Johnny Winter - Live @ Massey Hall, Toronto 1983! (complete show)

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  • @danielwatters711
    @danielwatters711 Рік тому +5

    Johnny did luv his Firebird so sweetly ...

  • @scattercreek7389
    @scattercreek7389 Рік тому +24

    If you were lucky enough to catch Johnny live you just knew you were in the presence of greatness, truly a gift to just BE there !!

  • @jorglange2666
    @jorglange2666 Рік тому +22

    Had no idea this was filmed, remember it well, we bought tickets on the street.
    Johnny came on and everyone was up out of their seat and he had us on a ride with his band just giving it all, the place was rocking!
    Golden Earring came on after and people left including us, they were nowhere near that raw energy.
    Thank you Johnny Winter!

    • @greatgardengnome855
      @greatgardengnome855 3 місяці тому

      I heard that he blew GE off the stage. Sigh, wish I had been there, was just becoming a fan of his.

  • @uncleremus5046
    @uncleremus5046 5 років тому +57

    This is Johnny in his prime. Licks are endless, clean, & lightning fast. Winter inspired countless guitarists to acquire technique. An early blues shredder!

    • @Revolution1117
      @Revolution1117 2 роки тому +6

      Yeah, so great to see Johnny healthy and at the top of his game. He definitely came to play this night. No phoning in shit here. Been a fan since his first Columbia release "Johnny Winter." Fun trivia fact: Mike Bloomfield was playing with the Electric Flag at Fillmore East and told the crowd "You gotta hear this young blues player", and brought Johnny up on stage to jam. Just so happens that Columbia Records execs were in the audience and were so impressed they signed Johnny that night. I know it sounds a little like "urban legend", but I DID read this story on a music website. I'll try to find the source for y'all.

    • @AbdakaBoukattala
      @AbdakaBoukattala Рік тому +2

      J'aime

    • @BruceBayne-nq8yu
      @BruceBayne-nq8yu 9 місяців тому +1

      Love

    • @ChrisFoster-m8t
      @ChrisFoster-m8t 7 місяців тому +1

      I was at this show and what a show it was . Believe it or not Johnny was the opening act for Green Earring. The place was packed when Golden Earring came on by second song they had to pull out there #1 Radar Love, as there was probably only a third of the crowd left. Everyone was there for Jonny he was killin it that night big time.

    • @alanthompson3543
      @alanthompson3543 6 місяців тому +1

      I got to play that guitar. He was in a hospital down the street from me. Trying to kick the drugs, when his "friends", would break him out.

  • @sharonbre9347
    @sharonbre9347 Рік тому +4

    Love the growl.

  • @ssvsssjs
    @ssvsssjs 3 роки тому +33

    One of the greatest guitar players in history. My personal favorite.

  • @Timferrari-ui8mu
    @Timferrari-ui8mu Рік тому +6

    Much better than the robotic guitarist clones of today....
    R.I.P Johnny Winter 🌹 💐.

    • @blueshouseroberto5856
      @blueshouseroberto5856 8 місяців тому +1

      On UA-cam you only find guitarists without own style personality. Without soul and personality

  • @midi1529
    @midi1529 Рік тому +5

    RIP Johnny... my old friend

  • @Mr_Lightheart
    @Mr_Lightheart 10 місяців тому +5

    A phenomenal guitarist and what is seldom mentioned is what a great vocalist he was as well. RIP JW I will always be your fan.

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Рік тому +14

    He was the coolest guitar player ever. I miss him. I still enjoy his music & am grateful that i saw him live RIP JW!!!!

  • @petedazer3381
    @petedazer3381 Рік тому +10

    That’s the best rock and roll hootchie coo I’ve ever heard! No pedal board, just a Boss CE-2 was all he ever used for effects….

    • @kevinkinnu341
      @kevinkinnu341 7 місяців тому

      Phase shifter earlier in his career

  • @JohnDupuyintegralrecovery
    @JohnDupuyintegralrecovery 6 років тому +111

    Not only a brilliant player Johnny had one of the best blues voices ever.

