R.I.P. Johnny Winter

[Gil T.Azell]

One of the greats has Passed
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJSEZeNrKNM#t=599[/yt]
Man could he play.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Rest in peace.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Obvious answer but I've always dug Frankenstein. Always sad to see another go.

 

[J.T.B.]

A big loss for blues players. He had an incredible abandon in his slide playing, I am glad to have seen him twice.

This was one of the high points of the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary show:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpdsck_johnny-winter-highway-61-revisited_music

Obvious answer but I've always dug Frankenstein. Always sad to see another go.

"Fankenstein" was his younger (and also albino) brother Edgar.

 

[CorporalClegg]

One of my all time favorites.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

A big loss for blues players. He had an incredible abandon in his slide playing, I am glad to have seen him twice.

This was one of the high points of the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary show:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpdsck_johnny-winter-highway-61-revisited_music

Obvious answer but I've always dug Frankenstein. Always sad to see another go.

"Fankenstein" was his younger (and also albino) brother Edgar.

oops, faux pas, I googled Johnny Winter Frankenstein and it came up so I thought I had it right

 

[publiusr]

And Charlie Hayden as well.
http://www.npr.org/2014/07/18/332544960/live-in-the-present-charlie-haden-remembered

 

[Gil T.Azell]

Obvious answer but I've always dug Frankenstein. Always sad to see another go.

Frankenstein was done by Edgar (his brother), but yeah sad to see johnny go.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Sheesh, I've been paying penance by watching Johnny on YouTube all weekend, I'm sorry, I'm sorry....

 

[publiusr]

We are losing our best:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Ferbos

Where's this damn longevity/singularity Kurzweil keeps harping about? I don't see it.

 

[Keith1701]

Rest in Peace