Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Johnny Winter

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Winter also employed Walter Horton (my introduction to him, in fact) on his 1969 first Columbia album, John Popper (I'm told this was a producer decision and not Winter's preference) and just recently, Jason Ricci, on what will now be Winter's first posthumous album.

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From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>; harp-l harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 10:30 AM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Subject: Johnny Winter


WVa Bob wrote:
<Interestingly, evidently Johnny was also a good harmonica player, though I've never heard any recordings of him playing harp. 

I've never heard his harp work either, but there's no doubt that he was a harp-friendly guitarist.  In addition to Ramsey, Winter also employed Jon Paris, who now runs a killer jam at BB King's in Times Square every Monday night, to play both bass and harp in his band.  (Paris now fronts his own band on slide guitar and vocals; his slide work is pretty damn electrifying, which I assume is at least partly the result of his long association with Winter.)

At his best, Winter was mind-blowing, and he was at his best much more often than most.

Regards, Richard Hunter

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