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Post by televiking on Sept 2, 2014 13:46:02 GMT
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Post by slide496 on Sept 2, 2014 14:06:33 GMT
IMHO the producers did a great job of pulling the sound and voice together for him on that album.
Don't hear the same for any of his live performances with that Paul Nelson and Company that have been posted on youtube. They sound just awful to me. He played at B.B KIng's frequently and I debated going but I didn't think I could stand 5 minutes of it. He never returned to his original programming to my ear, whether he had some hearing disability I don't know. Again MHO, he irretrievably lost the magic - but not his charisma or endearing presence as a performer.
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Post by Brad Bechtel on Sept 2, 2014 14:55:10 GMT
For those without a Spotify account, here it is on YouTube:
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Post by zak71 on Sept 2, 2014 16:49:01 GMT
this is in my opinion quite poor playing. Seriously?? Have you ever heard the last Peg Leg Howell recordings? I'll be happy to critique whatever recording you make at 70, an arm's length away from your death bed, after having spent decades consuming fistfuls of drugs (both prescription and otherwise). You WILL be recording at 70, yes? Son House wasn't exactly in his prime in his 70s... But back to Johnny Winter's recording of Death Letter. You expected it would sound like "Dallas" recorded some 45 years earlier? Considering that Johnny recorded this shortly before his passing, after having led the kind of life people write songs about, having battled health issues his entire life, and ESPECIALLY considering some of the music that people post and wax enthusiastic over in these parts...this has a whole lot more soul and appeal than most modern "blues" I hear, and I'll just leave it at that.
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Post by eggy on Sept 2, 2014 17:17:56 GMT
When I first heard these PEG LEG recordings I was so sad.I had for many years been a fan and they seemed so weak.When you hear the circumstance to surround the making of them though they make you even sadder.His latter life was so hard for him.I still own a copy of record and will always keep it. For Johnny I agree with Zak,maybe not the standard of his earlier recordings but you can hear a life lived in this recording. We can learn much from that I feel. EGGY.
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Post by Nickel on Sept 2, 2014 18:23:48 GMT
I can't agree. This was my pick off the album! It may not be a perfect rendition, but it's got that Johnny sound that I love, and just drips with 'life miles'!, Johnny had admitted he didn't have the 'lightning' of his former years and this was just him. No band, no effects and no esteemed colleagues. If this take was good enough for him to want on his album, that's good enough for me.
Still think if I am ever good enough to play this half as fine as that , then I'll be a content man.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 12:05:26 GMT
Well it's not Second Winter but at 70 the magic's still there. (unlike Cream and Led Zep reunions).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 20:59:59 GMT
The johnny winter youtube version has been taken down As for the son house version, and I think its a matter of taste, but copper slides IMO sound great on dobros, but not nationals. Having said that, it does sound like a 20s/ 30s recording! TT
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Post by Malc on Sept 5, 2014 11:04:38 GMT
Just had a listen to Johnny Winters "Death Letter" and to me he still had it at 70. I'm sure many people would love to play like this at 30 or 40 years old yet lone 70.
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 8, 2014 9:41:21 GMT
I have missed this thread, occasionally they slip through the net!
Johnny Winter's acoustic recorded output is so small that I had to add this track to the collection. While it is sad to hear him at 70 years old, it is also wonderful to hear him still playing that classic 'JW in open G blues' just like TV Mama, but definitely not quite as slick. Nobody can play slide in open G on a National guitar like he could. The technique and accuracy had deteriorated and so had his voice, but the licks, the vibe and the delivery were still there. Just like Son House, whose song he is singing, his later material lacks the guitar wizardry and the voice is struggling, but the depth and power of the performance are possibly more than on those early classic cuts. Johnny Winter was a master of the blues and a total original!
Shine On Michael
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