Johnny starts the year with a series of concerts in January and February. A new drummer called: Vito Luizzi, joins the band.
Finally after several years, Johnny does a European tour in July. In Finland he meets Gyorgy Karpati who wants to shoot a documentary on Johnny Winter
Checkout the concert review pages, for reviews of these concerts.
Friday, 29 January 1999 ROXY THEATER, 2004 MAIN STREET, NOTHAMPTON, PA, 610-262-7699
Saturday, 30 January 1999 PEARL ST, 10 PEARL STREET, NORTH HAMPTON, MA, 413-584-7771
Tuesday, 2 February 1999HARPER'S FERRY, 158 BRIGHTON AVENUE, ALSTON, MA , 617-254-9743
Wednesday, 3 February 1999 LIFE, 58 BLEEKER STREET, NEW YORK CITY, NY, 212-420-1999
Saturday, 13 March 1999, Village Pub, 509 Main St, Port Jefferson, NY, 516-331-4309
Friday, 2 April 1999, House of Blues, 226 Decatur, New Orleans, LA, 504-383-7918
Saturday, 3 April 1999, Varsity Theater, 3357 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 504-383-7018
Monday, 5 April 1999, Antone's, 212 West 5th St, Austin, TX, 512-322-0660
Tuesday, 6 April 1999, Antone's, 212 West 5th St, Austin, TX, 512-322-0660
Wednesday, 7 April 1999, Antone's, 212 West 5th St, Austin, TX, 512-322-0660
Friday, 9 April 1999, Deep Ellum Live, 2727 Canton Street, Dallas, TX, 214-526-8077
Saturday, 10 April 1999, Calns Ballroom, 423 North Main, Tulsa,
OK, 918-747-0001 
Monday, 12 April 1999, Coyote's, 408 Buttermilk, Fort Mitchel, KY, 606-341-5150
Tuesday, 13 April 1999, Coyote's Louisville, 133 West Liberty St, Louisville, KY, 502-588-3888
Thursday, 15 April 1999, The Thunderdome, 370 Orleans Ave, Akron,
OH, 330-376-7627
Friday, 16 April 1999, Majestic Theater, 4140 Woodward Ave,
Detroit, MI, 313-833-9700
Monday, 24 May 1999, Towson MD, Recher Theatre
Tuesday, 8 June 1999, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, South Street Seaport, New York City, NY
Thursday, 17 June 1999, Gilford NH, Meadowbrook Farm
Saturday, 19 June 1999, Portland ME, Stone Coast Brewing Co.
Sunday, 20 June 1999, Amagansett NY, Stephen Talkhouse
Tuesday, 22 June 1999, Reading PA, Top Of The Rock
Thursday, 24 June 1999, Recher Theater, 512 York Rd. Townson, MD.
Friday, 25 June 1999, Sussex County Fair, Georgetown DE,
Saturday, 26 June 1999, Jaxx, 6355 Rolling RD, Springfield, VA
'Johnny plays Jaxx'
Well, it's not that bad yet, but on Saturday night Johnny and his entourage were seen playing at Jaxx, the nightclub, in Springfield VA. Apparently his last gig before his, long anticipated, European tour. The evening was not without glitches though. The opening act, Pride Enjoy, a local Stevie Ray Vaughan cover band, was 30 minutes into their set when a loud crackling manifested itself in the Sound system. It took quite awhile to isolate the problem. At one point, one of Slatus' people was helping out, and after several ear piercing feedbacks, said 'I'm out of here' and left the stage. At this point I thought the evening was in jeopardy. Slatus was hanging around and watching the progress, and didn't look very pleased with the situation.
The problem was apparently corrected, but by this time it was history for Pride Enjoy, and the second band, Susan Angelliti, took the stage. They mentioned that Teddy brought them down from Massachusetts and were well received by the crowd. The guitar player did a good job backing Susan with tasteful licks, and helping with the vocals. Because of the earlier Sound problems, their set was cut short also. It was time for the main event.
Johnny took the stage at 10:45. His
set consisted of:
Hideaway 
Got my Mojo/Sen-Sa-Shun
She likes to Boogie Real Low
Sick & Tired
Black Jack Game
Sun is Shining
Going Down
Johnny Guitar
encore/Drop the Bomb
He _did_ play a little better than he did a few months earlier at Jaxx. There were fewer (obvious) guitar muffs and seemed to play within his current style better. A couple of times during his set he would yell 'yeaaa' back and forth with the crowd a few times. He was well received and supported by the crowd who cheered him on and were sorry to see him leave after the encore.
The current band with Vito Luizzi, and Mark Epstein, did a good job backing Johnny although a couple of times it seemed they weren't all playing on the same page. Vito, does a good job singing 'Going Down' and Mark does a good job following Johnny.
Johnny pulled the Firebird out for 'The Sun is Shining' and unfortunately, put it back in the case after the one song. This reviewer wishes he would play more slide. 2 0r 3 songs wouldn't be asking too much and it is more forgiving within his current playing style.
Johnny is still using the white Lazer, but his playing was, repetitious, tentative, and lacking of emotion. There are others that would disagree with me though. A (non guitar playing) friend who was with me raved after the show that Johnny was really 'on'. And challenged me to name someone who played as few notes so well. But I wasn't there to degrade or disrespect my hero and rather decided to let him revel in his moment. Another (guitar playing) friend remarked he could see what 'people were saying'.
