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Johnny Winter

American blues/rock musician

From: Beaumont, United States
Active: 1944–2014
Rating: ★ 4.5 (2 votes)
Releases: 164

blues rock
electric blues
blues
boogie rock
chicago blues
electric texas blues
psychedelic rock
rock

About

John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was 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".

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