Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Winter Is Coming

Simply put, Johnny Winter is one of the baddest dudes to ever pick up a guitar. He was a pioneering figure in American blues-rock in the 1960s and ’70s and became a torchbearer for the genre — producing three Grammy-winning records for Muddy Waters along the way. He has since been elevated to blues-guitar royalty, both as an inductee to the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” This Friday, January 18, Winter plays the Higher Ground Ballroom. Mr. French open.