Johnny Winter - Death Letter

[@MrBagley55]

There will never ever be another Johnny Winter. Truely one of a kind.

[@ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣΧΡΙΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-η9φ]

Fantastic comment, I agree with you.

[@wander-a-lottravel8091]

Yes, Johnny Winter was an awesome Blues man! I listen to Blues because of this man.

[@flyboysteven9979]

absolutely...like "Stevie Ray WHO????"...."I got cho drinkin' money, tune up your dobro"

[@kranccanvil3482]

Yes never!!!

[@timwarley3350]

Amen

[@juhakorpi2930]

Johnny was my idol from 1970 - and still is

[@oleandreasjensen5263]

No one better than Jonny Winter. - Best blues guitarist of all time! -We will miss you, but your music will live forever!!....

[@JoeSmith-dl9ok]

My vote is for SRV

[@albertheidger645]

Can't rate the greats, they all belong.

[@kevinkiso4579]

We all know that this isn't fckn Formula One racing; where there are times measured and being "The Best" can actually be articulated because of recorded times and amounts of races won on a circuit... Peter Green, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, SRV, Albert Collins, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, BB King, Tab Benoit, early Clapton, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, Eric Gales, Randy Hansen, etc...

[@loilt5091]

@@kevinkiso4579 Respectfully, I get your fck'n point, but you've got at least 6 blues-rockers that don't deserve to be mentioned as "BLUES" guitarists...just because they play a few in their repetoire, that's totally disrespectfull to the real deal greats of the genre. I've seen all but 2 of the guitarists you've mentioned, live. ☆ Think Sesame Street; Some of these things are not like the others, Some of these things just don't belong, Homework time & a revised formula... 📚

[@kingkongprimpinella774]

@@kevinkiso4579 Glad you mentioned Randy Hansen! I saw him in a really small club and it was awesome. That must have been in the early 90's. Greetings from Germany.

[@russellbird7543]

Such an underrated artist. I saw him a year or so before he passed. Never lost that blues soul spirit. RIP Johnny

[@robertutecht3125]

For a very long time, the greatest Blues guitar player alive

[@esoteric5277]

Forever the greatest!

[@chinto50]

1969 and a friend of mine came to visit and said.. "have you heard this" and he handed me Johnnys first album.. I still play those tunes.. It was my first introduction to old blues.. my first spark of interest in slide.. im 70 now and play daily.. and I still play old blues, thanks Johnny.. for a life time of joy and music.. RIP man..

[@Ppuffdiddleydangdoof]

I got Johnny's 1st album in 1984. It changed my life too. He will always be in my top 5.

[@Crumly123]

May of 1971, I’m just finishing 10th grade. It’s my first rock concert, at the Philadelphia Spectrum. My older brother - who would go on to become an incredible guitarist himself - takes me to see Johnny Winter! Redbone opens the show, then the Allman Bros band, and then, Holy Crap! We’d been listening to the “And Live” album for a while, and there he is. He was the coolest guy I’ve ever seen on a concert stage. Yeah, the band was killin’ it, and Rick Derringer did his “Whole lotta Shakin’“ thing, - very cool - but we were there to see Johnny, and he did not disappoint. Polished? No. Slick, produced stage show? Nah. There was one thing that sticks in my mind, the brightest lights I’d ever seen - like aircraft landing lights or something - spelled out his name and blazed out from behind him to blind the audience while he was just wailing out on his guitar. He wasn’t playing tunes or performing songs, the music was pouring out of him like an active geyser. It was incredibly loud - my ears rang for 3 days afterward. At that time you could go right to the foot of the stage and there were no assigned seats. Some dude spent the entire concert sitting inside one of the EV bass bins in the PA column. Johnny wore a pair of boots - dark brown leather, square toe, straps over the arch and around the heel joined near the ankles by big, round cinch rings on either side. My brother and I called them Johnny Winter boots, and went out and each bought a pair after that show. My brother looked way cooler in those boots than I did, but we sure thought we were the shit wearing them. We’d go see him time and again, even as the venues got smaller. His brother Edgar would bring him out in a cage, and unlock him to do “Still Alive and Well.” I bought a copy of “Roadwork” just for that track. I moved to Arizona, and travelled 2 hours to go see him in Phoenix. Then back east again I’d go see him in a little club in Delaware. The Fabulous Thunderbirds opened (and stole) the show, but Johnny was still captivating. Whatever you do, Johnny, please do not rest in peace. Go find Jimi, or B.B., SRV, see what they’re doing. There’s got to be an Ampeg V-4 around up there somewhere to plug in to. There’s lots of folks, I’m sure, that haven’t heard “Meantown Blues” in a while…

