Rabs Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 This is a real nice hard rocking version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 damn right. anything from Johnny from that time period . Still Alive and Well is still on my regular rotation of cd's to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Johnny Winter was my biggest influence as a teen. I remember the ace guitarist at the shop I used to go to. One day went into the store to hang out and he asked me what guitarists I liked. I said Billy Gibbons, Jimmy Hendrix, and more of the usual suspects in 1975ish. He said, "Ever hear of Johnny Winter?" I said, "No". He said "Get Captured Live, trust me, you'll be blown away." He was so right. I spent a year learning the intro to Boney Maroney. Floyd Radford (I think he is the guy playing the 335), is fabulous too. I want a white Firebird badly, all because of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 A friend of mine, Gregory Correa, just interviewed Johnny for his TV show. Another friend, Jimmy Bedford, was Edgar's stage manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I've always had a soft-spot in my heart for Johnny Winter! There's something about him that is truly American and undeniably original. Heroine certainly took it's toll on not only his life, but his physical being for sure... In my youth I copyrighted one of my Blues Songs with a female singer from my high school that later went on to tour with Johnny extensively in the 1990's... Her stage name is Susan Angeletti... I missed my opportunity being a bit too much of a home-body, I had a shot at being on that tour... S USAN ANGELETTI has opened and/or performed with the likes of: Bluesmen: Johnny Winter & BB King, soul sensation Wilson Pickett…RRRockers: George Thorogood, Dicky Betts, Ian Anderson( Jethro Tull) & Sam Andrew(Janis Joplin's original guitarist from Big Brother & The Holding Co.). <br style="color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br style="color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Susan has also had the honor to do shows with and work with folks like blues singing sensation Shemekia Copeland; (daughter of legendary Blues pioneer Johnny Clyde Copeland) Tom Hambridge (producer and drummer for Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, & Susan Angeletti), John Sheldon (guitarist & songwriter for James Taylor & Susan Angeletti), John Hammond Jr, The Blind Boys of Alabama, original Blues pioneer; Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson (Muddy Waters Band) & more!!! I was in and out of her band on a couple of occasions. We dated for a while... I would have loved opening for Johnny, but I missed the boat... This is my first early memory of seeing an electric guitar/rock & roll performance on TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNGOynePMw That version of "Johnny B. Goode" set the stage in my youth for me to pursue a love of electric guitar for the rest of my life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Terrific post... If you scroll back a while, I posted this same clip of Johnny... Huge respect to the 'Firebird Man' One of the true greats of live performance... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Johnny (and Dave Mason) were the reasons I HAD to have a reverse Firebird back in the mid-70's. He's also the reason I now always take ear plugs to concerts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 He used to come to my parties when I lived in LA… Nice guy very quiet and timid when he's not on stage, had a lovely wife too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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