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Enjoy Johnny Winter wailing the blues: http://tinyurl.com/rcbwf
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Got to open for him a couple of times, he wailed! OF course he was usuing a Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well. Those days were hectic. Also opened for Edgar, also wailed!
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> Got to open for him a couple of times, he wailed! OF course he was usuing a > Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well. Those days were > hectic. > Also opened for Edgar, also wailed!
When ? Where ? Under what name <?> . I’ve seen JW 2 or three times. His songs are typically 20 minutes long. He can get on riff or a ride and just hang on it.
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>I’ve seen JW 2 or three times. His songs are >typically 20 minutes long. He can get on riff >or a ride and just hang on it.
Only time I saw him was JW+, at the Worc Aud. EVERY guitar player within 100 miles was there, the front of the stage was a who’s who of local ‘rockers’. The band just kicked arse, gave us all a music lesson, and at the end, JW asked the crowd.. "..got a joint..?.." It rained pot. Folks threw joints, even BAGS of shit. I was stunned at the pure amount of offerings. The band each picked up a few, all the bags, and the roadies got what was left. Great show.. JJT
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> EVERY guitar player within 100 miles was there, > the front of the stage was a who’s who of local > ‘rockers’.
There is just something freaky about a bunch of dudes showing up at a guitar show .. maybe tribal based … I watched Black Sabbath Reunion show recently and most of the floor were all guys banging heads .. with some un-pretty tough looking biker she-men bitches too.. freaky. Compared to the Stones 40 licks CD .. All babes up front. .. yeah.
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..Bring da band on down, behind me, boyz.. Here’s a true story, Believe it if ya want to, but it’s just too funny to not share. Working at PV, we had to sleph a few Classic 400s to a show, just over the ‘bama border. Ozzy was head’in this outdoor show, backed by Type-o/neg (who wanted to see the amps) and Sepultura.. I only heard of Ozzy… We get there, see T/o-. Lame ass losers who just sucked. Painted guitars, amps, no clue, total waste of time for PV, but anyway… Sepultura is the opening act. Flocking awesome. The crowd loves it…goes apeshit…and yells… Guy onstage tries to correct them..no chance in hell.. The band thanked them, and left… T/o- comes on..crowd is bored… Really.. Ozzy is ready to come on. I’m leaning over the guitar player’s amp (Hiwatt, talked my way there) and I can see Ozzy’s backstage area. He is a cripple, I’m serious, couldn’t move. His wife is with him, helps him get to the stage apron. I mean it, he was a cripple. CRAWLED his way.. SUDDENLY, he does a few j/jacks, the curtain opens, and you’d think it was a stand in, or he’s 25 again, jumping around far better then I could of even back then. He goes crazy, the crowd adores him, they play for 2 hours…Ozzy’s band..2 hours.. then 2 en’kores. Meanwhile, the crowd throws joints on the stage, the tech (sorry dude, whomever you were) picks them up, places them neatly on the DR100 head. I go for the kill. …it had been awhile, ya know… I ‘crawled’ my way to them and shoved them up my sleeve.. …I fig’d the tech would get more, yet I left him 2… Driving back to Meridian was a hoot….. JJT
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > ..Bring da band on down, behind me, boyz.. > Here’s a true story, Believe it if ya want > to, but it’s just too funny to not share. > Working at PV, we had to sleph a few Classic 400s > to a show, just over the ‘bama border. Ozzy was > head’in this outdoor show, backed by Type-o/neg > (who wanted to see the amps) and Sepultura.. > I only heard of Ozzy… > We get there, see T/o-. Lame ass losers who > just sucked. Painted guitars, amps, no clue, > total waste of time for PV, but anyway… > Sepultura is the opening act. Flocking awesome. > The crowd loves it…goes apeshit…and yells… > Guy onstage tries to correct them..no chance in hell.. > The band thanked them, and left… > T/o- comes on..crowd is bored… Really.. > Ozzy is ready to come on. I’m leaning over > the guitar player’s amp (Hiwatt, talked my way > there) and I can see Ozzy’s backstage area. He > is a cripple, I’m serious, couldn’t move. His wife > is with him, helps him get to the stage apron. > I mean it, he was a cripple. CRAWLED his way.. > SUDDENLY, he does a few j/jacks, the curtain opens, > and you’d think it was a stand in, or he’s 25 again, > jumping around far better then I could of even back > then. He goes crazy, the crowd adores him, they play > for 2 hours…Ozzy’s band..2 hours.. then 2 en’kores. > Meanwhile, the crowd throws joints on the stage, the > tech (sorry dude, whomever you were) picks them up, > places them neatly on the DR100 head. I go for the kill. > …it had been awhile, ya know… > I ‘crawled’ my way to them and shoved them up my sleeve.. > …I fig’d the tech would get more, yet I left him 2… > Driving back to Meridian was a hoot….. > JJT
If you see so. And I’m still the only one who matters in music …
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> The band each picked up a few, all the bags, and > the roadies got what was left. Great show.. > JJT
Here u go .. This is JW I saw in a smokey road house in Austin : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWeKMsNnhB4
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> Enjoy Johnny Winter wailing the blues: http://tinyurl.com/rcbwf
