And it worked out great.” Derringer also did his own version along with a host of other bands the song has been covered by Van Halen, Suzi Quatro, Canadian rockers Bootsauce, Nashville Pussy, and the Japanese band Superfly. Rock and Roll to satisfy the rock ‘n’ roll that I was supposed to be bringing to the picture, and Hoochie Koo to satisfy the king of blues sensibility that Johnny was supposed to maintain. As told by Derringer, “ The first song I wrote for Johnny was Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo. It was one of Winter’s first shots at rock, (being a Texas bluesman thus far). It became standard radio play throughout the 70s and still howls across the airwaves today. Let’s kick off events with the classic Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo, written by Rick Derringer, who was in the band, and appears on the Johnny Winter And album (1970). Today we take a look at some of what we think was his best solo work on songs that sizzle and crack, material that puts him shoulder to shoulder with the elites like Tony Iommi, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Buchanan, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, and Eddie Van Halen to name just a few.la crème de la crème. In a career that started in 1968, releasing almost twenty studio albums, and nine live copies, he played up until the very end of his life, in 2014, on tour in Zurich, where he was found dead in his hotel room, it was thought to have been a medical accident.
The “ Texas Tornado ” Johnny Winterdid to rock/blues what bees do to honey make it dripping delicious.
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