Thursday, July 17, 2014

Johnny Winter, R. I. P.

Houston Chronicle: GENEVA (AP) — Texas blues icon Johnny Winter, who rose to fame in the late 1960s and '70s for his energetic performances and musical collaborations including with childhood hero Muddy Waters, has died. He was 70.  

Hat tip to Randy Johnson.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bummer. RIP.


Jeff

Unknown said...

Much too young.

Jerry House said...

Sad. He rocked.

But he was not happy with Joe Lansdale's Riders of the Worm and its portrayal of the "Autumn Brothers."

Unknown said...

Those Jonah Hex issues were the first thing I thought of, Jerry.