So it looks like you'll have to go
see Johnny Guitar and form your own opinion. As long as he is still coming
to my town I will be there to see him. Club Reviewer, ...Gary 
Another review of the same Jaxx show:
last night was an incredible show! catch him while you can. I've been reading how bad Johnny looks and was basically prepared to see him in the shape he's in, but I don't think most of the crowd was. I think after he started playing some most got over it and enjoyed the legend in front of them. the last time I saw him was 3 years ago and he was every bit as good this time if not better. the crowd was really responsive! every time he let a "YEAH" a huge roaring YEAH came right back at him. he may not move very fast but his fingers take care of all the business. he did do a spin at one point during a solo which was fun to see. You don't go to see johnny to watch some one jumping around like a nut, you go to see the man wail and that's what he did!
Here's the show as far as I can remember it......my buddy weiser may have clouded a few things...the set list was probably close to his standard show with some differences
he opened with Hideaway which was much longer than the live in NYC version from what I remember. he got down to business right away. couple of flubs, but he was just getting warmed up. i personally like a few missed notes. that's what live music is all about. this instrumental went on for a while and JW has no fear of soloing!! every time I thought was about to close this one, he hit the turnaround and took off again. the longer the better...
next was Sen-Sa-Shun > Got My Mojo Workin'. much like his latest live album. really got the crowd going, everyone same along. and he was right into his groove playing now.
She Likes To Boogie Real Low. another great tune, again very much like the live album. great solos. I don't know if it was me, but most of the tunes he played that were also off of the live album seemed to be longer than what was recorded. which I extremely thankful for! but then again it may be the buds (both kind) talking.
Black Jack. this song was incredible. straight blues the way it was meant to be. he brought the house down with his solos in this one. unbelievable. He kept building and raising the level, only to climax with a deafening roar from the crowd. any true JW fan was in heaven at this point. this was probably my favorite song of the night, although he kept blowing me away all night...
"damn it, can't remember the name of this song" which really pissed me off because it was different than his last live CD and I was expecting to see a repeat list for his show last night and it wasn't! it was a great rockin'-boogie-blues tune. more excellent soloing that the crowd loved. where I was standing, front row about five feet from JW, you couldn't hear the vocals that well at all. if Jaxx would have had them turned up in the monitors it would have been fine, but the vocals were basically behind me. the price you pay for standing so close to greatness. tried desperately to remember a line from the chorus to help me figure it out this morning, but that got washed away. just remembered it grooved nicely and his playing was right on and everyone was boogying
The Sun is Shining. The place went nuts when he switched to slide guitar. goose bumps over took everyone when he strapped that thing on. in my opinion he is the best slide player ever. It was amazing watching him pull off his stuff so effortlessly. each tune just kept getting better. unfortunately this was the only song he played slide on, but at least we got this and it kicked ass. unbelievable to hear and see.
Going Down. that's right, the Jeff Beck tune. This one ripped the roof off of the place. The drummer sang it and was right on with it. I assume he doesn't have Tom Compton with him anymore and this new(er) guy brought a lot of energy to the night. They totally ripped it up with this one. long rocking solos. JW stepped back from the microphone on this one and he, mark epstein and the drummer were huddled back near the drum kit just ripping it up. anyone that wanted to hear Johnny do some of his kick-ass 70's rock tunes got just what they were looking for on this one. damn.
Johnny Guitar. his new anthem and boy did he deliver. these words seem to match the life he is living. he came and conquered! "they call me johnny guitar, i'm coming to play in your town." and did he ever. this one again seemed a good bit longer than the CD also. As he ripped thru the solo on this one, he went into Bony Maronie. this was really cool, everyone around me was singing "i got a girl name Bony Maronie". he didn't go into the words but he definitely played it for a while. another gem of the night.
they left the stage for a couple of minutes as the crowd was screaming. He walked off on his own, slow and careful, but no one was helping him. he took care of his own shit. after a few, they returned.
Drop the Bomb. great instrumental groove rock. they seemed to take their time on this one. some really great bass jamming thrown in on this one (as well as few other spots in the night). at the end of some progressions you think JW was done and then he turned it around and kept going. he was doing that all night. you gotta love him.
What a show! don't miss your chance to catch this legend. I've seen him many time over the last 13 years and he's as good now as he ever has been. He may look frail but his playing ain't. He delivered all night and left everyone smiling. what more could you ask for.
take care, simon
July 1999, First European Tour since years
Thursday, 15-16 July 1999 Pori Jazz Festival Finland.
Monday, 19 July 1999, Cuarel Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
Tuesday, 20 July 1999, Jardines de Viveros, Valencia, Spain
Thursday, 22 July 1999, Pueblo Espanol, Bacelona, Spain
Saturday, 24 July 1999, Blues Festival (Johnny Winter, Jonny Lang, Dr. Feelgood, B.B King) Luxemburg
Sunday, 25 July 1999, Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
This concert in the Music Hall in Cologne, was orginally announced for Tanzbrunner. A review of the concert can be found in the Magazines Section
Tuesday, 27 July 1999, 013, Tilburg, Holland
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, The Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland
Friday, 30 July 1999, Luzern Blues Festival, Luzern, Switzerland
