No rocket ship spewing flame throwers across the stage here, just a very frail looking man helped on either side by members of his crew to a chair in the centre of the stage where he sat for the whole of his performance but don’t be deceived by this as all the fire and brimstone over the next 90 minutes came from the long bony fingers of Johnny Winter. Winters’ entrance was as low key as you could possibly get. It was these that opened the show with a fiery Blues jam showing the six string virtuosity of Nelson in full flight with the accompanying Beard and Spray locked tightly together. Fast forward 40 odd years and the potency of Winter’s backing band is every bit as vibrant as that of his classic years with Scott Spray on bass, Tony Beard on drums, and the excellent Paul Nelson, of Power Metalers Liege Lord, on guitar. Johnny Winters’ long and well documented battle with substance abuse and health problems would have floored a lesser man, yet Winter is back, fitter than he has been for many years and touring the world to show off just why he is truly revered as a guitar giant in both the Rock world and Blues community.īack at the start of the his lengthy career, Winter had a phenomenal band comprising Rick Derringer, Tommy Shannon (later of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band), and Uncle John Turner, along with his brother Edgar. If that wasn’t enough, he also received the biggest advance in music history on signing his first record deal with Columbia in the late ’60’s, along with a clutch of Grammy’s in recognition of his own work. How many people have the Rolling Stones and John Lennon written songs for? Johnny Winter can lay claim to all of these. Texan Bluesman Johnny Winter is one such man.įew people can claim to have worked with Blues icon Muddy Waters to the extent of resurrecting his career in his twilight years, earning a Grammy or two on the way or who have played alongside Jimi Hendrix, or have appeared at the most famous Rock festival of them all, Woodstock. In a world where the term “Legend” is thrown around at anyone who has a fleeting brush with fame, it is rare to come across someone who actually deserves such a plaudit.
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