Record Replay- Johnny Winter “Highway 61″ [VIDEO]

Last week, we lost another Woodstock alumni with the death of Johnny Winter. His set was not featured in the film Woodstock, but it was just as blistering as you can imagine. He was signed to Columbia Records earlier in 1969 for the huge sum of $600,000. The company suits wanted Johnny to be the next Hendrix or put together a supergroup like Cream, but Winter really only wanted to do one thing. He said he wanted to "play real raw country blues in my own style, and that wasn't what people were expecting." He added, "I loved Jimi and I loved Cream, but I wasn't trying to compete."

A few years back, 96.7 The Eagle presented the Edgar Winter Band and Styx at On the Waterfront. Perhaps my favorite part of the show was where Edgar spoke of his brother before dedicating "Tobacco Road" to Johnny. Edgar professed how his older brother was his biggest musical hero. I stand corrected, it wasn't perhaps my favorite part, it was my favorite. Edgar has agreed to step in for his hero at a music festival in New York on August 1. I can only imagine how difficult that will be for the younger Winter brother.

Johnny died in Zurich, Switzerland at the age of 70 on July 16. We paid tribute on the Brizz Record Bin with his scorching version of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61."

Here is some of Johnny's set from Woodstock: