Uncle John Turner Benefit Recap

If there is one concert that I wish I wouldn't have missed, it's got to be the benefit concert that Johnny Winter and friends did at Antone's in Austin this past summer in honor of Uncle John Turner. Turner was Johnny Winter's drummer in the late 60s and died of complications from Hepatitis C in July of this year. He was 62. I met him a number of years back in a bar in Austin and reminisced about a concert I saw him play with Tommy Shannon when they had a band called, "Krackerjack."

Turner later performed with such artists as Hendrix, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Muddy Waters and B.B. King.

“Man, I can set my watch to your time,” King is said to have once exclaimed after a jam with Uncle John, who played Woodstock with Winter.

Johnny Winter plays benefit for Uncle John Turner

Next Tuesday, July 31st, Johnny Winter and friends will gather at Texas Pride BBQ in Adkins, Texas to raise money for Winter's first drummer, Uncle John Turner. Turner, a Port Arthur, Texas native has been hospitalized in Austin with Hepatitis C. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $75 for VIP which includes a "meet and greet" with Johnny Winter.