What a “Homecoming”: Johnny Winter, The MC5, and Kellie Pickler!!!

With guitar great Johnny Winter’s recent passing, it made me think that he is the person who got me started on the blues. I didn’t think of it as the blues back then. I just thought of it as “good music.” His “growl” and fluid slide guitar work are distinctive and unmatched! Here he is in his prime, from his Woodstock performance:

Detroit had a couple of birthdays recently–one good, one bad. Here the MC5 sing about the 1967 Detroit riots that started on July 23rd in “The Motor City Is Burning.” Check out those outfits!:

Kellie Pickler is the featured performer on Saturday at Dearborn’s Homecoming. She keeps evolving as an artist since her days on “American Idol.” Here she is kicking up her “Red High Heels!”: