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Title: Johnny Winter. He Gone
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 17, 2014, 09:45:03 AM

from teh foxnewz.kum

Texas blues icon Johnny Winter, who rose to fame in the late 1960s and `70s for his energetic performances and musical collaborations including with childhood hero Muddy Waters, has died. He was 70.

His representative, Carla Parisi, confirmed Thursday that Winter died in a hotel room in Zurich a day earlier. The statement said his wife, family and bandmates were all saddened by the loss of one of the world's finest guitarists

Title: Re: Johnny Winter. He Gone
Post by: wesfau2 on July 17, 2014, 09:48:12 AM

Freakin looking dude.  Huge talent, though.

Title: Re: Johnny Winter. He Gone
Post by: WiregrassTiger on July 17, 2014, 03:57:58 PM

I loved him on "Hollywood Squares" and in "The Russians Are Coming. The Russians Are Coming."

Title: Re: Johnny Winter. He Gone
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 17, 2014, 04:05:27 PM

Quote from: WiregrassTiger on July 17, 2014, 03:57:58 PM

I loved him on "Hollywood Squares" and in "The Russians Are Coming. The Russians Are Coming."

How about on his show when he would go up to his attic and do improv with all the stuff up there? 

Title: Re: Johnny Winter. He Gone
Post by: Pell City Tiger on July 17, 2014, 09:54:23 PM

Dude could play the hell out of a guitar. Mississippi Blues is a masterpiece.

RIP, you chalk faced goon!