Johnny Winter - Live @ Massey Hall, Toronto 1983! (complete show)

This is a killer video of Johnny Winter performing live at Toronto's Massey Hall in 1983.With Johnny on guitar and vocals, John Paris on bass, harmonica and vocals and Bobby Turello on drums they burn through the following set list:
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo
Stranger in Town
Unseen Eye
Sweet Papa John
Highway 61 Revisited
Mean Town Blues / Rollin' and Tumblin'
Johnny Be Goode
It's All Over Now
This is a great show! If you like Johnny, you don't want to miss this one!
Johnny is currently on tour promoting his new release, Roots. Go buy a copy of the new CD, I''m sure it kicks butt and go see Johnny when he comes to your town (I'm going tomorrow night, can't wait). This man is a true American legend! Support him and his music any way that you can! This clip is brought to you for your entertainment and educational purposes from The Rev. Bob Archives! Always be excellent to each other and enjoy the show! Thanks for watching!
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[@scattercreek7389]

If you were lucky enough to catch Johnny live you just knew you were in the presence of greatness, truly a gift to just BE there !!

[@glenncowan6669]

Johnny and his firebird. It was love at first sight!

[@uncleremus5046]

This is Johnny in his prime. Licks are endless, clean, & lightning fast. Winter inspired countless guitarists to acquire technique. An early blues shredder!

[@Revolution1117]

Yeah, so great to see Johnny healthy and at the top of his game. He definitely came to play this night. No phoning in shit here. Been a fan since his first Columbia release "Johnny Winter." Fun trivia fact: Mike Bloomfield was playing with the Electric Flag at Fillmore East and told the crowd "You gotta hear this young blues player", and brought Johnny up on stage to jam. Just so happens that Columbia Records execs were in the audience and were so impressed they signed Johnny that night. I know it sounds a little like "urban legend", but I DID read this story on a music website. I'll try to find the source for y'all.

[@user-bu9zg4nv1r]

J'aime

[@BruceBayne-nq8yu]

Love

[@user-dt1bb7mt9z]

I was at this show and what a show it was . Believe it or not Johnny was the opening act for Green Earring. The place was packed when Golden Earring came on by second song they had to pull out there #1 Radar Love, as there was probably only a third of the crowd left. Everyone was there for Jonny he was killin it that night big time.

[@alanthompson3543]

I got to play that guitar. He was in a hospital down the street from me. Trying to kick the drugs, when his "friends", would break him out.

[@jorglange2666]

Had no idea this was filmed, remember it well, we bought tickets on the street. Johnny came on and everyone was up out of their seat and he had us on a ride with his band just giving it all, the place was rocking! Golden Earring came on after and people left including us, they were nowhere near that raw energy. Thank you Johnny Winter!

[@ssvsssjs]

One of the greatest guitar players in history. My personal favorite.

[@michaelquatrano6189]

Glad I got to see him in concert.

[@jchow5966]

He was the coolest guitar player ever. I miss him. I still enjoy his music & am grateful that i saw him live RIP JW!!!!

[@danreid6712]

Johnny B. Goode could raise the dead ! Adieu Johnny...Rest Easy !

[@stevewoods293]

Johnnie never gets old every time i hear him play I'm tapping my toe and snapping my fingers to that beat love him 😅😅😅😅

[@petedazer3381]

That’s the best rock and roll hootchie coo I’ve ever heard! No pedal board, just a Boss CE-2 was all he ever used for effects….

[@kevinkinnu341]

Phase shifter earlier in his career

[@Mr_Lightheart]

A phenomenal guitarist and what is seldom mentioned is what a great vocalist he was as well. RIP JW I will always be your fan.

[@antoniobranco6057]

this guy is present from God for those who got him--simply heavenly music, even the devil and his demons trembling hearing this

[@fretfix1]

Saw him young...saw him old. Johnny always had the full throttle Blues no matter what...

[@JohnDupuyintegralrecovery]

Not only a brilliant player Johnny had one of the best blues voices ever.

[@RockmasterVideos]

Agree !