[@jvowell1957]

my first concert was about then and it was Johnny with Brownsville Station in Detroit . I'll never forget it. you said May of 71, I guess that means you saw Dwayne Allman at that show, what Memories you must have

[@326vince]

I was there. 10 years old. Was going to many shows as I could. Love Johnny and the music then was all insanely cool

[@SC-qi4zq]

@@jvowell1957 I saw that show back in '71. Michigan State fairgrounds around Memorial Day weekend. J. Giels Band, Bob Seger System, Mitch Ryder and Detroit, Allman Brothers Band, Johnny Winter and Edgar Winter. My first rock and roll concert.

[@tundratunes]

My first concert was also Johnny Winter. June 1st 1974 at Madison Square Garden, touring Saints and Sinners. I was 12 years old. OMG, it was shockingly good. He played at blistering speed. Soon after that I saw J. Geils Band, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Santana, the Who, Todd Rundgren, Grateful Dead, Lou Reed, the post-Duane Allman Brothers, etc. because I lived in New York. But nothing will EVER top that show, and I saw Johnny at least 20 times after that from the next year (1975, the Felt Forum) until 2 years before he died, the last time at a club in Helsinki. That first show at the Garden he was wearing his famous black cape, top hat and high-heeled black boots and dancing around the stage playing his guitar like it was on fire. My best friend and I got stoned out of our minds in the plaza outside Garden before the show, watching the Hare Krishnas dancing around in their bright orange flowing robes and weird hairstyles - very psychedelic scene with New York's finest just standing around, watching it all and busting no one because there was no real crime. The warm-up (10 cc) was playing (yawn) as we entered the packed venue and found our seats with the help of an usher in uniform (remember them?). Johnny just wiped 10cc off the stage. He had that same sign you mention with "Johnny Winter" in klieg lights playing behind the band during the encore. It lit up the whole stadium as bright as if God himself had just landed on the stage. I have never been able to find a setlist for that show, but I'm pretty sure the encore was "Rollin' cross the country" a killer rocker, which closes out Side 1 of the Saints and Sinners LP. Whatever it was, it brought the house down. The screaming as he left tthe stage seemed even louder than his guitar, if that is possible! It sounded like the Beatles at Shea Stadium. Man, he was adored by the New York crowd. My older brother also turned me onto him, because he was at the famous show at the Garden in 1969 when Janis Joplin introduced her "old friend from Texas" Johnny and brought him out on stage to play with her. He got signed to Columbia like the next day. Man, those were the days. I still go to shows as often as I can, but the sheer exhilaration of Johnny playing THAT music to the sold-out Garden was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I will NEVER forget! I recall high-fiving my best friend when he did a blinding version of Boney Moronie, so good and SO SO loud!

[@jeaniechowdury576]

Crumly123 thank you for sharing your wonderful memories. It means a lot to me as i became a fan decades i “discovered/became a fan” about 20 years after you did & enjoy hearing those stories about the concerts from back in the day. When i saw him he was still amazing & legend. Thank you again!

[@penguin99ify]

A simple, old resonator guitar and a load of talent and skill. This is how greatness is defined and Johnny Winter was exactly that.

[@mooshuguy5141]

penguin99ify Perfectly put.

[@atllzable]

Love you, Johnny Winter,...you brought me SO MUCH JOY....Rest with God....Johnny Winter...💙💙💙

[@tonyskowronski9976]

I seen Johnny twice at a place just outside of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. Mckees Rocks, Pa. Place was called Mancini's Lounge. I wasn't more than two feet away from him both times. I'll never forget Talking to him between songs. He always had time for a word or two. What a legend. I still have the L P & cassette tape of him & Edgar. " Johnny & Edgar: Live". Every true Winter fan should find this. UNBELIEVABLE!! I'll always cherish the few kind words he took the time to share with me at both these shows. 1979 & 1980. R I P my friend.

