CD Review
Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter
Sony/Legacy
by Tony Engelhart
Review date: November 2004
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When Johnny Winter’s debut hit the shelves in 1969 it was a breath of fresh air. Unlike his British contemporaries – Led Zeppelin, Cream, and even Jimi Hendrix – who distorted the blues into what later became heavy metal, Winter played a traditional and unadulterated style. While the album was overlooked ay the time, Johnny was embraced by veteran blues artist’s. After the release of the record, Johnny Winter went on to resurrect Muddy Waters’ career in the late 70’s by producing and playing on three monumental recordings – Hard Again, I’m Ready, and King Bee.
The re-release of Johnny Winters’ self titled debut has been digitally remastered from the original tapes. The Texas native mixed traditional standards such as ‘Good Morning Little School Girl’ and ‘I’ll Drown In My Own Tears’ with a group of rockin’ originals. Two legendary bluesmen– Willie Dixon on upright bass and Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton on harp – join the youngster for a rousing rendition of ‘Mean Mistreater’. Johnny grew up listening to Robert Johnson so it should come as no surprise he included a couple of acoustic Dobro numbers, ‘Dallas’ and ‘When You Got A Good Friend’. As an extra bonus, the 2004 version contains three additional tracks, ‘Country Girl’, a band rendition of ‘Dallas’ and the John Riley Brown standard ‘Two Steps From The Blues’ done in the classic Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland style..
While Johnny Winter was only 25 years old when this album was first issued, his soulful vocals and masterful guitar work placed him in a category of his own and proved once and for all that even ‘very’ white men can get the blues.
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