johnny winter Archive
06 May 2024
Take Five: Fiery Tracks from Johnny Winter
Legendary Texas guitar slinger Johnny Winter released Saints & Sinners, his sixth studio album, 50 years ago. Winter was at the top of his game in the mid-’70s; his fiery […]
26 Mar 2024
A Look Back at Johnny Winter Archival Releases
IMPORTANT NOTE: This review concerns the long out-of-print vinyl releases of early Johnny Winter material — The Johnny Winter Story, About Blues and Early Times — NOT any subsequent reissues. […]
26 Aug 2016
The Edgar (W)interview, Part 2
Continued from Part One … Dan Hartman was also an original member of The Edgar Winter Group; he was with the band 1972-75. Winter says that “Dan was the first […]
25 Aug 2016
The Edgar (W)interview, Part 1
Edgar Winter was one of the most popular rock artists of the 1970s. From his solo debut – 1970’s Entrance – through his first album of the next decade (Standing […]
24 May 2016
Album Review: Johnny Winter with Dr. John — Live in Sweden
There are countless recordings of Johnny Winter live onstage; they all exist at various points on the spectrum of legitimacy. A new archival release, Johnny Winter with Dr. John – […]
25 Aug 2015
Album Review: Muddy Waters 100
I’m on record stating my belief that the majority of tribute albums are generally a waste of nearly everyone’s time. Often, the tribute version of the tributee’s songs are too […]
02 Jan 2015
Those We Lost in 2014
The older we baby boomers get, the more that our pop culture heroes pass away before us. As my good friend (and highly regarded behind-the-scenes music biz guy) Cary Baker […]
17 Jul 2014
In Memoriam: Johnny Winter, 1944-2014
According to his publicist, legendary guitarist John Dawson Winter III died on July 15 in his Zurich, Switzerland hotel room. I count myself lucky to have interviewed Johnny Winter twice […]
30 Oct 2012
DVD Review: Johnny Winter – Live From Japan
There’s no point in tip-toeing around it: blues guitarist Johnny Winter is old and frail. The cumulative effects of decades of drug and alcohol abuse/addiction (happily, he’s clean now) coupled […]
31 May 2009
DVD Review: Johnny Winter — Live Through the 70s
The DVD kicks off with a true oddity, a performance that is bizarre in any number of ways. This excellent-quality Danish TV clip from 1970 finds Winter playing with his […]
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