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I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.

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Johnny Winter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1944
Born: February 23
Died: 2014
Died: July 16
Guitarist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Beaumont
Texas
John Dawson Winter III
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Ukulele
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Blues

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