PHOTO: Johnny Winter: 'Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter' | CREDIT: BACKBEAT BOOKS. Legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter, who is still playing for the enthusiastic crowds who come to see him, has a new book coming out in May, published by Backbeat Books, called "Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter" and is sure to delight his dedicated fans worldwide. It just doesn't get any better than this.
Author Mary Lou Sullivan interviewed Winter for hours and hours, covering his entire career, from his earliest beginnings in Texas, to the Woodstock stage, his battle with drug addiction, an affair with Janis Joplin and more. He's jammed with everyone from Eric Clapton to Jimmy Hendrix and paved the way for Texas home-state musicians like ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He is a musician's musician; a guitar player's guitar player.
Did you know that Johnny Winter was on the first cover of Guitar World Magazine in 1980 and that The Smashing Pumpkins B-Side "Tribute to Johnny," off the single "Zero" is about the Texas bluesman?
Albums put out in the Seventies by Johnny Winter include:
- Johnny Winter And (1970)
- Live Johnny Winter And (1971)
- "Roadwork" (1972) - with Edgar Winter's White Trash
- Still Alive and Well (1973)
- Saints & Sinners (1974)
- John Dawson Winter III (1974)
- Captured Live! (1976)
- Together (1976) with Edgar Winter
- Nothin' But the Blues (1977)
- White, Hot and Blue (1978)
It doesn’t look like fans will be let down by the upcoming book on Johnny Winter's life due to be released May 1, 2010 by Backbeat Books: http://www.backbeatbooks.com/index.jsp
You can catch Johnny Winter on tour coming up in the following cities:
Fri 02/19/10: Niagara Falls, NY Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel
Sat 02/20/10: Stamford, CT Palace Theatre
Ticket Information: http://www.pollstar.com/resultsArtist.aspx?ID=44452
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