[@billridge1178]

BLUESMASTER. RIP SIR

[@jerryporter1700]

Absolutely!...had that blues growl and was the real deal..he FELT the blues...

[@todgordon6300]

No one better. Period.

[@lucguenette7534]

Yes that voice.

[@petersuitch3129]

Johnny and Edgar! Both from the same family, unreal! RIP Johnny!

[@dd-nv6sw]

Johnny in his prime! Pure magic! The drummer Bobby Turello is a maniac!! I love watching that guy!!

[@frankdardano3182]

Johnny in top form.clean,clear, no fuzz,pedal board, just a phaser to fill in more,when a three man group.most guys get an organ or another guitar.he did not need anything,he was fantastic !!!

[@danielledumont6536]

Thank God for my sister Therese. My oldest sister. Because of her I grew up listening to some of the greatest musicians. She really formed my taste, even if she and I didn't think so at the time. RIP Therese.

[@thefalcon9536]

I miss him oh, I've seen him five times since the early 70s one of the greats!

[@Bryan-fv7sf]

He does a lot of covers but makes them better most.hes the whip.r.i.p.

[@johnny-r]

An old stoner friend turned me onto Johnny when I was 16 in '78. I owe that old boy. Johnny's music has been one of the backdrops of my life. He was one of the reasons I kept playing the guitar after I started at 14. "Sweet Papa John" from "Captured Live" was then and has always been my favorite guitar solo from any player.

[@danielwatters711]

Johnny did luv his Firebird so sweetly ...

[@Tollefs1]

I was in the front row for this show. My ears are still ringing. R.i.P Johnny.

[@ontariobuds]

yeah dude, my uncle said after a JW concert he was riding his bike home and couldn't hear the bus when it went past him

[@mrmoose2325]

Yeah I was in front at one of jw concert in Houston I couldn't understand what people were saying to me for three days, lol.

[@bobby49yrs]

Does anybody know who the drummer was in this concert

[@sandragriffiths9692]

Can you hear now?👂 Just wondering if you did any personal damage 😋

[@Cranedude666]

@@bobby49yrs It's in the header ...

[@hollywoodjoe123]

HE WILL MAKE YOU DANCE - - JOHNNY WINTER WILL !

[@malcolmhill7932]

I had the privilege of seeing him live at the Hampton Roads Colosseum in 1973. I was 22. Me and two or three buddies drove down out of the mountains of Virginia to see him play. His show was amazing. He was the quintessential guitar slinger. His speed licks were totally original, and his style was as unique to him as Hendrix' style was unique to him. The greatest guitarists develop their own unique style. They develop a trademark sound upon which no one can ever really improve. It's theirs and belongs to no one else. We may hear nuances of other guitarists, but when melded together with their own sound, it becomes all their own. There will NEVER be another Johnny Winter just as there will never be another Jimi Hendrix. These guys were bona fide trailblazers, pioneers of a whole new genre of music. That is why 100 years from now they will still be the gold standard for blues-rock guitar. Lots of copycats out there, but few great originals.

[@Tenyearsafter__77]

WELL SAID BLUES BROTHER!

[@midi1529]

RIP Johnny... my old friend

[@arcanelegengtips887]

My opinion. 3. Blues best guitarists. Is johnny winter. Buddy guy and jimmy Hendrik lovely guitar sound. Solo may god bless you all best of the best

[@leoayoroa7217]

I was at the wax museum in Washington DC I think 1988 he did the same set and blew me away

[@Timferrari-ui8mu]

Much better than the robotic guitarist clones of today.... R.I.P Johnny Winter 🌹 💐.

[@blueshouseroberto5856]

On KZbin you only find guitarists without own style personality. Without soul and personality

[@guitmeister1]

We sat at Nags head & got drunk through Santers opener and he's a local (zzzzzzzzzzzzz) Screamed all through Johnny's set & left as soon as Golden earring came on, 1/2 the place was gone before the 3rd song, couldn't talk for two days- what a show! Jody (Jay) Curtis & Mike (Kinger) King.

[@winterguitarkingyea]

Thank You God for Johnny Winter The Greatest Blues Rock Guitarist Musician of all time, My Hero ...

[@infoscholar5221]

Uh, no. Underrated, certainly. The greatest? Not even close. There are guys playing on this platform now who blow him out of the water. Listen to Justin Johnson, bro.

[@moreblack]

@@infoscholar5221 Justin really that good?

[@margretwilliams9322]

@@infoscholar5221 Johnson is great. But not even closed to JW. Maybe in time. But JW lived the Blues & is the blues. A True Blues Purest.

[@Tenyearsafter__77]

@@infoscholar5221you’ll learn in time just how and why JW will always be the greatest blues slinger.

[@timothyvandyke-lc1oi]

I saw Johnny 3 times in the 1970s .it get down .and jam .blast the arena away. Lol lol I miss him....he should have retired early...it was sad day..when Johnny said goodbye.

[@thunderbirdted]

50 years ago as a 12 yr old I read in Time magazine BB King singing the praises of Johnny Winter. I went out and bought the first Columbia recording which was and is still is maybe the greatest white blues album of all time.

[@justinbradfield6499]

Hell Yeah !!!!!!!

[@axelbartenwerfer2333]

I was at this show. ✌️😎❤️🥂

[@smwrbd]

Stranger in town. Beautiful.

[@mrmoose2325]

My thoughts exactly such a great song, I play it over and over

[@trenthutcheson2587]

I like to pick up my guitar and get stranger along every time

[@thomasvee329]

Duracell could never create a battery that could match the energy of Bobby Turello! The guy is maniacal on those drums!!!

[@shilohaapala284]

Johnny was so good it was ridiculous! Saw him in 1990 at the Phoenix in Toronto and 1992 in Sudbury.

[@jjp.8690]

Was also at that Phoenix show. Johnny was at the top of his game for that one. RIP.

[@sdushdiu]

Johhny Winter Live And turned the world upside down for so many!

[@user-fs6vw7yc2z]

Pure magic 🎩, simply the best ,,,no noise, magic,,,

[@andrewjohnson5188]

Stranger off John Dawson Winter lll such a great song showcasing Johnny’s incredible vocals

[@kevinkane2162]

Love this man, such a great guitar player. I saw him in 1970 at pirates world Florida, he toured that year with Rick Derringer. What a wonderful show. I still have one of his t shirts to this day. Thank You Johnny Winter. RIP

[@lightofthejul]

My God , does this this performance make anybody else's head spin!? Wish I had a time machine to take me back there for this one! MY, MY, MY, could that man lay it down. NO ONE will EVER be better! Luv ya Johnny.

[@MrPlooky]

Johnny was absolutely on fire in the 80s, this is my favorite band Bobby T. Torillo and Jon Paris, I saw them so many times, I got to know Jon, and he put me on Johnny's guest list once.

[@TomWilhelm-zn4sj]

Johnny always delivered.

[@markmalone5384]

April 9th 1983, Theatre Outremont, Montreal QC Small venue (800 seats) great sound, musicianship & audience. Remember it like it was yesterday. Still have my ticket stub. John Paris on Bass & harp Bobby T on drums. Set list: 1- Hideaway 2- Rock me baby 3- Stranger 4- Rock'n'Roll Hoochie Koo 5- Drum Solo 6- R'n'R H K conclusion 7- Walking by myself 8- Be careful with a fool 9- Jumpin' Jack Flash 10- Highway 61 11- Johnny B Goode 12- It's all over now 13- Wildwood Flower

[@jeffreyholmes7216]

The first time I saw Johnny winter was in 1974. He had another guitar player named Floyd rayford. And he was really good. You can hear him on the captured live album. I always wondered what happened to him. R.I .P Johnny.

[@NH-ox1gr]

Floyd Radford became a rocket scientist in Florida. Incredibly talented individual!

[@andrewjohnson5188]

“Stranger “ is on fire! RIP Johnny

[@kenamaro3942]

Paint blistering guitar the way God intended it. I miss ya Johnny.

[@RockmasterVideos]

Blistering is exactly right, (great choice of Words) the best speed player/singer there was/is !

