(He also said there was no truth to the rumor that he would get a new tattoo with each new album he released.) But in spite of what we see, it is, and always has been, his guitar playing that sets Johnny Winter apart.īorn John Dawson Winter III in Beaumont, Texas on FebruJohnny and his brother Edgar grew up surrounded by the blues, country and Cajun music. Tattoos turned out to be it." I don't know about the self-destructive part, but I guess its better than drugs. I was looking for something new to do that wasn't self-destructive. When asked about it he said, "It was right before I was forty.
His body is also covered with innumerable tattoos (surpassingly he didn’t get his first tattoo until he was almost 40 years old). Watching him stand on stage you are struck with the impression that the slightest breeze would knock him over. He is thin as a rail, can barely see and needs assistance just strapping on his guitar. Plagued with poor health throughout his childhood, his physical condition was marred even more from drug and alcohol abuse that has further taken its toll on his already frail body. He has a striking appearance-he (as well as his younger brother Edgar) was born an albino without pigmentation in his hair and eyes, has long, flowing, waxen white hair and is legally blind. Photography copyright © 2000 by Tom Asp, all rights reservedģ2 years after the release of his debut, self titled album, Johnny Winter has gained almost icon status in the world of blues and blues-rock.
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