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Cheese · 07-17-2014, 04:55 PM

Saw him a few times...one of my faves from another era.
Will spin a few of his albums and tip my whiskey glass tonight in tribute

Rolling Stone's tribute
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...-icon-20140717

The whitest blues guitarist! Named Johnny Winter!

"Growin' up in school, I really got the bad end of the deal. People teased me and I got in a lot of fights. I was a pretty bluesy kid." That alienation, he believed, gave him a kinship with the black blues musicians he idolized. "We both," he explained, "had a problem with our skin being the wrong color."

YouTube Video

Towards the end of Raisin' Cain, Winter is asked how he'd liked to be remembered. He answered, simply, "As a good blues player."
Johnny Winter was much more than that.

07-17-2014, 04:55 PM	#6
Cheese Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2002 Exp:	Saw him a few times...one of my faves from another era. Will spin a few of his albums and tip my whiskey glass tonight in tribute Rolling Stone's tribute http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...-icon-20140717 The whitest blues guitarist! Named Johnny Winter! "Growin' up in school, I really got the bad end of the deal. People teased me and I got in a lot of fights. I was a pretty bluesy kid." That alienation, he believed, gave him a kinship with the black blues musicians he idolized. "We both," he explained, "had a problem with our skin being the wrong color." YouTube Video Towards the end of Raisin' Cain, Winter is asked how he'd liked to be remembered. He answered, simply, "As a good blues player." Johnny Winter was much more than that. Last edited by Cheese; 07-17-2014 at 05:04 PM.