Johnny Winter, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1969 In 1968, he released his first album The Progressive Blues Experiment, on Austin's Sonobeat Records. In the early days, Winter would sometimes sit in with Roy Head and the Traits when they performed in the Beaumont area, and in 1967, Winter recorded a single with the Traits: ' Tramp' backed with ' Parchman Farm' (Universal Records 30496).

During this same period, he was able to see performances by classic blues artists such as Muddy Waters, B.B. His recording career began at the age of 15, when his band Johnny and the Jammers released 'School Day Blues' on a Houston record label. When Winter was ten years old, the brothers appeared on a local children's show with Johnny playing ukulele. Johnny and his brother began performing at an early age. (1909–2001), was also a musician who played saxophone and guitar and sang at churches, weddings, Kiwanis and Rotary Club gatherings. Their father a Leland, Mississippi native John Dawson Winter Jr. He and his younger brother Edgar Winter (born 1946) were nurtured at an early age by their parents in musical pursuits. Johnny Winter was born in Beaumont, Texas, on February 23, 1944. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the ' 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time'. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. He also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s. John Dawson Winter III (Febru– July 16, 2014) was an American singer and guitarist.

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