  • @malcolmhill7932
    @malcolmhill7932 2 роки тому +6

    I had the privilege of seeing him live at the Hampton Roads Colosseum in 1973. I was 22. Me and two or three buddies drove down out of the mountains of Virginia to see him play. His show was amazing. He was the quintessential guitar slinger. His speed licks were totally original, and his style was as unique to him as Hendrix' style was unique to him. The greatest guitarists develop their own unique style. They develop a trademark sound upon which no one can ever really improve. It's theirs and belongs to no one else. We may hear nuances of other guitarists, but when melded together with their own sound, it becomes all their own. There will NEVER be another Johnny Winter just as there will never be another Jimi Hendrix. These guys were bona fide trailblazers, pioneers of a whole new genre of music. That is why 100 years from now they will still be the gold standard for blues-rock guitar. Lots of copycats out there, but few great originals.

  • @glenncowan6669
    @glenncowan6669 7 місяців тому +5

    Johnny and his firebird. It was love at first sight!

  • @antoniobranco6057
    @antoniobranco6057 11 років тому +10

    this guy is present from God for those who got him--simply heavenly music, even the devil and his demons trembling hearing this

  • @axelbartenwerfer2333
    @axelbartenwerfer2333 Рік тому +2

    I was at this show.
    ✌️😎❤️🥂

  • @BluesJammer69
    @BluesJammer69 Рік тому +2

    The real deal for sure!!!

  • @michaelquatrano6189
    @michaelquatrano6189 11 місяців тому +4

    Glad I got to see him in concert.

  • @Bryan-fv7sf
    @Bryan-fv7sf 9 місяців тому +1

    He does a lot of covers but makes them better most.hes the whip.r.i.p.

  • @tnjef537
    @tnjef537 10 місяців тому +2

    Stranger has got to be my fav JW song.

  • @Tollefs1
    @Tollefs1 10 років тому +104

    I was in the front row for this show. My ears are still ringing. R.i.P Johnny.

    • @ontariobuds
      @ontariobuds 10 років тому +6

      yeah dude, my uncle said after a JW concert he was riding his bike home and couldn't hear the bus when it went past him

    • @mrmoose2325
      @mrmoose2325 5 років тому +4

      Yeah I was in front at one of jw concert in Houston I couldn't understand what people were saying to me for three days, lol.

    • @bobby49yrs
      @bobby49yrs 5 років тому +2

      Does anybody know who the drummer was in this concert

    • @sandragriffiths9692
      @sandragriffiths9692 4 роки тому

      Can you hear now?👂 Just wondering if you did any personal damage 😋

    • @Cranedude666
      @Cranedude666 4 роки тому +1

      @@bobby49yrs It's in the header ...

  • @johnny-r
    @johnny-r 2 роки тому +9

    An old stoner friend turned me onto Johnny when I was 16 in '78. I owe that old boy. Johnny's music has been one of the backdrops of my life. He was one of the reasons I kept playing the guitar after I started at 14. "Sweet Papa John" from "Captured Live" was then and has always been my favorite guitar solo from any player.

  • @danielledumont6536
    @danielledumont6536 2 роки тому +9

    Thank God for my sister Therese. My oldest sister. Because of her I grew up listening to some of the greatest musicians. She really formed my taste, even if she and I didn't think so at the time. RIP Therese.

  • @PaBasser
    @PaBasser 11 років тому +7

    It's criminal that he wasn't included in the Woodstock Movie or Album. He wails. Seen him twice in the70's and they were epic shows

  • @fretfix1
    @fretfix1 Рік тому +3

    Saw him young...saw him old. Johnny always had the full throttle Blues no matter what...

  • @ignorecorporatenews
    @ignorecorporatenews 7 місяців тому +2

    Johnny at his best 1983.

  • @mariobuttino6095
    @mariobuttino6095 2 роки тому +1

    I was at this show ,Massey Hall, 1983, Toronto, Canada, he was awesome ,I met the Bass Player Jon Paris in 2014,he was performing at B.B.Kings in Manhattan, N.Y.C, he is a great Bass player and Guitarists, all we talked about was Johnny Winter. Jon Paris a nice guy,a true gentleman. I miss you Johnny, R.I.P.

