At the invitation of
blues legend Johnny Winter, Ambassador András Simonyi attended a
concert in Central Park, New York as part of the Year of the Blues
summer sessions. Mr. Winter, a guitarist from Texas, who has created a
mass following and a style of his own from the sixties on, has
influenced a generation of rock and blues musicians.
On stage at the
historic Woodstock concert, playing with Mike Bloomfield (whom he had
met in Chicago in 1963) and with the greatest names in rock and blues,
like Jimi Hendrix, Mr. Winter has always remained true to his roots --
blues, Texan style. He has been bringing his love of the blues to his
fans for forty years. He is clearly one of the best blues singers in a
business crawling with guitar honchos croaking out slurred vocal
mannerisms. He plays fast and fluidly, while having a gritty spirit
and a passion of the blues. The Ambassador got his first LP, Johnny
Winter's self-titled debut album, in 1968. He considers Johnny Winter his musical hero.
