For over 35 years, Johnny Winter has kept the tradition of scorching Texas blues slide guitar alive. His combination of technique, blues-tradition, and from-the-gut. Legendary blues musician Johnny Winter died in his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 16th at 70 years old. There are plenty of reasons why that's notable. Johnny Winter releases perhaps his greatest album on September 2, 2014! Step Back features an amazing list of musical guests and takes Johnny back to a more. John Dawson Johnny Winter III (born February 23, 1944 died July 16, 2014) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. Best known for his late 1960s and. Biography and history information for the legendary guitarist and blues man Johnny Winter. Visit Amazon.com's Johnny Winter Store to shop for Johnny Winter albums (CD, MP3, Vinyl), concert tickets, and other Johnny Winter-related products (DVDs, Books, T. Johnny Winter, a rail-thin blues guitarist known for his scorching riffs, flowing white hair and gravelly, hard-times voice, died Wednesday in Switzerland at the end. John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014), known as Johnny Winter, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Johnny Winter new music, concerts, photos, and official news updates directly from Johnny Winter's Twitter and Facebook. Find Johnny Winter bio, music, credits, awards, & streaming radio on AllMusic - An exceptionally talented blues and slide….