Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive; no-holds-barred interviews; covering the guitar slingers entire career. From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock; his affair with Janis Joplin; his stadium-filling tours; and washing out on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-percent pure bluesman; resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters; and winning a Grammy Award for his effort; this is a raucous roller coaster of story. Rolling Stone magazine has called Johnny Winter one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Ripped off and beaten down by unscrupulous managers; strung out; living the extreme highs and extreme lows of an uncompromising musician; Johnny is a true rock n roll survivor. Signing with Columbia in 1969 for the largest advance ever paid a musician (which led to his appearance at Woodstock; recently reissued in the deluxe Woodstock Experience box set) he has jammed with guitar heavies Hendrix; Clapton; and the Allman Brothers. He is a legend and an icon; paving the way for fellow Texas superstars Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top. Along the way he has gone from boom to bust and back again; but has never lost his lust for his own brand of blues. Still on the road; playing hundreds of gigs a year to his devoted; adoring fans; Johnny; like this book; is the real deal.
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