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Blues Great Johnny Winter Dead
AP

Posted on 07/17/2014 5:06:17 AM PDT by 4yearlurker

AP is reporting that blues guitar great Johnny Winter has died in a Zurich hotel room.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: blues; johnnywinter; obituary
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1 posted on 07/17/2014 5:06:17 AM PDT by 4yearlurker
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I'll have to get out my old vinyl and listen to Johnny Winter And. Saw him three times in the early 1970s. RIP to a one of a kind blues guitarist.
2 posted on 07/17/2014 5:09:22 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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I’m surprised he lasted this long.


3 posted on 07/17/2014 5:10:12 AM PDT by vladimir998
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Still Alive and Well no more.

The original Johnny Flame!

4 posted on 07/17/2014 5:10:30 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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Saw that shortly after AP came out with the news. He was rode hard and put away wet. Great blues player, definitely had his head and heart into it.


5 posted on 07/17/2014 5:10:53 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Which by the by is a great album. His solo on “Cheap Tequila” is right from the heart.


6 posted on 07/17/2014 5:11:43 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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Been a fan for 45 years and got to see him a few times. Man I’m also getting old.


7 posted on 07/17/2014 5:12:18 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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But Edgar lives on.


8 posted on 07/17/2014 5:34:01 AM PDT by skeeter
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Damn. He’s one of my blues heroes since I started loving the blues when I little kid 30 years ago. Rest well my friend.


9 posted on 07/17/2014 5:34:48 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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Looks like I’ll have to revisit Highway 51 tonight. RIP Johnny.


10 posted on 07/17/2014 5:45:01 AM PDT by circlecity
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11 posted on 07/17/2014 5:46:23 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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Houston 1978 walking to work downtown on Friday morning. There was an old Caddy with big fins sitting on a vacant lot all the doors open and Johnny Winter plus another guy and 2 girls passed out. The aftermath of his Thursday night concert. Surprised he lasted this long.


12 posted on 07/17/2014 5:46:54 AM PDT by wordsofearnest (Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
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That was the first song that popped into my head when I read the headline. Of course the second thought I had was, well I guess not anymore.


13 posted on 07/17/2014 5:52:44 AM PDT by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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Yep...he liked to party. I saw him in Philly around 1974 after he got out of rehab. The crowd was nuts & rowdy and wanted to hear Johnny. Poco got booed off the stage. Johnny came out and just played and played and came back for 3 encores. THOSE were the days!
14 posted on 07/17/2014 5:53:08 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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12/05/03 Johnny Winter performed at an older restored theater north of Boston (Arlington?). My guy at the time invested in front row meet-after-the-show VIP passes. It was beyond incredible to not only hear him play, but watch his finger work. What he created was magical, especially considering he spent most of his later life transcending disabilities.

Will there ever be musicians of the caliber and passion of the blues from Johnny Winter and his peers?

RIP, Johnny Winter. Your music will never die.

15 posted on 07/17/2014 6:02:05 AM PDT by grania
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RIP Mr Winter. You sure could play.


16 posted on 07/17/2014 6:04:23 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Is there a video of him that someone could post?


17 posted on 07/17/2014 6:06:51 AM PDT by Ditter
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I listen to his great blues at least twice a week. Friday is always 'headphones-on-listening-to-the-blues' day at work.
I love that 145 he does on "Kind Hearted Woman Blues". It just flows. I wish I could play like that.

He will be missed.

18 posted on 07/17/2014 6:08:24 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Can anyone tell me who the head of the Muslim peace movement is?)
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A guitarist (Rick Derringer) from my hometown of Dayton Ohio played in his band for a while.


19 posted on 07/17/2014 6:10:33 AM PDT by newfreep
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Saw him in a surprise guest appearance at a Janis Joplin Concert in Boston, many, many years ago.

I was AWESTRUCK.


20 posted on 07/17/2014 6:13:43 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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