[@deangerazounis4638]

Seen him in Pittsburgh in the 90s fantastic show one of my heroes

[@krisscanlon4051]

Da Burgh! Posting from Beaver county PA!

[@philipdjoshi7525]

It is through Johnny's music that I got into the blues. May his soul rest in peace.

[@stephenmachum7033]

BLACKCROW WALKING

[@Marco81blues]

He changed many people's lifes with his music, his fan used to tell him that , I think he could never understand it. Truth is ever since I heard him play Johnny Guitar I was never the same ahah

[@howtogethigh2297]

maybe you should listen rl burnside

[@harpsterdave2392]

Same here. I first saw him with his brother when i was 11 or 12 years old.

[@valentemonforte7092]

same here

[@DarkeningSkies1]

He sang all of the cuts on his final two albums in the first take- 'if I can't get it the first time, I can't get it". Here was a man who understood the blues. Thanks, Johnny!

[@skatetodeath666]

definitely did

[@ontariobuds]

Fuck me, this video was amazing. Seeing Johnny just being normal, having a hard time tuning his guitar, and being in the studio wanting to go home. Bad ass rocker should be on his tombstone. I also loved how he had a Stevie Ray Vaughan CD Texas Flood in his tour bus.

[@bobbyb5004]

Hey ontario I have an idea for putting this. Master blues man in front lets talk

[@deweyveer7123]

he is home.

[@Dykhopper]

+ontariobuds man, he was so cute..let's go home, heh-heh....always loved him....

[@josephciresi802]

ontariobuds I agree. This is so Badass in every way !!!!!

[@flyboysteven9979]

I would have loved to have heard him say "I'm hungry, let's do this fucker" on this video like he did on still alive and well..hahahahha

[@Ledprostate]

From Texas to Japan! Quite the journey. Thank God for Johnny Winter.

[@ibane63]

Johnny Winter, my favorite blues guitarist since a long time.

[@shirleydillard7127]

Johnny winter is oneof the best bluesman of all time. Saw him first time in 1969. I love him and miss him.

[@tompease8810]

It's really sad and eye opening to see what trouble he had just getting around but yet how well he still played true spirit and determination

[@billsadler3]

Arthropathy is a beach with no sun.. no fun, son.

[@MAXIMUSISADOG]

I saw him in Biloxi I believe the year or two before he passed. It was absolutely awesome, people didnt yell or act like they normally do at other shows, everyone knew they were witnessing one of the greats.

[@mwyatt222]

He was my stepdads nephew. George Winter RIP. l never knew when he was married to my mom but my stepbrothers looked just like them Todd Winter RIP especially. Found out that Johnny and Edgar had played a concert together in the early 60s in my neighborhood where George lived. l live less than a block from there still.

[@beparticular1240]

That is cool. Good memories of one's family are worth more than many people realize.

[@kentlofgren]

One of my greatest inspirations as a guitar player.

[@beckolajones6640]

The man in his prime shredded pentatonics like no other. Rip a true legend!

[@Otisxsnotbset]

Loved seeing you live! You had more licks than a ten ton lollipop.

[@margaretgnatguinn1550]

I was fortunate enough to see him. About 30 years ago. Acoustic blues never impressed me. Until he gave cold chills. He coulda showed his tube to me anytime.

