The Grand Old Man Still SMOKES!
I've seen this video and his playing is very, very good. If you like JW and realize that he's about 70 years old and a bit slower, then you will love this disc. His backing back smokes!!
Don't take advantage of me has cool teases of Sunshine of Your Love and a Stones hit! Most of the tunes are from Live 97 and his recent CDs, plus several of his standards like All Over Now, Johnny B. Goode and Highway 61.
I saw him in 1999 and thought he could not survive and tour another year, he looked that bad. I really have to hand it to his new management and band (and wife) who have kept him going and allowed him to thrive in the 21st century. It's minor miracle if you ask me.
Johnny Winter-Survivor
It's nice to see Mr. Winter "still alive and well". Paul Nelson and the rest of the band really know how to support Johnny so that he can put his best foot forward. (I hope he hangs onto these guys for a long time.) It's also nice to see Johnny standing for a portion of the performance. (He had hip surgery in the past.) But the best part of this video is taking the Johnny Winter energy ride for another spin around the track. He has never failed to amaze me, (and I have been a fan for almost forty years).
Respecting A Blues Icon
3 1/2 Stars. I am a Johnny Winter fan -period. His influences are the real deal, he himself is the real deal and his musical legacy is one for the ages.
As a fan who owns Johnny's music on album, cassette and CD as well as the DVDs: "Live Through the 70's", "Live Through the 80's" and "Live in Times Square", I could not pass up this DVD "Live in Japan" for $10.
This is by far an improvement over the Times Square DVD (I feel that DVD was a pure money grab as Johnny was a shell of himself physically and musically during that tour unfortunately). On this DVD the 16X9 aspect ratio and multiple camera angles work and are well edited. The audio seems fine on the small system I used when watching this show. The band is good and certainly adds to Johnny's crowd pleasing performance. If I was in the live audience on this night in Japan, I would have left feeling satisfied. The volume levels, crowd noise, enthusiasm and room echo minimize the effect of mistakes, flat...
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