This spiral-bound notebook was indisputably of value to Johnny: he even took the care to list his name and current address (in his hometown of Beaumont, Texas) on the front cover, in the event of it being misplaced. It contains approximately 120 sheets of heavily written pages.

Dates within the notebook suggest it was used by Winter circa 1976, the time when he was collaborating closely with his idol, the blues legend Muddy Waters. Several pages feature notes related to their collaboration, including a list titled "Second Muddy & Johnny Blues Stuff," a list of artists Muddy wanted to play with (artists such as Charlie Daniels, Greg Alman, and James Colton) and Muddy Water's phone number written at the top. Later pages feature a to-do list in preparation for Muddy Water's Tour. Most touching of all, perhaps, is a page towards the end of the book, where Winter has drafted several versions of the dedication for his album "Nothing but the Blues" to Muddy Waters. The multiple attempts to write the dedication in many styles suggest how important it was to Winter to say just the right thing to honor his idol.

It also includes notes for someone listed only as "Bobby T.", including a phone number, believed to be Bobby ïT' Torello, who played with Winter after Winter produced an album for his band, Thunderhead. The same page also includes a note to go to "Edgar's" (Johnny's brother) on Tuesday. Additional notes feature reminders for "Mix Time" at the Hit Factory in NYC.

The first few pages contain lists of songs and their track length, as well as sketches for songs such as "Highway 61" and "Sweet Papa John," which list which band members were supposed to sing or play and in what order. A page features a potential track listing for the album "Johnny Winter Captured Live!" Winter's 1976 live album; another features a track listing titled "Johnny Winter Album '78," which appears to be an early version of a track list for what would eventually become Winter's album, "White Hot and Blue."

Other pages contain to-do lists, with tasks as varied as "tour and personal statements" and "amp storage" to tasks clearly dubbed by Winter to be necessary but mundane, such as "Blue Sky Bull Shit" and "movie f*ck up." (Blue Sky was Winter's record label in the mid-to-late 1970s.) The notebook also features hand-written lyrics to songs like "Slidin' In," as well as songs like "Everybody's Blues," "Drinkin' Blues," "Sweet Love and Evil Women," "Bladie Mae," "It was Rainin'," "Tired of Tryin'," "TV Mama," and "Mad Blues," song primarily featured on his 1977 album "Nothing But the Blues."

Even more impressively, the notebook appears to contain lyrics to songs that were never recorded or released by Winter, including one titled "Too Young, White and Blue" (beginning "I'm kinda frayed around the edges, but I know I'll make it there / some things may get tough, but I know I'll make it there"), one titled "Hate Song" (featuring the line, "I'd like to call you nasty names and watch you overdose on speed,") "Finally Got Wise" ("I been into double trouble, I been three times a fool, but for once I finally have got wise."), "Bakin' Blues" ("You can tell that I'm a baker / Once I get your cream puff in my mouth / I'll show you how to roll your dough / like the women do down south.")

And if that were not enough, a single page about halfway through the notebook is empty but for Johnny Winter's large, clear signature. Second-to-last sheet features an IOU agreement between Johnny Winter and someone believed to be Randy Jo Hobbs based on the signature, regarding the acquisition and owing of Valium. Additionally, on one of the final pages of the book appears to be a unsent letter from Johnny to Susan, who he would later make his wife, talking about plans to see her family, signed, "Love, Johnny."