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Johnny Winter
12+ albums
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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, and in 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 63rd on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Winter was born in Beaumont, Texas, and had a younger brother, Edgar Winter. Both brothers were born with albinism. Their father, John Dawson Winter Jr., was a musician who performed on saxophone and guitar at various local events. Winter began performing as a child, appearing on a local children's show at the age of ten. Winter's recording career began at age 15 with his band Johnny and the Jammers, releasing "School Day Blues". In the 1960s, he performed locally with Roy Head and the Traits and released a single with them, "Tramp" backed with "Parchman Farm". His first album, "The Progressive Blues Experiment", was released in 1968 on Sonobeat Records. Winter gained wider recognition after performing B.B. King's "It's My Own Fault" at a Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper concert at the Fillmore East in December 1968, leading to a recording contract with Columbia Records. His debut Columbia album, "Johnny Winter" (1
