Johnny Winter Lyrics

Johnny Winter Info:

Birth name:
John Dawson Winter III

Born:
February 23, 1944
in Beaumont, Texas, US

Died:
July 16, 2014 (at the age of 70)
in St Gallen, Switzerland

Genres:
Electric blues, blues rock, rock and roll, Texas blues

Occupations:
Musician, songwriter, producer

Instruments:
Vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica

Years active:
1959–2014

Associated acts:
Edgar Winter
Muddy Waters

Notable Instruments:
Gibson Firebird
Erlewine Lazer

Johnny Winter Quotes:
I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12.

I like playin' for an audience the best, though, I think.

I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues.

I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.

Jimi was always at The Scene when he was in New York and we played many times together. He was just everywhere - he went out and jammed everywhere he was.

Little Walter I would've liked to have played with.
My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.

No, I wasn't doin' any heroin when I was with Muddy.

Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it.

T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around.

The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record.

There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray Charles and Bobby Blue Bland.

Well, one of the best things is workin' with Muddy.

When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.

When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues.

Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up.

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