Browsing: Johnny Winter

The sometimes creepy, sometimes uplifting meaning of “Fix” in the blues has it’s roots in Voodoo… and junkies. Find out how!

Have you ever asked a child what they learned in school and the reply be “a song called ‘Deel Elem Blues’ then we blogged about the experience and learned how to make better decisions”?

Winter tore down the house at New Haven’s Toad’s Place on a recent Friday night, a modest bar and dance club surrounded by the dormitories of Yale University.

Johnny Winter: Live From Japan is a great window into where Johnny Winter is, and how far he has come on his road to recovery.

Deep in the Delta, the Highway 61 Blues Museum shows that the small town of Leland boasts a who’s who of delta bluesmen, and even leaves a mark on Rock n Roll!

If you’re a fan of the mighty Johnny Winter, you’ll love this! The prolific bluesman has a Kickstarter campaign for a documentary promising good blues, good music, good stories, compelling characters & good filmmaking!

Paul Nelson-produced ROOTS, Winter’s 1st studio album since 2004’s “I’m a Bluesman”, has him sounding the best in years. Armed with blues classics & talented friends, it’s Winter’s best blues to date.

Blues is often about broken hearts. With A Hundred White Lies, Shane Dwight gives us his, in musical sadness and triumph.

Today’s guest article was written by Marina Kuleš, a resident of Croatia. Marina describes the fascinating and exciting progress that blues organizations are making overseas!

We sit down with Mary Lou Sullivan, the author that recently released Johnny Winter’s long-time-coming biography Raisin’ Cain – The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter.