sort of freewheeling fluency in his playing which he could keep up all the way during an almost endless solo without ever exactly repeating himself. Back in the day very few of the other contemporary blues rock guitarists could convincingly do this trick. He was really unique and I've always loved his playing.

[@timwestcott361]

Mean Town Blues @ Woodstock - still fresh and explosive.

[@badmotorcycle1415]

Johnny was also one of the best acoustic slide blues players of all time. Listen to Dallas off Columbia's first album.

[@bd5860]

No kidding, Dallas is an amazing song he wrote and very underrated. He was also a really sweet, humble guy.

[@miked6497]

Great playing David...what year is that black les Paul ?

[@chrisharris1419]

When johnny was playing rock...he was the king...

[@SuperHeavySounds]

Do you have a vid where you talk about your guitars? Diggin' the strat and les paul.

[@MichaelWilson-ri9pn]

Thanks for the lesson! It's so great how a player like Johnny takes a simple idea and makes it sooooo cool. Also, are you a fan of Derry Grehan from Honeymoon Suite? He is a great player. Would love a lesson. Rock on man

[@donald-parker]

Thanks. When I first wanted to learn to play lead a buddy turned me on to Johnny. That was the end for me. Johnny Winter And Live and (that weird 3 sided album) Second Winter were pretty much all I listened to for 4 years (from about 1972 to 1976). I did eventually latch on to other influences (notably EVH and Steve Vai) but Johnny was my foundation for both standard and slide. He was the first big concert I saw as a kid (Maple Leaf Gardens show). It killed me in later years to see his public performances where he was more or less carried on stage to sit in a chair, and play a very rough approximation of his old stuff. I would have been happier with my memories. I still think that Live And album stands up as one of the best ever. One of my "desert island" picks for sure. RIP

[@chrischarles1468]

Thanks Dave Johnny Winter was on par with any Yardbird guitarist IMO. He was an American treasure. He was just as good if not better in the 80’s. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of The Winter of 88. It’s freaking smoking. Also the bass player in that one clip you showed was Tommy Shannon who went on to more fame as the bassist for SRV in Double Trouble. Thanks again Dave you are the best.

[@paulkardoulias9547]

I agree !! Johnny Winters is amazing and underrated

[@fougee1]

I saw Mr.Winter over 30 times got to talk to him he was so good. SRV owes a lot to Johnny one of a kind player.He played until his last breath. Loved him RIP Sir!

[@michaelmerrullo2043]

Oh cut it out, no way! I love Johnny. It’s my own fault on Johnny Winter And Live . is my all time quintessential blues guitar song

[@mathstar4176]

I know that, I've always been fan !!

[@jono4708]

He ain't overlooked by me! "Nothing but the Blues". 👍

[@hardwoodstakes4986]

I must say "thank you" for bringing in real musically.... I watch all your clips & an appreciated foundation is what you provide. So cool😀

[@lennybellafiore1503]

Great to see Winter tributes on your channel, thanks. One thing; he played Bb songs in regular tuning back then, from his playing BB songs. He didn’t tune down ‘til much later.

[@barryhaynes103]

Is that Ray’s Music Exchange from the Blues Brothers movie ... Johnny Winters had Rick Derringer in his band before Rick thought he was Johnny Winters and went solo ... his biggest hit being a Johnny Winters song ... keep ‘em coming David ... love the content !!!

[@chrisweissert7397]

Lick #3 - AC/DC: Have a Drink on me. I can't un-hear it!

[@robertperez8652]

Well said and done, about time

[@AnthonyMoon_]

Damn , He was Awesome!

[@albertcaruso]

High I was at the Fillmore East when JOHNNY Recorded JOHNNY WINTER AND .LIVE .IM 73 FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY LOL

[@jamesanthony7994]

This is such a great channel. Thanks David, really appreciate the awesome lessons!

[@leechild4655]

My cousin went to school with the Winters in Beaumont Texas back in the day. He said they mostly kept to themselves as most everyone thought these dudes were some kind of extraterrestrials so ya, they stayed home learning music all the time. Thats how they got so good. Practice!

[@bd5860]

They went to my church in Beaumont as kids and they were bullied mercilessly. I felt so bad for them, esp. Johnny who was an extremely sweet and humble man despite it all.

[@waynegram8907]

Yes more Johnny winter turn around licks I like those. Requesting Johnny Winter Slide Lesson and Rick Derringer Lessons. Johnny Winter had that clean texas tone twangy which SRV might have been hearing since Johnny winter is from texas I think.

[@jonsvenson7056]

That’s two votes for Derringer.

[@Magnetron33]

Stevie borrowed more from Johnny that Hendrix

[@joeurbanowski321]

This is EXCELLENT..! I’ve been working on Mean Town Blues… might try it on baritone.. Thanks man.!

[@Chewwy153qt]

I have the original Winter and Muddy Waters album as well as most of his others.

