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- Birth nameGeorge Otis Winston III
- George Winston was born on February 11, 1949 in Hart, Michigan, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for The Descendants (2011), Bad Influence (1990) and I'm Still Here (2010). He died on June 4, 2023 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Winston suffered from a number of illnesses, and while recuperating from a bout of cancer, he played the piano in the medical center auditorium, creating 21 pieces, that he says were "kind of circular" and "minimalist." In 2014, he included three of the pieces in a Spring Carousel EP, and a 15-track album, called Spring Carousel - A Cancer Research Benefit released on March 31. Proceeds benefit City of Hope Hospital near Los Angeles, where he was treated and subsequently composed the musical work.
- For years, the balding, bearded Winston would walk out on stage in a flannel shirt and jeans, and the audience would think he was a technician, coming to tune the 9-foot New York Steinways that are his piano of choice.
- Was considered by many music critics and experts to be the premiere, number one instrumental solo pianist in the popular music genre.
- In addition to the piano, Winston was also an accomplished harmonica and slack key guitar player.
- He launched his own label, Dancing Cat Records, in 1983, and specialized in Hawaiian music.
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