During the Woodstock festival held in 1969 performances by different artists were recorded live, among them the energetic blues-rock giant Johnny Winter. The 8 songs which the guitarist performed live consist of covers by famous blues heroes Chuck Berry, BB King and Bo Diddley among others. The stage show elevated him to the level of guitar god and included some of his own blues classics, like "Mean Town Blues" and "Leland Mississippi Blues". The playtime of the songs are stretched from a few minutes to songs which exceed the 10 minutes. After this fantastic performance he released some of his most successful albums.