- published: 26 Jul 2016
John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014), known as Johnny Winter, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Best known for his high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Johnny Winter was born in Beaumont, Texas, on February 23, 1944. Winter, with younger brother Edgar (born 1946), was nurtured at an early age by their parents in musical pursuits. Johnny and his brother, both of whom were born with albinism, began performing at an early age. When he was ten years old, the brothers appeared on a local children's show, singing Everly Brothers songs, with Johnny playing ukulele.
Gonna give you 30 days to get back home
Gonna talk to the gypsy woman gonna tell her so
She gonna put out a worldwide voodoo
That'll be the very thing that'll suit you
Gonna see that you be back home in 30 days
Gonna talk to the judge in private early this morning
He took me to the sherrif's office to sign a warrant
Gonna put across something against you
That'll be the very thing that'll send ya
Gonna see that you be back home in 30 days
30 days (30 days)
30 days (30 days)
Gonna see that you be back home in 30 days (30 days)
Gonna put across something against you
That'll be the very thing that'll send ya
Gonna see that you be back home in 30 days
If I don't get no satisfaction from the judge
Gonna take it to the FBI & the local fuzz
If they don't give me no compensation
I'm gonna take it to the United Nations
Gonna see you be back home in 30 days
30 days (30 days)
30 days (30 days)
Gonna see that you be back home in 30 days (30 days)
If they don't give me no compensation
I'm gonna take it to the United Nations
Gonna see you be back home in 30 days
-- repeat last verse --