Johnny Winter

The Legendary Johnny Winter and his equally epic younger brother, Edgar Winter, began performing together when they were just kids.  Their first TV appearance was on a local children’s television show in Houston / Beaumont area when they were somewhere around 10 years old, strumming the ukelele and singing.  Both being Albino, and Johnny cross-eyed, they were quite a sight.  The Winter brothers really glow in those old pics.

Johnny Winter found himself caught in the grips of a nasty heroin addiction in the 70s, and it crippled his career for a spell. After kicking the habit, his manager Steve Paul courageously decided to put Winter in front of the music press to discuss the addiction candidly. In 1973, Johnny was full force again and released “Still Alive and Well”, whose title track was written by none other than Rick Derringer as a salute to Winter’s overcoming his drug addiction.beware of drugs man.. :D

Johnny Winter