Johnny Winter

Paul Nelson was playing guitar behind his friend and musical hero, Johnny Winter, when a friendship developed.  The two became musical partners, wrote songs and gigged together over the years.  When Johnny had difficulty getting sober, it was Paul who stepped up to help his friend during a difficult time.  In 2004, Johnny and Paul wrote and recorded the album I’m A Bluesman, which was nominated for a Grammy.  Paul later won that award for an album with Johnny called Step Back, released in 2014, just months after Johnny death.

Johnny Winter has become an important link between classic blues artists and modern audiences. Johnny’s blues style stays fresh and current while playing the important standards by artists such as Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Johnny began performing at an early age with his younger brother, Edgar, playing the ukulele and singing. As his career developed and covered live performances around the world and recordings, Johnny never drifted too far from his roots in the blues. The Gibson Guitar Company released a signature model named after the Johnny Winter Firebird V and was a r

Edgar Winter grew up in a musical family, his older brother being the blues legend Johnny Winter.  Edgar played in several of his brother’s bands before forming his own bands, always with a focus on rock and roll.  He pioneered the synthesizer in many settings and is the inventor of the keyboard strap because he wanted to jump around the stage as the guitarists did.  His energetic approach to music gave special attention to the synths in the pre-MTV world in which many of Edgar’s new sounds were very creative and very mysterious, just the way he liked it.