Setlist: The Very Best of Johnny Winter Live

Liner Note Author: Bob Margolin.
Recording information: Filmore East, New York, NY (04/17/1970); Land Pirate's World, Dania, FL (04/17/1970); Swing Auditorium, San Diego Sports Arena and Oakland Co (04/17/1970); The Filmore East, New York, NY (04/17/1970); The Royal Albert Hall, London, England (04/17/1970); The Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, NY (04/17/1970); Filmore East, New York, NY (08/17/1969); Land Pirate's World, Dania, FL (08/17/1969); Swing Auditorium, San Diego Sports Arena and Oakland Co (08/17/1969); The Filmore East, New York, NY (08/17/1969); The Royal Albert Hall, London, England (08/17/1969); The Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, NY (08/17/1969); Filmore East, New York, NY (10/03/1970); Land Pirate's World, Dania, FL (10/03/1970); Swing Auditorium, San Diego Sports Arena and Oakland Co (10/03/1970); The Filmore East, New York, NY (10/03/1970); The Royal Albert Hall, London, England (10/03/1970); The Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, NY (10/03/1970); Filmore East, New York, NY (1970); Land Pirate's World, Dania, FL (1970); Swing Auditorium, San Diego Sports Arena and Oakland Co (1970); The Filmore East, New York, NY (1970); The Royal Albert Hall, London, England (1970); The Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, NY (1970); Filmore East, New York, NY (1975); Land Pirate's World, Dania, FL (1975); Swing Auditorium, San Diego Sports Arena and Oakland Co (1975); The Filmore East, New York, NY (1975); The Royal Albert Hall, London, England (1975); The Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, NY (1975).
Photographers: Urve Kuusik; Jerry Darvin.
With a fast, gritty, and furious slide and electric guitar style, Johnny Winter fused the blues to its rock nephew and became a white guitar legend (an albino one, no less, further adding to his stage allure) with his albums and live performances in the 1970s. This set collects some of the best of those performances at shows played between 1969 and 1977, including soaring versions of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash," and Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode," all of which helped set the stage for later guitar slingers like Stevie Ray Vaughan and others. ~ Steve Leggett