Johnny Winter - Lights Out

Rebennack & David, Sony/ATV Songs, BMI

Johnny Winter was a famous rock star when he reached out to Alligator in 1984. Bursting out of Texas, he had packed arenas in the 1970s and could still fill concert halls nationwide. He had recorded a dozen albums, scored radio hits, and was renowned for his furious guitar stylings and gravelly voice. But Johnny was tired of being considered a heavy rock guitar hero; he wanted to get back to his blues roots. Dick Shurman and I put together an all-star Chicago band for Johnny. With true bluesmen roaring behind him and famed saxman Gene “Daddy G” Barge as a guest, Johnny lit a fire with this obscure New Orleans tune.