Johnny Winter records for Alligator Records and the album "Guitar Slinger" is nominated for a grammy award for "Best tradional blues recording". and reaches #183 in the Billboard Charts

 

Monday, 7 January 1984: Wolfgang's, San Francisco, CA

Also available on the bootleg: The Last Days of the Firebird Shows

Setlist:
1. Hideaway
2. Talk to me Baby
3. Killing Floor
4. I got my brand on you
5. Jumping Jack Flash
6. Highway 61 Revisited
7. Twist and Shout
8. Little Queen
9. Hillbilly Bag
10. Johnny Be Good
11. Boot Hill

Wednesday, 11 January 1984: Grand Central Station, Phoenix, AZ

Setlist
1. Hideaway
2. Slow Down
3. Black Cat Bone
4. Medley: Highway 61 Revisited / Drum Solo / Shake Your Money Maker / Highway 61 Revisited [Conclusion]
5. Robert Johnson Medley [With Lines Of Many Rj Songs]
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. It's All Over Now
8. Okie Dokie Stomp

Saturday, 14 January 1984: Opera House, Austin, TX

Setlist:
1. Succotash
2. Crossroads
3. Help me
4. Bony moronie
5. Drum solo by Moe Potts
6. Rock'n'roll hootchie koo
7. Mother earth
8. Black cat bone
9. Highway 61 revisited
10. Johnny b. goode
11. Jumpin' jack flash
12. It's all over now

Monday, 19 March 1984: The Wax Museum, Wash DC

Setlist
1. Honky tonk
2. It's my life
3. Don't take advantage of me [credited to Lonnie Brooks]
4. Boot hill [long version, 11 minutes plus]
5. Boney moronie
6. Drum solo [by Moe Potts]
7. medley: Crossroads / Sen-sa-shun / Got my mojo working [wild rocker medley that don't let you sit down ;-)]
8. I smell trouble
9. Johnny B. Goode [after the first guitar solo, only the drums is heard for some seconds. Then the guitar solo appears but don't sound a Johnny's solo! By the crowd cheering, I believe that Jon Paris played on the Johnny's guitar - Johnny stood behind Jon and reached thru his arms while Jon reached backwards]
10. It's all over now
11. Iodine on my coffee [rare]

Tuesday, 20 March 1984: "Downbeat Magazine" Interview

Tuesday, 27 March 1984: Cougar's, Buffalo, New York

Setlist:
1. Succotash
2. It's my life
3. Don't take advantage of me
4. I smell trouble
5. Mad dog
6. Lights out
7. Johnny b. goode [the guitar solo has some "wipe out" licks]
8. Drum solo [by Moe Potts]
9. Johnny b. goode
10. My soul
11. Shake your money maker

Thursday, 29 March 1984: Barrymore's, Ottawa, Ontario

Setlist:
1. Honky tonk [with riffs of "the stumble"]
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. It's my life
4. I smell trouble
5. Bony moronie
6. Drum solo
7. Rock'n'roll hoochie coo [just after the drum solo, a short version with only 2 minutes and a half]
8. Light out
9. Johnny B. Goode
10. Jumpin' Jack Flash
11. Boot hill [short version, only 3 minutes long]

Friday, 30 March 1984: Spectrum Club, Montreal, Quebec

Saturday, 31 March 1984: Spectrum Club, Montreal, Quebec

Setlist
1. Succotash
2. Mad dog
3. Don't take advantage of me [with a rare, on this song, slide guitar solo ]
4. I smell trouble
5. Lights out [with chords of "mona"]
6. Trick bag [very rare & great version]
7. Boot hill
8. Johnny b. goode
9. Jumpin' jack flash
10. It's my life
11. Iodine in my coffee

Monday, 2 April 1984: Quebec City

Setlist:
1. Honky Tonk
2. Mad Dog
3. Don't Take Advantage of me
4. Jumpin' Jack Flash
5. It's All Over Now
6. Johnny B. Goode

Tuesday, 3 April 1984: El Mocambo, Ontario

"Daddy Cool" Interview

Setlist:
1. Honky tonk
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. Mad dog [a marvelous slide guitar solo in the "quiet" section, in the middle of the song; in the Duane Allman style, as it reminds me the first time I had heard it]
4. I smell trouble
5. Boot hill [small cut in the middle] medley:
6. Highway 61 revisited
7. Slide guitar jam [masterful guitar solo, again as Duanne Allman on Mountain Jam; beautiful!!]
8. Done somebody wrong [great! As the Allman Bros. arrangement]
9. Dust my broom
10. Black cat bone
11. Johnny B. Goode [with the well known gimmick: Jon Paris plays on the Johnny's guitar while Johnny stands behind Jon and reach thru his arms and Jon reach backwards] the encores, played as a medley:
12. It's all over now
13. Okie dokie stomp [another masterful guitar solo]
14. Drum solo by Moe Potts
15. Jumpin' Jack Flash

Friday, 6 April 1984: Embassy Ballroom, Chicago, IL

Saturday, 28 April 1984: The Nook Hackettstown NJ

(Notes: Jon Paris opened the show with his own band - Rockola. He played guitar and sang with Amy Madden on bass and Bobby Torello on drums(Bobby T didn't play with Johnny though)

Band:
1. Jon Paris - Bass
2. Moe Potts - Drums

Setlist:
1. I Smell Trouble
2. Jumpin' Jack Flash
3. Lights Out
4. Boot Hill
5. Johnny B Goode
6. Highway 61 Revisited (with drum solo)

Thursday, 29 March 1984: Barrymores, Canada.

Friday, 6 April 1984: Embassy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois

Special guest of Kim Wilson. Jon Paris on bass, Moe Potts on drums and Ken Saydak on piano - seems Ken is a regular band member by this date.

Setlist:
1. Honky tonk
2. Don't take advantage of me (Johnny give the credit to Lonnie Brooks, for composing this song]
3. Mad dog
4. I smell trouble [special guests: Kim Wilson from Fabulous Thunderbirds on harmonica & vocals]
5. Boot hill [Johnny calls this song "don't forget 'bout reason"!?!? He didn't mention "boot hill"]
6. Highway 61
7. Jumpin' jack flash

Friday, 4 May 1984: New York, Beacon Theatre

(featuring Ken Saydak on Piano, incl. "Tobacco Road" with Edgar Winter on Sax)

This show has been released on the bootleg: "The Beacon Theater"

Band:
1. Johnny Winter - Guitar, vocals
2. Jon Paris - Bass, Harp, Vocals
3. Mo Potts - Drums
4. Ken Saydak - Piano

Setlist:
1. Succotash
2. Don't Take Advantage of Me
3. Mad Dog
4. I Smell Trouble
5. Lights Out
6. Jumpin' Jack Flash
7. Boot Hill
8. Johnny B. Goode
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. It's all over now
11. Tobacco Road with Edgar Winter

Saturday, 12 May 1984: Country Squire Inn, Ellington, CT

Setlist:
1. Succotash
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. Mad dog
4. I smell trouble
5. Bony moronie
6. Drum solo [by Moe Potts]
7. Bony moronie [closing section]
8. Boot hill
9. Johnny b. goode
10. Highway 61 revisited
11. My soul [rare!]

Wednesday, 30 May 1984: Spectrum Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Setlist:
1. Succotash [with "the stumble" by the end]
2. Mad dog
3. Don't take advantage of me
4. I smell trouble [with a "Muddy Water style" slide solo]
5. Lights out
6. Bony moronie [including a fast drum solo, only a few seconds]
7. She moves me
8. Johnny b. goode
9. Boot hill

Saturday, 2 June 1984: Satelite Lounge Cookstown NJ

Band:
1. Jon Paris - Bass
2. Moe Potts - Drums

Setlist
1. Hideaway
2. Don't Take Advantage Of Me
3. Mad Dog
4. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
5. Bonie Moronie
6. Lights Out
7. I Smell Trouble
8. Johnny B Goode
9. Boot Hill
10. It's All Over Now

Wednesday, 6 June 1984: The Metron Harrsiburg PA

Band:
1. Jon Paris - Bass
2. Tom Compton- Drums

Setlist:
1. Hideaway
2. Don't Take Advantage Of Me
3. Mad Dog
4. I Smell Trouble
5. Bony Moronie
6. Boot Hill
7. Johnny B Goode
8. Highway 61

Saturday, 16 June 1984: Stadpark, Hamburg

Supporting act: Dave Kelly Band

Hamburg, 16 June 1984

Setlist:
1. Hideaway
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. Mad dog
4. I smell trouble
5. Jumpin' jack flash
6. It's my life
7. Iodine on my coffee
8. Johnny b. goode
9. Boot hill [after one minute into the song, the sound stops abruptly, Johnny says good night and walk off the stage, for no apparent reason.

