10 Interesting Facts About Johnny Winter

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Johnny Winter was known as a Blues Guitar player, but this video reveals more about the man, his family and his lifestyle. There is a BONUS 11th fact thrown in, too.

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@johnnyfreedom3437 9 күн бұрын

Johnny was the first blues man I started to follow, got to see him a half a dozen times in the 70s! He has affected my life ever since! An amazing genius! I'm so glad he lived so long! Long live the Blues!

@TucoDog-ho6fw Ай бұрын

I saw Johnny shortly before he died and he was signing memorabilia for people. I gave them one of his CDs to sign for me. There was probably 20 items. Albums, CDs, posters etc. After he performed, they took those items out back to his motorhome and I watched from outside through the crack in the drapes as he was signing that stuff. He was using a medium sharpie and was leaning down to within a few inches of the surfaces he was signing. Each piece took him a long time. What a great guy to go through that for fans like me. RIP Johnny. 😘

@showshowthecloneclown8428 13 күн бұрын

My favorite Texas guitarist

@kgilliagorilla2761 2 ай бұрын

I believe Muddy Waters is quoted saying “ Johnny Winter is the only white boy that can play the blues.”

@josealberto146 2 ай бұрын

Concordo plenamente que Muddy Waters tenha dito essa frase sobre o Johnny Winter porque na realidade ele era um grande Bluesman. Obrigado

@billyshane3804 Ай бұрын

Johnny Winter - Champion & Legend

@timbuckxxi9690 2 ай бұрын

# 4 white castle sliders...Nothing like some fresh little steamed cheeseburgers...I agree Johnny..Miss him very much.💜❤💚💙💓💕💗💌

@awickedtribe 2 ай бұрын

Besides seeing JW a total of 50 times, I also hung out with him a number of times, even sitting down with him to jam occasionally ( I play bass). He is still my favorite guitarist (sharing that spot with Rory Gallagher). He was a trippy guy. I also met Edgar a couple of times at JWs house. A few fun facts... Johnny Winter had the largest collection of Blues Vinyl in the world, which included incredibly rare and obscure albums. We were hanging out one day (maybe 79... I am 74 so memory ain't so hot) and doing a little partying when we started talking about old Blues guitarists. Johnny's album collection took up an entire wall but he could pick out any album in a second. It got to be a game of Stump Johnny but he was unbeatable. Johnny also could play in the style of any Blues guitarists you can think of. He was also one of those rare guitarists who like Rory Gallagher, could actually play any guitar, whether acoustic, slide, lap steel, dobro or electric with a different style befitting the instrument. Most guitarists will pick up an acoustic and play it like an electric, it's a subtle difference that few people pick up on. He began as a 'teen idol' doing more R&B Pop but after fighting the record companies got his way and started playing the Blues. One night, Edgar, Johnny and some friends went to see BB King at a club. Back in the day it was common for Blues guys to let people come up on stage to jam with them at the end of their set. They were planning on Johnny jamming with BB, but BB was one Bluesman who didn't do that because he said that without knowing if the guys could play he wasn't going to chance people not getting their $2 worth. Even though BB was already a legend, he was given a janitors closet by the back door for his warm-up room. While he was taking a break between sets, he heard someone in the alley playing guitar and singing. He went out to check itbout, expecting "a 300 lb. old black guy" and was shocked to see a skinny extremely pale teen sitting there. He changed his $2 rule and invited Johnny up on stage to jam with him. This was told to me by BB and Johnny and Edgar. Johnny also ruled the radio and was a major headliner for a time, and introduced a lot if bands like ZZ Top, Black Oak.Arkansas and Brownsville Station and others. JW also was responsible for revitalizing Muddy Waters' career in the 60s by producing and playing in his band. My brother and my brother-in-law's brother were getting into the Blues but neither knew about JW so I took them to see him at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix AZ. Before the concert I played them some JW (I have every album he did) and hyped him up as the best they will ever see. After Guitar Shorty and then Robert Cray, Heis backing band, the Paul Nelson band came out add jammed for a bit and then Johnny came out. He was holding onto the shoulder of a roadie and slowly shuffling out. Then the roadie took JWs hand off his shoulder and reached for Johnny's guitsr; JW turned around looking confused and the started shuffling offstage. The roadie stopped him and helped him over to his chair then grabbed up his guitar again. I was heartbroken that this was my two companions first time seeing JW, sure it was going to be a difficult show. But as soon as Johnny got his hands on his axe, he effing smoked all night. I have driven all night and sometimes for days just to see JW and was planning on my 51st JW show when he got back from Europe but then I got the news of his passing. Luckily I have great memories and some not so mush so, of JW and glad he left me and all of us a legacy from the original and G.O.A.T shredder.

@variousvisfineart 2 ай бұрын

Wow thanks for adding all those details. When you visited him at his place it must have been in New York City. I heard he had custom shelves for his huge record collection. At the end of his he had a house in Connecticut.

@loilt5091 2 ай бұрын

I’ve heard variations of all your main stories before; except the difference in the B.B. King one. My recollection’s a young JW pestering B.B. to sit in & King asking if he had a musician’s union card. Previously, I’d read about his insane record collection & abilities to play virtually any artist, their songs or their style. Uncle Red Turner & Tommy Shannon were some of the main, firsthand sources. Muddy once said he knew my music better than I did, calling him his son. Thanks for sharing his DJ/influences with Brownsville Station & ZZ Top…not surprised. He was also a huge influence on both Jimmie & SRV. Nice to learn about your later period show experience, but I personally found him a shadow of his former prime, especially after his Teddy Slatus managerial period, that had him post-hip surgery, pain killer addicted & on the road. His shows really were hard to endure during much of the ‘90’s to early millennium, until Paul Nelson rescued him. Johnny’s virtuous speed & fluidity became almost drunken & cartoonish, recalling a young couple laughing at him in front of myself. I wanted to smack em in the back of their heads! Somewhat like the way Johnny produced & played on Muddy’s 3 out 4, Blue Sky label, Grammy winners…starting with his ‘77, Hard Again. Half a century ago, Johnny became my first guitar hero & the greatest blues-rocker of them all, in my eyes. His style was more original & fully formed by his record breaking Columbia signing in ‘68. Bloomfield wasn’t around long enough to have JW’s legacy. Jimi was more cosmic & psychedelic in his approach, seeking slide lessons & deferring to him live at Steve Paul’s, club, The Scene, playing bass. Clapton’s career too scattered in style & not original enough, (as a blues guitarist), to my ears. Others like Rory, respectfully, didn’t have his body of work or influence, from my perspective. How many endless blues-rockers try to ascend the mountain, most of them with nothing really new to say in their tedious wanking solos. Johnny could seemingly solo endlessly, due to his inexhaustible encyclopedic knowledge of the blues genre & his superhuman virtuosity to improvise. Edgar once called him the John Coltrane of blues guitarists, in that regard! Like the song the Stones wrote for him, Silver Train. Don’t get me wrong, Johnny & Edgar are 2 of my favourite musicians & hero’s, ever…I used their show with Rick Derringer, in Red Bank, NJ, 2007, as an excuse to finally visit NYC‼️Johnny used to have a flat on the lower Eastside of Manhattan, later a place in Connecticut. 🇨🇦

@brianwells4507 2 ай бұрын

@loilt5091 great story, lifelong JW fan since the 60's. Thank God for Paul Nelson and may he and Johnny RIP 🙏 If it wasn't for Paul and Johnny's wife Susan's efforts we'd have lost JW in the 90's!

@loilt5091 2 ай бұрын

@@brianwells4507 Thank you, always great to meet longtime JDW III fans! If you’ve never read it, I highly recommend; Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'n' Roll. My memory ain’t what it never was, but I recall 6 chapters; 3 bassists, (2 formerly with Johnny Winter, Tommy Shannon & Keith Ferguson), session great, Chuck Rainey, Leiber & Stoller, Doc Pomus + ______? Shannon & Ferguson’s reflections on their time with Johnny are especially worth your time & very insightful!

@dougieyou 2 ай бұрын

Jon, thanks for this, I was a lifelong Winter fan and saw him about 25 times. I would never miss him when he came to town.(Toronto,Canada). Needless to say I think he was one of the greats, Loved how he could embellish his vocals with the howl and play the Blues like no one else. Thanks again.

@variousvisfineart 2 ай бұрын

Wow 25 times. I never saw him.

@dougieyou 2 ай бұрын

@@variousvisfineart To me he was more than a musician, he was an inspiration simply cause of who he was. It bothers me that there are so few reactors reacting to him. BTW: the youtube video of him Live @Massey Hall...1983... I I was there !!!!

@demetrio5171 2 ай бұрын

I saw him play 30 years ago. I was in the first row and his chorus Vox amps almost melted my ears.

@variousvisfineart 2 ай бұрын

I never got to see him live.

@loilt5091 2 ай бұрын

@@variousvisfineart Vox amps, what were you smoking that show!? A blues guitarist wouldn’t use them…more of a Beatles deal. He was a Fender/Music Man guitarist.

