17-07-2014, 19:25
Rest in Peace Johnny !!!! Another rock blues legend passes away at 70 years old !
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"Texas blues legend Johnny Winter emblazoned himself into the worldâs consciousness with his tattooed arms churning out lightning-fast guitar riffs and his striking long white hair flowing from under his cowboy hat.
His contrasting appearance and devotion to the blues pioneers of the 20th century turbo-charged a career in which he emulated and, ultimately, championed, his childhood hero Muddy Waters and other icons. Winters carved out a wide niche â and became an icon himself â starting in the late 1960s and 1970s with a sound that blues and country singer Tracy Nelson, prominent during the same era with her band Mother Earth, described as âTexas second generation.â
âHe did not overplay, like a lot of white blues guitarists,â she said of Winter, who collaborated with the likes of Waters, John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix. âHis tone was a little more modern, more electric, but I could see the influences. He stayed faithful. People idolized him.â Excerpt from the National Post
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"Texas blues legend Johnny Winter emblazoned himself into the worldâs consciousness with his tattooed arms churning out lightning-fast guitar riffs and his striking long white hair flowing from under his cowboy hat.
His contrasting appearance and devotion to the blues pioneers of the 20th century turbo-charged a career in which he emulated and, ultimately, championed, his childhood hero Muddy Waters and other icons. Winters carved out a wide niche â and became an icon himself â starting in the late 1960s and 1970s with a sound that blues and country singer Tracy Nelson, prominent during the same era with her band Mother Earth, described as âTexas second generation.â
âHe did not overplay, like a lot of white blues guitarists,â she said of Winter, who collaborated with the likes of Waters, John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix. âHis tone was a little more modern, more electric, but I could see the influences. He stayed faithful. People idolized him.â Excerpt from the National Post
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