Cool clip! He’s definitely a cool guy, but I never really saw what makes him famous. Being very critical and comparing unfairly I’d say his licks are quite repetitive, just 5-6 basic themes he goes over and over again, uses the same bends and pentatonic licks at basically same droning speed all the time, also his sound doesn’t really change much at all and it isn’t very reactive *- also is pretty papery and thin-sounding, too much phaser and such effects there..some bends sound like they try to be Angus Young but fail miserably…pretty boring stuff to listen to really. Even though the band around him does rock like crazy and the whole affair does sound very pleasant in total. Only it seems like you could listen to the first minute over and over again and never know the difference. I’ve only one of his records myself though, but to me it does seem like even many a guy reading this NG could do a much more interesting job of bluesrock wailing. Or am I missing something genius about his playing? Maybe I oughtta listen so some more of him to understand what’s it all about? Cheers, Dee
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Enjoy Johnny Winter wailing the blues: http://tinyurl.com/rcbwf > Cool clip! > He’s definitely a cool guy, but I never really saw what makes him famous. > Being very critical and comparing unfairly I’d say his licks are quite > repetitive, just 5-6 basic themes he goes over and over again, uses the same > bends and pentatonic licks at basically same droning speed all the time, > also his sound doesn’t really change much at all and it isn’t very reactive > *- also is pretty papery and thin-sounding, too much phaser and such effects > there..some bends sound like they try to be Angus Young but fail > miserably…pretty boring stuff to listen to really. Even though the band > around him does rock like crazy and the whole affair does sound very > pleasant in total. Only it seems like you could listen to the first minute > over and over again and never know the difference. I’ve only one of his > records myself though, but to me it does seem like even many a guy reading > this NG could do a much more interesting job of bluesrock wailing. > Or am I missing something genius about his playing? Maybe I oughtta listen > so some more of him to understand what’s it all about? > Cheers, > Dee
Music is personal tastes. Either it hits you or it doesn’t. Johnny usually hits me.
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87 or 88, that range "Button South" in Hollywood Fla, basically north Miami. Big club they used to pack about 1200 people into also opened for the Outfield there, the Romantics, and Phil Collins’s duet partner on a couple of recordings..darn if I can remember his name at the moment, black guy, their truck was stolen that night from the loading docks….Edgar was early 82 I think , Virginia Beach, Rouge’s Gallery
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Got to open for him a couple of times, he wailed! OF course he was usuing a > Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well. Those days were > hectic. > Also opened for Edgar, also wailed! > When ? Where ? Under what name <?> . > I’ve seen JW 2 or three times. His songs are > typically 20 minutes long. He can get on riff > or a ride and just hang on it.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Enjoy Johnny Winter wailing the blues: http://tinyurl.com/rcbwf > Cool clip! > He’s definitely a cool guy, but I never really saw what makes him famous. > Being very critical and comparing unfairly I’d say his licks are quite > repetitive, just 5-6 basic themes he goes over and over again, uses the same > bends and pentatonic licks at basically same droning speed all the time, > also his sound doesn’t really change much at all and it isn’t very reactive > *- also is pretty papery and thin-sounding, too much phaser and such effects > there..some bends sound like they try to be Angus Young but fail > miserably…pretty boring stuff to listen to really. Even though the band > around him does rock like crazy and the whole affair does sound very > pleasant in total. Only it seems like you could listen to the first minute > over and over again and never know the difference. I’ve only one of his > records myself though, but to me it does seem like even many a guy reading > this NG could do a much more interesting job of bluesrock wailing. > Or am I missing something genius about his playing? Maybe I oughtta listen > so some more of him to understand what’s it all about? > Cheers, > Dee
Your description is precisely what has often made made for fame and wealth in popular music. At _least_ the guy played an instrument, not just his face and a mic…vomit. mvm
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I remember a bar called "The Button" in Hollywood. Spring break ‘77 w/ $100 me and three guys drove there from central PA and stayed at a KOA camp ground. Families with money put their daughters up in hotels. The rest is a XXX memory. Hilarity, age 20 
. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > 87 or 88, that range "Button South" in Hollywood Fla, basically north Miami. > Big club they used to pack about 1200 people into also opened for the > Outfield there, the Romantics, and Phil Collins’s duet partner on a couple > of recordings..darn if I can remember his name at the moment, black guy, > their truck was stolen that night from the loading docks….Edgar was early > 82 I think , Virginia Beach, Rouge’s Gallery >>Got to open for him a couple of times, he wailed! OF course he was > usuing a >>Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well. Those days were >>hectic. >>Also opened for Edgar, also wailed! > When ? Where ? Under what name <?> . >I’ve seen JW 2 or three times. His songs are >typically 20 minutes long. He can get on riff >or a ride and just hang on it.
