Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter

Rolling Stone magazine has called Johnny Winter one of the greatest guitar players of all time. This is the story that made him a legend. From toughing it out in Texas to his historic appearance at Woodstock, his affair with Janis Joplin, his late-night jams with Jimi Hendrix, and his stadium-filling, superstar tours at the height of the rock 'n' roll era to washing out on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-percent pure bluesman, resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters, and becoming a multi-Grammy award winner, this is the most raucous and real rock 'n' roll story ever told.

Mary Lou Sullivan is a music journalist whose thirty-year career began at a dinner with Bruce Springsteen. She first interviewed Johnny Winter in 1984, a meeting that led to a close rapport that has only deepened through the years. When Johnny was ready to tell his story, she was the only one he trusted. Mary Lou Sullivan lives in Connecticut.