Johnny Winter

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Johnny Winter
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Blues-rock guitar legend, Johnny WInter (born John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III, February 23, 1944) has formed his first band, Johnny and the Jammers, in 1959 at the age of 15, with his 12-year-old brother Edgar on keyboards. Both he and his brother were born with albinism, Johnny was also cross-eyed.
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

Videos

Johny Winter 2014 live 07:50 Johny Winter 2014 live
Johnny Winter & Muddy Waters - Chicago Blues Festival 1981 06:52 Johnny Winter & Muddy Waters - Chicago Blues Festival 1981
Johnny Winter - Dust My Broom HD 04:06 Johnny Winter - Dust My Broom HD
Johnny Winter & Eric Sardinas- Mojo Boogie (2010) 07:04 Johnny Winter & Eric Sardinas- Mojo Boogie (2010)
Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited 06:30 Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited

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