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Nearly nine years after Johnny Winter’s death, a battle for control of the legendary blues guitarist’s music is being fought in court with allegations of theft and greed flying back and forth.
In 2011 Classic Rock asked Johnny Winter's official biographer Mary Lou Sullivan to tell his story. It's a dangerous tale involving deranged bandmates, scumbag managers, and more close encounters ...
At the end of 1969, Johnny Winter was two albums into one of the richest record deals in rock history — and feeling stuck in a rut that led him to reinvent himself with his next LP, opening the ...
That's producer Paul Nelson's assessment of Johnny Winter's Step Back, the blues giant's posthumous swan song. The 13-track set, out Tuesday, pairs Winter with such admirers as Eric Clapton, ...
Johnny Winter, who spent two decades living in Easton, Connecticut, before his death, battled heroin addiction for years and credited Nelson, whom he met in 1999, with helping him get off the ...
Johnny Winter, who played at Woodstock in 1969, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1988. Rolling Stone magazine listed him as the No. 63 best guitar player of all time in 2015.
In December 1968, guitarist Johnny Winter and his manager Steve Paul went to New York's Fillmore East to hear blues-rockers Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper. Mr. Winter was staying with Mr. Paul, who ...
Johnny Winter may have engaged in some self-destructive practices during his time, but eight years on it’s the music that remains, and in glorious fashion thanks to “Brother Johnny” ...
FILE Johnny Winter, right, and Edgar Winter perform during Hippiefest at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino, in Coconut Creek, Fla., Aug. 26, 2012.