Move Over, Ramone...Summer Turned to Winter

In case you didn't know it, or care, Johnny Winter was one of the "Top 100" guitarists of all time.

The trouble with that, is that if you don't have a decent song, it really doesn't matter.

Fortunately for Johnny Winter, a lot of assholes dig white people doing the blues, and with all due respect to the great stone face Eric Clapton, NOBODY was WHITER than Johnny Winter.

His website hasn't yet acknowledged he died. But they do have a full page commercial on the opening page for his 70th birthday and the big box set commemorating it:

Notice there was no "hit song" to mention? "Johnny B. Goode," really? "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo?" Christ, I wasn't all that thrilled with Chuck Berry and his sound-alike 2-minute shit, and don't expect me to love retarded songs with "Hoochie Koo" in the title. And I'm not a big fan of ANY rock song that is all about liking rock and roll and how wonderful it is.

Fans of "guitar heroes" made sure this guy always had work, and good for him. He also had a brother who had a freak hit with "Frankenstein," which nobody plays anymore except around Halloween.

I think one of the things that every musician dreads...and every entertainer who does a lot of touring...is dropping dead on the road. To die alone in a hotel room...worn out and exhausted from travel...not exactly glamorous. The idea is to drop dead ON STAGE, and not be another Don Drysdale or Gene Pitney.

Of course the Seniormoles of the world think this IS romantic, and they figure their faves have nothing better to do than play the same songs in front of assholes crying WOOHOO and not paying attention and talking on cellphones and acting like it's just a freak show. Speaking of which, I liked the ever-PC N.Y. Times noting that he was famous for his "long white hair," without also explaining in the next sentence that he was an albino, which was quite a novelty. Don't kid yourself on how many druggie assholes in college dorms had one of his albums and mentioned this awesome detail.

So...social media and the rest have shoved aside the last of the Ramones, and will start carrying on about this "legend," who was albino, had a lot of tattoos, said very little, and played bloooooze guitar REALFAST. And look for some people on YouTube making a few hundred bucks by posting "last concert of Johnny Winter" bootleg videos for the morbid.