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>>>>Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well.
JW+ in Worcester, Ma. JW: 3 Silver Twins JBLs RD: 3 Silver Twins EV SROs RH: 2 SVT heads, 2 SVT cabs The Worc Aud is a acoustic hell hole, I remember doing the sound for the 1st Worcester ‘Bridal Fair’ and the band (forget the name) did "Space Cowboy" for the ladies. It was the place that, if you needed a slightly bigger crowd, for a bigger act, they would stuff the rafters with bums. My Brother did Car shows there, I met Ole Anderson n Ric Flair there, T-Rex went thru equipment mal-function there too… ..BTW, get the DVD "..Born to Boogie.." no, don’t thank me.. 10yrs After played there, *I* played there (12th banana) and today it is the Juvy court building and parking lot. Fucking waste of space, these days. JJT (yes, bed ridden, and bored..deal with it or killfile)
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The same place…later they built one on the strip in Lauderdale called "the Button", then changing the other to "Button South" Famous places, just about every spring break movie ever shot in fla was in these clubs…..the one on the strip is now a parking lot…..I played many a spring break there, good memories! And I also hail from Central Pa. "www.geocities.com/mvm55555 = moi" <"Al
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I remember a bar called "The Button" in Hollywood. Spring break ‘77 w/ > $100 me and three guys drove there from central PA and stayed at a KOA > camp ground. Families with money put their daughters up in hotels. The > rest is a XXX memory. Hilarity, age 20 . > 87 or 88, that range "Button South" in Hollywood Fla, basically north Miami. > Big club they used to pack about 1200 people into also opened for the > Outfield there, the Romantics, and Phil Collins’s duet partner on a couple > of recordings..darn if I can remember his name at the moment, black guy, > their truck was stolen that night from the loading docks….Edgar was early > 82 I think , Virginia Beach, Rouge’s Gallery >>>Got to open for him a couple of times, he wailed! OF course he was > usuing a >>>Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well. Those days were >>>hectic. >>>Also opened for Edgar, also wailed! >> When ? Where ? Under what name <?> . >>I’ve seen JW 2 or three times. His songs are >>typically 20 minutes long. He can get on riff >>or a ride and just hang on it.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > 87 or 88, that range "Button South" in Hollywood Fla, basically north Miami. > Big club they used to pack about 1200 people into also opened for the > Outfield there, the Romantics, and Phil Collins’s duet partner on a couple > of recordings..darn if I can remember his name at the moment, black guy, > their truck was stolen that night from the loading docks….Edgar was early > 82 I think , Virginia Beach, Rouge’s Gallery > > Got to open for him a couple of times, he wailed! OF course he was > usuing a > > Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well. Those days were > > hectic. > > Also opened for Edgar, also wailed! > When ? Where ? Under what name <?> . > I’ve seen JW 2 or three times. His songs are > typically 20 minutes long. He can get on riff > or a ride and just hang on it.
I used to like Edgar but I could never stomach Johnny. This is why we have to do away with awel the music. I am the only one who matters now ….
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > The same place…later they built one on the strip in Lauderdale called "the > Button", then changing the other to "Button South" Famous places, just about > every spring break movie ever shot in fla was in these clubs…..the one on > the strip is now a parking lot…..I played many a spring break there, good > memories! And I also hail from Central Pa. > "www.geocities.com/mvm55555 = moi" <"Al >I remember a bar called "The Button" in Hollywood. Spring break ‘77 w/ >$100 me and three guys drove there from central PA and stayed at a KOA >camp ground. Families with money put their daughters up in hotels. The >rest is a XXX memory. Hilarity, age 20 . >>87 or 88, that range "Button South" in Hollywood Fla, basically north > Miami. >>Big club they used to pack about 1200 people into also opened for the >>Outfield there, the Romantics, and Phil Collins’s duet partner on a > couple >>of recordings..darn if I can remember his name at the moment, black guy, >>their truck was stolen that night from the loading docks….Edgar was > early >>82 I think , Virginia Beach, Rouge’s Gallery >>>>Got to open for him a couple of times, he wailed! OF course he was >>usuing a >>>>Firebird. I seem to remember a pair of twins as well. Those days were >>>>hectic. >>>>Also opened for Edgar, also wailed! >>>When ? Where ? Under what name <?> . >>>I’ve seen JW 2 or three times. His songs are >>>typically 20 minutes long. He can get on riff >>>or a ride and just hang on it.
You’re all right by me, Grip. mvm
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>> The band each picked up a few, all the bags, and > the roadies got what was left. Great show.. > JJT > Here u go .. This is JW I saw in a smokey road house in Austin : > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWeKMsNnhB4
dig that reel to reel tape recorder