As a long-time, like 50 years long, JW fan, I have to say that I love his studio work more than his live stuff. He is more contained, more in control of his tone, less prone to excessive notes and of course you have engineers to manage the mix. This is some of the tastiest stuff he ever did. Just really good. RIP JW.
I first heard Johnny Winter in 1969 as well. I was a senior in high school and I was in the process of discovering the blues. Johnny was transformative for me.
You're right about both guitar and voice. He was an underrated singer. I always preferred his natural smooth voice, as opposed to his growl. He sings beautifully here, as he does on "Stranger," my favorite of all his songs.
Saw this tour in 1988, Omar and the Howlers opened in London Ont. Johnny was LOUD, not near as good a concert as the 85 or 1986 held at Stages in Kitchener. Johnny "live" usually played at a pace that was 2 times what was recorded and he'd solo like a MOFO.
Don't think he knew how powerful and influential he was. He bled da blues. My man Johnny. I don't understand why we have to die, why did we loss Johnny, it really sucks. Any hoot, I can listen to him until I shuffle off this rock. Peace and love to all....
NEVER forget you Johnny!! You are like a father for me - and a friend- such a long time I admire all your art of playing and singing! Yes, you are a very great artist!
Johnny started tuning a whole step down in 1984 when he started playing the LAZER it had 10 on it and didn't like how they felt he was used to 9 to 42 with 24 3/4 Gibson. LAZER is 25 1/2 scale length he was not used to it so he end up using 10 -46 for the rest of his career and tune a whole down he love the sound of it also. Slide open E then open D later on. For slide have seen him Live use open A also.
A fav. album! saw him numerous times and places through the 80's :) Saw him and his brother :) jam together off and on for 5 hrs :) with BB KING as a walk on :) Those shows were called "EXTRAS" or something to that effect? one headliner the house charged twice what a show cost then 25$ a person, and looked the other way if you snuck in your own bottle :) they took a rough vote that night if they could sell enough seats lol he came back on Saturday and with another band basically did it all over again :) saw so many great shows there, uptown theatre in KCMO before they remodeled it :) saw so many awesome people back then,did not know much about blues then but did know great rock & rollers:) thanks Keep rockin. peace. Rick
Yeah Johnny went to one of the best I cried when he died what are the most underrated guitar players in the world he was great he will be missed love you Johnny
JOHNNY YOU WON'T BE MISSED WITH YOUR MUSIC PLAY , AN UNLESS YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM LIVE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MISSED ! scobieakalinkwrayband laurel, md.
I just found an old mixed tape I'd made off the radio, hadn't played it for 20 years. I was fast forwarding thru it when I heard this song. The tape player played a bit fast, so the vocals sounded higher & I didn't recognize who it was, but the lead guitar was like "Wow.. WHO is this, Clapton on guitar??" So I Googled some of the lyrics, & up came this song! I'm familiar with Winter's 60's & 70's stuff, but I never listened to him during his period - a bit more "rock", but wicked soloing!
@ShredMaster79 think he means underrated meaning in guitar magazine he qualified about 80 something in rank, jimi hendrix being #1 of course but it is a matter of oppinion and in mine they should both be #1
LED ZEPPELIN Yeah, Johnny used D standard through a huge chunk of his career, I not sure why, for me it sounds great, it gives more of that cowboy sound if you will, especially playing open strings. It doesn't matter much in this song, but he plays alot of blues in D, which as you know moves everything to the standard E positions,it makes some diference, also when he plays in the key of G. Anyway big Johnny Winter fan here :) keep up the good work new Johnny Winter tabs are hard to come by.
+Marco81blues Cool i will keep that in mind if I do more johnny tabs, I came upon johnny through his brother Edgar, another crazy albino dude, who is excellent multi instrumentalist. i,m not a big fan of detuning a guitar, i would rather play tunes in standard, it just does my head in tuning a guitar up and down ha ha
Johnny is one of THE MOST UNDERRATED musicians ever. His voice goes hand in hand with his guitar wizardry!
BLUESMAN EXTREME!!!
Not underestimated!!
To me Johnny is in a first place tie with Stevie Ray and Jimi Hendrix for greatest of all time. Everyone else just takes a back seat
Cool. I got Johnny, Stevie, Duane, BB, and Albert
Rory, but Buckethead is my favorite guitarist. I can and do listen to him play all day long
As a long-time, like 50 years long, JW fan, I have to say that I love his studio work more than his live stuff. He is more contained, more in control of his tone, less prone to excessive notes and of course you have engineers to manage the mix. This is some of the tastiest stuff he ever did. Just really good. RIP JW.
Totally AGREE
The most Amazing Guitarist of All Time!
First heard Johnny in ‘69. I’ll listen to him until the day I die
I first heard Johnny Winter in 1969 as well. I was a senior in high school and I was in the process of discovering the blues. Johnny was transformative for me.
