The Woodstock Experience
Because of bad weather and scheduling snafus, Johnny Winter only had the opportunity to perform eight songs at the Woodstock Festival, his set comprised of a couple of original songs and the rest inspired covers, with only "Leland Mississippi Blues" included from the debut album. The band kicks off the festivities with a smokin' version of J.B. Lenoir's "Mama, Talk To Your Daughter," Winter's raw vocals matched by his slash-and-burn guitar. Winter's original "Mean Town Blues" showcases his Texas-bred bottleneck blues guitar style, the sound jumping off the stage and grabbing listeners by the ears.
Brother Edgar Winter joined the band on the Woodstock stage for a rollicking cover of Bo Diddley's "I Can't Stand It," the song's early-rock roots augmented by a sultry R&B groove. The rough-edged, white-trash anthem "Tobacco Road" would become best known as performed by Edgar Winter, and the two brothers crank out a soulful, dirty take of it here, with great staccato vocals, fluid keyboard-bashing, and subtle but powerful slashes of guitar. Winter's cover of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" would become one of his audiences favorites in the years to follow, here it's a runaway freight-train of flying notes, crashing drumbeats, and jackhammer bass lines.
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- Disc: 1
- I'm Yours And I'm Hers
- Be Careful With A Fool
- Dallas
- Mean Mistreater
- Leland Mississippi Blues
- Good Morning Little School Girl
- When You Got A Good Friend
- I'll Drown In My Own Tears
- Back Door Friend
- Disc: 2
- Mama, Talk To Your Daughter (Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)(Previously unreleased)
- Leland Mississippi Blues (Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)(Previously unreleased)
- Mean Town Blues(Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)
- You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now (Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)(Previously unreleased)
- I Can't Stand It (with Edgar Winter)(Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)(Previously unreleased)
- Tobacco Road (with Edgar Winter)(Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)(Previously unreleased)
- Tell The Truth (with Edgar Winter)(Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)(Previously unreleased)
- Johnny B. Goode (Recorded Live At The Woodstock Music & Art Fair,Sunday,August 17,1969)