[@tombuster1000]

I will always remember seeing him play in the late 1980s at ‘Toad’s Place’, a bar near Yale, in New Haven CT, with a large room that could hold a two hundred or so. The stage was about four feet above the floor. This was during the time when he played ‘Highway 61’ as a closer. His guitar work was fast and flawless. His extended solos were unique and exciting, almost mesmerizing. He played the straight up blues of the delta blues legends and blended in his own style with a blistering speed that seemed impossible to achieve, yet he did it with ease, for him it was natural - just a regular thing. He played and lived the legendary blues man’s life, truer than most, recording and performing on to the end. His voice became the hardened gravely ruff tone of the true delta bluesman for his last recording of the Son House tune, “Death Letter”. Johnny sang and played solo, with his National Steel guitar and slide, authentically, in the manner of the traditional delta bluesman. Too often I have heard others say that: “Yes, Johnny Winter was a good blues guitarist”, but that they didn’t consider him: “as important as some of the other more popular blues guitarists and successful musicians of our time”. So it’s a fitting tribute that, for what would be his final studio recorded album he was accompanied by some other ‘more popular’ guitarists and musicians; here are their names: Jason Ricci, Ben Harper, Paul Nelson, Joe Perry, Joe Bonamassa, Brian Setzer, Billy Gibbons, Dr. John, Leslie West, and Eric Clapton. Legend goes that only by dying in battle, with sword in hand, could a warrior enter Valhalla, the place in the here-after where only the best are all together, forever. Johnny Winter has gone to take his place with the legendary blues guitarists in the here-after, where only the best are all together, playing on forever. Johnny died on the road, guitar in hand, playing his blues.

[@tonym994]

Johnny had a ball playing in the 70's w/ Muddy Waters. and James Cotton. and Walter''shakey '' Horton. he played w/ the greats, no matter where he ended up, or how popular he was at any given time since, they couldn't take that away from him. saw him 3 times, and the one in '87 was the best for me.as by the time I saw him again, in the 90's,he'd become a shell of himself. I just missed a 4th time when ,at (formerly Yasgur's farm) the original Woodstock venue, 30th ann. in Bethel NY, there was a rumor that he hadn't showed. after David Crosby played, the day's festivities appeared to be over. people were leaving, and I had to catch a bus ,being a long ways from home. then I find out from a neighbor who was there, that he came out and played a set! damn.

[@sheilabrennan4481]

Beautiful tribute and love story. Nobody like him... totally unique and out of this world talent.

[@minigirl6379]

I cannot believe that they buried Johnny in New Haven, in that little bullshit cemetery with a nondescript headstone, that doesn't even indicate who he truly was. He loved Texas and being a Texan. He should be here in Texas. I guess his Yankee wife decided differently. RIP Johnny. We love you and miss you here in Texas.

[@mattbartley5712]

I am proud to say I'm 65 now and Johnny Winter was my first concert that I ever went to. Music Legend. He knew and played with many others including Hendrix and Muddy. I'm fortunate, and thank him for an introduction to his gift and talent to our world. He lived the blues. There really aren't that many still around that walked those crossroads.

[@dolphe.chiarino6142]

The first time I saw JW was at Hofstra University around 1969 and he was amazing. He played a tight, fast, amazing crystal clear show with brother Edgar who was just up from Texas to join Johnnys band. Edgar was amazing also, playing sax, drums, piano & organ. After that show, I saw Johnny every time he played in NY. A few months later, I was at a Jimi Hendrix concert at the Fillmore (early & late show) and after the show we went to a club called “The Scene” and watched Johnny, Jimi and Leslie West jam until 5am. Got to chat with Jimi & Johnny in between breaks and they were very cool to give us their time. Besides Woodstock, that was my favorite and most notable show. Two amazing musicians playing off each other. It doesn’t get better than that. Rock on boys, see you in a few years.....

[@Silversmoke1000]

Lucky!

[@pedrocardutra]

LEGEND! Love this man... What an unique guitar player ! R.IP. Johnny his music WILL LIVE FOREVER

[@tigerboy245]

I always loved Johnny Winter's music. Thank you, Johnny, for all you meant to me!

[@victoriaredsky3859]

Had a sweet Love at Seventeen, David his name, who played Angelically, Blues guitar, twelve string. His slide a lipstick tube, metal... The resulting sound delivered goosebumps inside and out... Like Johnny... He's somewhere in San Francisco. But I thought his playing would take him to Stellar places, tho never ever heard about him. A Tragic Loss for the Ears of the World!!

