John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III (born February 23, 1944) is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. Best known for his late 1960s and 1970s high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues legend Muddy Waters. ...
Fulfilling a dream, Winter begins working with blues guitarist Muddy Waters. During the ensuing years they collaborate on a series of classic Blue Sky albums. Winter produces and plays on Waters’ Grammy-winning comeback album Hard Again, Grammy-winning I’m Ready (1978), Grammy-winning Muddy ...
Stevie Van Zandt became part of Johnny’s band and wrote some great songs, Johnny also received creative poses from Bruce resulting in three killer albums, I Don’t Want to Go Home, This Time It’s for Real, and Hearts of Stone. All of those albums were released in the 70’s ...
died in July at the age of 73. Fowler made his recording debut with Zappa on 1973'sOver-Nite Sensationand appeared on several more of his albums throughout the '70s, up to 1978'sStudio Tan. He also appeared on Charles' final studio album, the Grammy-...
Folsom Prison Blues Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s.His first ever prison concert was held on January 1, 1958 at San Quentin State Prison.[63]These performances led to a pair of highly successful live albums,...
Though less known to U.S. music fans, Scottish pop-rock group Deacon Blue has a passionate following on the other side of the Atlantic. Formed in 1985, the band has scored multi-platinum albums sales in the U.K. over the course of its career. Their name comes from “Deacon Blues,”...
While hisSNLcastmates John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd formed the Blues Brothers and got to play with some legendary musicians, Chevy Chase had played with some Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, too, while in college, though he likely didn’t know it at that time. Chase was in a college jazz ...
While hisSNLcastmates John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd formed the Blues Brothers and got to play with some legendary musicians, Chevy Chase had played with some Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, too, while in college, though he likely didn’t know it at that time. Chase was in a college jazz ...
Paul Walker spent his 20s playing a heartthrob in "Varsity Blues," "Pleasantville," and "She's All That." He then found success as Brian O'Conner in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise. Walker died in a car crash in California at 40. ...
Listen: Bob Dylan Records ‘VD Blues’ Medley 52 Years Ago December 21, 2013 Watch: Son House Performs ‘Death Letter Blues,’ 1967 December 21, 2013 Watch: Eddie Vedder and Jeanne Tripplehorn Sing Rolling Stones’ ‘Shattered’ December 21, 2013 Best of 2013 Dept.: ...