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Post by peteetongman on Jul 17, 2014 8:49:27 GMT -5
Paris (AFP) - US blues legend Johnny Winter has died aged 70 in a hotel room in Switzerland, according to a statement on his official Facebook page. "His wife, family and bandmates are all saddened by the loss of their loved one and one of the world's finest guitarists," the statement read, adding Winter passed away in Zurich on Wednesday. Born in Texas in 1944, Winter began playing the clarinet aged five, and switched to the ukelele and then the guitar a few years later. According to his official website, he formed his first band when he was 14 years old, and his big breakthrough eventually came in 1968 when Rolling Stone magazine dubbed him the hottest item after Janis Joplin in an article about the Texas music scene. It is as yet unclear how the blues guitarist and singer died, but he had been due to release his new album in September. www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/07/17/blues-guitar-legend-johnny-winters-dies/
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Post by peteetongman on Jul 17, 2014 8:53:08 GMT -5
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Post by peteetongman on Jul 17, 2014 16:29:37 GMT -5
"One week we're playing clubs for about 20 people and in a matter of a few months we're playing Woodstock," bassist Tommy Shannon said
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Post by peteetongman on Jul 17, 2014 18:53:47 GMT -5
I believe this album had a quadrophonic version released and a buddy of mine burned me a tape from vinyl, but he had a real hi-tech and complicated stereo system and the drum track was missing on my tape. no drums at all. Listened to that thing for months with no drums LOL
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Post by peteetongman on Jul 18, 2014 14:25:26 GMT -5
very disappointed. got to wondering what ever happened to the friend who burned the tape for me. googled his very unique name, found out he just finished a 3.5 year federal sentence for possessing kiddie porn on home computer. dude was always a bit eccentric but I never detected anything like that when we were friends. college-educated dude, held the same lucrative job for decades, now he's on fed probation for life. I'll never understand..............................................
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