One things for sure, there will never be another Johnny Winter.

Around 1976 my younger sister landed an Exec Secretary job at Blue Sky Records in NYC (Johnny’s label). In March 1979 she invited me and my gf to join her, her boss and Johnny for dinner at the Lone Star Café, a small club on 5th Ave and E 13th St on lower Manhattan. It was my birthday so my little sister and her boss at Blue Sky took us to dinner and afterwards Johnny played a kickass show!! Best bday present I ever got!!! Also, Johnny gave me a framed photo that he signed earlier in the day. He wrote “Rich, happy birthday ‘79 and the best of everything good! Johnny Winter” RIP, Johnny

A genius and personal favorite that never got the recognition he deserved.

It's said Johnny Winter had a huge record collection hanging on a wall and he could play alongside each and every song in those records.

Loved Mr.Winters saw him live over 25 times he was at his best in small clubs. Sometimes he would play for three hours straight with out a break.Wild man. Rest in Peace Johnny!

For me, Johnny Winter is one the hardest to copy,and actually get his sound. His fast guitar style is original, and is as blues as blues can be. It's My own Fault, off the Johnny Winter And live album with Rick Derringer,is one the greatest slow blues ever recorded.

I generally can't stand the "look how fast I can play" thing, but you could tell that was just Johnny's style and he wasn't showing off. He had to slow down to play fast. I'll never be able to play as good as this, but thanks for breaking it down and instructing it so well.

A goldmine for all the Johnny Winter fans out here...thanks Jeff!

JW was absolutely The Best!!!!! ☮️💟

U guys just nailed the f'..in tone he had . love it

Very nice! Johnny owned the pentatonic blues box, and made it is own. Johnny was as fast as he needed to be, soulful and very very clean - every note distinct.

Excellent video Johnny Winter one of my favorite players a true monster player

RIP Johnny. You are missed

Johnny is the GOAT

2 music man amps, turned up to dirty, Johnny was the best! I took a friend (Joe) to a Johnny show, he said he didn't want to go. Joe said it's not his type of music. I said it's not a type of music, its going to a bar and watching a bad-ass play guitar like you never saw. What else you gonna do sit home, i asked. Joe came and said it was the best time he ever had at a concert. "That guy was awesome " he said. After that Joe would call me every time Johnny came around. I've been to 50+ of Johnny's shows and enjoyed every one! RIP Johnny!!

First time seeing Johnny Winter ~ Boston Tea Party, 1969. He played a Fender Mustang through three (!) Twin Reverbs, two on the bottom and one on top in a pyramid. Dimed volume and treble, no bass. Blood from my ears, but totally stoked. The man was on fire.

Johnny was also in my opinion the most versatile and unique rock and roll texas blues player that has EVER existed.,even BB King said that. And in jimi hendrixes biography he stated that Johnny was the best guitarist that he ever played with...We love your johnny you will live on forever..

Johnny Winter was the one that turned me on to Electric Guitar. Copying his licks was my obsession for years. Slide and standard. Johnny Winter And Live album is still one of the best things I've ever heard. RIP!

I saw Johnny play live, he picked like a banjo player with a thumb pick and fingers. The man could lay down slide like no one else!

These are riffs I have admired for years. You have got them down to a science. JWA played in my area (Davenport Ia) in August of 70. He and Derringer were an outstanding team.Thanks alot Saw him do those many times over 40 years

Johnny winter was no slouch, he was masterful, articulate, versital, with a lightning flash, machine-gun delivery, an enjoyment to the ear, catchy & intimidating true blues "MASTER GUTARIST" LIVE ON "JOHNNY GUITAR"!! FOREVER....

I was hoping he was going to show us some super secret scales or something, lol. The reality is a lot of these licks are (amazingly) sitting right there in the standard blues box. It's sort of like a foreign language: I've learned some of the phrases but Johnny is like a fast-talking native speaker.

Johnny could play and never run out of ideas. That is what inspires me the most out of his many, many talents.

Johnny's vocal work was antastic in several songs. Lay Down Your Sorrows Stranger Cheap Tequila Miss anne Drown in my own tears Like a rolling stone The list keeps going cheers

Saw Johnny two nights running in London 25 (?) years ago! The first night he played the then Town & Country 2 on Holloway Road, Islington nr. Highbury Corner and he was OK. The next night he played the Town & Country in Kentish town (I think it's now called the Kentish Town Forum), a much larger venue and he ROCKED the place playing to loads more people than the smaller sister venue down the road. He shredded on an awesome version of Link Wray's Rumble that second night that blew me away - his speed was incredible. RIP Johnny; we've all got to go sometime, buddy, but you won't be forgotten. Good tutorial here, BTW!

I am not in blues but Johnny is a chapter apart . He is some kind of special . I feel soon get bored with blues exept mister Winter because he plays amazing creative . And his voice so tasty ! He was a true genius !

Thanks Jeff. Your lessons are awesome. I would love to see more Johnny Winter. Please

I met Johnny at the Iron Horse in Noho, MA. in the mid 70's. Always one of my favorite blues guys. I had an awesome original oil painting of him that I wish I still had. Saving this video to play with later on. Thanks Betty l bro!!

One of the best guitars lessons I've ever seen/heard on KZfaq. Thanks Jeff man!!!

I love that people are studying Johnny Winter. Really good lesson here, but I thought it should be mentioned that Winter also used his other fingers along with his thumb pick. Almost like a flam instead of a sweep.

Jeff, thanks a lot for the great info; especially how you started SLOW and then goosed it a little faster and faster. That kind of attention makes it much easier to learn this great stuff. Thanks again for paying attention. Good man!

These are the best. Do a part 2

Thanks very much!. . Such good things to practice when you come home and you've had a louzy day.

Awesome! Love Johnny Winter

Johnny used to have his guitars serviced @ his friends store "Silver Strings Music" in St Louis - (Ed Selig's -since closed) and I was amazed his string gauge was so heavy - +13's on the high e sting - i heard this was because he thought the tone was much better {--considering the bends he frequently used he had fingers of steel }.The Johnny Winter AND Live album (w/ Rick Derringer) blues # : "Its my own fault " imho is him at his peak and it always blows me away - incredible powerful playing. RIP Johnny , thank you.

Jeff, Great playing and lesson. Thank you. Best wishes

Johnny oooohhhh yeah, my favorite. Thanks

Great licks thanks! I miss Johnny!!

Absolutely impressive! Thank you

Very nice! Got this one on a loop! Thank you!

Sounds great Jeff!!!

Great chops, the late JW was sensational!!!!!!!

Excellent upload Jeff.

Thank you, this has been very helpful to me. Cheers!

dude this is KILLER!. Thanks

1974 I was 18 years old I framed homes in Houston , I met a group of guys that played in a band one guy had long blonde hair . I was clueless back then I didn't know it was Johnny Winter till the next day. Now Im 61.

cool, you figuered it out amazingly bro. Thanks so much from a huge Winter fan.

Awesome lesson thank you !

Good video. Thanks for the tips!

Great vid. Pretty enlightening. Getting terrific tone from that guitar and rig.

Nice job. Thank you.

Johnny Winter licks...yes!

Nice, well done!!

Great lesson!

Great stuff

Great video, thank you. Nice job.

Thanks for the tips!

NICELY DONE .......THX

Well chosen. Very representative

Excellent

Duane Allman look alike or what ? ? Hey Jeff, thanks for the great video ! Most people can't (and won't) play as clean as you do on this video. Great playing ! ! I'd heard that Johnny had bought Gatemouth Brown's guitar from his wife after he'd passed away. Another thing I wanted to pass along to you was the fact that Johnny made a video of him going back to his hometown and the house he grew up in. Great video. It was made and produced by Johnny's longtime bassist and assistant Paul . . . . . can't remember his last name right now, but man, what a great video.

Great lesson. I never dug non reverse Firebirds very much but this one is pretty sexy, Looks comfy and i love the SB with p90s.

Great video...

Thank you!

Thanks so much!🎶

Sweet. I could not figure out JW’s playing until now. Thanks so much,

It was mostly the Gibson...they practically play themselves..and Johnnys brilliance...

Good lesson!😎

im always more impressed with johnnys singing

Jeff always Cool!

John D. Winter WAS the Texas Blues Great. He didn’t need any outside peddle help. All you had to do was look at Johnny’s fingers to tell he’d be one of the few who could play that neck.

nice playing.like it

I like this dude

Fantastic, really sounds like Johnny. If I could just add one note about Johnny's use of pedals...the only one he used habitually as far as I'm aware was a Boss CE-2 Chorus.

great guitarist

Great video cheers :)

Johnny used a Music Man 4x10 Amp ... The Bass was completely rolled off, Treble at 10 and ZERO Mids at all ... he ran a Boss Chorus Pedal that he left on all the time ... to thicken up the sound a bit. I would imagine it was dialed in very subtle.

Love to hear you and Andy playin johnny winter tunes,sometime!

Johnny played thru a Boss Chorus (stereo) into a clean amp on max volume , Bass on zero, Middle max, treble max and he only used the neck pickup

Nobody played like JWinter. At least I never heard of them. Style all of his own.

"He was not a afraid of the key of 'B,' a triumphant key of rock!"

The best

There will NEVER another Johnny Winter.

See old Tommy Shannon on bass right? Mister winters said he used fender twins for long time UNTIL he found the music man hd 410!!!! He said they sounded "better than a twin" he used thumb and finger picks, also his eq settings were zero bass full treble!!!! Thanks man awesome stuff!!!!

thx !!

"..still in the key of B.." JOHNNY + B = GOOD.

You'd nailed it

Please How to play Solo Guitar "Mercy Mercy" from Johnny and Edgar Winter ? Thank you very much

Jeff...thanks for sharing; would love to jam with you!

Its 2020 Epiphone need another run at the wilshire in my life

Interesting to see P90 in the firebird, Johnny used mini humbuckers, but nevertheless you nailed the tone.

Johnny NEVER used any picks but thumbpick. never used an indexpick or 5 picks. A metalslide,a thumbpick and a `64 reverse firebird from gibson of course. Always do you research , LOL...! You do super good .

I want to meet a woman who can play Johnny! Your riffs are spot on...I know most of his tricks...met him 4 times, (John Paris, Tom Compton era), though I saw them during the Hughes/Hobbs era! This has been the greatest experience other than awaiting the Rapture! After all...what good is all our playing if we can't take it to the "next level"?!!!

Great stuff, can you do a tutorial on Johnny's "Rock Me Baby" please and thank you!🎸🎶🎸🤞

Very nice performance .... Please, if possible, you can take out the Chords / Riffs for "On the LIMB" by Johnny WINTER

I thought you looked familiar, did you play with Funky Mojodaddy for a while?? I moved from Chicago 6 years ago but I used to frequent harlem Avenue lounge

Oh cool

What a good lesson that was. Many thanks. His playing was too fast for me to figure out note for note.

R.I.P. Johnny Winter

i have an old interview with johnny and he claims he didn't use much in the way of pedals, etc. because they would always break...lol.