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Kurt Winter (April 2, 1946 - December 14, 1997) was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of The Guess Who. Kurt Winter was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on April 2, 1946. He attended Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute.〔John Einarson, (Profile of Kurt Winter ). Manitoba Music Museum, 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-29.〕 Winter commenced the development of his music career with a number of Winnipeg bands, including Gettysbyrg Address (1967, with later Guess Who bass player Bill Wallace),〔(Profile of Gettysbyrg Address ); canadianbands.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.〕 The Fifth (1968, with drummer Vance Masters)〔(Profile of Brother ); canadianbands.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.〕〔Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, (Profile of The Fifth ). Retrieved 2015-11-07.〕 and Brother (late 1969, with Wallace and Masters). Brother was regarded as Winnipeg's first supergroup, playing all original material, the live shows of which were greatly admired by Burton Cummings.〔 At the invitation of Cummings, Winter joined The Guess Who in June, 1970, along with guitarist Greg Leskiw, who had also succeeded Winter as a guitarist in Gettysbyrg Address.〔〔 The two guitarists replaced Randy Bachman, who had abruptly left The Guess Who. Winter is solely credited with writing the hit singles "Bus Rider" and "Hand Me Down World", both of which were hits for The Guess Who, but which had been composed while Winter was with Brother.〔 Songs written by Brother were collectively written by Winter, Wallace and Masters.〔 Winter also co-wrote a number of songs with group leader Burton Cummings, including the hits "Hang on to Your Life", "Rain Dance", and "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" and also co-wrote "Clap for the Wolfman" with Cummings and Bill Wallace. Winter was dismissed from The Guess Who in June of 1974, with no reason specified,〔John Einarson, (Winter's tale ). Winnipeg Free Press, December 15, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-10.〕 exactly four years after he had joined the band. He was replaced by ex-James Gang member Domenic Troiano. Winter later regrouped with an incarnation of the band under the leadership of bassist Jim Kale from 1977 to 1979, appearing on and contributing songs to two albums released by this version of The Guess Who. Winter remained a lifelong resident of Winnipeg. With his first major earnings from The Guess Who, Winter purchased a home in the Fort Garry area of Winnipeg, where he resided for the balance of his life.〔 Suffering health problems attributed to excessive alcohol use,〔 Winter died of kidney failure at the age of 51, on December 14, 1997.〔 Since 1998, a scholarship in Winter's name has been presented annually at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute.〔 Burton Cummings later memorialized Winter with "Kurt's Song" on Cummings' 2008 album, ''Above the Ground''. Cummings described Winter as "one of my fondest writing partners".〔Stephen Ostick, (Cummings picks wah-wah as career highlight ). Winnipeg Free Press, October 3, 1988. As reprinted by Hillman Web. Retrieved 2015-11-14.〕 When Cummings wished to revive their writing partnership in the 1990s, Winter declined, preferring a later life largely away from music.〔 ==Winter's Guess Who discography== (詳細はShare the Land'' * 1971 ''Best of The Guess Who'' * 1971 ''So Long, Bannatyne'' * 1972 ''Rockin''' * 1972 ''Live at the Paramount '' * 1973 ''Best of the Guess Who Volume 2'' * 1973 ''Artificial Paradise'' * 1973 ''#10'' * 1974 ''Road Food'' * 1978 ''Guess Who's Back'' * 1979 ''All This For a Song'' * 1988 ''Track Record: The Guess Who Collection'' * 1997 ''The Guess Who: The Ultimate Collection'' * 1999 ''The Guess Who: Greatest Hits'' * 2000 ''Live at the Paramount'' (re-mastered) * 2000 ''Share the Land (re-mastered) * 2003 ''Platinum & Gold Collection: The Guess Who'' * 2004 ''Wheatfield Soul / Artificial Paradise'' (re-mastered) * 2004 ''So Long Bannatyne / #10'' (re-mastered) * 2004 ''Rockin' / Flavours'' (re-mastered) * 2004 ''Road Food / Power in the Music'' (re-mastered) * 2006 ''Bachman Cummings Song Book'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurt Winter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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