[@markchronister4620]

Discovered he and ABB,Leon, Freddie King, Delaney and Bonnie, Butterfield all about the same time in 69 -70. Life for my ears was never the same and that was just the start. I'm still chasing different blues artists. Johnny was a wildcat in early 70s! RIP🙏

[@travisweir2477]

I grew up idolizing two men from the standpoint of music - Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter. It started in high school with Jimi, and I moved on from there when one night I saw one of Johnny's old performances on Don Kirshner's shows, and I was gobsmacked. I had to hear more of this amazing albino. My journey began. From Winter my subsequent journey into the blues also occurred. Thank you Johnny. RIP Mr Winter

[@stevenadkins5784]

johnny had the blues..he spread it around . so everyone could hear.. he lifted it up so sweetly it went into the heavens.. god said bring that boy up here . i cant get a seat to see him upon the earth .so ill have him sing it up here..

[@spiderslegs99]

He was a huge influence on me. I always loved and still love listening to Johnny. RIP.

[@emiliosg58]

Great Johnny Winter blues. White skin, black heart. One of my all time favourites guitar player ever!!! RIP Mr Winter.

[@flyboysteven9979]

I first discovered Johnny Winter when i heard the song, "Can't You Feel It", on the radio, from the Still Alive and Well album...when i first heard it, i had no idea who it was but it totally BLEW me away....I couldn't believe his lightening speed.....from that moment on, i became obsessed with him....he's always been my favorite all-time guitar idol...i bought a '69 tobacco sunburst firebird, 100 watt Marshall stack and an MXR Phase 90 phase shifter....saw every show he played here back in the 70s, including some out of town shows...i was fortunate to meet him and the band after the "John Dawson Winter III" concert on March 27th, 1975 and recorded our conversation on tape....i was on the front row of this one and caught a Holiday Inn towel he threw off stage (loaded with Johnny Winter DNA...LOL).....i still have it - its all yellowed and shit....His music will always be a part of my life and i miss him dearly.....NOBODY could pick like Johnny B Goode.....RIP Johnny!

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Great old Son House song. Johnny covered it superbly, his older huskier voice really fit this tune.

[@abdelsifontes8412]

One of my favorite guitars players of all times. What a talent. Thanks Jhonny for a good guitar

[@SuperRetrolover]

I still have my LP of the first pressing of the first album, which I purchased within a day of its release. Played it once, went out and bought several more so I could always have that first album pristine; wore the others out, and by that time I was buying his music on, wait for it, 8 track quadrophonic! Then cassette, now cd. I never get tired listening to him. I do from time to time regret and resent that in my opinion he has never received the full recognition he deserves not only for his accomplishment, and for his music and ability, but for making it possible for others who followed to find a market for their music only because Johnny blazed the path for them, provided an audience receptive and hungry for more, worked so darn hard travelling the world providing ready made audiences everywhere; and with all that his focus always remained on the music, and making people happy always willing to stop to sign autographs, always remaining humble, grateful and kind. A truly great man, we will never see his like again. But, we, especially those old enough to have heard him at/from the beginning, can feel grateful, look back and tell ourselves "We were there, we got the best of it all, and what a time it was". Thank you Johnny Winter, for your creativity, dedication, hard work, generosity, and pretty much putting Blues, Texas style, on the public radar for others to follow the path you blazed, building their own sound based on the foundation you laid, and for always remaining a gentleman. You played the music for others to hear, but truth is, you were the music, your guitar your voice. I don't know for sure what happens when we depart this life, but if there is life after, I hope to find you playing for the angels and an open seat up front for me.

[@dzyanist]

SuperRetrolover ...Well said, man..

[@Miatacrosser]

Nice. Those old quadrophonic lp(not 8 track tapes although they sounded okay)vinyl records are like gold today. I've got several but would kill for the JW copy.

[@damianknapp6193]

I saw Johnny live more times than any other act. There is nothing like Johnny playing solo on an old metal body. He was the closest thing on Earth to seeing the greats like Robert Johnson and Son House.

[@randallburgess46]

I went to see him in concert in Kalamazoo many times,more than any other group. One of the best blues musicians of my lifetime.

