Johnny Winter | Don’s Tunes Blues Legends #shorts

I’ll be experimenting with the #shorts format to bring you clips honoring some of the biggest legends of the world of blues & jazz music - starting with the great Johnny Winter, born on this day! Remembering the #Blues #Guitar legend Johnny Winter (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) Texas blues legend Johnny Winter emblazoned himself into the world’s consciousness with his tattooed arms churning out lightning-fast guitar riffs and his striking long white hair flowing from under his cowboy hat. His contrasting appearance and devotion to the blues pioneers of the 20th century turbo-charged a career in which he emulated and, ultimately, championed, his childhood hero Muddy Waters and other icons. Winters carved out a wide niche — and became an icon himself — starting in the late 1960s and 1970s with a sound that blues and country singer Tracy Nelson, prominent during the same era with her band Mother Earth, described as “Texas second generation.“ “He did not overplay, like a lot of white blues guitarists,“ she said of Winter, who collaborated with the likes of Waters, John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix. “His tone was a little more modern, more electric, but I could see the influences. He stayed faithful. People idolized him.“ -JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press The Best Blues Playlist on YouTube 📻 : 💻 🟢 Don’s Tunes on Spotify 🔵 Don’s Tunes on Facebook: ▶️ The Blues & Jazz Group: ▶️ Don’s Tunes on Instagram: ▶️ Don’s Tunes on Twitter: