Johnny Winter News

“In the music business at that time, the prevailing wisdom was that artists weren't supposed to produce their own music, that it was good to have an outside, objective ear - a producer other than the artist himself”

To the untrained ear, the McCoys sounded like pop and rock. But Edgar Winter heard blues and funk. via Asbury Park Press Online

Sound problems aside, Johnny Winter's Friday set at the Oriental Theater was near- immaculate. via Denver Post

“Needless to say, (John Lennon's) 'Imagine”

Corporate radio stinks, and the record business is a rip-off. But artists still manage to make great music.

That's the message of 'American Music: Off the Record,' the latest documentary from Kansas City filmmaker Benjamin Meade. It opens today at the Glenwood Arts.

For a year Meade and his wife and collaborator, Diana Meade, attended dozens of live musical performances by touring bands (usually at Knuckleheads in the East Bottoms). They filmed the artists both on and off stage and got their subjects to discuss their experiences in the music business. Read more

“No originals and no rehearsals”

Posted today at 9:58 am by Chris Kornelis Johnny Winter From this week's Short List: Ball of Wax #11 with Webelos, Beast Please Be Still, Corespondents, the Luna Moth, Snowman Plan, Seth Howard, Sweet Potatoes, ... via Reverb

“Right now we've got almost every weekend booked through May. We're looking to have a lot of good shows in here.”

Rock 'n' roll has a new home in Colorado Springs. The managers of the Silver Moon Event Center, at 117 E. Las Vegas St. via The Gazette

Roundhouse Blues & BBQ Festival Roundhouse RR Museum, Savannah, GA Friday-Saturday, Nov. via Lowcountry Now

Johnny Winter will bring his Bringin' Back The Blues tour to the Plaza Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Oct. via El Paso Times