Now Johnny is out there rocking down Highway 61 himself. RIP Johnny, and you'll never be forgotten.

Got to see Johnny in a small club, was maybe 6 feet away from him, When I first heard Johnny in 67 m favorite song was Leland Miss.great album ,love everything he has done. It's fuckin criminal that he's not in the Hall 0f Fame, he inspired many a player. His lighting fast picking and awesome slide work is second to none. His work with Muddy Waters is amazing. Do the music world justice and enshrine him in the Hall of Fame.

One of the greatest blues guitarists of all time. Can listen to him for hours on end Johnny Winter was top ten for sure

I saw Johnny in the Hammersmith Odeon in London about 1975, at the time I was seeing top live bands 2 or 3 times a week. Johnny started playing and the whole place started rocking, hairs on my arms and neck stood up, I have seen the who (My favourite band) dozens of times, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, The Stones, Budgie, Man, No one has come close to the sheer energy of Johnny

Probably the best version I've heard yet. Definitely still on fire into the 1980's.

Take a great song and make it genius... Only one man could do that. RIP Johnny Winter.

Still rockin' the house, any house! One of the very concerts I ever saw was Johnny Winter, Madison Square Garden. He kicked it then, and still kicks it now! Go get 'em Johnny!

The best blues/boogie/slide player on the planet. Such a vibe, feel and tone. My favourite since the early eighties. His new platter "Roots" kicks some serious butt too. Long live Johnny!

@ontariobuds

Жыл бұрын

In my opinion Johnny is at the top of the pile of musicians.

Johnny took the old blues and amped them up; his guitar playing was revolutionary. He can play for me anytime. Rock and Roll heaven must be rockin out, it's gotta be.

I'm still tapping my toe to his tunes never gets old😅😅😅

first saw Johnny Winter at palace Theater Albany NY 1975 14 yrs old drinkin a quart of tango and doin dubies Muddy waters B.b King and rick derringer with a walf on by Edgar

He lead a charmed life / all in all. God bless his soul.

best guitar player ever. you might understand that only if you know how to play the axe and do it outstandingly well, not just techs and tricks of the dump each nerd can learn. Johnny is born with the guitar but also with the taste of blues and a true rock n roll heart. Cheers old friend

Roskilde Denmark 1984. I was 21 and i have been a fan since then. Great concert.

He was so unbelievably good!!

My friend Johnny Winter was unbelievable

He's in my HALL OF FAME!

@hoovertrading

Ай бұрын

That's all that counts

I waited on line for what seemed like all day to get tickets to see Johnny Winter And at the Fillmore East the last week. Then right before the show it was cancelled. I think he went into rehab. He never played with “And” ever again even though Randy Jo Hobbs stayed with him. I wish I still had the ticket as a remembrance but in 1971 I needed the $5.50 so I returned it.

Cuando tenía 10 años escuche capturado vivo y me voló la cabeza que versión el dios blanco del blues gracias Johnny por cruzarte en mi vida viva el blues

This man should be mentioned inthe greatest guitarist of alltime,PERIOD! AMAZING speed

@STRATCAT101

8 жыл бұрын

+Ernest Tuttle white lightning.

@tessierashpoolmg7776

6 жыл бұрын

Ernest Tuttle There is no better guitarist than JW...........

Thanks, Johnny, for all the great times Missing you already ...

Johnny Winter was the first concert I went to at age 13 in Davenport, Iowa, I'm 55 years old now and he still Rocks! ( Also saw him at The Mystic in Petaluma a few years ago)

i cant wait im seeing both johnny and edger in kitchener next month free show and all Mr.pintop perkens was booked to be on the bill but we all will keep his memory alive

Superb :Live recording of an awesome performance by Winters belting out a kick Ass rendition of Hwy 61 revisted..........Thanks for uploading this..

Got to see him at least 15 times definitely the G.O.A T

Johnny Winter!!!! Rest in Peace. Saw him 4 times. Last time with Geroge Throuhgood . Out doors. Illinois state fair

There is no mortal that can do this stuff. Love you Johnny, love you Bob.