  • @robertmurray9105
    @robertmurray9105 6 років тому +4

    Waiting outside the window of his travel trailer at 1:30 in the morning hoping for an autograph. The band closed the window just as it was my turn. I uttered Johnny please don't let this happen! I've been with you since Be Careful With a Fool! He had them open the window his autographed road band photo is on my wall. Guitar players guitar player. Edgar keep playin that rock n roll 🎶

  • @dd-nv6sw
    @dd-nv6sw 4 роки тому +10

    Johnny in his prime! Pure magic!
    The drummer Bobby Turello is a maniac!!
    I love watching that guy!!

    • @frankdardano3182
      @frankdardano3182 Рік тому +2

      Johnny in top form.clean,clear, no fuzz,pedal board, just a phaser to fill in more,when a three man group.most guys get an organ or another guitar.he did not need anything,he was fantastic !!!

  • @TexasBurningFlower
    @TexasBurningFlower Рік тому +3

    Words cannot express how Awesome. I was blessed to have heard him live. Life changing.

  • @hollywoodjoe123
    @hollywoodjoe123 Рік тому +1

    HE WILL MAKE YOU DANCE - - JOHNNY WINTER WILL !

  • @thefalcon9536
    @thefalcon9536 3 роки тому +4

    I miss him oh, I've seen him five times since the early 70s one of the greats!

  • @guitmeister1
    @guitmeister1 10 років тому +2

    We sat at Nags head & got drunk through Santers opener and he's a local (zzzzzzzzzzzzz)
    Screamed all through Johnny's set & left as soon as Golden earring came on,
    1/2 the place was gone before the 3rd song, couldn't talk for two days- what a show! Jody (Jay) Curtis & Mike (Kinger) King.

  • @thomasvee329
    @thomasvee329 3 роки тому +5

    Duracell could never create a battery that could match the energy of Bobby Turello! The guy is maniacal on those drums!!!

  • @andrewjohnson5188
    @andrewjohnson5188 3 роки тому +3

    “Stranger “ is on fire! RIP Johnny

  • @maazvdo
    @maazvdo Рік тому +3

    Powerfull Fire Bird🎸J.Winter! Thanks for share.

    • @eric7922
      @eric7922 10 місяців тому +2

      I have a very stock, (not at all like Johnny’s) ’76 Firebird but the nice accoutrement is Johnny’s signature...

  • @lightofthejul
    @lightofthejul 10 років тому +5

    My God , does this this performance make anybody else's head spin!? Wish I had a time machine to take me back there for this one! MY, MY, MY, could that man lay it down. NO ONE will EVER be better! Luv ya Johnny.

  • @tomasotreasaigh111
    @tomasotreasaigh111 Рік тому +1

    Johnny would crack me up when he started doing that "I'll just mumble stuff that sounds like blues rock lyrics" and nobody really cared as long as he was playing his guitar like the legend he was!

  • @shilohaapala284
    @shilohaapala284 10 років тому +4

    Johnny was so good it was ridiculous! Saw him in 1990 at the Phoenix in Toronto and 1992 in Sudbury.

    • @jjp.8690
      @jjp.8690 5 років тому

      Was also at that Phoenix show. Johnny was at the top of his game for that one. RIP.

  • @andrewjohnson5188
    @andrewjohnson5188 3 роки тому +4

    Stranger off John Dawson Winter lll such a great song showcasing Johnny’s incredible vocals

  • @ChrisFoster-m8t
    @ChrisFoster-m8t 7 місяців тому +1

    I was at this show. Believe it or not he was the opener for Golden Earring, what a joke. Everyone was there to see Johnny. He was killin it tgat night.

  • @gtrjay55
    @gtrjay55 4 роки тому +3

    Jimi Hendrix was asked how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world .He replied, go ask Johnny Winter. God bless, stay safe, Rock on.

