R.I.P. Johnny Winter...

[jackthehack]

R.I.P. Johnny Winter, Texas Blues will never be the same without you...

 

[john_p_wi]

Very sad indeed. Man, as a kid I played the grooves out of "Still Alive and Well", his 1973 release. Saw him live in the early 90's, besides being full of machine gun fast riffs, he just bent the hell out the strings...  He was playing an Erlewine Lazer or similar headless guitar at that time.

Another great one gone.

 

[stratamania]

R.I.P Johnny

...another blues stringer back home.

 

[Cagey]

We're all better for his having been here, so he fulfilled his mission.

 

[ptirman]

He was my biggest influence as a teenager in the 70's and until this day. I remember the day I was introduced to his unbelievable playing. One of the regulars at the guitar shop in town was talking to me (I was 16 or so) and I was talking about Billy Gibbons. He said, "If you like Billy, Listen to Johnny Winter, Edgar's brother." I listened to Captured Live and it changed my guitar life, forever. It's in the short list of albums I listen to yearly, like Abbey Road, Zep 2 and Who's Next. I'm still a bit shaken a few days after his death. Probably because I worship the guy.

oh and hey guys and gal (.1%). It's been a long time since I've been here. Really into my Warmoths (actually always have been, just work has been a you know what).

 

[Strat Avenger]

Dang, I just found out about this.
Sad news.

 

[DangerousR6]

Got to see him several years ago at the ROT Rally in Austin. He must of been in bad health then 'cause he had to sit in a chair to play..

 

[stubhead]

Besides all the dope and liquor, he had bad hip problems. By the time he got sober, his health was too bad to risk hip replacements. I have long felt that if had died around the same time as Jimi and Duane, he would probably be held in the same esteem. They certainly enjoyed getting blasted as much as he, they just died before it showed up in their playing. Second Winter - the three-sided one - astonishing playing. And there was one of the Allman Brothers 2008 Beacon shows that Johnny sat in on. They made the mistake of letting him call the tunes, and he played some real hardass Texas blues, a song called "Blackjack", maybe? He friggin' torched Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, they were not ready for the aggression. Then they carried him back offstage, grinning like a fool, no doubt.