@BermondseySteve I've been listening to Johnny for 40 years now - first saw him live back in 1973 in Kitchener Ontario. My sister just saw him in Michigan a couple of weeks ago at the "Lexington" and she said he was great. She even met him backstage! The only thing I can say is -- I really doubt there will ever be anyone as good as Johnny and it'll be a sad fucking day when he's gone. Until then I hope he keeps on rockin' and I bet he knows many of us consider him to be THE BEST ~~~ EVER!

Lot's of folks can play this epic, and lot's of people can play slide, but only a great American poet could write it, and only a great American guitar legend could own it.

Great Song...really love it!

I would pick johnny over 95 percent of the last 30 yrs of " blues guitar players"simply amazing

una de mis favoritas del gran Jhonny

I was in 2 bands that opened for Johnny in Pittsburgh in the 90's Tom Copmpton from PA. RULES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Johnny Winter was definitely a great guitar player with a very unique style of picking. Definitely the best slide player my ears have heard. Greatest guitarist in the world? There's jazz guys that would play circles around him. Johnny was pretty much (although not always) a I-IV-V blues player and used pentatonic blues scales. BUT nobody ever did as much inside of that box. I've seen Johnny twice. I've seen Alvin Lee, Zappa, lots of big name rock guitarists. I saw John McLaughlin last year and after 45 years of concert attendance I never heard anyone come remotely close to that guy's knowledge and intensity in playing. I will say Johnny is easily the best rock/blues guitar player I have seen though.

....Long Live my friend from across the Bay!!

RIP! JW Best blues ever and ever.

@peterjones2150

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Johnny Boy !

bloody amazing.

Smookkiinnn

Oh, man! There's no one better. Thanks for the posting!

Great version, the only one I have seen playing it with the lazer instead of firebird.

ジョニーウィンターの追憶のハイウェイ61最高ですね。(⌒‐⌒) 今は故人ですが大好きなギタリストです　😀このDVD を持っています。(⌒‐⌒)

Got to say like Dylan’s version of course he wrote it but the Guitar work is impeccable!

thanks so much; lovely

great!...nuff said!

I've seen him a number of times over the years. Yes, he was down for awhile, but he's getting stronger again every year. And, when he was at his lowest his single note playing was about 1/4 speed (but still great, because every note meant something - no filler.) But his slide playing was right on target, even then. Great technique, great notes. If you get a chance to see him play, you won't be disappointed.

Johnny and Billie Gibbons are the original Texas badasses. Old school! Fuckin'A!

What a great sounding video. Love JW. I don't think he did this song much after '84 or so.

Drummer killin it

The best!!!!

Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhh fuckin' great

He was bony and beautiful! Still is.

JW is the absolute kick ass ruler of Texas style blues rock,(Billy Gibbons and Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray also rock!)

Hell yeah! Tear it up!

Damn the man can play

Ahh ... Thank you!

fuckin' A Johnny!

@xkecoupe I feel your passion brother

Johnny b goode

There is simply nobody to compare him to. Maybe Stevie Ray' but I dont think any comparison is fair. JW stands alone as far as I'm concerned..seen him twice 1971 and 2011 and wore out a dozen or more pieces of vinyl inbetween. So glad Paul Nelson is with him now and keeping him clean and healthy.. The Blues Is Good News!!

@ivansavoie3190

2 жыл бұрын

Stevie Ray who.doesn' t come close. Maybe in his dreams

You said it senor!!!

0 dislikes deserves a thumbs up!!!!

@mmjm012 it is an absolute shame he isn't. One of the best of all time

@OnePinkPanda THE best guitarist of all time - I always tell people that and they say "really?" - and I say you never saw him live - I would have gone to see him play every night in the 80s/90s. White boy - king of the blues

Johnny doesn;t give a rats rear end about the Hall of Fame. There is not a person alive that has had more fun doing what he does playing rock and roll with no apologies....

@elcantil22 your right, there is no one at this point Rockin like this.

@CavenEdwards he was great, but have a look here on youtube for a newer version, i'm so sorry to say it but he's lost it, very sad i've seen him many times, and i've always loved it

Actually before Johnny recorded "Ain't Nothing to Me" it was done by the Coasters on their album "Apollo Saturday Night" from 1964. Don't know it there's an earlier version, but you can hear the Coasters one on KZread.

