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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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To: 4yearlurker

“Looks like Jimi is playing a right handed Fender Bronco bass upside down.”

Can’t play it right side up left handed. Probably strung upside down too


61 posted on 07/17/2014 6:58:27 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Verbosus

You get it. Johnny wasn’t about fame and fortune so much as he was about his chosen style of music. Always one of my favorite stringers


62 posted on 07/17/2014 7:23:57 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

“This just goes to show what a life of drugs (especially heroin) will do to someone.”

The heroin was in the early days, went through a year of rehab. Being an albino has it problems also. He was diabetic to boot. The dude had a ton of baggage other than the early drug abuse. He wouldn’t have lived to be seventy if he continued the early days excesses


63 posted on 07/17/2014 7:30:24 PM PDT by Figment
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To: 4yearlurker

RIP John. Thanks for some amazing music.


64 posted on 07/17/2014 9:07:44 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: 4yearlurker
I was fortunate to see him at the Peppermint Beach Club in Virginia Beach back in 1991. Small club. Johnny walked in the front door like anyone else. Took about five minutes to get tuned, set up and then jammed for 2 hours.

RIP Johnny

65 posted on 07/20/2014 5:00:25 AM PDT by csvset
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