Live Through the 70's
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Movie Reviews of Live Through the 70's
Movie Review: Something missing
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a long time Johnny Winter fan. Seen him twice in the mid 70's about 6 times in the 80's. Have all his music. This DVD looks pretty cool but...The footage I've been searching for is from The Midnight Special '73. He did Silver Train and Rock & Roll with the best lineup IMO, Randy Jo Hobbs on bass and Richard Hughes on drums. Where is it??? Does anyone know??Movie Review: Blues window
Summary: 4 Stars
This dvd provides an invaluable glimpse into Johnny Winter's live career, particularly his early years.Movie Review: mixed bag
Summary: 3 Stars
My expectations of this DVD were high, too high perhaps. After viewing I think this DVD is a bit of a mixed bag.
Most of the video's are already known to the fans; and some of the "best" material was left out.
The real "gems" for me were the Danish recordings of 1970. The video and audio quality is amazingly good, as are the performances. Only the (very young and quiet!) public seems to be quite bored...
The Royal Albert Hall show is amazing. Although video and audio is quite bad, the "drive" in this show is unsurpassed.
Also the Beat Club performance of "Mean Town Blues" is very good. But why did they leave out "Johnny B. Goode" of that same show? That's imho. one of the best JBG performances.
The Don Kirschner's show (with bearded Johnny!) is OK, although the sound is a bit worse here.
"Walkin' thru the park" is next; unfortunately without Muddy. I hadn't seen that one before.
During "Bony Moronie' an interviewer suddenly fills the screen; very annoying since this line-up (RH, RJH, FR and JW) is imho. the best Johnny ever had.
The DVD ends with a few tracks from the 1979 Rockpalast show. Since this show was on TV (at least in Europe), most fans already have this performance.
As said, it is bit of a mixed bag, a bag full of concert footage, TV shows and interviews.
If they had only left out the clueless interviews on this DVD, and fill it up to 2:30 hrs with e.g. footage from the Captured Live tour it would have been perfect.
Movie Review: johnny winter
Summary: 3 Stars
mean town blues is worth the price/but most of the disc is from germany no rick derringerMovie Review: Not as good as advertised
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm writing this review to give potential buyers a pause in the face of the 5 star reviews that got me clicking the order now button. I am a big fan of Johnny Winter. I've owned many albums and seen him play in a couple clubs years ago in Houston. This dvd has its moments: highlights include Be Careful with a Fool, Mean Town Blues, Stone County, Walking By Myself. Lowlights inferior video quality and an on going interview with a stoned questioner discussing how rock n roll is going wrong and wouldn't it be great to levitate while playing. The price is not bad but I don't see myself jumping through the low points to view this again. Well maybe for Be Careful with a Fool.