![]() “On a couple of occasions, we went significantly over, but I just wanted the items. “I got to hear about the auction in the summer of last year, put in some holding bids for quite a few of the items and was fortunate enough to have an American client of mine go into the auction room and kind of oversee the bids that I’d placed to make sure that I got the items I wanted.” Prev of 8 Next Prev of 8 Next “I saw him on his first ever tour at the Royal Albert Hall and The Speakeasy - which I shouldn’t have been allowed to get into because I was well under age - and The Roundhouse and Fairfield Halls, Croydon. “I’ve been a fan of Johnny Winter since I can remember,” he told us. I saw him on his first ever UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall and The Speakeasy John Jackson I’ve been a fan of Johnny Winter since I can remember. We called in at John’s Chelsea office to view the guitar. On the day, the winning bid was made by John Jackson, international booking agent at K2 Agency in London - who represents major rock bands such as Metallica, Iron Maiden and Alter Bridge. He is buried in Union Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut. He is playing seated, as he did in his final years, but the performance has all the fire and vigour we’d come to expect from him.Īt the time, the official cause of death was never released, but close sources implied that it was due to a combination of emphysema and pneumonia. There’s a video performance from that festival on YouTube with Johnny playing a rousing version of the blues classic Dust My Broom. Johnny passed away on 16 July 2014 in Switzerland, two days after a gig at the Cahors Blues Festival. ![]() Now I’ve been most places it’s just like going to work and doing your gig.” It’s still interesting, but not like those first few times outside the States when I’d go sightseeing - y’know, checking everything out. I guess what I would really like is if I could get my own club and have everyone come to where I was. You’re out there playing for people, you’ve got girls chasin’ you and stuff… now that was real nice!”Īlthough Johnny’s life was a rollercoaster of career highs and drug-related lows, he kept touring, declaring that he loved to entertain people on the road despite not being too keen on the travel involved, especially in later years. “I was just a little kid, living at real exciting. You’re out there playing for people, you’ve got girls chasin’ you and stuff Johnny Winter I was just a little kid, living at real exciting. It was a real exciting year all the stuff was brand-new and you could be driving to the gig and hear your record on the radio. I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink. “You had to play Cajun music - the French Cajun two-steps - and in parts of Texas there was a lot of Mexican music and, of course, there was the Louisiana and New Orleans stuff as well as jazz and country.” Prev of 8 Next Prev of 8 Nextįame found Johnny at an early age, as he began his recording career while still at school. “You had to be able to play a lot of different things in the clubs or you’d get killed,” he said. This exposure to music helped him during those early years. “I think that’s what I liked about growing up there you could just hear so much stuff,” he told Guitarist in 1992. During his formative years, he was exposed to a vast style of music. His first experience of performing was with his brother Edgar, initially as an Everly Brothers-inspired duo and then, at the age of 14, in his first band, Johnny And The Jammers. He began playing guitar via the unusual route of turning first to the clarinet and then ukulele, settling on the instrument that was to lead him to worldwide renown around the age of 11. John Dawson Winter III was born in Beaumont, Texas on 23 February 1944. That’s what I liked about growing up in Texas you could just hear so much stuff Johnny Winter We track down the new owner and details the rise of Gibson’s bold and iconic design. Johnny Winter’s 1965 Firebird V came under the auctioneer’s hammer in autumn 2016.
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