Sad, He's only 55 yrs old here. Iast time I saw him was 1988 and he still had the fire and the Johnny growl! He was one of the best. Pray he's in the arms of the Lord.

@Marco81blues

7 жыл бұрын

He got clean in his last years.

@BIGBADBOB99

7 жыл бұрын

Yes i know due to Paul Nelson weening him off but sadly the damage was already done over all those years unabated.

@Richard-vu7kh

7 жыл бұрын

Rob Bob his health seemed to take such a drastic turn so quickly....I also saw him in '88 still strong and killin' it. Two years later a shadow of his former self. His final album found him regaining his fire, but COPD cut it short for him....still, a huge legacy of awesome performances, not to mention a generation of current virtuosos who cut their teeth on JW !

@richardlee866

6 жыл бұрын

Saw him 20 times in my life from 74 to 2011 got to meet and hang out and talk with him with him six different times a true gentleman. There will never be another like him.

@oldchris3398

Жыл бұрын

MCA dropped Him after The Winter of 88 , signed as a 3 record deal with better STUDIO than the other , small,off labels.Not Compton Paris or with him here.JDWinter lll did what Jerry Garcia without GD did not do which was everything,we have now.Try early Winter if you think he's " half dead and drugged"here Old Chris a retired fiddler of Albuquerque NM

even half-dead much better than many other healthy ones...

@ignorecorporatenews

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, he's half dead here. pOOR jOHNNY , I've just read his biography book......

Inspiring playing but it almost hurts to see Johnny Winter like this.

@highdb1

3 жыл бұрын

It hurts me to tears to see this. I saw him seven times between 96 and 2005. It was almost exactly the same every time. The first time I saw him a grown man cried and walked out.

I saw Johnny play at the Bottom Line in NYC right at this time 1999 and it was shocking to say the least after having seen him at least 30 times since 1975...he was never the same...so sad..several years later he did sign my 76 firebird and for that I am grateful to him.

It's so hard to watch him like this at this age and blind. Everything is slowed down. He was the best at one time! RIP JOHNNY, WE ALL LOVE YOU!

A Texas Guitar Legend , A Blues Master !

That guitar is playing Johnny...😉😉AWESOME

@jeffdoyle4703

5 ай бұрын

It's a Lazer.

would like to see him playing like this today although he is much healthier now. Great footage,thanks for uploading,rare stuff.

Looks half alive, but still has total control of the guitar.

can't believe how he is still in such control of his guitar here. he looks pretty much dead just going through the motions.

I was lucky enough to see him in 1994 & 95 at Jake's in Springfield VA. He was incredible! Hard to believe this is him with the same guitar a few years latter. I'm glad to hear he's doing better these days.

@James-hr4fu

Жыл бұрын

I was working at Zakks, Springfield" that's the club your referring too." Iwas a bartender there for years. He was great.

My Hero starting in 1970

Thank You Lawrence Blumenstien,You have great taste and the audio is live studio of this period of JDWinter,Old Chris a retired fiddler of Albuquerque NM tune fiddle D A E B

Johnny👍😁

nope that's me on bass....

Vito Liuzzi on drums, Andy Aledort on bass

Rock on

NIce solo man! :)

what actually happened to him? 94-95 he was still rocking and then all of a sudden in 96 he became what we see here

@louisbelanger8792

Жыл бұрын

He felt and broke his hip

Before srv Johnny was melting faces

sounds like they were launching right into "sen-sa-shun" next, another 'freddy' number.

He's done so many drugs he can't open his eyes anymore, but he still plays the blues like a boss

@aboveaveragebluesenjoyer9953

Жыл бұрын

He only did 2 years of heroin, then he was on a drug trying to get him off heroin for over 30 years. His old manager abused it and made him this way. Luckily near the end of his life he got taken off them and regained a decent amount of himself

@StormdancerStormdancer

7 ай бұрын

he was born blind plus always played with eyes closed

Sad to see him in this condition but his playin is still very, very good. It's always very calmed down in his 1999 performances, but some songs songs don't loose any quality. The version of "hideaway" in the beginning of this video is exciting - it's just not as aggressive as usual and sometimes JW is strugglin with he timing. But this is a rehearsal..

@highdb1

3 жыл бұрын

I can assure you the gig sounded exactly the same.

Well he got tired and sick because his management it was kinda weird watching him kinda shake back and forth and repeat the turn around so often. I saw Johnny in the 70s and 80s probably 30 times.I saw him on the captured live tour whew that was some hot playing

withhoudt any mistake

Some time ago the LAZER brand listed the most famous guitarists who had or played on their guitars and there was no Jonnhy Winter in the list. LOL he is the only guitarist I know who played this guitar all the other cheeks of the stratocaster, the telecaster, Les Paul, SG.... it makes me laugh.

Great playing, of course. I just don’t like that swishy sound effect on his guitar. Just my two cents.

How judgemental. Pray For your own soul.. At least he's doing What He's best at excellently ,can your Holy Roller self do that?

@StormdancerStormdancer

7 ай бұрын

jon** \\he was a christian

Boring....

@jamesselbach998

5 жыл бұрын

Sten Mark Thank you James Crowe. I have over 30 Johnny Winter albums and zero by Sten Mark. Stem Mark = Douchebag.

@ollekassman6301

3 жыл бұрын

I GOT RECORDS BY STENMARK.....!!!!!

@ollekassman6301

3 жыл бұрын

JOHNNY IS VERY BORING HERE

@aboveaveragebluesenjoyer9953

Жыл бұрын

Definitely not boring…was a king up til his death, still is in my eyes