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jcboon

(296 posts) Sat Feb 23, 2013, 07:48 PM Feb 2013

Happy Birthday Johnny Winter!!

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Happy Birthday Johnny Winter!! (Original Post) jcboon Feb 2013 OP

Damn straight! ohiosmith Feb 2013 #1

Awesome! In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #2

Happy Birthday! MuseRider Feb 2013 #3

I love Johnny Winter aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #4

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

1. Damn straight!

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Sat Feb 23, 2013, 07:50 PM

Feb 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Awesome!

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Sat Feb 23, 2013, 07:53 PM

Feb 2013

MuseRider

(34,109 posts)

3. Happy Birthday!

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Sat Feb 23, 2013, 07:58 PM

Feb 2013

Always liked Johnny and Edgar. Thanks, I would not have known and it is always good to hear Johnny again.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

4. I love Johnny Winter

Reply to jcboon (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 08:35 PM

Feb 2013

Although now he plays on a Gibson Firebird, the first time I heard him (in the late 60s) he was on a 1966 Fender Mustang guitar. I couldn't believe he could get such great sounds out of it because it's more of a short scale "student" guitar with inferior pick-ups, almost like a toy. My cousin had one because he was only 10 and had small hands; but for me it was unplayable. Also hard to believe and visualize is that Johnny started out playing clarinet when he was a kid. Johnny Winter took a lot of inspiration from Muddy Waters and here he is playing a Bob Dylan classic, one of his signature tunes.

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