[@kevinkiso4579]

Jesus Christ, last week I listened to a bootleg of Johnny Winter live in Montreal Canada in nineteen hundred and seventy four. He fckn ripped holy hell with a ferocious viciousness and absolute intricacy, his vibrato, his picking attack and accuracy was second to none. And he was selling out fifteen/seventeen thousand seat coliseums full of kids screaming "Rock & Roll!!!" And he'd been doing it for some years at that time. I've so much respect for Johnny Winter. Rest In Peace, beautiful brother. RIP Edgar Winter.

[@5jerry1]

~ Isn't Edgar Winter still alive?

[@mb19512002]

I've seen Johnny so many times I can't remember.Started in 69! He's the one who influenced me to buy a steel dobro. His musical contributions were awesome & widespread RIP

[@rudydct]

I am 64 and fortunately had an older brother by 5 yrs who steeped me in the blues. My first vinyl record album I bought was "Johnny Winter and" Live". I bought it in S texas at a Gibsons dept store. played the hell out of it!

[@lnnrllsn3226]

That is so Touching!! We sure do miss Johnny!!

[@ianwilkinson4602]

He always gave of his best, even near the end. Great man.

[@adamcantu8206]

I'll remember buying the live album Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer.Back in the 70's. I love it i don't have the album. But I have it on CD and i still love it to this day. Thank You Brother. R.I.P We Miss You.

[@jonbassett8023]

My mentor growing up. If it weren't for Johnny I wouldn't love guitar the way I do now. Thanks for the memories Johnny. God bless you and what you did for countless people worldwide. You will ALWAYS be missed and NEVER be beat!

[@jormawails]

should be in the rock and roll hall of fame just for all his influence on so many people that are in it. he knocked everyone on their ass at the bob dylan tribute

[@williampotts3008]

jormawails fuck the rock and roll hall of shame .it is run by ass holes .

[@wagnerindig7133]

A true School of Blues ! From Texas for the world!

[@edwardheins2930]

whitey and i had the sheer pleasure of not only seeing jonny live but sitting with him a spell to bask in his infinite light . with love jonny rip

[@fordsrestorations970]

As a teenager I heard all the radio songs , I went to concerts , but when I " heard Johnny Winter" --> it was all over.... I knew right then that I was only going 'ed listen to the true artist from that second !

[@baengmr645]

Why does lots dislikes his songs for me Johnny can play fast and slow love every albumin rip Johnny may God grant grace on him there's no other John tq

[@johnlocker9020]

i am so glad i lived in he time of johnny winter no one articulated the blues quite like johnny him and rick derringer one night at the winterland in san francisco the best blues show i ever saw rip johnny winer you and rick derringer tearing up heaven

[@thancrow]

I got to see Johnny Winter perform with Leon Russell. They were playing together, not separately. It was an amazing concert. R.i.p. Johnny Winter, one of the greatest blues guitarist ever. You are gone, but your music lives on.

[@74dartman13]

Omg! What a great player and a cool guy...I miss him. I played my heart out on the drums to his live album when I was a kid. I finally got to see him in the early 90's and he inspired me to play guitar. A show I'll never forget! The best! May he rest in peace...hopefully I'll see him again some day.

[@digitalsketchguy]

A blues legend and a gentleman. Live forever Johnny RIP

[@roadeyboy1]

john dawson, we love you. never be anyone like you. thanks for what you left us.

[@ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣΧΡΙΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-η9φ]

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated. RITCIE BLACKMORE

[@joechiocca8429]

I have loved and respected Johnny Winter, on some level since I was 13, in 1972. Long before I even knew what blues was, I was drawn to Johnny and his music. ❤Thanks!

[@stevieflax]

I was lucky to see Johnny play many times in Texas, he always put on a good show. For a while he'd play without his shirt, he was mighty proud of that tattoo on his chest. There was this great show he put on at the Austin Opry House, seemed like that was the best one for me, the place was packed and Johnny lit up the crowd, three or four encores. Then there was that last time I saw Johnny play, was at the new Antone's downtown. He had aged a bit and was extremely frail. I went with a friend, fellow guitar playing buddy and fisherman. Johnny maybe played for forty five minutes one of them headless guitars and his famous thunderbird. We saw him inside his bus taking pictures with fans and signing autographs and photos. I probably should have got one taken with him, but as usual I was strapped for cash. I think they were charging 50. I was a big fan and my favorite blues albums continue to be the ones he did with Muddy. Hard Again and Muddy Waters Live. On the live Album, there is this part after one of the songs, when Muddy is just barely audible, telling Johnny he was picking his ass off on that one. Delta Blues at it's finest.

