Sad news to wake up to - according to a note from our friend Zaida Zoller over in Orlando, Texas blues legend Johnny Winter passed away last night. Legendary Bluesman and blues pioneer Johnny Winter passed away on July 16, 2014 in his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland. This is another big loss to the Blues world. I have many fond memories back to my teen years of Johnny. Probably one of the main reasons I got into The Blues. Very sad news. Matt Marshall from American Blues Scene writes Winter earned several Grammy nominations for his searing, scorching slide guitar work, and was inducted into the Blues Foundations Blues Hall of Fame in 2003, and was one of Rolling Stone Magazines 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time. Im not a rock n roller, Winter told American Blues Scene. Im a bluesman. From his earliest childhood in the Mississippi Delta and Beaumont, Texas to his last breath, touring on the road, Winter truly lived up to that statement in every sense of the word.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:04:09 +0000
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