Johnny Winter “Live Through The ‘70s”

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    Artista / Grupo: Johnny Winter

    Álbum: Live Through The ‘70s

    Discográfica: MVD Visual

    Año publicación: 2008 (DVD)

    Fecha crítica: 2/2009

    Valoración: VERY GOOD

Music Video Distributors bring us 111 energetic minutes full of overflowing guitar solos by one of the greatest icons of white Texas blues For about two hours Johnny Winter walks along the music he used to play during the seventies, which basically was electrifying rock Johnny Winter was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1944 Since he was a small boy he became interested in local blues music, he was gradually discovering Soon he became familiar with local bluesmen such as Clarence Garlow or Calvin Johnson among many others he often worked with, as backing studio musician or supporting them in gigs and shows Producer Roy Ames believed in Johnny’s talent and led him to the highest show business places Soon he became a blues and rock mega-star The different shows included on the dvd belong to his most rocky period it does not mean you will not find some real blues with capital letters, such as Be Careful Of A Fool, recorded at ‘Gladsaxe Teen Club show at Danish television in 1970, or the improvised acoustic version of Key To The Highway, he does in the middle of his interview for the same TV show Other blues songs included on the dvd are Talk To Your Daughter recorded live from London Royal Albert Hall in 1970, Mean Town Blues recorded at Beat Club, Bremen (Germany), Walking By Myself and Mississippi Blues both recorded at Rockpalast (Germany) in 1979, or the amazing Walking Through The Park recorded in Chicago in 1974 at The Soundstage Blues Summit, backed by a de luxe band with Michael Bloomfield, guitar, Phil Guy, guitar, Dr John piano, Junior Wells, harmonica,, Al Radford bass and Buddy Miles drums Unbelievable!! The rest of dvd songs are Frankestein and Drop The Bomb, where he plays together with his brother Edgar on keyboards, drums and sax, plus his usual bass player and drummer at that time, Tommy Shannon and Uncle Joe Turner, Johnny B Goode and Tell The Truth, all them recorded in 1970 From 1973 the selected songs are Rock And Roll Hootchie Koo and Stone County, from 1974 comes Boney Maroney and finally Suzie Q comes from 1979 Fourteen tracks, plus a juicy interview on a dvd that will satisfy all fans of an amazing Johnny Winter, full of energy, really in the mood who, at that time was the absolute leader of a generation totally influenced by seventies rock blues music, who loved to say Johnny Winter was a white man who played blues with a black soul



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