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Johnny Winter
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American blues guitarist and singer (1944–2014)
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John Dawson Winter III, known professionally as Johnny Winter, was an American guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born on February 23, 1944, in Beaumont, he began his work period in 1964. His musical output spanned blues, rhythm and blues, and blues rock, with releases on Columbia Records and Alligator Records. He performed on guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and voice.
Winter had a sibling, Edgar Winter, and lived with albinism. He died on July 16, 2014, from disease. His recorded works include titles such as "Pc Dovey" and "Old Son."
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Pc Dovey, Old Son
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via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Rock Concert1973
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944
- Active to
- 2014
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 472,456
- Total plays
- 4,682,062
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John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He was recognised for his blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1960s into the early 2000s. Winter produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues musician Muddy Waters and recorded several Grammy-nominated albums of his own. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John
Key facts
- Born
- John Dawson Winter III , ( 1944-02-23 ) February 23, 1944, Beaumont, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16) (aged 70), near Zürich , Switzerland
- Genres
- Blues blues rock rock and roll Southern rock country blues
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter producer
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1959–2014
- Labels
- Columbia Blue Sky Alligator Pointblank
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Winter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beaumont
- Place of death
- Bülach District
- Sibling
- Edgar Winter
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.johnnywinter.net
- Image
- Johnny Winter1990.jpg
Show 14 more facts
- date of death
- 2014-07-16
- Commons category
- Johnny Winter
- date of birth
- 1944-02-23
- has characteristic
- albinism
- medical condition
- albinism
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- name in native language
- John Dawson Winter III
- cause of death
- disease
- different from
- John Winter
- topic has template
- Template:Johnny Winter
- short name
- Johnny Winter
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Union Cemetery
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
Early life
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