Johnny Winter
The Bottom Line
New York
5 Sept 78

This is an excellent show with many classic blues lessons delivered by Johnny and the band. They cover everyone from Robert Johnson to Elmore James to BB King to Muddy Waters to Jimmy Reed and even a Chuck Berry song is thrown in for good measure.  And a sober Johnny talks/responds to the audience through most of the show. My favorite moment is when he announces that he'll do Highway 61 Revisited. And then some fool in the crowd shouts out "do Highway 61". Johnny delivers a nice humorous comeback   ;-)  

But of course, the real reason that you're looking at this is show because of the appearance of Edgar - who hadn't played with Johnny for a couple of years prior to this show. It's a nice reunion of the albino boys from Texas.  Edgar does his usual screaming vocal tricks but I was surprised by his saxophone play - very complimentary of the rest of the blues band.

The sound on this show is mostly excellent but an odd thing occurs on D3, near the end of Got My Mojo Working. There is a noticeable difference in the sound quality. It's still very good with great musical separation but it the highs seem to be a bit less crisp.

  1. Intro
  2. Hideaway
  3. Divin' Duck
  4. Last Night
  5. Walking By Myself
  6. Mississippi Blues
  7. Wipe Out
  8. Drum solo
  9. Wipe Out
  10. Rave On
  11. New York New York
  1. Come On In Kitchen
  2. Rollin' an Tumblin'
  3. Highway 61 Revisitied
  4. Look Over Yonder Wall - minor tape warps
  5. It Hurts Me Too
  6. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  7. Edgar Winter Introduction
  8. Tobbaco Road - EW lead v
  9. Everyday I Have The Blues - digi pops
  1. Got My Mojo Working
  2. 1 Step At A Time > You Don't Have To Go
  3. Instrumental - a Texas swing song that I almost knet
  4. Honest I Do
  5. Slippin' & Sliddin' > Long Tall Sally
  6. Band Introductions

You see everyone playing everything because Johnny's band often switched instruments to showcase different talents.
Johnny Winter - g, v, b
Jon Paris - b, g, v, harmonica
Bobby Turrello - d
Edgar Winter - sax, v

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