Johnny Winter als Headliner, die Dave Kelly Band als den OpeningAct bestreitende Gäste. So war es angekündigt und folgerichtig waren die Erwartungen der Besucher, die sich bei mäßigem Wetter um die Freilichtbühne im Hamburger Stadtpark versammelt hatten, dementsprechend.

Dass Johnny Winter nicht einer der einfachsten ist, wusste schon die Dame vom Konzertbüro Karste Jahnke. Interviews wurden keine gewährt. Was besonders schade ist, da etliche Fragen, die Zukunft Winters betreffend, noch ungeklärt sind . Man muß sich also in Geduld üben. Wer erwartet und gehofft hat, dass der Mann mit dem schlohweißen Haar von einer schwarzen Combo auf seiner Tournee unterstützt wird oder gar von den Musikern, die ihn auf Guitar Slinger wo großartig begleiteten, wird enttäuscht gewesen sein. Den Baß zupfte wie in den vergangenen Jahren Jon Paris, der auch etwas Harmonika spielte und den Drang verspürte, sich in Szene zu setzen; und am Schlagzeug saß Tom Campton, seit Jahren Drummer für Alvin Lee und mit diesem erst kürzlich in hiesigen Hallen zu bewundern gewesen, Damit setzte sich die Tradition der harten, aber in ihrem Bereich immer abwechslungsreichen Trommler in den Winter-Bands fort, die von Johnny Turner über Randy Zehringer bis hin zu Richard Hughes und Bobby Torello und in gewisser Weise auch Willie Smith und zuletzt Casey Jones reicht.

Zum Konzert lässt sich wenig sagen. Äußerlich mit Gitarre, Hut und den Brust und Arme bedeckenden Tätowierungen, erscheint Johnny Winter genau so, wie er sich auf dem Cover von "Guitar Slinger"darstellt. Die Eröffnungsnummer hieß, wie gehabt, "Hideway". Es folgen fünf Titel aus dem besagten Album, die Klassiker "Johnny B.Goode" und "Jampin'Jack Flash" und das wäre es dann gewesen! Druckvoll, (noch) energischer als auf Platte, mit einem geraden, kräftigen Beat, einem vollen Bass und den grandiosen, dissoluten, über mehrere Chorussen sich erstreckenden Maratonstücken, in denen er, keinen Widerspruch zulassend, deutlich machte, dass er von keinem anderen Bluesgitarristen von der Bühne gespielt werden kann. Optisches Interesse erweckten keine großen Showeinlagen und schon gar keine Lichteffekte, als vielmehr seine bloße Präsenz. Ausstrahlung und Persönlichkeit bot der inzwischen 40jährige Texaner in größerem Maß als die meisten seiner Musikkollegen.

Einen faden Beigeschmack wird wohl jeder der (nüchternen) Besucher dennoch mit auf den Heimweg genommen haben. Nach nur einer einzigen Stunde Spielzeit verabschiedete sich der Meister von der johlenden Menge, ein paar "Fans" verschafften sich unerlaubten Zutritt zur Bühne, andere wurden gewaltsam daran gehindert, Dosen flogen in Richtung Musiker, Johnny Winter brach seine Zugabe ab und verschwand! Kleine Schlägereien zwischen Ordnungskräften und dem Publikum und Polizeieinsatz als krönender Abschluss. Wem soll man die Verantwortung für diese Ereignisse zuschreiben? Dem Veranstalter, der in naiver Fahrlässigkeit Bier in Dosen feilbieten ließ? Den schon teilweise angetrunkenen Zuschauern, die sich nicht entblöden konnten und in ihrer Aggressivität die Trinkbehälter in Wurfgeschosse umfunktionierten? Den Bühnenordnern, die alles andere als geschickt, nämlich gewalttätig reagierten? Oder Johnny Winter, der für 20 Mark einfach mehr zeigen muß als eine peinlich kurze Stunde Musik und somit weniger als seine Vorgruppe? Eine Mitschuld trägt gewiss jeder. Ein erster Schritt in die richtige Richtung wäre der Ausschank von Getränken in Kunststoffbechern, was dem Hamburger Verbot, Dosen mit aufs Gelände zu bringen, ja auch eher entgegengekommen wäre. Überlegen sollte man sich auch ein generelles Alkoholverbot, denn auf diejenigen, die solches von Konzerten fernhielte, können wir, glaube ich, gern verzichten.. Timo Hoyer

