Johnny Winter – The Essential Johnny Winter (CD)

Winter arrived on the national scene like a force of nature, his albino Texan image and lightning-fast slide work making him an instant legend when he signed to Columbia in 1969 after a Rolling Stone profile that changed his life overnight. A genuine bridge between the Delta blues tradition and hard rock voltage, he was one of the few white guitarists of his era who earned deep respect from the bluesmen he idolized, including Muddy Waters, whose late-career recordings he produced and revitalized.