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Johnny Winter
American
Musician
About the author
I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Years
#First
#Age
#Learning
#Guitar
Everybody was tellin' me that I had to do something different, and I kind of agreed that I did need to vary it a little bit. I still love some rock 'n' roll too.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Love
Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Love
#Play
#Road
My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Mother
#Music
Little Walter I would've liked to have played with.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
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.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Right
#Man
#Sound
#Guitar
The best artists are gone now.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Now
#Artists
I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#People
#Will
The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Favorite
#Winter
I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
I never really got to know Jimi as a person.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
I like playin' for an audience the best, though, I think.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Play
#Career
#Age
#Music
Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Artist
I think the blues will always be around. People need it.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#People
#Will
There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#People
Well, one of the best things is workin' with Muddy.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Old
#Night
#Age
#Music
When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#England
#Name
T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.
Johnny Winter,
American
Musician
#Influence
#Guitar