RIP!

Winter first gained national attention when Rolling Stone magazine featured the the Texas music scene in a December 1968 cover story. It captioned his photo: "Johnny Winter, Albino Bluesman." The article said guitarist Mike Bloomfield considered the young Winter the "best white blues guitarist he had ever heard."

Winter was just 15 in 1959 when he began playing guitar in Texas clubs. It was also the year he started drinking and smoking.

Rolling Stone now ranks Winter 63rd on its list of 100 greatest guitarists.

http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1026/10-things-you-gotta-do-to-play-like-johnny-winter/16877