Johnny Winter

Remembrance Rock 

Rick Derringer Gone at 77

May 27, 2025May 28, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Edgar Winter, Hulk Hogan, Johnny Winter, Patti Smith, Rick Derringer, RIP, Steely Dan, The McCoys, Thurston Moore, Weird Al Yankovic

Renowned guitarist blurred the lines between rock and pop

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Blues Remembrance Rock 

Mean Town Blues: Johnny Winter at 80

February 23, 2024February 27, 2024 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 80th birthday, Blues, Edgar Winter, guitar, Ian Curtis, Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, RIP, Shane MacGowan, Texas, Warren Zevon

Memories of witnessing the late electric guitar great in concert

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Blues 

RE: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1959, 60th anniversary, Albert Collins, Blues, Country blues, George Thorogood, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Keith Richards, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, The White Stripes

The Hook’s original original folk blues classic turns 60

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Music Journalism Rock 

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

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