![]() He released his first album in 1972 but only came to attention with the 1980 album, Autumn, which was followed by Winter into. Winston was best known for his solo piano recordings. During April 2017, Winston and I conducted the aforementioned 65-minute phone interview that was initially intended mainly to discuss his then-new RCA album titled Spring Carousel at present, a CD/digital-only album that needs to be released on vinyl, STAT but, inevitably, we wound up speaking quite at length about his detailed recording techniques and related analog proclivities. There is no information about his wife on the internet as he loved to keep his personal life away from the media. Instead, he let his music do his talking, and that was okay because his songs speak loud and clear. It is unclear if George Winston is married or not. His father was a geologist, and his mother was an executive secretary. It was interesting that Winston wasn't the type of performer who talks to his audience. 11, 1949, in Hart, Mich., near Lake Michigan, to George and Mary (Bohannon) Winston. It was so easy to just close my eyes and appreciate Winston's talent. The show lasted two hours and it was two hours of pure melodic excellence, uncluttered, never frenetic or aggressive, and quite relaxing and enjoyable. My favorites, though were the songs from his album Forest: "Tamarack Pines," "The Cradle," "Returning and Building the Snowman." I thought Winston was exclusively a pianist, so I was quite surprised when he played songs on the harmonica and acoustic guitar. He played songs from all of his albums, including Ballads and Blues, Autumn, December, Summer, Plains, and Montana - A Love Story. ![]() Not only that, Winston moved over to the jazz scene, and pretty soon the audience was tapping its toes to boogie-woogie and stride piano pieces. And that's what I got - pleasant melodies that relaxed me. Winston is an acoustic soloist, so I was looking forward to a nice, quiet evening of musical enjoyment. A rural folk pianist, Winston grew up in Michigan, just like me. ![]() I saw George Winston perform at the Lesher Center of the Arts in Walnut Creek, California. ![]()
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