The author devoted three paragraphs to Johnny, whom he referred to as "the hottest item outside of Janis Joplin". Their shows at Austin's Vulcan Gas Company and Houston's Love Street Light Circus attracted the attention of a writer for Rolling Stone magazine who had been writing an article about the Texas hippie scene. In 1968, Johnny began playing in a trio with bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Uncle John Turner. After two-and-a-half years of barnstorming the Deep South, they settled in Houston where they spent 1967 as the house band at the Act III Club. His regular band around this time was alternately known as The Crystaliers. The song became a regional hit around the Texas-Louisiana area and Johnny was soon booked to open up shows for The Everly Brothers and Jerry Lee Lewis. Upon his return to Beaumont, Johnny cut "Eternally", a Pop-flavored tune with a horn section arranged by Edgar, for Atlantic Records. In the early '60s, Johnny continued to record for regional labels and in 1963, moved to Chicago to check out the Blues scene. Johnny also frequented the Beaumont's all Black Raven Club, where got to see Muddy Waters, B.B. The singles, "School Day Blues" and "You Know I Love You", were released a month later on Houston-based Dart Records, gaining The Winter Brothers some local notoriety. A year later, in 1960, they cut two songs at Bill Hall's Gulf Coast Recording Studios in Beaumont. At age 14, Johnny organized his first band, Johnny And The Jammers. When Johnny was 11, The Winter Brothers traveled to New York to audition for Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour. The pair began performing as a duet, winning talent contests and appearing on local television shows. A few years later, Johnny had taken up the ukulele and Edgar played piano. Their father sang in a barbershop quartet and in a church choir and by age five, Johnny began playing clarinet. Born in Beaumont, Texas on February 23 rd, 1944, John Dawson Winter III and his brother Edgar, younger by three years, were was surrounded by music during their childhood.
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