Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of The Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

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After starting his career with Winnipeg bands The Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw, replacing Randy Bachman

Randy Bachman

Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...

. Winter wrote the hit singles "Bus Rider" and "Hand Me Down World" and co-wrote several songs with group leader Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings

Burton L. Cummings, OC, OM is a Canadian musician and songwriter.He was the lead singer and frequent keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who...

, including the hits "Hang on to Your Life", "Rain Dance", and "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon

Runnin' Back to Saskatoon

"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" is a popular rock and roll song written by Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter.The song was recorded by the Canadian rock group The Guess Who on May 22, 1972 for the album Live at the Paramount, and is also included on the 1974 album The Best of the Guess Who, Vol...

" and also co-wrote "Clap for the Wolfman" with Cummings and Bill Wallace. He left The Guess Who in June 1974 and was replaced by ex-James Gang

James Gang

The James Gang was a rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. Though the band was not a huge commercial success, except in the Northeast Ohio area, the fame garnered by guitarist Joe Walsh has since made the group more notable.- History :...

 member Domenic Troiano

Domenic Troiano

Domenic Troiano was a Canadian rock guitarist, most notable for his contributions to Mandala, The James Gang, The Guess Who and as a solo artist.-History:...

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After leaving The Guess Who, Winter ran businesses - including a mattress and bedding store - located in Toronto. Winter later regrouped with various incarnations of the band under the leadership of bassist Jim Kale

Jim Kale

Jim Kale is the bassist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album. He was replaced by Bill Wallace, formerly of Winnipeg band, Brother...

. Suffering health problems, Winter died of kidney failure aged 51 on December 14, 1997.

Winter's Guess Who discography

• 1970 Share the Land
  Share the Land
  Share the Land is an album released in 1970 by Canadian rock band The Guess Who. After the departure of Randy Bachman, the band brought in two guitarists, Kurt Winter and Greg Leskiw....
  
  
• 1971 Best of The Guess Who
• 1971 So Long, Bannatyne
  So Long, Bannatyne
  So Long, Bannatyne is an album released in 1971 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.-Story:The album covers and the title track illustrate a transition in band member Kurt Winter's life....
  
  
• 1972 Rockin'
  Rockin'
  Rockin' is an album released in 1972 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Two charting singles were released from the album. "Heartbroken Bopper" spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 47, and "Guns, Guns, Guns" spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number...
  
  
• 1972 Live at the Paramount
  Live at the Paramount
  Live at the Paramount was the first live album released by Canadian rock group, The Guess Who. It would be their only live album until their reunion in 1984. It was recorded live on May 22, 1972 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington...
  
  
• 1973 Best of the Guess Who Volume 2
• 1973 Artificial Paradise
• 1973 #10
• 1974 Road Food
  Road Food
  Road Food is an album released in 1974 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The song "Clap for the Wolfman" is an ode to disc jockey Wolfman Jack.A Quadraphonc mix was available on both vinyl and Quadraphonic 8-track tape formats....
  
  
• 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