She named herself as the trust's sole trustee and Nelson as the successor trustee, meaning he would inherit the rights to Johnny Winter's music after she died.īut in June 2019, four months before her death from lung cancer, Susan Winter removed Nelson as the successor and replaced him with her sister and brother. Susan Winter was the sole beneficiary of her husband's estate, which she put in a trust in late 2016. Susan Winter and Paul Nelson have said the cause of death was likely emphysema. Winter died at the age of 70 on July 16, 2014, in a hotel room just outside Zurich, Switzerland, while on tour. Nelson's wife, Marion Nelson, did bookkeeping for the Winters and the music business, according to legal filings in the lawsuit. Paul Nelson played guitar in Johnny Winter's band and started running his music company beginning in 2005. The Winters and Nelsons became good friends. Nelson also credits himself with reviving Winter's music career. Winter, who spent two decades living in Easton, Connecticut, before his death, battled heroin addiction for years and credited Nelson, whom he met in 1999, with helping him get off methadone, according to the 2014 documentary “Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty.”īefore he got clean, bandmates and friends said they were concerned because of his frail appearance and trouble talking. 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.
63 best guitar player of all time in 2015. Rolling Stone magazine listed him as the No. In 1988 he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame. Winter played at Woodstock in 1969 and went on to produce albums for Blues icon Muddy Waters in addition to his own music. He and his brother Edgar - both born with albinism - were both reknowned musicians. He burst onto the world blues scene in the 1960s, dazzling crowds with his fast licks while his trademark long, white hair flew about from under his cowboy hat. John Dawson Winter III was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas. They said it was clear that both Johnny and Susan Winter wanted Nelson to be responsible for Johnny Winter's music and legacy. “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. Nelson wants to be reinstalled as the beneficiary of Susan Winter’s estate. “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. At stake is ownership of Winter's music catalogue, proceeds from record and merchandise sales and authority to approve any commercial use of his songs, the value of which is uncertain.
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