Johnny
Winter coming to Old Rock House
Monday,
November 18th
Doors 7pm
• Show 8pm • $25 Advance
• $28 Day of Show • All Ages
This will be on-sale Wed. 10/9 at 5pm.
Voted one of the top 100 guitarists
of all time in Rolling Stone Magazine Johnny Winter is a guitar hero without
equal. Signing with Columbia Records in 1969, he immediately laid out the
blueprint for his fresh take on classic blues with a powerful combination of
authentic Texas funk and his own high energy interpretation for the legions of
fans just discovering the blues via the likes of Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton.
Constantly shifting between primal country blues in the vein of Robert Johnson
to scorching electric slide guitar, Johnny has always been one of the most
respected singers and influential guitar players in rock and the clear link
between British blues rock and American Southern rock ala the Allman Brothers
and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Throughout the 70s and 80s he was the unofficial
torchbearer for the blues, championing and aiding the careers of his idols like
Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. The Johnny Winter story is the stuff of
legend. Born in Beaumont, Texas, in a rough and tumble oil town he grew up
listening to and then playing Blues and Rock 'n' Roll at a very early age. His
inclusion in a story about Texas music in Rolling Stone in 1968 ignited a
bidding war among record labels for his phenomenal talent. Since 1969 and his
self-titled debut, Johnny has recorded almost 40 albums of classic rock and
blues and was one of the top arena rock acts in the mid-70s. In the late 70s he
produced and played on a stunning series of Grammy award winning albums with
Muddy Waters, who affectionately referred to Johnny as his "son." The
recordings served as a "comeback" for his idol while also refreshing
his own deep and unwavering love of the blues.
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