“Our first big break came with this local talent contest that was the biggest thing in the area,” Edgar says. Goode, as explained in the albums liner notes, and goes back to the Winter boys growing up in Beaumont, Texas. The album is nothing short of a masterpiece.” Johnny B. The superhuman artistry and inspiration you hear in the new interpretations of some of Johnny’s signature songs, like Hootchie Koo and Alive and Well, are matched only by Edgar’s original and very personal, End Of The Line which strikes a very human chord. “An album as remarkable in its musicianship as it is in the depth of feeling that comes through in each and every note of each and every song. “Quarto Valley Records is honoured to be releasing Edgar’s tribute to his brother Johnny,” Bruce says. Quarto Valley Records will release the album, and founder and owner Bruce Quarto’s enthusiasm was key to convincing Edgar that the time for such an album had arrived. If it’s meant to happen, it will.'” Joe Bonamassa and Edgar Winter If it weren’t for him, you wouldn’t be where you are today. You owe that acknowledgement to your older brother. “After the tour, and over the following years as talk of a tribute album continued, my wife Monique, whose intuition I trust more than my own, said, ‘I think you have to make this album, both for Johnny, for yourself, and for the world. I began to realise it was not just business people sensing an opportunity here, it was Johnny’s true, loyal, and devoted fans and our fellow musicians, many of whom are on this record, who wanted to see this happen as well. There was such an overwhelming outpouring of love and respect for Johnny. Everyone on the tour was so kind and supportive, getting up to jam, and it became a kind of tradition. “I had anticipated the tour to be very emotional, perhaps sad, and possibly difficult, but playing those songs turned out to be a great source of strength and comfort to me. Goode, Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo, and Jumpin’ Jack Flash, dedicating the end of the set to Johnny. The first night, after playing Frankenstein, I closed the show with Johnny B. “But much to my surprise,” he says, “the promoters begged me to go on with the tour as planned, asking me to headline.
It wasn’t until after I completed the Rock N’ Blues Fest, a tour we were meant to do together with our respective bands, that the idea of a tribute record started to take form.”Įdgar had expected that the tour would be cancelled. “But I was totally devastated, and the timing just didn’t feel right to me.
“Many people immediately started trying to convince me to do a Johnny Winter tribute album,” Edgar says. Brother JohnnyĮdgar was approached to make the tribute soon after Johnny passed away on 16 July 2014 in a hotel in Zurich. Goode, has been shared, which also features Joe Walsh and David Grissom.Įdgar and producer Ross Hogarth curated the album’s tracks, representing Johnny’s evolution as an artist, with two new songs written by Edgar as a tribute to his late brother. The first track from the album, Johnny B. The album is a tribute to Johnny Winter, the legendary blues guitarist. The first single ‘Johnny B.Edgar Winter will release the album Brother Johnny on 15 April 2022. “Quarto Valley Records is honoured to be releasing Edgar’s tribute to his brother Johnny” said founder and owner of Quarto Valley Records Bruce Quarto, before adding “The album is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Joining Edgar on the inclusive project is an impressive array of renowned musicians who knew, or were inspired by Johnny, including Joe Bonamassa, Doyle Bramhall II, John McFee, Robben Ford, Billy Gibbons, David Grissom, Taylor Hawkins, Warren Haynes, Steve Lukather, Michael McDonald, Keb Mo, Doug Rappoport, Bobby Rush, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ringo Starr, Derek Trucks, Waddy Wachtel, Joe Walsh, Phil X and Gregg Bissonette. It’s a tribute by his brother Edgar Winter. Quarto Valley Records proudly announces that the release of ‘ Brother Johnny’ will be Apand available on CD, vinyl and digitally across all platforms.
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