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Johnny Winter
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American blues guitarist and singer (1944–2014)
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Johnny Winter was an American guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born John Dawson Winter III in Beaumont, he was a male who lived from 1944 to 2014. He had albinism, a medical condition that characterized his appearance. His musical career began in 1964, and he played the guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and voice. He performed in the blues, rhythm and blues, and blues rock genres.
Winter was affiliated with Columbia Records and Alligator Records. He received a Blues Music Award and a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album. He was the sibling of Edgar Winter. He spoke English. He died in the Bülach District in 2014 due to disease.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Rock Concert1973
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 472,456
- Total plays
- 4,682,062
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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John
Key facts
- Born
- John Dawson Winter III , ( 1944-02-23 ) February 23, 1944, Beaumont, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16) (aged 70), near Zürich , Switzerland
- Genres
- Blues blues rock rock and roll Southern rock country blues
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter producer
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1959–2014
- Labels
- Columbia Blue Sky Alligator Pointblank
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Winter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beaumont
- Place of death
- Bülach District
- Sibling
- Edgar Winter
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.johnnywinter.net
- Image
- Johnny Winter1990.jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-07-16
- Commons category
- Johnny Winter
- date of birth
- 1944-02-23
- has characteristic
- albinism
- medical condition
- albinism
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- name in native language
- John Dawson Winter III
- cause of death
- disease
- different from
- John Winter
- topic has template
- Template:Johnny Winter
- short name
- Johnny Winter
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Union Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1960s into the early 2000s. He also produced three Grammy Award–winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Early life
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