Johnny Winter still rockin it
by FITZJOE on 9/18/09B.B. King Blues Club and Grill - New YorkGreat venue sorry we didn't do dinner there first. Johnny rocked it every song. Great crowd. Just a plain old goiod time.
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Great venue sorry we didn't do dinner there first. Johnny rocked it every song. Great crowd. Just a plain old goiod time.
Venue was great. We will watch for more events. The concert was almost all up tempo and Johnny was often drowned out by his backing band. I had looked forward to some of johnny's acoustic country delta blues but it was not to be. The set was too short but johnny looks so frail maybe that's all he can do. Actually, the band sounded just as good without johnny when they opened the set. I was a little disappointed. But I got to see johnny live and that was cool!
A short and acceptable set. Nothing spectacular, but a good show if you are a fan. No encore.
A fantastic show by one of the Greats in the music business. A Road Warrior who still delivers after a consistent touring and recording career. He has answered the call of his fans to continue touring. Always putting on a Great show as the Legend he is. Johnny Winter has also brought on the road with him, some of the finest rocking blues players available. A Great Bluesman, who can still Rock, surrounded by stellar players, how can you go wrong?
My wife and I were thoroughly entranced with every note coming off of Johnny's guitar and from his vocal chords...Johnny Winter is and always will be part of our lives. We were thrilled to be able to see him in this small venue. Met friends there, the food was really good, and the whole evening was fantastic.
Did not like the opening act, but seeing JW was worth sitting through it
of course Johnny can't do what he used to. He has an excellent back up band and can still play better than a lot of up coming guitarists. His voice always was gutteral. He is for people who remember and for people who want to see a living legend. He started playing at 8pm and was done by 10 so us senior citizens could get to bed at a decent hour! Plays the geriatric blues like no other.
If you like guitar, you can't help but love Johnny Winter. This is how it's done. Highway 61 is nearly a religous experience (I'm very partial to slide guitar)
Took him a couple of songs to get warmed up but he can still play ! Show was short, only an hour with encore!
Johnny Winter is Johnny Winter. Stroke or no stroke. He played a mean slide and was picking good. He sounded good as well. The pa in the house was lousy, at least on the stage and was too loud. Johnny still had his magic touch. Jam On Dude. Happy picking I would have liked him to do some songs himself, Key to the highway or something mellow like that.
When I was 11 years old, my older sister had one of those cheap stereos with clip-on speakers and a fold out turntable. I would unclip the speakers and put them up to my ears and blast that first Johnny Winter album every chance I got. I got my first chance to see him when I was 15 years old (1975 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago), and have only missed two of his Chicago show since. I'm guessing that I've seen 18 to 20 Johnny Winter shows. It is always a treat to see Johnny, it's become a family tradition, and it's an event for us every time he comes to town. I had the pleasure of meeting him once, and he was unbelievably gracious. We're all happy to see his health improving (we were pretty worried for a while there). I loved the show, as did the other 9 folks I went with. My only wish -- and this is because I see him so often -- is that he would take some liberties with his set list. He has such a deep catalog of amazing material, yet 90% of the set has been the same over the past ten years or so. I saw one show at the Park West in the early 80's where he went off the set list entirely and just played what he felt like for almost three hours. Of the hundreds of shows I've seen in my life, that was one of the best. If you've never seen him, you owe it to yourself to see one of the true blues greats. He is the genuine article.