@enochstandridge8634 2 ай бұрын

ROCK and ROOOOOOOLL wooooooooooooooooo ❤❤

@Kinger1625 Ай бұрын

Johnny Winter’s abilities as a blues player and singer…were extremely underrated imho. The man was a killer player, and his slide work was amazing. Medicine man will always be #1 for me, followed Got to find my baby from the Let me In album, which is hard to find for purchase. ❤❤

@waynedeadder664 2 ай бұрын

Number 11 I opened for him three times near the end. He loved hash. I smoked a hash joint with him on his “bus” (camper) He was in rough shape by the end. He wanted to play drums in soundcheck so they helped him behind the kit and counted in a shuffle. He was a terrible drummer. Lol

@mns8732 2 ай бұрын

I hing with JW in Manhattan. Taught me everything on blues

@josealberto146 2 ай бұрын

Johnny Winter era um grande Bluesman de referência para quem gosta dos Blues jamais o esquecerá. Obrigado

@sldrums Ай бұрын

my band opened two shows for john and edgar,in dania florida, back in 1969.both were very friendly

@mjrchapin 2 ай бұрын

This will be very useful to anyone who has never heard of him. To the rest, not so much. My favorite comment he made was about how people always asked him to 'bring along your guitar' when he visited. He said, that's like bringing your dirty clothes along when you visit your friend the laundress!

@jamespell8091 2 ай бұрын

This is so cool. The last one blew my mind but him on a moped in NYC. I imagin back in the day thay hadnt yet helmet laws. Imagine spotting him and recognizing him. In the 70's a friend had managed to get two pitures of himself in the school yearbook. One of ghe pitures was of him named Johnny Winter. I think he saw him at Winterland. I envy him lots. Ive seen Edgar a few times but ive never seen Johnny. (Actually it really pisses me off that i have never seen Johnny Winter)

@Tom-Yum-Gai Ай бұрын

always wished I'd seen him in the And stage but I got lucky when I saw him at the Fillmore East in November of 69 I think it was. Columbia had signed him for a reported 600,000 and he was touring to promote Second Winter. He did not miss ONE NOTE. Blazing fast, fluid with great tone. Still up at the top among shows I saw. Roy Buchanan at Carnegie Hall was maybe #2 but then I saw Ten Years After a few months after Johnny also at the Fillmore. Was sad to see the slow slide after he got with Derringer. Couple friends caught Rick in the parking lot after a show and he told them And was always a contest between him and Johnny to see who could do more heroin and still play. Heroin rips the spine out of guitarists. Look what it did to Clapton...461 Ocean Blvd. Pure drek. OH!! and Edger came on with Johnny near the end of his set and they did Tobacco Road. Damn good.

@hamishoneill9998 Ай бұрын

Hi Jon, I just subscribed. It’s a pretty cool video about Johnny, nice work. Am very keen to see your next video about some other music or acting legend. Cheers

@variousvisfineart Ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@edlink3483 Ай бұрын

I saw Johnny Winters 4 times and also have the book. I also saw him with Egar and White Trash

@johnmcbarron7282 2 ай бұрын

I understand Johnny drove a Ford Falcon when he lived in Chicago, East Rogers Park during the 60's. I think I saw a pic of his license though I can't find it now.

@variousvisfineart 2 ай бұрын

That is interesting.

@variousvisfineart 2 ай бұрын

JDW was a very interesting person.

@donniemoyer9261 2 ай бұрын

hey thanks. I also was/am a JW fan. I have a question maybe someone will answer. I've traveled up and down hwy 61 and stopped off in Leland Ms. and visited a little mueum there that had Johnny's and Edgar's memorabilia. got talkin' with the owner and he said the boys were born in Leland then moved to Texas. others have told me differently.spose I could find out somewhere but maybe someone here might know. one time at the Celebrity Theater in Phx I saw JW. he was really loaded only played for 20 minutes or so. was in the can takin a leak and some idiot came in and was bad mouthin my man and the fight began...lol. after I helped em up I said to em, you should never judge a man unless you've walked in his shoes.. saw JW a cupla years later in Tempe and he had been clean foe awhile and he put on an awsum show..sadly I only got to see em those 2 times..but have all his music..thanks again..

@MarkBarna1 Ай бұрын

It is funny how many people mispronounce JW's last name as Winters. Including the drummer from Derek Truck's namesake band when Johnny joined them on stage in front of tens of thousands. "And here he is, Johnny Winters.'