@ivansavoie3190

2 жыл бұрын

There's a video of country artist Jim Reeves doing it in 61 or 62 performing it only difference it's called it's nothing to me

MADMAN!

No one else has ever played slide this well. His guitar playing, voice, and personality blow away all other bluesmen over the past 50 years. I wish he'd go on forever, to show the next generations how it should be done. Clapton had some hits with Cream, but, except for some flashes of brilliance (Crossroads), his reputation as a premier guitarist should have gone to Johnny instead. Best ever: Page, Hendrix, Winter.

@CavenEdwards Yessiree, he's the fuckin' the most.

@dirtyoldman1100 The headless really lets you play that Bflat7/9!

1984 Roskilde Rock Festival,Denmark,Europe

Saw Johnny, Edgar % Rick Derringer and Leslie West! Great Show at the Count Basie in Red Bank but some people really pissed me off and I did leave early. SOB. Took Vidios & pics too!

LIKE!!!!!

1st time I heard this was 67, 68, 69.

deadly Jack!

Man, it's freezing in here!

1984 Roskilde Festival,Denmark,Europe

Oh, ssssuuuuppppeeeerrrr, thanks from Czech rep.

Patched straight to the amp, no fuzz box.

I knew of a dickdoctor, in the eye business from the midwest. I share your coments of one of thee best in the guitar world. Every shiver bro. "Mean Town Blues" and "Its My Own Fault" (both cuts on live albums) are my favorites. J.W. rules!!

Lot's of folks can play this epic, and lot's of people can play slide, but only a great American poet could write it, and only a great American guitar legend could own it. After 40 years, still makes my hair stand on end every time.

@BermondseySteve : not a little place on ur list for Stevie Ray Vaughan ? :)

@talkingwall....wont change my mind you say. Johnny´s fluid pick, singin on top of it, utmost difficult finger breaking double stops and the full library of all getting inbetween this and any HANDMADE speed, bend, ghost, tap, legato or whatever some could mention when music still was made by hand and sweat and not by tons of tricky effect boards.... I am not talking about taste, talking about true guitar art work and send my own credits always back to Johnny and second Jimi

True,but its enough if there are 1 or a few, or many that are street sweepers of other people's spiritual trash live their life without desire of recognition. They are seen & can be emullated.My son has a saying:"What is lacking in knowledge,years of experience make up for in living life".

Is Johnny

The R&R Hall of fame doesn't mean anything. Justin Bieber will probably get in. It's just the pop music hall of fame. Johnny's in real good company with all the people who haven't gotten in. He should be proud. He's one of the very best.

@tallthinkev Sho makes it ez on that Bflat!

0 dislikes .. WOW

This must be from Roskilde Festival 1984

@johngury

4 жыл бұрын

Correct www.setlist.fm/setlist/johnny-winter/1984/darupvej-roskilde-denmark-63d91eff.html

because hes way to cool to be in that stupid thing

@arseniclullaby87 Hondo Laser from japan!

What year 84??

@tallthinkev By the time you get that good you don't look at the guitar, it is distracting.

what kind of guitar is that!?!?!?!??!!?!?

Every time you listen to Johnny play Highway 61 he plays it the same note for note.

@mrgordons

7 жыл бұрын

In that case every version would be equally long, which they aren't.

There is no Rock Hall of Fame Without JW it never had credibility and since they inducted smoos like Iggy Pop and Abba and rap music that prooves they suck. That bogus organization played blind eye to Tower of Power, Little Feat, Doobie Brothers, Los Lobos, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Steve Miller, The Fixx, Deep Purple, Tommy Castro,Johnny Hiland, Sonny Landreth, Albert Lee, Alvin Lee and other greats. Rock Hall in Cleveland is cool but the induction committee is clueless.

the ultimate hwy 61.. i agree why isnt he in the hof...travesty

I agree. I don't think he plays the game. When a majority of us do the same, we may find a road peace.

Nice, but how the hell does he play a headless (Kamer, I think, here) guitar. You never know where you are and find yourself slipping of the end!