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Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Time: 8:00 PM
Price: $25 in advance
Venue: VooDoo Lounge
Online Reservations: Purchase
Tickets Here!
For over 30 years, Johnny Winter has been a guitar hero without
equal. Signing to Columbia records in 1969, Johnny immediately laid
out the blueprint for his fresh take on classic blues a prime combination
for the legions of fans just discovering the blues via the likes
of Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. Constantly shifting between simple
country blues in the vein of Robert Johnson, to all-out electric
slide guitar blues-rock, - Johnny has always been one of the most
respected singers and guitar players in rock and the clear link
between British blues-rock and American Southern rock (a la the
Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd.) Throughout the '70s and '80s,
Johnny was the unofficial torch-bearer for the blues, championing
and aiding the careers of his idols like Muddy Waters and John Lee
Hooker.
His
recent Grammy nominated "I'm A Bluesman" disc Virgin/EMI,
has only added to his Texas-sized reputation.
For this release, Johnny has again paired with his long-time producer
Dick Shurman (Robert Cray, Wayne June Albert Collins, Roy Buchanan),
as well as Tom Hambridge (Susan Tedeschi, George Thorogood). Backing
him on this CD is his road-tested touring band of guitarist Paul
Nelson, bassist Scott Spray, and newly added drummer Tony Beard
with guest appearances by such friends as keyboardist Reese Wynans
(from Stevie Ray Vaughan's celebrated backing group Double Trouble)
and ace harmonica man James Montgomery among others.
"I'm
A Bluesman" was a question of finding the time and right material,
he says. The 13-track collection includes three tunes by his friend
and 2nd guitarist Paul Nelson, who writes with Winter's bassist
Scott Spray. They collaborated on the prison-themed "Shakedown",
a relationship-gone-bad song titled "Pack Your Bags" and
the album's title track, which Nelson describes as a Johnny Winter
biography set to music. "I wanted to write a song about his
life, who he is, and what he represents to other musicians. I'm
really proud that when he heard the song he said I'd gotten it right.
The
Official Johnny Winter site
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