Johnny Winter Refined His Hell-Raising Brand of Texas Blues on ‘Guitar Slinger’
35 years ago, Johnny Winter returned with a great, grimy studio album where you could smell the booze and cigarettes.
35 years ago, Johnny Winter returned with a great, grimy studio album where you could smell the booze and cigarettes.
This newly released video offers fans a concluding glimpse at a legend at work as Johnny Winter takes on Son House’s “Death Letter.”
A stirring comeback just before fate closed its hand around a legend’s heart.
You want to know the Johnny Winter story? Listen to the blues stuff, and there’s a heaping helping of it here.
It probably goes without saying that, once you found yourself stranded on a distant island, there would be blues. And every kind, too — Delta, dirty, city, country, grease-popping, Texas crunching, let-it-all-hang low, you name it. You May Also Like: How Eric Clapton’s ‘Me and Mr. Johnson’ Made the CaseRead More