    • @gtrjay55
      @gtrjay55 4 роки тому

      @kevindlinc Good morning Kevin, although Jimi was a big fan of Terry and Chicago Transit Authority,he jammed with Johnny Winter alot. Johnny had moved to NYC,his mgr, owned The Scene nightclub which Jimi and a number of musicians in the area frequented to play with each other after hours.Thanks for the reply, God bless be safe Rock on.🎵🎶🙏

    • @DavidGoldman-z8t
      @DavidGoldman-z8t 10 місяців тому

      As much as I like that to be true it's not, that quote has been attributed to many including rory Gallagher, Billy gibbons, Roy Buchanan and I'm sure others

  • @kevinkane2162
    @kevinkane2162 4 роки тому +6

    Love this man, such a great guitar player. I saw him in 1970 at pirates world Florida, he toured that year with Rick Derringer. What a wonderful show. I still have one of his t shirts to this day. Thank You Johnny Winter. RIP

  • @thunderbirdted
    @thunderbirdted 5 років тому +12

    50 years ago as a 12 yr old I read in Time magazine BB King singing the praises of Johnny Winter. I went out and bought the first Columbia recording which was and is still is maybe the greatest white blues album of all time.

  • @demmykro1
    @demmykro1 11 років тому +45

    One of the best blues guitarist's of all time and a major influence on future players....

  • @uncleremus5046
    @uncleremus5046 2 роки тому +2

    Anyone remember I think it was 1988 & I seen him @ Crystal Beach. I was only 18 underage but I begged & they let me in & marked my hand so I couldn’t go to bar. Of course I washed it off!

  • @brucefulper4204
    @brucefulper4204 2 роки тому +4

    SO glad we've got these recordings...........Miss him a ton

  • @markmalone5384
    @markmalone5384 7 років тому +2

    April 9th 1983, Theatre Outremont, Montreal QC
    Small venue (800 seats) great sound, musicianship & audience. Remember it like it was yesterday. Still have my ticket stub. John Paris on Bass & harp Bobby T on drums.
    Set list:
    1- Hideaway
    2- Rock me baby
    3- Stranger
    4- Rock'n'Roll Hoochie Koo
    5- Drum Solo
    6- R'n'R H K conclusion
    7- Walking by myself
    8- Be careful with a fool
    9- Jumpin' Jack Flash
    10- Highway 61
    11- Johnny B Goode
    12- It's all over now
    13- Wildwood Flower

  • @davidw505
    @davidw505 8 років тому +54

    I was at this show in the front row - it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. This was supposed to be a TV special on Golden Earring - Johnny was the warm up band but when Johnny left the stage so did half the audience and after Golden Earring played Radar Love then the other half left so they made the special using Johnny instead - good choice :)

    • @anthonycofrancesco5872
      @anthonycofrancesco5872 8 років тому +4

      +David Williamson
      Yea in 1971 at Quinipiac college in Hamden CT. Johnny Winter and Live opened up for Lesley West & Mountain they stole the show.

    • @juiellineau
      @juiellineau 8 років тому +3

      I was there also and I left after Radar Love. I saw the same show in Vancouver about a year earlier, fantastic. Best ever. everyone in Van had long blonde hair including me back then.

    • @MrDomPolito
      @MrDomPolito 6 років тому +3

      I was also at this show. Johnny was stellar and they kept yelling his name when Golden Earring came on. One thing not mentioned was Rick Santers (Canadian boy was the opener) and his band was better than Golden Earring. But master Johhny stole the show.

    • @guitmeister1
      @guitmeister1 6 років тому +3

      I was there too.... we were on our way out before golden could get out a note, figured they wouldn't play radar love till the end.... I'll never forget that night. We screamed so loud & long that we couldn't talk for 2 days.

    • @LEAFYANKEE65
      @LEAFYANKEE65 5 років тому +4

      I was there too, Santers was great, saw him several times at the great rock bars we had back then.Johnny was so underappreciated in Canada back then. I saw him open for George Thorogood at the C.N.E. and Johnny just smoked him !!!Muddy Waters loved him for a reason.

  • @calebwitt207
    @calebwitt207 3 роки тому +6

    When Johnny was in his prime, I feel he was on another level playing blues or blues-rock.

  • @leoayoroa7217
    @leoayoroa7217 2 роки тому +1

    I was at the wax museum in Washington DC I think 1988 he did the same set and blew me away

  • @smwrbd
    @smwrbd 5 років тому +5

    Stranger in town. Beautiful.