Me too. Progessive Blues Experiment. Have the cd
@@arthurlyons8498 Same here
I was SO Lucky to have seen Johnny Live many times before He ALWAYS gave 110% I miss it 😢
What a voice not to speak of the guitar work... fantastic Johnny! Now the rain is coming down. Not from the sky but from my eyes ...
You're right about both guitar and voice. He was an underrated singer. I always preferred his natural smooth voice, as opposed to his growl. He sings beautifully here, as he does on "Stranger," my favorite of all his songs.
Finally the screaming demon.oh joy!
Thank you Johnny Winter for all the great blues. One of the greatest guitarists ever.
Fishin Fool indeed he is. RIP JOHNNY MY FD.
Saw this tour in 1988, Omar and the Howlers opened in London Ont. Johnny was LOUD, not near as good a concert as the 85 or 1986 held at Stages in Kitchener. Johnny "live" usually played at a pace that was 2 times what was recorded and he'd solo like a MOFO.
The comment not the music.
My favorite slayer since 1970. Visited his grave couple of years ago. It was very surreal to be there.
Johnny Winter one of the best of greatest he will be missed I love him I cried when he died no guitar player like him
we hung out after a show in 86. one of the greatest in more ways than on. all it ever does is rain. 😔✌️❤️
I saw him in a small little bar in Galloway NJ he blew the roof off he is my favorite guitar player of all time and was like a mentor to my playing
He was unbelievable.
Captured Live of Johnny Winter is my all time favorite guitar live album 😮
Don't think he knew how powerful and influential he was. He bled da blues. My man Johnny. I don't understand why we have to die, why did we loss Johnny, it really sucks. Any hoot, I can listen to him until I shuffle off this rock. Peace and love to all....
Thank you Johnny for all the great blues 🎸🎸🎸we missed you a lot 🎸🎸🎸
The guy was a Genius. He was a true blues man who ripped on the guitar. RIP💜
Amen to that
Pierces the soul!
What a loss.....what a loss..........!!
RIP Johnny.
Your music will play forever.
It was his time to go.
NEVER forget you Johnny!! You are like a father for me - and a friend- such a long time I admire all your art of playing and singing! Yes, you are a very great artist!
WOWZA!!!!! First time hearing this!!! KILLER! Time to get this CD!!! YEP, I STILL luv CDs.... :)
Johnny started tuning a whole step down in 1984 when he started playing the LAZER it had 10 on it and didn't like how they felt he was used to 9 to 42 with 24 3/4 Gibson. LAZER is 25 1/2 scale length he was not used to it so he end up using 10 -46 for the rest of his career and tune a whole down he love the sound of it also. Slide open E then open D later on. For slide have seen him Live use open A also.
I'm not a musician so I don't have a clue what all that means but I sure liked his tone on every guitar he had except the Lazer.
This song just made a grown man cry
The one and only....... Johnny Winter ☺
GREAT song by a great artist.
The bridge into “All it ever does it RAINNN” pure blues
Masterpiece
You can hear the heartbreak in his voice.
THis is an amaing song, I love the feeling and the lyrics.
One of the Greatest Guitar slingers to ever live...RIP ...Bro ....Tks....
The BLUES IS ALIVE JUNE 2021 - Thank You 4 You're Service to the BLUES 🙏🎯
Mr JOHNNY WINTER
🎸🎼🙏🙏🙏🎼🎸 💙💯💚
- 👊💯🇦🇺🤠☯️🙏
My favorite Winter song. Met him in Chattanooga, TN shortly after this album came out. He was so shy and we were so intimidated.
A fav. album! saw him numerous times and places through the 80's :) Saw him and his brother :) jam together off and on for 5 hrs :) with BB KING as a walk on :) Those shows were called "EXTRAS" or something to that effect? one headliner the house charged twice what a show cost then 25$ a person, and looked the other way if you snuck in your own bottle :) they took a rough vote that night if they could sell enough seats lol he came back on Saturday and with another band basically did it all over again :) saw so many great shows there, uptown theatre in KCMO before they remodeled it :) saw so many awesome people back then,did not know much about blues then but did know great rock & rollers:) thanks Keep rockin. peace. Rick
My favourite musician of all time and saw him at Dapto believe it or not many years ago on great hash.
hell, man - taking marahoochie will mess up your chromiums!
Yeah Johnny went to one of the best I cried when he died what are the most underrated guitar players in the world he was great he will be missed love you Johnny
Those tones !
Thank You, Johnny, for so many nights @ A Warehouse!
JOHNNY YOU WON'T BE MISSED WITH YOUR MUSIC PLAY , AN UNLESS YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM LIVE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MISSED ! scobieakalinkwrayband laurel, md.
Johnny and muddy!
Winter of 88, small venue in Indianapolis. Changed my shit forever! I love you Johnny! This,this is my jam.✌
Que grande Johnny Winter! una bestia...como se extraña la guitarra esa!
Dear Johnny.......
The best of the best!!!!
I saw him sit down clapton,paige,betts and srv at gillies,beat that, it's like standin under a waterfall,no one can follow JW,WATCH HIM GO!!!!
RIP Johnny :(
Is happiness the key 🗝️ to Life. Or Deception...? Think 🤔 about it
I wore this album out; great tune by a one of a kind blues slinger.
WHITE BOY PLAY THE BLUES
🎸🎼🙏🙏🙏🎼🎸
I had the privilege of seeing him and Edgar a couple times together, and Johnny 3 times with his bands. Blues from an ancient soul master.
Beautifully stated
The 1st time I saw him live - he played this song & had just made Grus album “winter of ‘88”.
he will amazing.
Had to listen this morning,17 July 2014 RIP Johnny
This was a Dan Daley composition...The same guy who wrote the super hit "Still in Saigon" for The Charlie Daniels Band! Fantastico...Johnny The Great.
Johnny Winter FOREVER
Haven't heard enough blues in the last several years, but I'm making up for that now. Johnny top 5 blues rock guitarist no doubt
One of the top 5 rock guitarist of all time
PERIOD oh yeah 😎🎸
Johnny your music will play forever 🎸🎸🎸we loved you forever 🎸🎸🎸
My Blues God änd Cess regords number 2!!!!!
My wife Libby an Tony saw Johnny open 25th Chicago Blues Fest JOHNNY GUITAR INCREDIBLE PLAYING R.I.P.
Best blues song ever!
I just found an old mixed tape I'd made off the radio, hadn't played it for 20 years. I was fast forwarding thru it when I heard this song. The tape player played a bit fast, so the vocals sounded higher & I didn't recognize who it was, but the lead guitar was like "Wow.. WHO is this, Clapton on guitar??" So I Googled some of the lyrics, & up came this song! I'm familiar with Winter's 60's & 70's stuff, but I never listened to him during his period - a bit more "rock", but wicked soloing!
Sliil alaive weel got me
Here in the Pacific Northwest Seattle area. We understand rain.
November . beautiful song .
So nice... RIP brother.
RIP Johnny.
Definitely his best song and one of the few that could have been commercially successful.
what about 'Stranger?
good vibes
R.I.P. Johnny
Thanks for you jonny Best
Johnny and Edgar, will live on forever..
love you johnny
non penso di esagerare se dico che johnny era e sarà' per sempre il più' grande bluesman bianco
still the greatest blues ablum that I have ever heard in my life, thus far.
Winter por siempre .expectacular
a masterpiece
I like this song
I LIKE THIS SONG
Johnny I like 48 years. Still is good
Rest in Peace - till we meet again brother -
Did Johnny EVER play this song live? Would love to hear a live version!!
Same
Yep.. all it does is rain.. for sure
awesome!
johnny.jue.el.primer.c.d.de.blus.gue.escuche.desde.entonces.el.blus.es.el.amor.de.mi.vida💓💕💞💗💘
I cried the day he did
love his singing
Great solo forever
@ShredMaster79 think he means underrated meaning in guitar magazine he qualified about 80 something in rank, jimi hendrix being #1 of course but it is a matter of oppinion and in mine they should both be #1
that's always been my feeling
Johnny's Playing a small hall in Uxbridge Ontario Canada this spring. 2014
Check Town of Uxbridge web site for exact date
$65.00 for tickets, not bad. Trying to work that out for my wife and I. Have seen JW about 4 times... always awesome.
isn't that something? coming to that little hall!
what a show it's gna be
Thank you. One of my favorite songs ever! XD
Yesssss...
what a great album
good post
thanks
This is my favorite Johnny Winter song. It's pure genius. He's not well lately and plays BB Kings...check him out!
Sos el mejor Johnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...
Excelente rola👍
Great!
coolest Song
Johnny b hella good bluesmen
👍
👍👍
bestia genial!!!!
Here's the guitar tab for this track.
tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/johnny_winter/rain_crd.htm
+LED ZEPPELIN Nice man, but why not use Johnny's tunning? DGCFAD
+Marco81blues I didn,t know it was out of tune, but ahh well it still plays ok.
LED ZEPPELIN Yeah, Johnny used D standard through a huge chunk of his career, I not sure why, for me it sounds great, it gives more of that cowboy sound if you will, especially playing open strings. It doesn't matter much in this song, but he plays alot of blues in D, which as you know moves everything to the standard E positions,it makes some diference, also when he plays in the key of G. Anyway big Johnny Winter fan here :) keep up the good work new Johnny Winter tabs are hard to come by.
+Marco81blues Cool i will keep that in mind if I do more johnny tabs, I came upon johnny through his brother Edgar, another crazy albino dude, who is excellent multi instrumentalist. i,m not a big fan of detuning a guitar, i would rather play tunes in standard, it just does my head in tuning a guitar up and down ha ha
good looking out''
I am so down the blues sounds like disco'', sheeez and you think you have problems.
he must have spent some time in Seattle.
Does anyone have a bootleg of this song. No one I know has heard J.W. do this live.