[@colerainfan1143]

It’s easy to forget how good he could play. They broke the mold with Johnny.

[@susanyerke5462]

Another legend gone but rock on Johnny yur the best!

[@maazvdo]

Powerfull Fire Bird🎸J.Winter! Thanks for share.

[@eric7922]

I have a very stock, (not at all like Johnny’s) ’76 Firebird but the nice accoutrement is Johnny’s signature...

[@dellhembreelyons2758]

EEEyyeow! This version of "Stranger In Town" gave me chills..had goosebumps through the entire song!

[@skullduggery3377]

most of the tracks (including 'stranger') on the album *john dawson winter lll* have a sort of 'haunting' undertone to them.

[@jjanderson8235]

Was at that show, Amazing rendition... I felt the loneliness in that song. Always sounded to me like Johnny might be saying goodbye. Luckily, I saw him one more time (with Edgar and Rick) in T.O. at 'The Docks' in 2011.

[@robertmurray9105]

Waiting outside the window of his travel trailer at 1:30 in the morning hoping for an autograph. The band closed the window just as it was my turn. I uttered Johnny please don't let this happen! I've been with you since Be Careful With a Fool! He had them open the window his autographed road band photo is on my wall. Guitar players guitar player. Edgar keep playin that rock n roll 🎶

[@AnalogOpher]

Perhaps the greatest blues rock band ever.

[@gerardpardon7985]

Joe Bonamassa is much better . . .

[@perijon00]

@@gerardpardon7985I hope that was a joke…

[@gerardpardon7985]

@@perijon00 The best blues rock guitarist is Snail s Pace Slim , English band The Hamsters , awesome blues trio . Watch vidéo on KZbin The Hamsters Live on German TV in may of 1997 . After 25 years on stage they retired in 2012 ( more 4000 concerts )The exact title of the vidéo is : The Hamsters . Rodents Rock the Reich -1997 .

[@calebwitt207]

When Johnny was in his prime, I feel he was on another level playing blues or blues-rock.

[@danielledumont6536]

So many brilliant Texas musicians!!

[@jeffreymartin8448]

Saw him a couple times in the 70's. He changed my life. I've been trying to sound like him ever since!

[@maplebones]

That's sad.

[@cjsterlace]

@@maplebones he said sound like him. Not be him. What's wrong with having influence? Smh...

[@davidw505]

I was at this show in the front row - it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. This was supposed to be a TV special on Golden Earring - Johnny was the warm up band but when Johnny left the stage so did half the audience and after Golden Earring played Radar Love then the other half left so they made the special using Johnny instead - good choice :)

[@anthonycofrancesco5872]

+David Williamson Yea in 1971 at Quinipiac college in Hamden CT. Johnny Winter and Live opened up for Lesley West & Mountain they stole the show.

[@juiellineau]

I was there also and I left after Radar Love. I saw the same show in Vancouver about a year earlier, fantastic. Best ever. everyone in Van had long blonde hair including me back then.

[@MrDomPolito]

I was also at this show. Johnny was stellar and they kept yelling his name when Golden Earring came on. One thing not mentioned was Rick Santers (Canadian boy was the opener) and his band was better than Golden Earring. But master Johhny stole the show.

[@guitmeister1]

I was there too.... we were on our way out before golden could get out a note, figured they wouldn't play radar love till the end.... I'll never forget that night. We screamed so loud & long that we couldn't talk for 2 days.

[@LEAFYANKEE65]

I was there too, Santers was great, saw him several times at the great rock bars we had back then.Johnny was so underappreciated in Canada back then. I saw him open for George Thorogood at the C.N.E. and Johnny just smoked him !!!Muddy Waters loved him for a reason.

[@zorannikolic7063]

The best guitar player ever! RIP Johnny!

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

Johnny would crack me up when he started doing that "I'll just mumble stuff that sounds like blues rock lyrics" and nobody really cared as long as he was playing his guitar like the legend he was!

[@TexasBurningFlower]

Words cannot express how Awesome. I was blessed to have heard him live. Life changing.

