Editing Johnny Winter (section)

== Early life ==
Johnny Winter was born in [[Beaumont, Texas]], on February 23, 1944.<ref name="Sullivan">{{cite book| last = Sullivan| first = Mary Lou| title = Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter| publisher = Backbeat Books| year = 2010| isbn = 978-0-87930-973-2|pages=5, 19–21, 120–121, 327}}</ref> He and his younger brother [[Edgar Winter]] (born 1946) were nurtured at an early age by their parents in musical pursuits.<ref name="Sullivan"/>  Both were born with [[albinism in humans|albinism]].  Their father, [[Leland, Mississippi]] native John Dawson Winter Jr. (1909–2001), was also a musician who played saxophone and guitar and sang at churches, weddings, Kiwanis and Rotary Club gatherings. Johnny and his brother began performing at an early age. When Winter was ten years old, the brothers appeared on a local children's show with Johnny playing ukulele.