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For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more. Somehow, this just didn't feel right to me. These videos and audio files are bonus content related to the December 2014 issue of Guitar World. Now after his passing, many people immediately started trying to convince me to do a Johnny Winter tribute album. Walsh also plays guitar on version of Johnny’s “Stranger” that features McDonald and Starr as well. He came in, and went out the same way - true to the blues, and I love him for that.
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The tune features Edgar and Walsh sharing lead vocals, Edgar on piano and sax, and David Grissom - a fellow Texan like the Winter brothers - on guitar. Famous for their musical prowess and distinctive fair-haired look, Edgar and Johnny Winter attained notoriety in the early ’70s with songs like Free Ride and the rocking instrumental. The first single, a cover of the Chuck Berry classic “Johnny B.Goode,” has been released as an advanced digital track, while a visualizer video has premiered at Edgar’s YouTube channel.
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Bobby Bank/WireImage Johnny Winter’s brother, multi-instrumentalist Edgar, will pay tribute to his sibling, who died at age 70 last. In addition to featuring various covers and renditions of songs by Johnny, it also includes two new originals by Edgar. JJohnny Winter (left) and Edgar Winter in 2012. Titled Brother Johnny: An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Winter, the album will be released on April 15, and includes the talents of Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons, The Doobie Brothers‘ Michael McDonald and John McFee, ex- Allman Brothers Band members Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, Foo Fighters‘ Taylor Hawkins, Toto‘s Steve Lukather, and many others.īrother Johnny is a 17-track collection curated by Edgar and producer Ross Hogarth. Available on CD, vinyl and digitally across all platforms from April 15, Edgar Winter’s talent-packed new album, Brother Johnny, pays tribute to his Firebird-toting blues brother the late, great Johnny Winter (1944-2014) with a collection of songs featuring some of the biggest names in the guitar world.
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Edgar Winter has organized a star-studded tribute album to his late older brother, blues-rock guitar great Johnny Winter, that features contributions from an impressive list of musicians who knew or were inspired by Johnny.