Sunday, 17 June 1984: Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Setlist:
1. Honky tonk
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. Mad dog
4. I smell trouble
5. Jumpin' jack flash
6. Help me
7. Boot hill
8. Johnny B. Goode
9. She moves me

Monday, 18 June 1984: Joe's Biersalon Berlin

Johnny Winter and Katie Webster

Wednesday, 20 June 1984: Liederhalle, Stuttgart, album: Live in Germany 1984.

Setlist:
1. Succotash
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. It's my life
4. I smell trouble
5. Hhighway 61 revisited
6. Mmy soul
7. Johnny b. goode
8. It's all over now

Thursday, 21 June 1984: Cirkus Krone, Munchen, Germany

Setlist:
1. Honky tonk
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. I smell trouble
4. Mad dog
5. Kiss tomorrow goodbye
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. It's all over now
8. Boot hill

Tuesday, 26 June 1984 : Gronalund, Stockholm, Sweden

1. Succotash [with "the stumble" in the middle]
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. I smell trouble
4. Mad dog
5. Jumpin' jack flash
6. Kiss tomorrow goodbye
7. Highway 61 revisited [with chords of "3rd stone from the sun" - SUPERB!]
8. Johnny b. goode
9. Encore: it's all over now

Friday, 29 June 1984: Roskilde, Denmark

Johnny stops the concert because a bottle thrown by the audience hits him during the "Johnny B. Goode" - solo. He says: "We give you music and you throw things at us. Great! We try give you music, you throw things. Great! Good night." . This show was also broadcasted on the Danish TV (DR)

Setlist:
1. Honky tonk
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. Mad dog
4. I smell trouble [superb rendition in a glorious 20 minutes, with plenty of harmonica & slide guitar solos. And by the final part, on the "scat singing" section, Johnny plays about 1 minute of "stepping out". I've never heard it in any other concert]
5. Jumpin' jack flash
6. Boot hill
7. Highway 61 revisited
8. Johnny b. goode

Saturday, 30 June 1984: Liseberghallen, Goeteborg, Sweden.

Setlist:
1. Warm up jam [Johnny played many of his signature riffs instead of "honky tonk" or "hideaway"; a real and masterful jam, maybe the longest instrumental introduction ever clocking in 17+ minutes]
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. I smell trouble [another great and long version as the one played the day before and again played "steppin' out" in the "scat singing section", by the end of the track]
4. Jumpin' jack flash
5. It's all over now
6. Boot hill
7. It's my life
8. Kiss tomorrow goodbye
9. Okie dokie stomp

Tuesday, 3 July 1984: London, Dingwalls

Jon Paris - Bass, Mark Potowsky - Drums. Review of this concert in Kerrang! Magazine 1984 and has also been broadcasted on thr BRBM Radio shortly afterwards.

