Rick wrote it for Johnny when it was 'Johnny Winter And' basically Johnny was fronting the McCoys

Yeah man, Johnny's voice rocked any song to the max.

Raw power for sure....pure kinetic energy...took every song to another level

and that BASS PLAYER!

​@@donnysarian thanks for telling me that and also with with the Bobby Caldwell

Agreed , but... REMEMBER DUANE ALLMAN .

@@thomasskladany7760 there's another family, Southern rock and slide. Duane Allman, Lynard Skynard, 38 Special... And don't forget Derek Trucks and Jeff Healy. Carrying on the tradition... Justin Johnson. My point is, guitar playing for the real guitar players is dialogue. It's a conversation from generation to generation. You would be remiss mentioning Duane Allman without mentioning Dicky Betts

.....and Allen Collins, too.

@@chriscampbell9191 REMEMBER DUANE ALLMAN !!!

@@chriscampbell9191 Years ago I read an interview with Joe Perry where he talked about this. He called it "dialoguous". Meaning that from generation to generation there is a dialogue of guitar playing. In Joe Perry's case... He was influenced by Jeff Beck. Slash was influenced by Joe Perry, etc.

Amen.

billyshane....you nailed it

he wouldn't do a line with jan werner in 1974...so.......YES is the same story jan or david geffen didn't get any special attention so that's the payback remember YES never got a good review in Rolling Stone

by now it's not an honor considering the garbage that's in the RRHOF.

I would be upset if the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" actually cared about Rock and/or Roll. Clyde Mcphatter is in (maybe he deserves it???), yet Johhny is out...tells you all you need to know. Leverne Baker is in (maybe she deserves it???), yet Grand Funk is out.... Not to bum out on the wonderful and amazing artist like Aretha Franklin, but the ROF, which should be about rock, has morphed into The Music Hall of Fame". Thus, when Mary J Blige, Hank Willams, A Table Called Quest (what, who, unh?), Dolly Parton and others, voted/welcomed in, while Ted 'fuck'n" Nugent, Randy Bachman, The Guess Who, a band like Foreigner (never even nominated) and so many other Rock and Rollers are left out, you come to understand that the ROF is not about Rock and Roll.

Don't worry, Madonna made it.

@@Lancemillerwy 🤭

I'm glad artists are more sensible now and the don't do the annoying overly loud volum anymor

I saw him in the early 80s. Cost me 7 bucks for a Bumbershoot ticket.

I did, about '76, in So. Cal, at a high school gym. No seats !!!

I'm born in 82...in other continent. Johnny Winter - my favorit blues-rock artist!

@@shawn13mertle13 an umbrella ticket ?

@@user-od9wk2di2t Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray are my two favourites.

No doubt. Incredible

Glad you found him! Maybe he found you❤

Booommmm enjoy

Yea! Absolutely!

that's Jon Paris on bass.

Contrapuntal...we need more of that!

Doesn't matter it's a great outfit he's wearing....@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

Yes that bass is hypersonic

​@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 Actually, that is Randy Jo Hobbs.

Killing it!!

YES God damn. Bass player is the beast

Randy Joe Hobbs Union City Indiana.

We'd always catch Johnny when he came to town, good times!

I saw Johnny Play Old Man Rivers (My cousins club in Avondale LA) back in 1980. He came in with a full bottle of scotch and two blondes (one on each arm). Both the scotch and the blondes were not to be seen again that night. ROCK N ROLL!!

​@@Jeffrey.Blazer.4.20❤😂❤ It's great! No doubt!

Also caught a 1975 concert at the Aragon in Chicago. One of the best shows I’ve seen in my lifetime. His band was incredible. What a great surprise!!!!!

Dude it is freaky I mean he doesn’t open his eyes ! Fantastic huh no doubt 😊

I've always been in awe of Mr Edgar and Mr.John.

Winter not Winters - and you call yourself a fan???

@@MrPnew1 I never called myself a 'fan' and one doesn't have to be a devoted 'fan' in order to recognize greatness. Anyway I corrected it...thanks.

Some cowbell would have been great!

I agree, Best Band JW ever had. Reminded me of The Who, where the Guitar, the Bass and the Drums are 'continuously' playing a SOLO. JW probably belong in the Top 10 Best Rock Guitarist ever. Thank You, Johnny.

I've only observed & jammed to his music rather infrequently.but he and the rest sounded rather tight/rough,the bass surprised me with the aggressive timeless funk.mr.winter looked rather modern when was thiz 88-93? Especially his look,wardrobe.thnx for the footage.

