Michael Corcoran, the noted Texas music critic, tells a story about Johnny Winter, who died Wednesday. In 1968, Winter was recording for local labels and playing regular gigs at Austin's Vulcan Gas Company. “Winter and his rhythm section of Uncle John
Blues-rock guitar legend Johnny Winter has died at the age of 70.
He was a Texas fireball, a flaming tumbleweed out of Beaumont who blazed a trail across the world with his incendiary blues. Johnny Winter passed away yesterday at the age of 70 in a hotel room near Zurich, Switzerland. It was a demise that some had
As USA Today reports, blues-rock guitar legend Johnny Winter died yesterday in a Zurich hotel room, where he and his band were touring. No cause of death has been revealed. Winter was 70. Winter had quite a life. Both he
Legendary blues musician Johnny Winter died in his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 16th at 70 years old. There are plenty of reasons why that's notable — Winter was one of the first blues rock guitar virtuosos,