It was called “The Johnny Melody Contest”, and first prize was the chance to make your own record. As just little kids growing up in Beaumont,Texas-Johnny and I started early, but our first big break came with this local talent contest that was the biggest thing in the area. “ Now there’s a story behind every song on this album, but this next one is really special. Goode” - and what made it the obvious first choice for a preview of the record: The liner notes in the album from Edgar Winter also explain the inclusion of “Johnny B.
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. There was such an overwhelming outpouring of love and respect for Johnny, I began to realize 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. 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, the promoters begged me to go on with the tour as planned, asking me to headline. “I had naturally expected the whole thing to be canceled. 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.” “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,” said Edgar Winter in a statement. In addition to Walsh and Grissom, the list of artists lending their talents to the project includes Joe Bonamassa, Doyle Bramhall II, John McFee, Robben Ford, Billy Gibbons, Taylor Hawkins, Warren Haynes, Steve Lukather, Michael McDonald, Keb Mo, Doug Rappoport, Bobby Rush, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ringo Starr, Derek Trucks, Waddy Wachtel, Phil X and Gregg Bissonette.Ī news release explains this album has been in the works for a long time - dating back as far as 2014, shortly after Johnny’s passing.
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