Johnny Winter: Difference between revisions

His recording career began at the age of 15, when his band Johnny and the Jammers released "School Day Blues" on a Houston record label.<ref name="Sullivan" /> During thisthat same period, he was able to see performances by classic blues artists such as Muddy Waters, [[B.B. King]], and [[Bobby Bland]]. In the early days, Winter would sometimes sit in with [[Roy Head]] and the Traits when they performed in the Beaumont area, and in 1967, Winter recorded a single with the Traits: "[[Tramp (Lowell Fulson song)|Tramp]]" backed with "[[Parchman Farm (song)|Parchman Farm]]" (Universal Records 30496). In 1968, he released his first album ''[[The Progressive Blues Experiment]]'', on Austin's [[Sonobeat Records]].