Magazines
Some background information on the German magazines:
You usually don't read Johnny's name in the popular magazines. This is because there isn't very much to tell. But if there is a chance to throw in Johnny's name, they do. And they do it without foot notes explaining who that guy is. Johnny Winter is still someone you can mention without explaining who he is, as his name is still quite familiar.
In Germany, there are 3 big music magazines, all in the style of the Rolling Stone. They are:
WOM JOURNAL (WOM stands for World Of Music)
MUSIKEXPRESS/SOUNDS (usually shortened to ME/SOUNDS)
The magazine has a system with 6 ******, but usually 5 are best, the sixth * stands for extraordinary recordings. 5 ***** mean: very good; 4 **** mean: good; 3 *** mean: OK; 2 ** mean: weak; 1 * means: bad
ROLLING STONE (German edition) This one started
4 three years ago.
1960
Independent Teen Times - October 1960
1962
Article by: Lee Ashworth titled: "A local boy who made good.. The Boy TO Watch.
1968
Rolling Stone Magazine 1968
"Texas" (feature article on the Texas music scene featuring Johnny, [w/pic of him], Doug Sahm who?s on the cover, and several others); ?68; (Rolling Stone #23)
Blues Unlimited Sep 1968
Blues Unlimited, Sept 1968 p.24 article by Mike Ledbitter
1969
Rolling Stone Magazine, 1969
"Hot Prospect: Columbia's Bid Bags Johnny Winter"
"Johnny Winter Fiasco Goes On"
Time Magazine, 28 Feb 1969
Cover: Richard Nixon Music: Chicken-Soup Freak , Pic at the Fillmore
"The hottest recording discovery in the land... The swingingest, funkiest blues inger to come out of the south in years!"
Circus, May 1969
Cover: Janis Joplin Article: Johnny Winter: Will He Be the Next Superstar? Probably.
Life, 4 Jul 1969
Review: It's Hard to Fake the Blues (Probably one of Johnny's worst)
Sat. Review, 26 Jul 1969
Review: New Adventures of the Jazz Guitar (Bad Review)
Look, 29 Jul 1969
Winter Blues, By Thomas Barry. A Texas albino called JOHNNY WINTER wows the pop world with music that is old, new borrowed -- and blue. A complete copy of this Look's article
can be found on the "Mean
Town Blues" site.
Hit Parader, August 1969
On Cover: Johnny Winter's Texas Blues
Sunday, 10 August 1969: The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine
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Hit Parader, September 1969
Article: An Interview with Johnny Winter
Strobe September 1969
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Creem: November 1969
Johnny Winter by Dave Marsh