[@bmoraski]

Lick #3 for the win. lol Thanks Dave

[@tigertelecom1]

Everyone order “Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper “the Lost Concert Tapes...Fillmore East, 1968” and hear Johnny Wintersssss get introduced, at least that’s how Bloomfield introduces him...with the ‘s’... wonderful set.... Winter holds his own with the great. Bloomfield for the one song, but this and Mikes other work is note worthy. Definitely a few “clunkers”, but it was the ‘60’s, and “we all lived...”.

[@destinyreturns4885]

I often wonder what motivates someone to put a thumbs down on videos. I mean those people must really lead a shallow existence or something.....SMH Anyway, I found the history and info here very informative. Thanks for sharing...

[@ShaneOBrien]

Right on Brother. You have a wonderful disposition and your description adds in a beautiful way, to making me pick up my Lucille to jam along with you here. By the way, you make that Les Paul sound the way it should. That is to say, it sounds great

[@mikekelly4079]

Johnny, Billy, Alvin. My main teachers. You catch a glimpse of Tommy Shannon? You can play anything buddy. You have my attention. This old dog is learning new tricks. You need to investigate some Alvin Lee,Ten Years After. Remember Johnny sitting on the drum riser,just the 2 playing, 12 string Fender,a slide,for a Long time. Unreal..... His slide was a piece of ele. Conduit pipe as I know it. Think this was in Guitar Player long ago. Great stuff.

[@ChefClary60]

Johnnie was my GOD from about ‘72 on. Saw him twice in early 80s.

[@InlinePaul]

I don't play guitar but your demonstrating Johnny's licks is very interesting. Those ~1970 videos are great. Loved his band with Turner and Shannon. You should check out Alan Haynes (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZTHnpaedpmIpsk)who was heavily influenced by Johnny.

[@ShadeHope1969]

I own one of those lazer guitars.It`s pretty cool. It sounds great,It`s a USA Erlwine and i didnt realize how much they cost.Not Bad but not cheap.It plays fantastic and I will probably resort to playing it because my Back,and my favorite guitars are Les Pauls.Lol.Go figure.thanks A lot . i love digging up these old videos and pickin up new licks,Have learned a ton on Late Night Lessons,

[@lewisprice3156]

Thanks Brother. Love Johnny Winter. I watch that same film from Europe where he's playing Fast Life Rider on the Les Paul Gold Top, and Edgar. I finally got to meet Johnny and visit with him for a while. Thanks for sharing those icons licks. MLLH&R

[@johntiger5]

They cut Johnny Winter out of the Woodstock movie for film footage of a bunch of people tripping on L.S.D. in the mud. Then they cut him out of the Woodstock Album for people like Country Joe and the Fish. What a shame.

[@ristoy1]

I totally agree that Johnny Winter was an underrated blues man. He was a wizard. So much talent and energy. How can anybody reach such musical skill being a vocalist, soloist, ryhthm guitar player and the band leader. The best of the best.

[@GabrieleMeurer]

Yes, that was in Denmark. And the people looked very bored. I LOVED it.

[@druwk]

You have a great channel. I always get inspired, and something useful out of your approach. Your love of the instrument and the music comes through, loud and clear. Last lick and bonus lick are KILLER! Right hand/picking conversation at the end is particularly germane for me right now? Really trying to re-figure it out. There are some licks/sounds/technics that are only possible with hybrid, or finger style. Blistered thumb, torn fingernail?????

[@stevecocran4899]

Do you know that Johnny died in 2014 in July.. And in April he won a Grammy for Best Blues album hey. You never stop kicking ass

[@raindogred]

I don't know how or why I got into Johnnys' music here in Australia as a teen learning guitar, but it was before SRV came on the scene. I used to read downbeat magazine at the library lol I know Tommy Shannon was Johnnys bass player before joined double trouble. I had some 70s JW albums, and muddy waters Hard Again album, then all his Alligator records stuff which is excellent. I saw johnny play live when he came down under, and SRV twice..I couldn't split em live. johnny wore a string singlet to show off his tats, his big belt buckle and cowboy hat..he was about the coolest mfer ever in my opinion..

[@kevinobrien9626]

Johnny’s style had something in common with Ace Frehley: You can almost interpret the asymmetrical pattern as a warp-speed rhumba (3+3+2).

[@geoffgoodall3839]

Back in 1970 at the Bath blues &Rock fest at Shepton mallet ,UK Mr Winter played a late night spot lighting was pretty crap but each side of stage 2 giant screens showed the man do his thing played the best part of the 2nd Winter album flawlessly, nailed Dylans route 66

[@paulshepherd9528]

Good video... for those who are anxious to get a feel for JW at his best 'psychedelic blues' self, then you have to listen to Second Winter, which is my favorite album of his, though I loved all of them. The first couple of licks in the video were from, if I'm not mistaken, a live performance of one of my favorite favorites, Fast Life Rider, an epic tour of his licks. The version on Second Winter is absolutely awesome, for both his playing and his vocals. He may be the most influential player on my own style, such as it is, and Second Winter brought so much raw energy with it that I have to highly recommend it to any 'students' of the man's playing.

[@leopoldomarcialochoa]

Beginning??? 5’04” bla,bla,bla,too much EGO???

[@johnmcclellan555]

No. The Rythmic Hiccups. The Double Stop Bends. In 2nd Lick

[@dougsie8791]

I've wondered my whole life how so many people in this world just don't recognize Johnny Winter for the guitar legend that he is. I've also wondered how someone so skinny could pour on the fret dance non-stop and seem to never break a sweat. I could play a cassette tape, flip it over then flip it again and ALWAYS hear something new. To all the 30 & below age group out there: Go deep on the JW sound and increase your rhythm tenfold...guaranteed.

[@glenkepic3208]

Great. My Own Fault from And Live. How so many ideas arose... amaZing

[@vansullivan236]

Great, thanks! Saw him in 1970 at Carolina Coliseum with Rick Derringer!

[@discernment8963]

Not by guitarists and those who know and appreciate the finest players, but sadly general public wise Johnny's one of the era's elite players who's most underrated and overlooked.

[@nemyz7421]

Ele teve seu tempo de glória também enquanto esteve por aqui. As pessoas hoje estão usando muito essa palavra "subestimados" pra grandes bandas e instrumentistas que um dia tiveram os seus nomes num luminoso. Quem assistiu algum show deles sabem o quão grandes eles eram.

[@sidvicioux]

inbred superheros! too funny!! johnny winter made me ditch the piano and pick up a guitar in 1973.

[@julianschulz1620]

Always loved Johnny, even during my VH/Rhoads obsessions. He just tore it up, regardless if it was with a pick or a slide. Lovin' these new blues based lessons!

[@rogerweafer2179]

here's a take off of the SOLO in Winter's "Self Destruction Blues",if you're interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGicdGx4aNGVjpI

[@crisprtalk6963]

He was one of those players I would see on TV in the mid 70's as a teenage boy and just be in awe at his playing and his super awesome I gotta have one Firebird! Today I have one!

[@johnmcclellan555]

Chuck Berry-Rythmic Doodle! Think Johnny B Goode!!

[@billyclub9863]

I got to see JW about '75, in a high school gym in Riverside, CA

[@merlewilliams5516]

...I seriously doubt electric guitar will catch on and ever be popular in rock music.

[@redduketeleman]

"Captured Live"........send it up in a space capsule as it's a monument to rock and roll.

[@delmarwyatt1027]

He produced and played 4 albums with muddy and won 3 Emma's on those albums.

[@kettlejitsu71]

Awesome! Johnny is sorely underated and under apreciated! In the 80s i bought, Still alive and Well. It blew my mind! I never heard a guitarist shred the blues like him Its an amazing album from start to finish! Great video and I highly recommend studying Johnny. One of the greatest ever! I mean, Muddy Watters used to refer to him as his son!!!

[@pomod]

Another great lesson. I had no idea about the DC comic lawsuit though. Have you ever done a lesson on Jerry Garcia?

[@kevinobrien9626]

84 - guitar greats in Passaic NJ. Guitar Slinger album. Stunning and stellar.

[@bustercrack788]

Hello from the UK - nearly got the first post 🇬🇧👍

[@drloqutis2492]

One of the often missed things about Johnny and Edgar was their rhythmic interplay, when johnny solos he is right on top of the beat most of the time in the faster stuff. Learn the lick then work on the rhythmic interplay .

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

2:44 Thanks David. Now in my head the phrase: _"The larch... the larch"_ keeps repeating. lols Edit: Woah, that's straight up slander, witch is illegal. It's deplorable that big money won that round. I sure hope that ruling is rescinded someday soon. That's literally asking for trouble and more dissension in the future.

[@glantr1]

On lick #1 you say to bend the C up to D# but you are just bending it to C#.

[@naranjamunicipal8047]

Thank you so much my friend, Greetings from Argentina

[@johngulino2651]

I did not get his name, but I’d go somewhere to hear this fellow play, definitely.

[@garyrindt9863]

My brother thought Johnny was the greatest, so i tried to play many of his licks

[@darkcorner8605]

Elric of Melibone novels written by Michael Moorecock an albino sorcerer were created with Johnny Winter in mind.

[@rickjason215]

I’m pretty sure Edgar played Saxophone also.

[@BITESIZEJONES]

Johnny also produced Muddy Waters Electric Mud

[@josephmckenna4068]

Johnny winter was great ! Glad I got to see him a couple of times.

[@NicholasANappiNick]

Read the book by Mary Lou Sullivan.very good

[@chriscullen6949]

johnny was fluent in all keys he played in b flat alot tuned down alot sometimes a whole step it didnt matter extremely unique player good lesson

[@jeffwyatt7199]

Great choice of Johnny's licks Dave. I really like the research and cool stories you add to the lessons on all the great guitarists you feature. Keep it up!

[@louisbelanger8792]

Johnny's slide was a piece of drum hardware!

[@SolidSativa1]

Janis Joplin lover is a kind of achievement any way you look at It

[@stewartlinton7825]

bad ass lesson man fat riffs and licks very excited have these under my belt!