    • @mrmoose2325
      @mrmoose2325 5 років тому +3

      My thoughts exactly such a great song, I play it over and over

    • @trenthutcheson2587
      @trenthutcheson2587 3 роки тому +1

      I like to pick up my guitar and get stranger along every time

  • @MrPlooky
    @MrPlooky 6 років тому +19

    Johnny was absolutely on fire in the 80s, this is my favorite band Bobby T. Torillo and Jon Paris, I saw them so many times, I got to know Jon, and he put me on Johnny's guest list once.

  • @bruceaurora
    @bruceaurora 10 років тому +16

    This guy was absolutely untouchable, RIP Sir Johnny

  • @winterguitarkingyea
    @winterguitarkingyea 10 років тому +48

    Thank You God for Johnny Winter The Greatest Blues Rock Guitarist Musician of all time, My Hero ...

    • @infoscholar5221
      @infoscholar5221 3 роки тому

      Uh, no. Underrated, certainly. The greatest? Not even close. There are guys playing on this platform now who blow him out of the water. Listen to Justin Johnson, bro.

    • @moreblack
      @moreblack 3 роки тому

      @@infoscholar5221 Justin really that good?

    • @margretwilliams9322
      @margretwilliams9322 3 роки тому +2

      @@infoscholar5221 Johnson is great. But not even closed to JW. Maybe in time. But JW lived the Blues & is the blues. A True Blues Purest.

    • @Tenyearsafter__77
      @Tenyearsafter__77 Рік тому +1

      @@infoscholar5221you’ll learn in time just how and why JW will always be the greatest blues slinger.

  • @sdushdiu
    @sdushdiu 5 років тому +7

    Johhny Winter Live And turned the world upside down for so many!

  • @zeldaformaldehyde.
    @zeldaformaldehyde. 3 місяці тому

    I've watched this show many times..... one of the smokingest performances ever. Love Jon Paris.

  • @colerainfan1143
    @colerainfan1143 5 років тому +3

    It’s easy to forget how good he could play. They broke the mold with Johnny.

    • @susanyerke5462
      @susanyerke5462 4 роки тому +1

      Another legend gone but rock on Johnny yur the best!

  • @jeffreymartin8448
    @jeffreymartin8448 10 років тому +10

    Saw him a couple times in the 70's. He changed my life. I've been trying to sound like him ever since!

    • @maplebones
      @maplebones 2 роки тому

      That's sad.

    • @cjsterlace
      @cjsterlace Рік тому

      @@maplebones he said sound like him. Not be him. What's wrong with having influence? Smh...

  • @rodentcafeteria
    @rodentcafeteria 9 років тому +41

    As much as I loved SRV, Johnny Winter was my hero

    • @donkqdonkq1747
      @donkqdonkq1747 5 років тому +8

      SRV was nuthin' compares to Johnny. 😎

    • @MaximusWolfe
      @MaximusWolfe 3 роки тому +3

      @@donkqdonkq1747
      No need to put someone else down to lift someone else up. Both could bore a hole through titanium steel on guitar.

    • @chrisbissett4434
      @chrisbissett4434 3 роки тому +2

      @@donkqdonkq1747 Amen to that.

    • @T.R.R.Jolkien
      @T.R.R.Jolkien Рік тому

      @@donkqdonkq1747 ?

    • @T.R.R.Jolkien
      @T.R.R.Jolkien Рік тому

      @@donkqdonkq1747 Stevie started a blues movement all by himself. Johnny did not do that, even at his peak. Stevie put blues back on the map. David Bowie didn’t ask for Johnny’s help on his album.

  • @FrankVicino
    @FrankVicino Рік тому +1

    Pure magic 🎩, simply the best ,,,no noise, magic,,,

  • @alainpascal4368
    @alainpascal4368 4 роки тому +3

    En forme le Winter à cette époque , les collègues assurent le boulot au poil ! Super !!

  • @grahamthom8597
    @grahamthom8597 2 місяці тому

    I saw Johnny about 8 times when he was in town. Never failed to deliver to a great night. I saw this concert in Montréal. He was a master and a true blues man. Miss you, Johnny RIP

  • @АндрейДобрынин-к6ь
    @АндрейДобрынин-к6ь Місяць тому +1

    One of the best

  • @jeffreyholmes7216
    @jeffreyholmes7216 3 роки тому +2

    The first time I saw Johnny winter was in 1974. He had another guitar player named Floyd rayford. And he was really good. You can hear him on the captured live album. I always wondered what happened to him. R.I .P Johnny.

