Friday's Music Clips - 06/15/07

I've had a few requests since the last one, but I've decided to go ahead and post another anyway. 🙂

This week we feature Johnny Winter, the brother of Edgar, who was featured in 06/01's music clip. As a added bonus, we have Dr. John as well. I never had the pleasure of seeing Johnny live, but I did see Dr. John one night. Totally amazing musician.

This clip is from a live performance of "Love, Life,& Money", a song I was unfamiliar with before now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsR4URu304

The second clip this week also features Johnny Winter, as well as G.E. Smith (former Saturday Night Live bandleader) and Steve Cropper (Booker T and the MG's, the first Blues Brothers movie) performing the Bob Dylan song, "Highway 61" at Bob's birthday party party at Madison Square Garden in 1992. This time Johnny takes over vocal duties, and shows off some of the slide guitar he's known for. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8siLZ4zNbY...ted&search=

Edit: I thought one of the drummers looked familiar, so I Googled it. It's Anton Fig, from the David Letterman Show band. He's the one you see from the front. I don't know who the guy is they show from the side/back.

Watched these last night. While it's not usually the style of music that I listen to, I certainly appreciate a phenomenal guitar player when I see one. One thing that has always struck me very strange about Johnny Winters is his skinny, skinny arms that are covered with Tattoos. It just doesn't look right for some reason

Sarge wrote:
Watched these last night. While it's not usually the style of music that I listen to, I certainly appreciate a phenomenal guitar player when I see one. One thing that has always struck me very strange about Johnny Winters is his skinny, skinny arms that are covered with Tattoos. It just doesn't look right for some reason

At least he's keeping his shirt on now, and not going shirtless, showing his skinny chest and his dragon tattoo 🙂

He's getting old. He's probably dressing a bit better now. I understand he can't see well and sits down to perform now.

Another cool one you may appreciate - it's a fast-driving tune, originally by John Lee Hooker, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f50BtRnpV8A&NR=1

Early Johnny at Woodstock.

That was good as well. Watched another video titled "Serious as a Heart Attack" simply because of the title. There is an album by the Minutemen called "Double Nickels on the Dime" (one of my all time favorites) that starts out with a song called Anxious Mofo. The lyrics to that song start off:

Serious as a heart attack
Makes me feel this way

The song has kind of a bluesy feel to it but if I'm reading discographies correctly, it came out about a year before Winters released the album with Serious as a Heart Attack on it. I was wondering if the Minutemen were referencing how much they liked that song but I can't find anything to support it...

Background about the name "Double Nickels on the Dime" which is of interest only to me (probably). I think this is really funny.

Wikipedia wrote:The title of the album is a reaction to the Sammy Hagar song "I Can't Drive 55"; the title essentially states that the Minutemen intended to take chances with their music rather than behind the wheel, as opposed to Hagar, who the Minutemen thought did the exact opposite. (The cover photo depicts Mike Watt driving his Volkswagen Bus, with the spedometer at exactly 55mph, while the freeway exit sign for his hometown of San Pedro is visible through the windshield.) The phrase "double nickels" is also CB Radio and trucker slang used for the 55mph speed limit, dating back to at least 1976 [1]; Watt has noted this fact inspired the album title as well [2] "The dime" is a nickname for the Santa Monica Freeway, a portion of Interstate 10.

Sarge, that is seriously....... Ummm.... Can't find the words.... I thought Punk Rock was about rebellion, not driving safely on the freeway..... 😛

Doc, I researched Mean Town Blues. It looks like it is a Johnny Winters song from 1969. It may feel like a John Lee Hooker song, but I think that is a testament to how good Mean Town Blues really is. You instinctively think it's from someone else, a legend of the blues, no less.

Speaking of John Lee Hooker, I am a huge fan. If you were to ask me who the real fathers of rock and roll were, I would say Bo Didley and John Lee Hooker. Both artists had huge (500,000 singles back then was like 10 Million today) singles that were like nothing at the time.

I even remember when I read John Lee Hooker had died. I posted this on GR June 22, 2001.

Boom Boom and Boogie Chillin. You may not know these songs, but if you listen to rock, you should. They are the two biggest hits of one of the most influencial Blues guitarist of our time, John Lee Hooker. So many bands can trace their way back to him. He was one of the first bluesman to influence a generation outside the US including Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and the openers for his European Tour in 1961, The Rolling Stones. On Tuesday, he passed away in his sleep from natural causes. Even at 83, he was still into rocking, having played his last show this past Saturday.

Opened for the Stones in 61? wow! Played his last show just days before dieing in his sleep at 83. Man, if I could only be so lucky to live to that age and die doing what I love. I can see it now.

Atomm, founder of Gamers Radio and a 60 year veteran of playing games died in his sleep today after staying up way to late playing Battlefield MCMXXXVIII. :-)

Atomm wrote:
Sarge, that is seriously....... Ummm.... Can't find the words.... I thought Punk Rock was about rebellion, not driving safely on the freeway..... 😛

Dude, that's just it. The Minutemen took chances with their music while Hagar plays it safe. So 😛

The sadly ironic thing is that about a year later D. Boon of the Minutemen was killed in a car accident 🙁

Atomm wrote:
Atomm, founder of Gamers Radio and a 60 year veteran of playing games died in his sleep today after staying up way to late playing Battlefield MCMXXXVIII. :-)

The vehicles in BF-MCMXXXVIII (BF 1938 if I read that correctly 🤣 ) were way overpowered.

Is that really 1938? Sheesh... I just threw something up with roman numerals... lol

That sucks about the car accident....

As for knocking Sammy, I don't know if I agree. This is a guy that has stood the test of time. A guy who could step into Van Halen and Own IT as if he had always been there. A guy who could call it quits with Van Halen to go on to a 2nd solo career and do better than they did. Not many artists can say the same.

Side note: Yea, I'm biased, but I loved Sammy's solo stuff (Eagles Fly moves me) before VH and I loved his VH stuff, then even liked his post-VH stuff. That and I've actually met the guy and he is a laid back, cool, unassuming rock star. Not many who have walked the same path can say the same.

Atomm wrote:
Doc, I researched Mean Town Blues. It looks like it is a Johnny Winters song from 1969. It may feel like a John Lee Hooker song, but I think that is a testament to how good Mean Town Blues really is. You instinctively think it's from someone else, a legend of the blues, no less.

And let that be a lesson to you , boys and girls: Always check your sources. 🙂 Thanx Atomm


I REALLY got to see more concerts. I need to keep an eye out for what's coming around, and make up my mind that if I have the money and time, I'm going. I used to go a lot, but I haven't seen one in years.

Yea, I miss going to shows. A few years back when I relaunched the station, my wife and I started going to see a lot of local bands. My original Asst. Music Director for GR was the lead singer in a rather popular local band, so we got to meet a lot of the local guys. They were always cool, well except this one guy... Anyway, they were always happy to support GR and it was a blast to feel plugged into the local "scene".

Unfortunately, the more I went to these shows, the more cigarette smoke started kicking my butt. My damn allergies/Sinuses just can't handle it anymore and I can't bring myself to go to a show knowing I am going to be dog sick the next day or two.