Allegations of theft and greed over control of the late guitarist Johnny Winter’s music are flying, the Associated Press reports. The legal wrangle is between Winter’s former personal manager…
Winter played at Woodstock in 1969, produced albums for Muddy Waters, and was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame.
He released more than two dozen albums and was nominated for several Grammy awards, winning his first one posthumously in 2015 for Best Blues Album for “Step Back.” Nelson produced the album and also took home a Grammy for it.Winter’s in-laws contend Nelson and his wife improperly took more than $1.5 million from Winter’s music business.into signing over control of Winter’s music.
The case was scheduled to go to trial in a Connecticut court in April, but was rescheduled for September. The battle will decide ownership of Winter’s music catalogue, recordings royalties and merchandise sales, and control over any commercial use of his songs. “The case is about preserving Johnny Winter’s legacy and vindicating and making sure the Nelsons haven’t improperly taken the moneys rightfully owed to the plaintiffs,” said Timothy Diemand, a lawyer for the Susan Winter’s siblings, Bonnie and Christopher Warford.“The Plaintiffs orchestrated the wrongful termination of Paul Nelson during a difficult time in Susan Winter’s last year of life,” the Nelsons said in a statement released by their lawyer, Matthew Mason.
Winter died at the age of 70 on July 16, 2014, in a hotel room just outside Zurich, Switzerland, while on tour.
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Battle for late Johnny Winter's music to play out in courtNearly nine years after Johnny Winter’s death, a battle for control of the legendary blues guitarist’s music is being fought in court with allegations of theft and greed flying. The legal fight has pitted Winter’s former personal manager and bandmate, Paul Nelson, against the family of bluesman’s late wife, who died in 2019. Winter’s in-laws say Nelson took more than $1.5 million from his music business, including auctioning off some of his guitars. Nelson and his wife have countersued, saying Susan Winter’s siblings swooped in when she was medicated and dying of cancer and tricked her into giving them control of Winter’s music. Both sides deny the others’ accusations.
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