“The surgery went well and Johnny is resting peacefully,” manager Teddy Slatus said. Still, an extensive tour of the Midwest and Northwest U.S. and western Canada had to be scrapped so Winter can recuperate.

“Johnny plans to spend the next several months healing and working on material for his next CD,” Slatus said.

The prolific bluesman has already released two albums in 2000: Back To Beaumont and a best-of package, The Return of Johnny Guitar.

Although still hospitalized and convalescing in northern Connecticut, Winter is expected to make a full recovery.

His rep says plans are already in the works for him to hit the road again early next year, and a European swing is a possibility.