that Winter owned and played include a Gibson ES-125 (his first electric guitar), a Fender Stratocaster, a Gibson Les Paul/SG Custom, a Fender Mustang, a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with P-90 pickups, a Gibson Flying V, an Epiphone Wilshire, a Gibson Black Beauty, a Fender Electric XII (strung with only 6 strings), and an acoustic National Resonator. Winter played with a thumb pick and his fingers. His picking style was inspired by Chet Atkins and Merle Travis and he never used a flat pick. Winter preferred a plastic thumb pick sold by Gibson and a steel pinky slide, later marketed by Dunlop. Discography Studio albums The Progressive Blues Experiment (Sonobeat 1968, re-released by UA/Imperial 1969) Johnny Winter (Columbia 1969) Second Winter (Columbia 1969) Johnny Winter And (Columbia 1970) Still Alive and Well (Columbia 1973) Saints & Sinners (Columbia 1974) John Dawson Winter III (Columbia 1974) Nothin' but the Blues (Blue Sky 1977) White, Hot and Blue (Blue Sky 1978) Raisin' Cain (Blue Sky 1980) Guitar Slinger (Alligator 1984) Serious Business (Alligator 1985) Third Degree (Alligator 1986) The Winter of '88 (MCA/Voyager 1988) Let Me In (Point Blank 1991) Hey, Where's Your Brother? (Point Blank 1992) I'm a Bluesman (Virgin 2004) Roots (Megaforce 2011) Step Back (Megaforce 2014) Live albums Live Johnny Winter And (Columbia 1971) Captured Live! (Blue Sky 1976) Together (Blue Sky 1976) – with Edgar Winter Live in NYC '97 (Virgin 1998) The Woodstock Experience (Sony/Legacy 2009) Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70 (Collectors' Choice 2010) References External links 1944 births 2014 deaths 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians Alligator Records artists American blues guitarists Country blues musicians American blues harmonica players American blues mandolinists American blues singer-songwriters American male guitarists American rock guitarists Blues rock musicians Blue Sky Records artists Columbia Records artists Electric blues musicians Grammy Award winners Guitarists from Texas Lead guitarists People from Beaumont, Texas People with albinism Relix Records artists Rock and roll musicians Slide guitarists Singer-songwriters from Texas Texas blues musicians American male singer-songwriters Deaths from emphysema Deaths from pneumonia in Switzerland