Monday, August 8, 2011

Johnny Winter. His quartet played at Woodstock - with brother Edgar


We are in the month of August - and that always make me think of Woodstock.  Johnny Winter.  This is a significant record.  I've merged the front and back covers into one photo, above.  The small head shot photos in the lower left hand corner are of Tommy Shannon and "Uncle" John Turner.  And in the upper right - we see an image of the majestic Willie Dixon, and below him - Walter "Shakey" Horton.   It was this record that got him invited to play at Woodstock.  Yes - Johnny Winter, with just a (this) single record out on the market - was asked to play at Woodstock.  With myriad delays and scheduling snafus mostly from the uncooperative weather, his set began around midnight on Sunday – when the show was supposed to come to an end.  But as we know – acts played on into the bright full morning of Monday.  His quartet included, as it does on this record, his brother  Edgar Winter - keyboards, alto saxophone, vocals.  The great Tommy Shannon on bass.  And “Uncle" John Turner on drums.  According to most reports, their setlst at Woodstock was Mama, Talk to Your Daughter, Leland Mississippi Blues, Mean Town Blues, You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now, Mean Mistreater, I Can't Stand It (with Edgar Winter), Tobacco Road (with Edgar Winter), Tell the Truth (with Edgar Winter), and Johnny B. Goode.

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