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destruction
07-27-2014, 07:55 PM
http://online.wsj.com/articles/blues-guitarist-johnny-winter-70-passes-away-1405637240

Johnny Winter died July 17 on tour in Zurich.

Read the article above or Use the Google......but you will only scratch the surface of the man who, along with one of my best friends, sent me crying and screaming to the blues.....

Back in 1979 someone said "There are white guys that can really play the blues....but Johnny Winter is the only white man who really understands the blues enough that it comes through in his singing."

I will attest that the music he was most proud of was the set of albums he produced for Muddy Waters....resulting in 3 Grammys.....and the love was mutual.

https://soundcloud.com/mdmorning/baltimore-writer-rafael-alvarez-on-the-late-blues-guitarist-johnny-winter

One of my personal faves.....the Robert Ross penned "Sitting in the Jailhouse"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex7e-n3vAF4
marv2
07-27-2014, 09:08 PM
I heard that just today. Rest in peace Johnnny.
soulster
07-27-2014, 11:04 PM
I read about this last week. I've criminally ignored most of his work, and now must investigate it.
Cincinnati_Kid
07-28-2014, 04:06 AM
Didn't he make a song named "Frankenstein" that was popular in the mid 70's?
destruction
07-28-2014, 02:11 PM
I've criminally ignored most of FILL IN THE BLACK's work, and now must investigate it.

I think I've said that about once a month for the past 30 years.....especially after reading posts here on SDF. Hell, up until about '77, you couldn't pay me to listen to a blues song. Fast forward to '88 and I listened to blues almost exclusively for a year.
destruction
07-28-2014, 02:13 PM
Didn't he make a song named "Frankenstein" that was popular in the mid 70's?

CK.....that's Johnny's brother Edgar Winter. They look and sound very much alike.
Cincinnati_Kid
07-29-2014, 02:31 AM
CK.....that's Johnny's brother Edgar Winter. They look and sound very much alike.

Thx for the clarification. I knew whoever made it's name was Winter. Is Edgar still living?
That was a great song.
Mary G Jive Five
08-02-2014, 01:29 PM
He was a great guitarist. He will be missed. I'm grateful we still have his music.

May he Rest In Peace...

~~Mary~~