![]() The Winters and Nelsons became good friends. Nelson also credits himself with reviving Winter’s music career. Winter, who spent two decades living in Easton, Connecticut, before his death, battled heroin addiction for years and credited Nelson, whom he met in 1999, with helping him get off methadone, according to the 2014 documentary “Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty.”īefore he got clean, bandmates and friends said they were concerned because of his frail appearance and trouble talking. He released more than two dozen albums and was nominated for several Grammy awards, winning his first one posthumously in 2015 for Best Blues Album for “Step Back.” Nelson produced the album and also took home a Grammy for it. 63 best guitar player of all time in 2015. Rolling Stone magazine listed him as the No. In 1988 he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame. Winter played at Woodstock in 1969 and went on to produce albums for Blues icon Muddy Waters in addition to his own music. ![]()
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