[@elizabethmabry1389]

AMAZING

[@leevonmanstein7459]

i miss johnny.

[@ggsmith099]

I handed him a joint on stage in Knoxville tn played with one hand. Hit it gave it back then he took a long draw on my bottle of Jack in the black, then gave it back I'll never forget him spinning blowing smoke playing like J. W. WOW

[@PaBasser]

It's criminal that he wasn't included in the Woodstock Movie or Album. He wails. Seen him twice in the70's and they were epic shows

[@YerPope]

RIP Johnny Maestro, there was none better and likely never will be.

[@mariobuttino6095]

I was at this show ,Massey Hall, 1983, Toronto, Canada, he was awesome ,I met the Bass Player Jon Paris in 2014,he was performing at B.B.Kings in Manhattan, N.Y.C, he is a great Bass player and Guitarists, all we talked about was Johnny Winter. Jon Paris a nice guy,a true gentleman. I miss you Johnny, R.I.P.

[@gooblenis656]

holy crap!! I was at this show, 3rd and last time I saw him...it was an awesome night

[@michaellamneck2116]

He had them after the first song, also one of the finest vocal performances I've ever heard by him, AWESOME!

[@navinbean8428]

I have seen John Dawson Winter the 3rd 5 times always in the front row at age 16,17,& 18! With only 4 words. To say. The ibcredible, number one,R.I.P. Iove you! Respectfully:Robert H. Ferguson Junior!!!

[@alfemurphelps7224]

I saw Johnny quite a few times in the late 70's and eighty's ( I'm so lucky) and this really showcases the energy he would put into a show !! Thanks Johnny from a freaker at your speakers more than once, this got me dancing!!.

[@JamesWalshBristolKids]

A Great Artist and a cool dude. Loved his show when I saw him live in Toronto - I was a little teenager and it was Prom Night - Best EVER Prom Party was Johnny Winter in Concert ! Nobody who saw him live was ever unhappy. Smiled for days.

[@fredorona1977]

Go Johnny go go go

[@brucefulper4204]

SO glad we've got these recordings...........Miss him a ton

[@cliffbogen]

There's a year's worth of lessons every 4 bars. One of the best.

[@alainpascal4368]

En forme le Winter à cette époque , les collègues assurent le boulot au poil ! Super !!

[@richardjbreault381]

Playing his 64' Firebird i see,one of his Favorites.The Bluesman.Rock on Johnny.RIP Brother.

[@no59do56]

Johnny was SOOOO GOOD IN THE EARLY 80S

[@ignorecorporatenews]

Thanks for posting this. I bought a VHS tape of it back in 1986 and played it over and over, so great.

[@michaelrubens8999]

Johnny Winter was my first concert at 13. He was my guitar hero. I'd drag my Dad's mono speaker into the bathroom so I could listen to Johnny Winter Live And... while taking a shower to get psyched up for major track meets. I was a sprinter, and listening to JW got me amped up to EXPLODE out of the blocks! Actually, the day after that first show I had a meet, but my hearing was blown from the night before. I remember nodding my head to my coach as I watched his lips move; all I could hear was a steady tone. I had one of my best long jumps of the season because nothing could distract me! I saw JW once per decade in the 7O's, 80's, 90's and around 2007. Best show was 1998 up in Boulder. Both his playing and vocals were exceptional. Unfortunately, the last show I attended was painful to watch. I had to walk out because it was just too difficult to see Johnny struggling to keep up with the band. I still say the intro to Be Careful With A Fool is the greatest opening to a song I've ever heard.

[@danielwillametz4453]

Master at work

[@tracerxy]

Was at this show, Wednesday April 6 1983. Great show. Golden Earing lead guitarist ran out for the first song and tripped , fell on his guitar, got up kept playin'. lol.

[@waltbruenner1410]

I can't lift my jaw off the floor!

[@jjp.8690]

The goosebumps are just rolling through my body.

[@janzimny1977]

Toronto was blessed with Massey Hall and of course The El Macombo, Maple Gardens, Varsity Stadium and more!! We have been given So Many Great Bands Here!!