    • @NH-ox1gr
      @NH-ox1gr 3 роки тому

      Floyd Radford became a rocket scientist in Florida. Incredibly talented individual!

  • @AnalogOpher
    @AnalogOpher 5 років тому +4

    Perhaps the greatest blues rock band ever.

    • @gerardpardon7985
      @gerardpardon7985 Рік тому

      Joe Bonamassa is much better . . .

    • @perijon00
      @perijon00 Рік тому

      @@gerardpardon7985I hope that was a joke…

    • @gerardpardon7985
      @gerardpardon7985 Рік тому

      @@perijon00 The best blues rock guitarist is Snail s Pace Slim , English band The Hamsters , awesome blues trio . Watch vidéo on UA-cam The Hamsters Live on German TV in may of 1997 . After 25 years on stage they retired in 2012 ( more 4000 concerts )The exact title of the vidéo is : The Hamsters . Rodents Rock the Reich -1997 .

  • @johnnygorena5318
    @johnnygorena5318 3 місяці тому

    That Firebird guitar he’s playing in this video has always been my favorite of all the guitars he’s played RIP a true Texas legend- his music will live forever- he was a true badass !!!

  • @kenamaro3942
    @kenamaro3942 4 роки тому +7

    Paint blistering guitar the way God intended it. I miss ya Johnny.

    • @RockmasterVideos
      @RockmasterVideos 3 роки тому

      Blistering is exactly right, (great choice of Words) the best speed player/singer there was/is !

  • @spudvegas
    @spudvegas 11 років тому +9

    Awesome! Saw these guys in Toronto in 1980 in an 12-hour concert with Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, etc, etc. Johnny and his band were the best music of the day. Johnny was/is the best electric blues guitar player of all time.

  • @danreid6712
    @danreid6712 8 місяців тому +2

    Johnny B. Goode could raise the dead ! Adieu Johnny...Rest Easy !

  • @alfemurphelps7224
    @alfemurphelps7224 3 роки тому +4

    I saw Johnny quite a few times in the late 70's and eighty's ( I'm so lucky) and this really showcases the energy he would put into a show !! Thanks Johnny from a freaker at your speakers more than once, this got me dancing!!.

  • @Albert-lm4ik
    @Albert-lm4ik 3 роки тому +1

    The man

  • @green323turbo
    @green323turbo 8 років тому +12

    Stop the SRV vs Johnny Winter wars. Both were the best and both were completely different. I've seen both in concert in their prime and both were amazing .
    Many who worship SRV only saw Johnny as an old man in a chair.. and never saw him in his prime. Johnny Winter was famous and playing blues rock 20 years before SRV was around.
    No one can play lead and sing at the same time like Johnny Winter could.. and he had a great voice right up to age 70.
    Both JW and SRV did a lot of drugs and alcohol and both had their problems.
    But Both are Legends now.

    • @Marco81blues
      @Marco81blues 8 років тому +4

      Well said man, they were friends too, Johnny kept a SRV foto in the front of his bus. Diferent styles, great music nontheless.

    • @kevinshaferguitarsongs4435
      @kevinshaferguitarsongs4435 8 років тому +2

      well put...

    • @mrmoose2325
      @mrmoose2325 5 років тому +2

      May they both rip.

    • @dunemetal67
      @dunemetal67 4 роки тому +3

      Tommy Shannon played bass for both of them

    • @feedbak007
      @feedbak007 4 роки тому +4

      Johhny Winter was the best electric slide player who ever lived. Period.

  • @thomasvee329
    @thomasvee329 6 років тому +20

    I would be remiss not to praise bassist, John Paris. He's pure awesome!!!

  • @arcanelegengtips887
    @arcanelegengtips887 3 роки тому +1

    My opinion. 3. Blues best guitarists. Is johnny winter. Buddy guy and jimmy Hendrik lovely guitar sound. Solo may god bless you all best of the best

  • @zorannikolic7063
    @zorannikolic7063 6 років тому +8

    The best guitar player ever! RIP Johnny!