@@homoerectus744 I think that this concert was in 1973 - when Johnny was still in his prime and drugs hadn't taken a toll on his health yet. The Bassist was a guy named Randy Jo Hobbs, was in the pop group, The McCoys, with Rick Derringer as teenagers. Their big hit was 'Hang on Sloopy'. The McCoys later became Johnny Winter's backing band - 'Johnny Winter And' - they dropped the McCoys name because Johnny's Management didn't want him to be associated with 'Bubble-Gum' Pop Music. But, the McCoys were Legit good musicians. Unfortunately, both Randy Jo and drummer, Richard Hughes, came to sad ends. Randy Jo's music career was destroyed by his own Drug Addiction and, although he got clean, he was in bad health and died of a heart attack in his early 40s. Richard Hughes, killed himself at age 36 - I don't know the reasons, but I wouldn't be surprised if Richard had also developed a Drug problems that prematurely ended his music career.

​@@carljacobson7156what? About rock-music stranger always bad luck?!😢

Yes Luther! “Southern-Fried-Funk edge to that Rock” Right on! And listen to that crowd. I am there emotionally if not physically. 🖖🏻

Awesome

Once in a while our lives cross with greatness. I hope you have great memories meeting him ❤

I've been watching that part over n over.....thought it was just me....effin genius

* T H I R D S *

Love the Dayton reference. Grew up in Centerville. Saw lotsa great shows at that rathole, tinderbox, Hara Arena: Zappa, Trower, Kansas, Lynyrd Skynryd, Genesis, John Cougar, and others I’ve forgotten.

Man thanks for that awesome story.

For real!

The guitarist too 😀

@@carettethierry2126 Yeah, Johnny is quite good too ;)

Hes from the Mc Coys of Hang on Sloopy fame. The Las remaining member to stay with Winter after Derringer left.

I don't think this was a cover. He did this before Rick Derringer.

Yeah the dog howling stuff is great too!

Richard lived nearby in Mantoloking NJ and played in our local bands at bars and some of our house parties before and after he left Johnny. Johnny would show up at some of the gigs. Pretty cool times..

JUST BLUES ROCK? THATS HOW YOU SUMMARIZE THE GREAT JOHNNY WINTER?

@@lazlo5971 wtf is wrong with calling what he plays blues, rock or everything in between. Don't take too much seconal, but you might wanna take a little and calm down.

@hog7203 LOL no offense. I can see why you reacted irrationally. Haven't done seconal in a while though 😉

@@lazlo5971 😆 my apology for overreacting. I thought maybe you were questioning my faith and worship of the guitar god that is called Johnny Winter.😂 I wonder if they still prescribe or even make reds anymore. The last thing I remember taking that was similar, was Tuinal, back in the 70s. They had the same drawback where witnesses would tell you that you had fun, but you couldn't remember it.

It’s only blues and rock and roll guitar but I like it like it yes I do.

I wonder…Do you still have the ticket stub? Could that show have been Jan. 4 of 1974? I have been trying to find some record of my 1st concert ever. I know it was Johnny Winter, and I know it was at the Hampton Coliseum ( I lived right down the road). I can find no record of the show, but I there are records that show him the next night in GreensboroNC, so they were in the area. I also could not find any record of JW at the Coliseum in ‘73, so I am wondering if your show was very early 74. I bet we were at the same show ( it blew my 12yo mind!). This has perplexed me for years and it’s one show that I did not manage to save my ticket stub from EDIT: I did find a record of JW at the Coliseum on June 14 1973 with Foghat - that was probably the show you saw - but I feel like that was too early for me. At least I do remember the ( very loud ) show - guess I’ll keep digging

Haha that was probably the heroin. Johnny was a god up there with Jimi and Eddie. Thanks for your kind comment

You know guitar culture. You're only allowed to play pentatonics if you're a genius. If you're a mortal both you and the audience will have to suffer through some complicated bum shiff that will never sound as good. Like sometimes I'll follow the chords with mixolydians. I don't think it sounds good. No one does. Sigh. Feather light is Excalibur.

Back when SF was cool and not a crime ridden sewer.

That's a great album. I think that's the album that made me realize how fast he really was. I know it's the one that made me want a Firebird.

Good question!

I have a video called something like “Johnny Winter Live in the 70’s”. It has a bunch more songs from this show on it. Can’t remember where I got it but do a search. It might turn up.

There’s a whole video of it out there if you search Johnny winter live 1973 you’ll probably come across it