Johnny Winter
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, June 1972
THE BEST NEWS of last week was that Johnny Winter, after a year in medical exile, was once again alive and functioning, and due to gig in England. This means that we're going to get a chance to hear probably the word's finest straight-ahead rock guitarist getting down and doing it all over again.
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