  • @guitarhack210
    @guitarhack210 9 років тому +33

    LMAO ! opened up for Golden Earring ! are you kidding me they should have been sweeping up after Johnny finished tearing the place down, Best there ever was !!!!!!! RIP Johnny

    • @ontariobuds
      @ontariobuds 9 років тому +4

      +guitarhack210 I wonder how many people didn't stay for the Golden Earring concert?

    • @feedbak007
      @feedbak007 4 роки тому +1

      @@ontariobuds about 75% . They were booked as headliners because they had had a recent hit "Twilight Zone" The promoters unestimated Johnny's Toronto fan base. You could see the look of disappointment on Barry Hay's face when he came out and yelled "Hello Toronto" but he quickly recovered and Earing played great anyway. It was the best J.W concert I've ever seen, and I've seen him at least 9 or 10 times. "Keep on Rockin' and a Rollin' Don't ever settle down" etc.

    • @andrewmccallum9943
      @andrewmccallum9943 4 роки тому

      Lol. I’ve heard the same story of bands having Rory Gallagher open for them. How great it would’ve been to see Rory and Johnny play together. 2 very different styles/players but all time bests IMO.

  • @ignorecorporatenews
    @ignorecorporatenews 5 років тому +14

    Thanks for posting this. I bought a VHS tape of it back in 1986 and played it over and over, so great.

  • @frankierodriguez8661
    @frankierodriguez8661 10 років тому +88

    the greatest white blues guitar player of all time. period

    • @BrewBasser
      @BrewBasser 10 років тому +5

      SRV was better.

    • @revbobj3220
      @revbobj3220  10 років тому +32

      Chris Baugh Man, WTF? Are you coming in here just trying to start a shitstorm on my channel??? There's certain parts of this country where that statement will get you killed! It's like this...Johnny and Stevie are individual virtuoso's in their own right. Neither one can be compared to anybody else. Neither one has to prove anything to anybody else. I love and respect both of them dearly. If you made the statement as point of conversation, that's cool. We all have an opinion. However... if you made the statement just to see what crap you could stir up, then I might have to step in. The Rev. Bob Channel is about loving and sharing the music. This isn't the place to fight about it.
      Always be excellent to each other and enjoy the show!

    • @frankierodriguez8661
      @frankierodriguez8661 10 років тому +5

      of course this is a matter of my own taste. I love SRW to the bone but JOhnny is my biggest inspiration. all about respects for these great dudes. peace and love from dublin Ireland from a humble guitar player ;-)

    • @revbobj3220
      @revbobj3220  10 років тому +1

      Greetings Dublin. Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week!

    • @frankierodriguez8661
      @frankierodriguez8661 10 років тому

      thanks buddy, I'll be playin' the blues tonite, as it should be ;-)

  • @videoizer
    @videoizer 3 роки тому +10

    I was there too! about 15 rows in front of John Paris. I went to a lot of Massey shows because it sounded amazing compared to anywhere else in TO. You can tell this sounded awesome in that room from this video. I saw Johnny about 20 times, I really liked the shows... I wasn't much of a record listener, I had tickets to all the concerts and sports. It is a treat to relive this event..
    Damn I miss Johnny... he was a real gentleman.

    • @jjp.8690
      @jjp.8690 3 роки тому

      Massey Hall was a very acoustically designed venue. Remember going there as a kid with a school event. TSO were playing. Even back then I could here the fine sound in that place. They only problem with the place, as I found out one time, is if you get seated behind a pillar.

  • @danielwillametz4453
    @danielwillametz4453 Рік тому +1

    Master at work

  • @gooblenis656
    @gooblenis656 2 роки тому +1

    holy crap!! I was at this show, 3rd and last time I saw him...it was an awesome night

  • @syncopate999
    @syncopate999 11 років тому +2

    I believe this was Johnny opening for Golden Earring. Rick Santers Band also was a support act. I was at that show and remember half the house exiting after Johnny played. I stayed for two GE songs and then bolted for the bar, too.

