Get inspired by the Blues.
The January 2008 issue of Guitar Player
arrived in my mailbox the other day.
On this month`s lessons they feature the great Johnny Winter.
Reading through the article made me remember all his albums
and what a big impact his playing had on me.
Jesse Gress who wrote the article
mentions "The Progresive Blues Experiment"
a killer "Live" album and i could not agree more.
And that voice!
I first heard Johnny on a radio station
from the American Base in Athens.
I must have been around 12 years old and it totaly blew me away.
Ever since that night i`ve got obsessed about finding that album
where this song came from.
It was on his "Second Winter" album -three sides of revolutionary blues
(yes,side four was blank) psyched-up with wah-wah,
electric mandolin, and plenty of
Hendrix-inspired studio effects-
that still remains a perennial favorite.
The song`s title "I love everybody" still sounds so fresh and full of high energy.
I love all his Rock albums "Johnny Winter And"
from the summer of 1970, "Still Alive and Well" from 1973,
"Saints & Sinners" from 1974 and "John Dawson Winter 3"
from 1975.
If you are a guitar player and want to study the Blues
and Rock & Roll vocabulary, look no further
than Mr.Winter`s vast knowledge in both genres.
In 1977 Johnny abandoned the rock scene
for a pure blues lifestyle recording one after the other
memorable and highly acclaimed albums.
So i was kind of surprised last night when my student Carlo
confessed to me that he had never heard Johnny`s playing
and i was more than happy to give him a compilation CD to listen to.
The blues have always been a constant source of inspiration
to me, but i cannot say that i am a strictly blues player,
as none of my big influences are either,
but you can certainly hear the blues in every note i play.
After all and as mr. Jon Paris sings
every Monday night at Lucilles
the blues had a baby and they named it rock & roll.
arrived in my mailbox the other day.
On this month`s lessons they feature the great Johnny Winter.
Reading through the article made me remember all his albums
and what a big impact his playing had on me.
Jesse Gress who wrote the article
mentions "The Progresive Blues Experiment"
a killer "Live" album and i could not agree more.
And that voice!
I first heard Johnny on a radio station
from the American Base in Athens.
I must have been around 12 years old and it totaly blew me away.
Ever since that night i`ve got obsessed about finding that album
where this song came from.
It was on his "Second Winter" album -three sides of revolutionary blues
(yes,side four was blank) psyched-up with wah-wah,
electric mandolin, and plenty of
Hendrix-inspired studio effects-
that still remains a perennial favorite.
The song`s title "I love everybody" still sounds so fresh and full of high energy.
I love all his Rock albums "Johnny Winter And"
from the summer of 1970, "Still Alive and Well" from 1973,
"Saints & Sinners" from 1974 and "John Dawson Winter 3"
from 1975.
If you are a guitar player and want to study the Blues
and Rock & Roll vocabulary, look no further
than Mr.Winter`s vast knowledge in both genres.
In 1977 Johnny abandoned the rock scene
for a pure blues lifestyle recording one after the other
memorable and highly acclaimed albums.
So i was kind of surprised last night when my student Carlo
confessed to me that he had never heard Johnny`s playing
and i was more than happy to give him a compilation CD to listen to.
The blues have always been a constant source of inspiration
to me, but i cannot say that i am a strictly blues player,
as none of my big influences are either,
but you can certainly hear the blues in every note i play.
After all and as mr. Jon Paris sings
every Monday night at Lucilles
the blues had a baby and they named it rock & roll.
