ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Foo Fighter’s Taylor Hawkins, The Beatles‘ Ringo Starr and a host of other big names have contributed to ‘Brother Johnny’, a 17-track record celebrating the career of legendary blues musician Johnny Winter. who died in 2014, aged 70.
‘Brother Johnny’ has been curated by Winter’s brother Edgar and sees appearances from Taylor Hawkins, Ringo Starr, Billy Gibbons and Jon Bonamassa.
Edgar Winter will pay tribute to his late older brother, blues guitarist Johnny Winter, who died in 2014, on his new album, Brother Johnny, which will be released on Quarto Valley Records on April 15.(Loudersound)
Johnny B. Goode features Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, one of many guests on the album, which also features appearances from Ringo Starr, Toto's Steve Lukather, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Robben Ford, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Joe Bonamassa, Michael McDonald, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Derek Trucks, Waddy Wachtel, Phil X and Gregg Bissonette.
“Many people immediately started trying to convince me to do a Johnny Winter tribute album," says Edgar. "But I was totally devastated, and the timing just didn't feel right to me. 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.
