The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. His absolute command of traditional music has earned him the respect of serious musicologists, while his tremendous agility, wicked speed and full-tilt aggression on the electric guitar and acoustic bottleneck has won over several generations of younger rock players looking to cop some the fastest and hottest licks ever committed to tape."īLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. For well over five decades, John Dawson 'Johnny' Winter III has produced and played on some of the most exciting blues and rock recordings in the history of both genres. "But of all of these bright lights, perhaps the most electrifying, exotic and resilient Texas export is a snowy white guitarist from Beaumont, whose truth-is-stranger-than-fiction given name is Winter. "As the great blues historian Robert Palmer once bluntly stated, 'Texas's blues pedigree is unsurpassed," writes Brad Tolinski in the liner notes for the recent career-retrospective boxed set "Johnny Winter: True To The Blues". John, Leslie West, Brian Setzer and Joe Bonnamassa. The follow-up to 2011's "Roots" features a host of special guests, including Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, Billy Gibbons, Joe Perry, Dr. Winter remained active up until his death and was scheduled to release a new studio album, "Step Back", on September 2 via Megaforce Records.
Winter's big breakthrough came in 1968 when Rolling Stone writers Larry Sepulvado and John Burks featured him in a piece on the Texas Music scene, which prompted a bidding war among labels that Columbia eventually won. Regarding what he would like his legacy to be, Winter said: "I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician." I've been nominated a lot of times but never won." The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling if you don't have that, you're not going to be good at it."Īsked if there was anything left for him to accomplish, Winter said: "I've never won a Grammy on my own - I'd like to do that. Speaking to last month, Johnny Winter said: "When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. We'll always have him to thank for pulling Muddy Waters out of his funk in the Seventies and helping him record some of his greatest work: 'Hard Again', 'I'm Ready' and 'King Bee'.
"He was the greatest slide blues guitarist that ever lived. Johnny Winter blazing away on a Gibson Firebird is an iconic blues image. No one's slide tone was as sweet, searing, stinging or fiery. The Blues magazine editor Ed Mitchell said this morning: "It's no secret that Johnny has battled with ill health for many years - but he seemed to transcend that struggle when he played live.
He wrote: "I've just become close with Edgar and I'm so sad for him and his family. Throughout the '70s and '80s, Johnny was the unofficial torch-bearer for the blues, championing and aiding the careers of his idols like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.įormer GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum paid tribute to Johnny Winter via Twitter. Johnny - elder brother of fellow music legend Edgar Winter - has always been one of the most respected singers and guitar players in rock and the clear link between British blues-rock and American Southern rock. Jenda wrote on Facebook: " was not in good health and was very frail and weak." The news of Winter's death was first reported by American Blues Scene and Jenda Derringer, wife of Winter's former bandmate Rick Derringer. His wife, family and bandmates are all saddened by the loss of their loved one and one of the world's finest guitarists.Īccording to the Chicago Tribune, there was no indication of third-party involvement, and early signs pointed to a medically related incident.Ī prosecutor has ordered an autopsy because the cause of death is unclear. Blues legend Johnny Winter died yesterday (Wednesday, July 16) at his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland at the age of 70.
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