Sadness...
I saw Johnny many times since the mid-'70's...one of my favorite guitar players...at a loss for words....sadness....

RIP Johnny

BREAKING: Johnny Winter Has Passed Away
By
Matt Marshall
– July 17, 2014

Johnny Dawson Winter III has passed away, according to several sources close to the blues man. He was 70. Details surrounding his death have not come forth, but will be added as they emerge.

Winter and his brother, Edgar were raised in a musical family, with his roots firmly planted in the Mississippi delta — his father was the mayor of Leland, Mississippi, and Winter was recently honored with a Blues Trail Marker. From before his teens, Winter was playing and recording, even sitting in with the biggest blues legends of the day, including Muddy Waters and a comically reluctant BB King. In 1968, he released his first album, The Progressive Blues Experiment (featuring Willie Dixon on Bass), and after a now-famous performance at The Fillmore East, he was signed to Columbia Records with the largest advance ever made to an artist.

After his mammoth deal, Johnny immediately laid out the blueprint for his fresh take on classic blues, according to his official biography, which was a prime combination for the legions of fans just discovering the blues through the likes of Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. Winter continued to gain widespread critical acclaim with his innovative blues stylings and in 1970, Winter released his commercially acclaimed ”Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo”, before struggling with heroin addiction for several years, before seeking treatment.

He made a successful comeback, culminating in what Winter described to American Blues Scene Magazine as the “highlight of my life”, after the closing of Chess Records, he brought Muddy Waters to the studio to record what would widely become known as the bluesman‘s comeback record, Hard Again. In the album, Winter performed most of the guitar work, while Muddy sang. Winter would go on to produce several Grammy-winning albums for Muddy before the bluesman’s death in 1984.

Winter earned several Grammy nominations for his searing, scorching slide guitar work, and was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame in 2003, and was one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time. “I’m not a rock n roller,” Winter told American Blues Scene. “I’m 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.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Sad news.

RIP

please tell me this is a hoax

There is nothing confirmed on this yet.

Hope it is not true, 70 is still not too old.. Saw him few years ago and i remember i thought about how difficult was for him playin' and travelin'. He was not in good shape, but still he delivered a more than decent show.

Reports on American Blues Scene. If true then sad news. RIP Johnny.

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He covered several Stones songs including Let It Bleed and this.

Love and light to him, and thanks and praises

"The news was first reported by the wife of Winter’s longtime bandmate, Rick Derringer".

>Johnny

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

after the waldbühne concert, i found a german satire magazine in the
parking lot which was asking if 2014 was "the last summer of Rock'n'Roll".
having just left a Rolling Stones Wrecking Site, i somehow had to smirk
at that title and took it with me as a souvenir. then it was mainly
about the Malcolm Young news, but they might have actually struck a chord.
the fading of this great generation is picking up speed now, very fast.
go see some of them live. i have never seen Johnny live and now i wish i had.



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Really sad news. He was a great guy. Very kind person. Doing his things heartfelt.
Until we meet again Johnny...

Sad news indeed.

One of the greatest ever

Its another goodbye to another good friend.......

I saw him in a good concert in 2006, but he was already to that time in poor health.

RIP Johnny Winter

In between tour dates-RIP

RIP dude

playing "It's all over now" with his brother in Paris

Terrible news. I have tickets to see him in September.

One of the best slide players ever and one of the last old school bluesmen. His Stones covers are the gold standard.

Oh my...

one of the greatest ever.

One of the best-- "Johnny Winter And" one of my all time favorite live albums ( killer Jumpin Jack Flash ) also loved his studio versions of Silver Train, Let it Bleed and Stray Cat Blues--he covered the Stones very well indeed.
If you get a chance, check out his version of Dylans Highway 61 at the 30th anniversary concert for Dylan--- smoking !
RIP Johnny

Sad news...

Oh, that is sad news. I knew he had health struggles, but he was still touring so thought he was doing okay. I read just last week that he was set to record a new album with some big guests, like Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons. It must have been something that came on suddenly, maybe his heart.

Peace to him and his family.

From Dylans website- Johnny Winter shows the all star band how its done- crowd goes nuts,,,,,

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Terrible news. Johnny was ace, I'm glad I could see him play live in 2011. At that time he needed help from a band member to go onstage and sit on a chair, but when he picked up his guitar and started to play, he was terrific.

Very sad news...to me he will forever be "Still alive & well"...RIP Johnny

Very sad news RIP.





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I'm just a Bad Boy Boogie

Very Sad, saw a very Good show last year in Amsterdam

Time to listen to this...

Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, James Cotton
Boston Music Hall, Boston Ma.
Feb 26 1977
WBCN-FM

Disc 1
01. The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock 'N' Roll (WBCN DJ Talks over at start)
02. Deep Down in Florida (WBCN DJ talks at end)
03. Hideaway
04. You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling
05. Sweet Home Chicago
06. Rocket 88 (Vocals weak)
07. Help Me (WBCN DJ talks at end)
08. How Long ?

Disc 2
09. Instrumental (WBCN DJ talks at end)
10. Mama Talk To Your Daughter (WBCN DJ talks at end) Band Intro
11. Mannish Boy

Encore

12. WBCN DJ talks and Interviews Pinetop Perkins
13. You Don't Have To Go (WBCN DJ talks at end)
14. Got My Mojo Working
15. WBCN DJ Interview w/ Muddy, Cotton, Winter as they come off stage


The Band
Bob Margolin, guitar
Pinetop Perkins, piano
Charles Calmese, bass
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, drums

Such a loss. RIP Johnny. We'll be missing you.

Peace,
Mr DJA