![]() ![]() They began their second set that night with the same line they uttered at Woodstock, “This is only the second time we’ve performed in front of people. They mentioned they were going to someplace called Woodstock the next day, but they had no idea where that was. Their first gig was on Augat the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, with Joni Mitchell as their opening act. It is questionable if the audience could grasp this music at this midnightly hour (Johnny Winter started around 12:00 am) but in retrospective it is for sure a very fine concert. Generally all of his performed songs are very strong and dominated by Winter’s immense guitar skills. ![]() King’s “You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now”, a wonderful “I Can’t Stand It” ( Bo Diddley) or the Chuck Berry classic “Johnny B. The rest are cover versions from well-known Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll artists: a lengthy but never boring version of B. “Leland Mississippi Blues”, “Mean Mistreater” and the amazing “Mean Town Blues” (probably the highlight of the show) are compositions from his first two albums. He played at Woodstock at midnight on the night of Sunday to Monday (17 th to 18 th). Johnny Winter played an electrifying 65 minute set of his signature electric blues highlighted by slide guitar amd amazing solos. Johnny Winter is a Blues legend from Texas.
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