[@KentuckyWindage22]

Pay attention kids. This is what a true legend sounds like.

[@christianoliver434]

Here Johnny had reached that final stage of the old blues man that he sought his influence from in the start.

[@johnsegriff28]

When things ain't right, I listen to JW, seems to cover everything I need to remember, feeland do in life; I have lost everything I ever had more than once in 50 years, but I never let go of my JW albums....still in good shape, thanks there are box cars in heaven.

[@olasod1]

Me and a couple of friends stumbled across one of his last performances. It was in April at BB King bluesbar on Manhattan, a couple of months before he past away. Really an evening to remember. 👍🏼🍻

[@EduardoHernandez-pn7ox]

Thanks for your music , you will be greatly remembered R.I.P. Johnny.

[@kadj1016]

I was fortunate to have seen him in concert about five or six times over the years in many venues.. My guitar hero, R.I.P.

[@Sunshine-do3yv]

Rock n Roll!!!!I saw Jonny and Derringer 1970,1971 T Filmore East new York..kicking ass.....back in the day.. I will never forget!!🎼🎼🎶🎵😎😎

[@emiliosg58]

Si alguien vivio y amo el Blues, ese fue este hombre. Johnny Winter, el que toco con los grandes, el que murio en la raya.... Hasta luego Sr. Johnny Winter, gracias por su musica, gracias por el blues.... Otro cantante de blues que va al cielo....

[@emiliosantana2522]

Emilio S G grossas palabras compañero!! soy violero y el Johnny fue mi descencadenante pa tocar blues!! viva winter en nuestros corazones!!

[@TabRoss1st]

Se habla english? No speaky mexican??? So shut up,thx

[@zriter59escritor33]

Hell of a bluesman, now in blues heaven. RIP, dear Johnny:)

[@MyFacefaceface]

met this dude. best moment of my life

[@triggerfish6619]

Words of great wisdom and sadness. Love your woman, cherish her breath for suffering will come after her death. I know, lost my brother, wife, both parents all in 2017. Thank you Johnny.! God reveal His love to you all.

[@fougee1]

I saw Mr.Winter over 20 times live and every time was fantastic. Great guitar player if you have never heard Johnny play. Than you have never listened to the Best. RIP Mr.Johnny Winter!!!

[@gabbyhayes1568]

Loved Johnny, saw him many times in my youth during the 70's.

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

A legend. I saw him and his brother Edgar at the Allman Brothers Live At The Filmore East concert. Also saw Elvin Bishop that night. He will live with me (as will my brother George who brought his little brother along) until I die.

[@shivamnayar9476]

I wish there was more of his acoustic stuff available..

[@DEANHAITANIMUSIC]

You are very much missed Johnny-thankyou for your inspiration

[@oraclejh97]

Ya don't get to see & hear Johnny play acoustic very often. This is a keeper. Badass!

[@p.schouten6597]

True that. There's some nice dobro performances he did on the Progressive Blues album - Bad Luck And Trouble and Broke Down Engine.

[@edman6968]

Thanks Johnny ! for Highway 61, Jummpin Jack Flash,It's All Over Now, and so many other's My Band played over the US for 25+ Yrs. Truly How Rock Is meant to be Played & Heard !

[@tobinharris8107]

We love you Johnny and will always hold you near and dear. Thank you! 🎸

[@PC-yz1jp]

My son and I got to see him in a small room at the Texas Guitar Show about 45 days before he passed. Phenomenal performance. Amazing man.

[@GBeret83]

I had the absolute honor and privilege of getting to see Johnny Winter play a two hour-30 minute + set at Bogarts Nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio back in 1991, and when I mean to tell you the mad albino tore the place down that night, I mean he flat tore the place down! When he was in good health and at his peak, nobody could run a slide, especially to an uptempo song in the manner that he did when he covered Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited or on a song like Sound The Bell. An incredible guitar talent who also always put on great vocals too. Sure do miss the late, great Johnny Winter!!! Nobody else like him.

