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Did Johnny Winter play at Woodstock?

Johnny Winter's Woodstock performance was electrifying, combining what he had learned from the blues masters with the raw energy of rock. He performed extended instrumental jams punctuated by his high-pitched, mournful voice singing blues lyrics as though he had lived every word of them.

Was Johnny Winter a good guitarist?

Winter has been ranked the 63rd greatest guitar player of all time by Rolling Stone, and throughout his career he and his musicianship have been particularly admired by other musicians.

Did Edgar and Johnny Winter play together?

Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live is a 1976 album by brothers Johnny Winter (guitar, vocals) and Edgar Winter (saxophone, vocals).

Did Jimi Hendrix play bass for Johnny Winter?

He was also his bassist on The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter, and Second Winter. After those albums Johnny joined Rick Derringer and his band at the time to make 4 rock albums. After breaking up with them, he made what I like to think of as an apology album, Nothin' but the Blues.

Correspondingly, did jimi hendrix ever play with johnny winter?

Along the same lines, a previously unreleased recording of Guitar Slim's standard "Things I Used to Do" finds Hendrix teamed with fellow Sixties blues guitar icon Johnny Winter, with Cox on bass and Crosby, Stills and Nash drummer Dallas Taylor behind the kit.

Thereof, who does eric clapton think is the best guitarist?

However, the greatest, according to Eric Clapton, the bonafide guitar god, is Albert Lee. The guitarist has worked with some big names, including Emmylou Harris and The Everly Brothers. Considering Clapton's appraisal, we all should be listening to Lee: "He's the greatest guitarist in the world.

Who is the greatest guitarist ever?

Jimi Hendrix has been voted the Greatest Guitarist Of All Time by readers of the Louder website. Over 70,000 votes were cast in the poll, with Hendrix topping a list of 50 guitarists, followed by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Who did Jimi Hendrix think was the best guitarist?

The legendary guitar play Jimi Hendrix was blown away by Terry Kath's guitar playing. When first hearing Terry Kath play, Jimi Hendrix was quoted as saying that he thought Terry Kath played guitar better than he did. It was later on reported that Jimi Hendrix also called Terry Kath the "Best Guitarist in the Universe."

Moreover, what tuning did johnny winter use?

He uses the Firebird primarily for slide and keeps it in open-D or G tuning. All of this, and the fact that Winter is concentrating on recording and playing so many of the songs that first drew him into blues, makes him as happy as a 70-year-old kid in a candy store.

One may also ask: what kind of thumb pick did johnny winter use?

Johnny always played with a thumb pick, which is very uncommon for the great majority of blues and blues-rock players. The best way to emulate his sound when not using a thumb pick is to employ hybrid picking, using a both a flatpick and the bare fingers to pick the strings, either together or in opposition.

By Mulvihill Ernandez