Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter
John Dawson Winter III, known as Johnny Winter, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Best known for his high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth23 January 1944
CountryUnited States of America
Johnny Winter quotes about
Jimi was always at The Scene when he was in New York and we played many times together. He was just everywhere - he went out and jammed everywhere he was.
I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician.
When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.
I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at,
The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record