Setlist:
1. Don't take advantage of me
2. Mad dog
3. Jumpin' jack flash
4. It's my life, baby
5. She moves me
6. Johnny Be Goode

Thursday, 5 July 1984: Montreux Jazz Festival , Montreux Switzerland

Released on the bootlegs: "Midsummer Blizzard" and "Mr White Blues"

Johnny Winter (g, voc), John Paris (b), Tom Compton (dr)

Succotash (09:24) Don't Take Advantage Of Me (09:27) Mad Dog (11:46) I Smell Trouble (14:15) Jumpin' Jack Flash (04:36) Johnny B. Goode (06:04) Its All Over Now (05:02) Boot Hill (04:25) Instrumental (04:41)

Friday, 6 July 1984: Camden Dingwalls, London, UK

Thursday, 27 September 1984: The Wax Museum, Wash DC

1. Succotash
2. Don't take advantage of me
3. Mad dog
4. I smell trouble
5. Johnny b. goode
6. 1st encore: boot hill
7. 2nd encore: it's all over now

Wednesday, 3 October 1984: London, Victory Club. Tampa Florida

Setlist:
1. Hideaway
2. Last night
3. Rock me baby
4. Don't take advantage of me
5. Mad dog
6. Kiss tomorrow goodbye
7. Jumpin' jack flash
8. Boot hill
9. Johnny b. goode
10. Highway 61 revisited

Tuesday, 9 October 1984: Night Moves, Houston, Texas

Wednesday, 17 October 1984 - Bacchanal, San Diego

With Jon Paris: Bass Guitar, Tom Compton: Drums.

Setlist:
1. Opening Jam-Hideaway
2. Don't Take Advantage Of Me
3. Mad Dog
4. I Smell Trouble
5. Bonie Moronie
6. Boot Hill
7. All Over Now - It's My Life

Thursday 25 Oct 1984. Club Of Monterey, Monterey, CA

Club Of Monterey, Monterey, CA on Thursday 25 Oct 1984.

Johnny has just turned 40, and had released Guitar Slinger which spent five weeks on the Billboard and Cashbox charts. He had just returned from a tour of the European festival circuit, while his first video clip "Don't Take Advantage of Me" was appearing regularly on MTV.

Saturday, 27 October 1984 - Keystone, Palo Alto, California

Setlist:
1. Hideaway
2. Big boss man (Jimmy Reed classic)
3. You've lost your good thing now
4. Don't take advantage of me
5. Black cat bone
6. Murdering blues
7. Johnny b. goode
8. The encores (were played non-stop; 17 plus minutes of astonishing versions):
9. Mad dog
10. Jumpin' jack flash
11. Back at to the chicken shack

Sunday, 28 October 1984: Wolfgang's, San Francisco, CA

Saturday, 1 December 1984: Coronet Motor Hotel, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Setlist:
1. Hideaway
2. Mad dog
3. Kiss tomorrow goodbye
4. Bony moronie [with drum solo]
5. Don't take advantage of me
6. I smell trouble
7. Highway 61 revisited
8. She moves me
9. Johnny b. goode
10. Bboot hill
11. It's all over now

Sunday, 2 December 1984: National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada

Setlist:
1. Hideaway
2. Baby, what's wrong with you?
3. Mad dog
4. Kiss tomorrow goodbye
5. Bony moronie
6. Black cat bone
7. Highway 61 revisited
8. Johnny b. goode
9. It's my life
10. It's all over now

Tuesday, 4 December 1984: Copa Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Setlist:
1. Honky tonk / Hideaway
2. Baby what's wrong with you
3. Mad Dog
4. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
5. Highway 61 revisited
6. Hoochie coochie man
7. Don't take advantage of me
8. Johnny B. Ggoode
9. It's all over now
10. Boot hill

Friday, 7 December 1984: Spectrum Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Setlist:
1. Intro
2. Hideaway
3. Don't take advantage of me
4. It's my own fault [received with a great joy by the audience, and worthily, it's great version]
5. Mad dog
6. Jumpin' jack flash
7. Highway 61 revisited
8. Iodine in my coffee
9. Johnny b. goode
10. Boot hill
11. Baby, what's wrong with you? [in a fast beat tempo, the initial riff is the same as "it's all over now"]

Saturday, 8 December 1984: Spectrum Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Setlist:
1. Succotash
2. I smell trouble
3. Don't take advantage of me
4. Help me
5. Lights out
6. Please come home for Christmas [the earliest Johnny Winter's version ever of this song; from this December on, Johnny keep the tradition to play this song in almost every concert, in every December on the future]
7. It's my life
8. Iodine in my coffee
9. Johnny b. goode
10. Baby, what's wrong with you? [in a fast beat tempo, very similar with "it's all over now"]