  • @fredorona1977
    @fredorona1977 8 років тому +10

    Go Johnny go go go

  • @FrankVicino
    @FrankVicino 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the best,,,

  • @tracerxy
    @tracerxy 4 роки тому +1

    Was at this show, Wednesday April 6 1983. Great show. Golden Earing lead guitarist ran out for the first song and tripped , fell on his guitar, got up kept playin'. lol.

  • @JamesWalshBristolKids
    @JamesWalshBristolKids 3 роки тому +2

    A Great Artist and a cool dude. Loved his show when I saw him live in Toronto - I was a little teenager and it was Prom Night - Best EVER Prom Party was Johnny Winter in Concert ! Nobody who saw him live was ever unhappy. Smiled for days.

  • @protwin66
    @protwin66 8 років тому +6

    I was there....wicked set....unfortunately had a migraine and left halfway through the Golden Earring set...Johnny was on his game..

    • @markriobr
      @markriobr 4 роки тому

      Wow this concert was an opening for Golden Earring ? That sucks, the same year saw an entire Johnny concert at Washington D C .

  • @navinbean8428
    @navinbean8428 10 років тому +7

    I have seen John Dawson Winter the 3rd 5 times always in the front row at age 16,17,& 18! With only 4 words. To say. The ibcredible, number one,R.I.P. Iove you! Respectfully:Robert H. Ferguson Junior!!!

  • @nolanyoung4480
    @nolanyoung4480 Рік тому +1

    I was at that show!

  • @calebwitt207
    @calebwitt207 4 роки тому +3

    His brother Edgar is a great musician. Must be great genes. R.I.P. Johnny.

  • @Govinda_005
    @Govinda_005 Рік тому +1

    Legend

  • @michaelrubens8999
    @michaelrubens8999 3 роки тому +1

    Johnny Winter was my first concert at 13. He was my guitar hero.
    I'd drag my Dad's mono speaker into the bathroom so I could listen to Johnny Winter Live And... while taking a shower to get psyched up for major track meets. I was a sprinter, and listening to JW got me amped up to EXPLODE out of the blocks! Actually, the day after that first show I had a meet, but my hearing was blown from the night before. I remember nodding my head to my coach as I watched his lips move; all I could hear was a steady tone. I had one of my best long jumps of the season because nothing could distract me!
    I saw JW once per decade in the 7O's, 80's, 90's and around 2007. Best show was 1998 up in Boulder. Both his playing and vocals were exceptional.
    Unfortunately, the last show I attended was painful to watch. I had to walk out because it was just too difficult to see Johnny struggling to keep up with the band. I still say the intro to Be Careful With A Fool is the greatest opening to a song I've ever heard.

  • @MusicMeanderings
    @MusicMeanderings 7 років тому +3

    He had them after the first song, also one of the finest vocal performances I've ever heard by him, AWESOME!

  • @YerPope
    @YerPope 10 років тому +18

    RIP Johnny Maestro, there was none better and likely never will be.

  • @ggsmith099
    @ggsmith099 6 років тому +1

    I handed him a joint on stage in Knoxville tn played with one hand. Hit it gave it back then he took a long draw on my bottle of Jack in the black, then gave it back I'll never forget him spinning blowing smoke playing like J. W. WOW

  • @cliffbogen
    @cliffbogen 4 роки тому +2

    There's a year's worth of lessons every 4 bars. One of the best.

  • @KnightOwl2006
    @KnightOwl2006 11 років тому +20

    Johnny is legend but so is this line up - the best, tightest, most exciting and most rocking bass and drum pair I have ever heard.

    • @frankrichards3089
      @frankrichards3089 6 років тому +2

      KnightOwl2006 It was a logical extension of Hughes and Randy Jo Hobbs...

    • @RockmasterVideos
      @RockmasterVideos 3 роки тому +2

      Total agreement. Both his bandmates were Totally professional too....just as Johnny always was.....the sound on this video is heaven to my Stereo headphones. Nice to see Johnny remembered for the talent & kind Soul he truly was.

  • @patriciarossetti8118
    @patriciarossetti8118 10 років тому +3

    what a genius. I have been into the blues for years but when you listen to johnny you never come back

  • @no59do56
    @no59do56 3 роки тому +1

    Johnny was SOOOO GOOD IN THE EARLY 80S