Johnny Winter

Born: February 23, 1944 in Beaumont
Died: July 16, 2014 in Zürich

John Dawson Winter III was an American singer and guitarist. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s. 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'.

Instruments: GuitarMandolinHarmonicaVoiceSinging

Genres: BluesRhythm And Blues

Occupations: guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, record producer

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