A guitar hero without equal. The unofficial torch-bearer for the blues. Turner Hall Ballroom is the place to be experience this tattooed, Texas titan. WMSE’s Blues Drive welcomes JOHNNY WINTER… blues-rock’s seminal illustrated….
(blues)man has the ability to captivate and mesmerize his fans. For over 30 years, Johnny Winter has been a guitar hero without equal. Signing to Columbia records in 1969, Johnny immediately laid out the blueprint for his fresh take on classic blues — a prime combination for the legions of fans just discovering the blues via the likes of Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. Constantly shifting between simple country blues in the vein of Robert Johnson, to all-out electric slide guitar blues-rock, – Johnny has always been one of the most respected singers and guitar players in rock and the clear link between British blues-rock and American Southern rock (a la the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd.)