A legend Dies

[Spoonman]

one of the greats for sure

https://music.yahoo.com/news/blues-legend-johnny-winter-dies-70-zurich-110823918.html

Blues legend Johnny Winter dies at 70 in Zurich

GENEVA (AP) — Texas blues legend Johnny Winter, known for his lightning-fast blues guitar riffs, his striking long white hair and his collaborations with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and childhood hero Muddy Waters, has died. He was 70.

Winter was a leading light among the white blues guitar players, including Eric Clapton and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, who followed in the footsteps of the earlier Chicago blues masters. Winter idolized Waters — and got a chance to produce some of the blues legend's more popular albums. Rolling Stone magazine named Winter one of the top 100 guitarists of all time.

 

[Valerie]

Blues legend Johnny Winter dies...
Blues legend Johnny Winter dies in Switzerland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFiFrXJ3fKs

http://www.usmessageboard.com/music/301763-dedicate-a-song-to-someone-23.html#post9456867

 

[Pogo]

I think "legend" is a bit of a stretch, but RIP.

 

[TruthSeeker56]

And like his brother, Edgar, Johnny was also an ALBINO. He lived beyond the life expectancy of human albinos.

 

[Spoonman]

And like his brother, Edgar, Johnny was also an ALBINO. He lived beyond the life expectancy of human albinos.

i remember edgar winter played at our highschool back in the early 70's

 

[boedicca]

What a lousy thread title - one has no idea to whom it refers.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I think "legend" is a bit of a stretch, but RIP.

i dont.....the guy influenced a lot of up and coming guitar players in the 70's.....

 

[Harry Dresden]

And like his brother, Edgar, Johnny was also an ALBINO. He lived beyond the life expectancy of human albinos.

you are right.....i would have thought the Heroin addiction would have killed him back in the 80's....

 

[Spoonman]

I think "legend" is a bit of a stretch, but RIP.

i dont.....the guy influenced a lot of up and coming guitar players in the 70's.....

Back in the 70's the argument was always who is better, hendrix or winter.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I think "legend" is a bit of a stretch, but RIP.

i dont.....the guy influenced a lot of up and coming guitar players in the 70's.....

Back in the 70's the argument was always who is better, hendrix or winter.

i hung with a guy in the 70's who was a musician and he knew a lot of the players in the club bands in LA and we seen a lot of them play and got high with the guys afterwards and a lot of the guitarists cited Johnny as someone they liked a lot....just sayin.....

 

[Spoonman]

i dont.....the guy influenced a lot of up and coming guitar players in the 70's.....

Back in the 70's the argument was always who is better, hendrix or winter.

i hung with a guy in the 70's who was a musician and he knew a lot of the players in the club bands in LA and we seen a lot of them play and got high with the guys afterwards and a lot of the guitarists cited Johnny as someone they liked a lot....just sayin.....

he seemed like he'd be a regular guy. never seemed to be one who was wrapped up in the fame.