[@ViktorDavare157]

RIP your music will live on

[@WhiteNacho]

Jumping Jack Flash into Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo! What a starter!

[@andrewbogdan1620]

best blues rocker ever and ive seen most

[@green323turbo]

Stop the SRV vs Johnny Winter wars. Both were the best and both were completely different. I've seen both in concert in their prime and both were amazing . Many who worship SRV only saw Johnny as an old man in a chair.. and never saw him in his prime. Johnny Winter was famous and playing blues rock 20 years before SRV was around. No one can play lead and sing at the same time like Johnny Winter could.. and he had a great voice right up to age 70. Both JW and SRV did a lot of drugs and alcohol and both had their problems. But Both are Legends now.

[@Marco81blues]

Well said man, they were friends too, Johnny kept a SRV foto in the front of his bus. Diferent styles, great music nontheless.

[@kevinshaferguitarsongs4435]

well put...

[@mrmoose2325]

May they both rip.

[@dunemetal67]

Tommy Shannon played bass for both of them

[@feedbak007]

Johhny Winter was the best electric slide player who ever lived. Period.

[@spudvegas]

Awesome! Saw these guys in Toronto in 1980 in an 12-hour concert with Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, etc, etc. Johnny and his band were the best music of the day. Johnny was/is the best electric blues guitar player of all time.

[@RockmasterVideos]

Agree about Johnny !

[@user-dt1bb7mt9z]

I was at this show. Believe it or not he was the opener for Golden Earring, what a joke. Everyone was there to see Johnny. He was killin it tgat night.

[@paulm74]

Johnny Winter RIP. Thanks for all the inspiration.

[@minamontgomery653]

Play it, Johnny! Rest in peace -- and keep on playin' it. I love you.

[@LeftCoast_TomP]

I like how well you can hear John Paris's bass playing here. It makes it easier to appreciate how good he is. Winter is in good form covering a lot of ground. He might not have the voice of a the gospel greats but something about his singing does it for me - earthy He and his brother were talented dudes.

[@leiflindberg8971]

På pizza de

[@johnwilson9433]

ZJohnmy and Edgar w Ere The ones who put it in my soul to play rocknroll

[@jublaim]

The energy! I mean, Johnny is top here but wow to Bobby Torello and Jon Paris!!!

[@sharonbre9347]

Love the growl.

[@tnjef537]

Stranger has got to be my fav JW song.

[@kevinkinnu341]

Totally agree

[@syncopate999]

I believe this was Johnny opening for Golden Earring. Rick Santers Band also was a support act. I was at that show and remember half the house exiting after Johnny played. I stayed for two GE songs and then bolted for the bar, too.

[@clairetheloon]

I hung out with him at concerts in Audubon Park c.1970-72. Had no idea he was Johnny Winter. I called hi Lightning. Who knew? But when I put it together a year or so later...wow. Regardless, he was an incredible talent. I never grow tired of hearing him play.

[@grubbs104]

These rock stars all look alike don't even know if when you see them walking down the street. I ONCE SAW george Clinton from Funkadelics in a bar and mistook him for my fifth grade teacher

[@RickMansur]

Man Rollin and Tumblin. We gonna jump & Shout. Rip Johnny. Have mercy. From Texas your home state.

[@gtrjay55]

Jimi Hendrix was asked how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world .He replied, go ask Johnny Winter. God bless, stay safe, Rock on.

[@gtrjay55]

@kevindlinc Good morning Kevin, although Jimi was a big fan of Terry and Chicago Transit Authority,he jammed with Johnny Winter alot. Johnny had moved to NYC,his mgr, owned The Scene nightclub which Jimi and a number of musicians in the area frequented to play with each other after hours.Thanks for the reply, God bless be safe Rock on.🎵🎶🙏

[@user-wz2ln4fp3o]

As much as I like that to be true it's not, that quote has been attributed to many including rory Gallagher, Billy gibbons, Roy Buchanan and I'm sure others

[@BluesJammer69]

The real deal for sure!!!

[@bluesloverz]

thanks Rev