Johnny Winter & Uncle John Turner

1969 Johnny Winter, Uncle John Turner and Tommy Shannon "His solo break came while hawking an album he'd recorded with "Uncle" John "Red" Turner (drums) and Tommy Shannon (bass) for an obscure regional company (Sonobeat). The Rolling Stone journalists Larry Sepulvado and John Burks caught wind of it and wrote a celebratory piece, entitled "Texas" stated, "Imagine a 130-pound cross-eyed albino bluesman with long fleecy hair playing some of the gutsiest blues guitar you have ever heard.", catapulting Winter from local hero to headline status at New York's Scene club and the prestigious Fillmore East." Excerpt From Johnny Winter's Biography: http://www.vinylrecords.ch/winter/winter_bio.html