Winter toured with Waters ' band, then took them into the studio for his next album, Nothin' But the Blues, released in July 1977. It won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. On paying tribute to Johnny with the album, Edgar notes, “ne thing will always remain the same…that bond, of brotherhood, of family, of music, and of love. Veteran bluesman Muddy Waters was signed to Blue Sky, and Winter became his producer on a comeback LP, Hard Again, released in February 1977. Goode” is a significant song in his and Johnny’s life because it helped give them their first big break as musicians when their early band Johnny and the Jammers played it at a Texas talent contest and they won the chance to make their first record. Walsh also plays guitar on version of Johnny’s “Stranger” that features McDonald and Starr as well.Įdgar says “Johnny B. The tune features Edgar and Walsh sharing lead vocals, Edgar on piano and sax, and David Grissom - a fellow Texan like the Winter brothers - on guitar. The first single, a cover of the Chuck Berry classic “Johnny B.Goode,” has been released as an advanced digital track, while a visualizer video has premiered at Edgar’s YouTube channel. In addition to featuring various covers and renditions of songs by Johnny, it also includes two new originals by Edgar. He also produced three Grammy Award -winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. Titled Brother Johnny: An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Winter, the album will be released on April 15, and includes the talents of Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons, The Doobie Brothers‘ Michael McDonald and John McFee, ex- Allman Brothers Band members Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, Foo Fighters‘ Taylor Hawkins, Toto‘s Steve Lukather, and many others.īrother Johnny is a 17-track collection curated by Edgar and producer Ross Hogarth. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s. Johnny Winter All Star Band Featuring Paul Nelson is most often considered to be Rock, United States, Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Country Rock, Rock And Roll, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Traditional Blues, Chicago Blues, Boogie Rock, Texas Blues, Slide Guitar, and Electric Texas Blues. When I do I’ll try to create situations where I can cross paths with all the musicians who are on this album.īrother Johnny is out now via Quarto Valley Records.Edgar Winter has organized a star-studded tribute album to his late older brother, blues-rock guitar great Johnny Winter, that features contributions from an impressive list of musicians who knew or were inspired by Johnny. Whether I’ll go out with my band I’m not sure. And that would feel safe – private jet, private cars, the best isolation. But Ringo asked me to go out if he does the All-Star tour this year. Red Bank Guinness Oyster Festival Presented by the Asbury Park Press. He produced several of Johnny Winter’s albums, including Step Back, which won Nelson a Grammy for Best Blues Album. I haven’t been out of the house since this whole pandemic started. The Johnny Winter All Star Band featuring Paul Nelson the Lizzie Rose Music Room.Fri. This is Part Two of our interview with Grammy-winning guitarist, record producer and songwriter, Paul Nelson, who was the guitarist for legendary blues-rock icon, Johnny Winter. I started thinking more about what it meant to be an artist, not just a musician. The whole thing was set against the peace movement and civil rights, and I began to see that music could have a higher purpose: to bring people together. You were twenty-three when you played at the Woodstock festival. Robert Randolph & the Family Band, GRAMMY winner Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Winters All Star Band, Coco Montoya and the Royal Southern Brotherhood headline the fifth Blast Furnace Blues Festival. But I enjoyed dressing up in bizarre costumes. I never really felt like I was a rock’n’roll guy anyway.
My mom made me a Superman suit, and I wore it under my clothes when I was in school. I thought: “Well, I already look pretty strange to begin with”. Glam was happening then – Alice Cooper, David Bowie. Looking back at the seventies, how do you view your image now? he Johnny Winter All Star Band featuring Paul Nelson will perform on Saturday, Jan.
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