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Johnny Winter .... February 12, 2004
The Phoenix, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Johnny Winter - guitar & vocals
Wayne June - drums
Scott Spray - bass
James Montgomery - harmonica
Torrent size: 13 tracks = 84:43 minutes; ~550MB flacs, etc.
Quality: vg+ AUD
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Artwork: none.
Setlist:
01. intro & Hideaway
02. Sugar Coated Love
03. She Likes To Boogie Real Low
04. Good Time Charlie
05. Black Jack Game
06. I'm Tore Down
07. Baby Whatcha Gonna Do?
08. Mona
09. Messin' With The Kid
10. Sen-sa-shun> Got My Mojo Workin'
11. Johnny Guitar
12. Encore Audience Cheer
13. Mojo Boogie
Great Johnny sites:
Francisco Silva's: http://zetatato.sites.uol.com.br and http://www.vnet.com.br/zetatato
Timeline, Bio, etc.: http://www.yee.ch/winter/winter_timeline.html
Excerpts from http://www.yee.ch/winter/Timeline/winter_timeline_2004.htm :
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Thursday 12 Feb 2004: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto
Johnny played the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto to a full house, estimated by an employee to be "near a thousand".
The concert, though pretty much to recent form, exceeded all those expectations.
The proceedings got off well. Two Canadian bands got the crowd pumped. The lead-in band, David Gogo, was very good, though I appreciated him most for the references and tributes to Johnny that he made between almost every song. My only disappointment is that he did not play "Dallas", a song that he covered on an album a few years ago.
Another tribute came when it was time for the show - the introduction was made by the lead guitarist from the Conan O'Brian show band, Jimmy Vivano, who is in town to tape some shows. Then came the first surprise - Johnny walked straight to his chair, no cane, no flashlight, no help at all. He still walks with a slight lean forward at the waist and a noticeable favouring of one side, but he walked strongly and unassisted.
Hideaway kicked things off - a little tentatively throughout. One could tell that he was a bit rusty. The second song, Sugar Coated Love, provided the next surprise. As soon as Johnny started to sing my friend and I looked at each other and said "wow". His vocals are much, much stronger than even 14 months ago. This is not the same powerful voice as before, but rather a more soulful, mellow voice, much stronger than in recent years. Throughout the night Johnny sang very, very well. For me, the vocal highlights included Blackjack and Sick and Tired - these were done with much more authority than in 2002.
His playing seemed to improve with each and every song. Sick & Tired (the 7th song) was played with confidence, accuracy and gusto. The only blip that I heard, after Hideaway, was during Messin' with the Kid, from which he recovered quickly. However,all night long you could feel the confidence and authority improve. Johnny was kicking ass. The guitar highlight for everyone, I think, was the encore - Mojo Boogie. His slide playing was simply ferocious.
At the end, he stood up, picked up the cane that had been lying there all night long, and pointed it at the crowd with a huge smile as he walked off stage.
For the record, here is the setlist: Hideaway; Sugar coated love; Boogie real low; Good time Charlie; Blackjack; Tore down; Sick & tired; Mona; Messin' with the kid; Sen-sa-shun-got my mojo working; Johnny guitar; (Encore) Mojo boogie
Tim
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Thursday, 12 February 2004: The Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
It's a cold Thursday winter night and I'm off to the Phoenix Concert Theatre for, as it is advertised, "An Evening of Blues You'll Never Forget". Legendary Texas guitar slinger Johnny Winter is playin' a rare Toronto performance. I've seen a lot of Blue artists over many years, but Johnny is one that has slipped through my fingers. So hearing him live will be a first for me. The show will open with special guests, one of Canada's greatest guitarists from Nanaimo B.C., David Gogo and London Ontario sax man Chris Murphy and his band.
When I got to Phoenix there was only a handful of people in the large room, but it soon started to fill up. I could tell instantly that the makeup of those in attendances were of the older generation, mostly men, and fans that had grown up to the Johnny Winter sound. Scattered throughout were a few younger men that were future guitar wannabes. When the Chris Murphy Band got on stage there was a fairly large crowd gathering. Chris who's on a number of local recordings and has a new CD coming out soon really has a decent voice and can blow that horn with the best of 'em. He began his performance with a tribute to one of his favourite sax men, Motown recording artist Jr. Walker then honked his way into the New Orleans standard "Sick And Tired". Gary Kendall on bass, sang an early Eddie Jones A.K.A. Guitar Slim tune "Certainly All". Chris had the crowd stirring when he did a version of "Gonna Rock Tonight". After their rockin' set it was time for the band to retire and make way for David Gogo.
By the time David Gogo reached the platform with his four-piece band the theatre had reached standing room only status, although I'll have to say there wasn't a single chair to rest your butt on to be found on the main floor, only a handful in the upper balcony. It didn't take long for David to start ripping at his sunburst Gibson SG with "Going Down To Louisiana /Mojo Hand" with his vocals sounding extremely powerful due to the vintage Shure microphone he had near his lips. The tempo slowed down on "It's A Man's World" after changing guitars to a Les Paul Jr. he cut into "Do What You Wanna Do". Now grabbing his ever-popular Montreal Canadiens decaled Stratocaster he cut into "Do What You Wanna Do". It was time to boogie on the Magic Sam tune "I Feel So Good". Then with a slide on his finger he did "Hoochie Coochie Man", the Muddy Waters classic and at one point took a beer bottle slid up and down the neck of the guitar and ended the song with a long pickin' solo. David Gogo proved this night why he has gained the reputation as one of the finest guitarist this country has to offer. But it was time for the curtains to be closed once again to prepare for the main man of the show, Johnny Winter.
The drapes opened for the final time and Johnny was introduced to the waiting crowd and they began to cheer knowing he was the one they came to hear. The lone star from Texas walked across the stage with the aid of a cane and was looking very frail, but once he was settled in his chair and yelled out a "Ya" and struck the fist notes of Freddie King's instrumental "Hideaway" he took hold of the stage and the audience. Although this was not the Johnny Winter of old, I felt that we were gonna get some straight ahead Blues from this band and this was the right band to back Johnny. With James Montgomery on vocals and harmonica, Scott Spray on bass and Wayne June on vocals and drums, they added the old time rhythm for Johnny's vocals and guitar playin'. Johnny broke into two of my favourite tunes from the past and did great versions of both Lazy Lester's "Sugar Coated Love" and "Boogie Real Low" originally done by Frankie Lee Sims. Though out the set James Montgomery took his turn front and center wailin' away with some licks on the harp and singing James Cotton's "Good Time Charlie", Bo Diddley's "Mona" and "Got My Mojo Working" first recorded by Ann Cole and popularized by Muddy Waters. Drummer Wayne June threw in a number as well when he did the ageless song, Jimmy Wilson's "Tin Pan Alley". Johnny also did the Fats Domino hit of the 50's, "Sick And Tired" and the early 60's track, which Johnny has become known by; "Johnny Guitar" initially recorded by Johnny "Guitar" Watson. Of course with the roar of the crowd Johnny had to come back and do an encore. He strapped on his historical Gibson Firebird and grabbed a slide and thanked those in the house with his closing tune "Sure Had A Wonderful Time and so did everyone at the Phoenix.
You could tell by this night's performance by all the bands involved, the classic Blues is still being played and enjoyed by many in a world of so much 'now' music. Was it a night as advertised? I think so, three great Blues bands sticking to traditional songs and finally getting the chance to see and hear one of the legends of the Blues, Johnny Winter.
At the end of the night I noticed that there were plastic cups everywhere. The crowd must have consumed a large amount of beverages to quench their thirst for the Blues this evening, it was then I knew it was gonna be a hot Winter.
Sail on...
Eddy B
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