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Johnny won the "Johnny Melody" contest held by radio station KTRM in connection with the movie "Johnny B. Goode". Songs "School Day Blues" and "You know I love you"recorded for Dart Records rated high on the charts in Beaumont.
Since that time he's confirmed his reputation in the blues by working with Muddy Waters and continuing to play in the style, despite musical fashion.
Johnny achieved a sales peak in 1971 with the gold-selling Live/Johnny Winter And. He returned in 1973 with Still Alive and Well, his highest-charting album.
His albums became more overtly blues-oriented in the late '70s and Winter also produced several albums for Muddy Waters. In the '80s he switched to the blues label Alligator for three albums, and has since recorded for the labels MCA and Pointblank/Virgin.
His 2004 Grammy nominated “I’m A Bluesman” disc on Virgin/EMI, has only added to his Texas-sized reputation.
Johnny Winter has died July 16 near Zurich, Switzerland in his hotel room two days after his last performance, at the Cahors Blues Festival in France on 14th of July 2014. He was 70 years old.
Artist website: www.johnnywinter.net
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