Summary
Summary: A Compilation Video DVD covering the period 70s and 80s. This
is Johnny Winter's long awaited official video release highlighting performances
spanning 4 decades interspersed with personal photos taken by his wife, Susan
Winter. Narrated by Johnny Winter, Pieces & Bits is over an hour and fifteen
minutes in length and features appearances by BB King, Dr. John,
Muddy
Waters , Edgar
Winter, Junior Wells, and others. Songs include "It's My Life, Baby",
"Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo", "Mannish Boy", and many more
Production Notes
Released: 2000-2001
Johnny Winter: Pieces and Bits
Production Notes: Produced by Val Minett
Executive Producer: Teddy Slatus
Photography: Susan Winter
Administrator: Betty Ann Johnston
Cover Design: Steve McQuirns
Reviews
This video will demonstrate how great a guitarist Johnny
Winter is. The quality of the film could have been better, but I guess the original
footage was fair. The video quality is great from the point of Mad Dog to the
last song from Spain. Then Highway 61 is on a low side. There was a sound problem
from the get go at MSG. There is no player dead or alive who could play like
Johnny. His long jams never get played out. Notes, cords are pure,clear and
fluent. His guitar does the talking. The best blues player ever. Sit down, and
enjoy the the show. If you don't agree with my assessment of the greatness of
JW'S playing, well then maybe I should keep listening to others or should I
say looking for others, but I covered everyone already.....Enjoy
Review of Pieces and Bits, in the German Magazine Blues News September 2002
| Johnny Winter
Pieces & Bits (MVD/in-akustik, 78:00)
Dem recht sympathischen Intro mit bislang
unveröftentlichten Fotos aus dem
Privatarchiv der Familie Winter
und einleitenden Worten von
Johnny folgt eine Zusammenstellung
von recht altem Filmmaterial in
zum Teil sehr bescheidener
Bild- und Tonqualität. Ein
Auftritt mit Muddy Waters
wird zudem nach wenigen Sekunden wieder
ausgeblendet. Bei den Aufnahmen jüngeren
Datums ( 1984 und 1992) ist die Bildqualität
wieder halbwegs o.k., der Sound bleibt aber
nur mäßig. Das überrascht ein wenig, denn
zumindest beim 92er Auftritt von Winter im
Rahmen der Geburtstagsparty von Bob
Dylan im Madison Square Garden dürfte
man einen besseren Klang erwarten.
Insgesamt eine DVD mit (zumindest für
europäische Verhältnisse) viel rarem
Material, welches aber in erster Linie beinharte
Winter-fans erfreuen dürfte. Insgesamt
soll die Scheibe Winters musikalische
Karriere nachzeichnen, was aber nur sehr
oberflächlich erfolgt. Auch zusätzliche
Funktionen oder Angaben, wie z. B.
Hinweise zu den einzelnen Besetzungen,
muss man sich mühsam aus dem nicht immer
einwandfreien Begleiterzählungen zusammenreimen.
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Computer translation: Johnny winters Pieces & bit (DVD/in acoustics, 78:00) the quite
sympathetic Intro with photos from private archives of the family,
unpublished so far, Winter's and introductory words of Johnny
follows a composition of quite old filmmaterial in partially very
modest picture and tone quality. An appearance with Muddy Waters
besides after few seconds is again faded out. With the photographs of
recent date (1984 and 1992) the image quality is o.k., the sound
remains however only moderate again halfway. A little surprises,
because at least with the 92er appearance of winter in the context of
the birthday party of Bob Dylan in the Madison Square Garden one might
expect a better sound. Altogether a DVD with (at least for European
Conditions) much rare material, which might please however winterdie-hard fans primarily. Altogether the DVD of winter is to after-draw
musical career, which takes place however only very superficially.
Also additional functions or data, e.g. references to individual
occupations, one must laboriously from not always perfect companion
countings zusammenreimen itself. |