[@cameddy4081]

What an amazing artist - thanks for all of the time 🙏 There is only one

[@mishakolomoicev9701]

Oh what a classic! Ol’ Johnny Winter aiy! From early 70’s was when I first heard him. Been a fan ever since. When your on a good thing, stick to it.

[@fartknocker8363]

I met him at a show around 1983 in Rochester NY....he signed my ticket stub and was totally cool....

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Still Alive and Well was the first album I ever bought. I was only 12 years old when it came out in 1973, and I remember rushing to our local head shop/record store to buy it, but I can't remember how I even knew about it. I still have that record, I still love it, and it's still in pretty good shape, despite me playing it so many, many times over the past 50 years. In fact, that title track has sort of become my theme song over the years... "Did you ever take a look to see whose left around Everyone I thought was cool is six feet underground They tried to get me lots of times but now they're coming after you I got out and I'm here to say baby you can get out too I'm still alive and well still alive and well Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell But I'm still alive and well..."

[@DaltonMullins]

I love you Johnny. You have inspired me and this video reminded me of how life is so short and sweet.

[@rolfeppler7573]

Ich habe Johnny Winter 7 mal live gesehen/gehört und es war immer ein Erlebnis! RIP

[@BluesLicks101]

Johnny is the ONLY guitarist since Robert Johnson to catch that true stone cold blues sound.

[@wm.randelljohnson7598]

Saw Johnny winters at memorial auditorium in Dallas around 73. James cotton blues band opened. Peter Frampton went on (pre frampton comes alive). Then came Johnny. Amps set so loud I left the auditorium for awhile. All three closed there sets with covers of Stones JuMping Jack Flash. Winters was who I went to see but it was a then little known former humble pie axe man that brought down the house.

[@lzugner]

Winters????

[@dzyanist]

voodoo dad ..Frampton baby..One HELL of a guitarist in his own right..!!!

[@denniswatts2022]

This is blues gold.

[@Bullet4345]

Had my resonator signed by him. Sadly no photo. It was before camera phones. Nice guy. My all time favorite.

[@RayStevens1965]

I was blessed to see him twice and was blown away both times,one time I was right in front of the stage in a little bar and I almost got knocked off my chair by the sound of the guitar and bass,it made my ribs hurt but I loved it!

[@lovethosebudgies]

Great video. It's like being right there with him.

[@Live4NowOK]

Johnny will always be one of the principle Masters of Blues Music, an absolute Icon

[@joemcmillan1884]

Pure Gold and one of the best blues players Alive.

[@luigi85olmedo]

Joe Mcmillan he actually passed away

[@jaymorgan8017]

Prolly saw him 150 times, wet is to water as Johnny is to the blues !

[@missiontotransition641]

Even though it wont stay in tune..Johnny plays the slide like nobody else. Amazing. He loved his fans. Only got to see him once in Omaha around 2000. He was my first exposure to the blues when I was about 15 , when my friend had AND LIVE album.

[@lukewarmwater5320]

I was 17 years old in 1985 when I got a milk crate of about 20 or 30 albums from my fellow construction worker Pete for 20 bucks and one of the albums was "Johnny Winter Still Alive And Well", I never heard of Johnny before but I never forgot him after listening to that fuckin' album man, "Rock Me Baby" just about took my head off...

[@1kdurant]

He was unique, always loved his slide and style!

[@perqua]

I wish you are in peace brother! Your music will be with us now! Take care wherever you are.

[@kencarr8385]

Jumpin Johnny. None better . The roadies guided Johnny onto the stage mid 70’s . He started into still alive and well 👍👍👍🔥

[@massimosoddu5884]

johnny winter for me is my life...my love for the musician unico .R.I.P.Your musica are ever in my mp3-Magnifica e stupenda registrazione con il suo vecchio dobro che pensavo avesse venduto, invece ce lo aveva.Thank for this fantastic video of a legendary johnny winter