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About the Johnny Winter
John Dawson Winter IIIwas an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1960s into the early 2000s. He 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 magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Little Walter I would’ve liked to have played with.
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Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it.
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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.
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I think the blues will always be around. People need it.
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I never really got to know Jimi as a person.
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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.
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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.
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I just like the blues better than rock ‘n’ roll.
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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.
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When I started workin’ with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin’ the blues.
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I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues.
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The best artists are gone now.
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My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.
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T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.
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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.
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I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12.
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I like playin’ for an audience the best, though, I think.
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I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.
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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.
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When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.
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The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter… and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record.
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Well, one of the best things is workin’ with Muddy.
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Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He’s a young guy.
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