Let’s set the record straight. In the wake of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s meteoric increase to popularity and subsequent legacy, there may exist generations who have actually either forgotten or never ever knew that another Texas guitar player had already existed and done that more than a lots years earlier. Sustained by word of mouth and generous hype from Wanderer (yep, they actually used to be that influential), John Dawson Winter IIIs initially pilgrimage from his native Beaumont to New york city City in 1968 (at the request of Scene supervisor Steve Paul) stimulated a vicious bidding war in between record companies, and Columbia Records supposedly paid the Texas guitar slinger the biggest advance ever bestowed upon a new artist. Winter delivered huge time, and the labels bet paid off. The Texas Tornados mix of charged-up city Chicago noises and standard Delta styles had a remarkable effect on blues and rock communities alike.
