Johnny Winter - Lone Wolf Live In Toronto, March 2007

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Johnny Winter - Live Bootleg Series, Vol.1 (2007)

The most important thing to know about this Live Bootleg Series by Johnny Winter is that these are officially released tapes by him and he produced these recordings. These are not bootlegs in the sense of the word we have used it since the 1960s. That said, on this first volume, Winter goes back into his personal archive and pulls out various performances from his long career, and these are from the early '70s when he was so deeply drawn to the power of rock & roll that he and his band -- both with and without Rick Derringer -- tear through roots rock classics like "Johnny B. Goode" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash," as well as blistering versions of blues nuggets -- Muddy Waters' "Rollin' and Tumblin'" and Robert Johnson's "Come on in My Kitchen" among them. Sound quality varies a bit but is generally very good and will not cause the listener any difficulty at all. These are great performances, and anyone remotely interested in the guy should check these out, perhaps above his studio albums.

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Johnny Winter - Texas International Pop Festival 1969 (2006)

From 1968 onwards, Johnny Winter committed himself to playing the blues. This album was recorded live in Fall 1969 at the Dallas International Motor Speedway during the Texas Pop Festival, which also featured B.B. King, Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, and more.

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Johnny Winter - Rockin' Bluesman (2006)

For more than 35 years, Johnny Winter has been at the forefront of modern blues and blues-rock. Winter is an exponent of the Texas guitar tradition, that gutsy school of blues playing, marked by thick tones, aggressive attack and tons of technique, all delivered in a flamboyant, swaggering style that is prevalent to the Lone Star State. Rockin' bluesman features recordings from various periods of Winter's career, showcasing the multiple Blues-styles mastered by the fleecy haired guitarist, ranging from the acoustic Country-Blues of the opening tunes, by way of classic electric Blues - at times embellished with punchy horn arrangements - and concluding with the Blues-influenced hard rockin' roll tracks. Everything is bigger in Texas, and Johnny Winter confirms the rule.

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Johnny Winter - An Introduction To Johnny Winter (2006)

Fuel's Introduction to Johnny Winter is not a compilation of hits from his Columbia and Blue Sky sides, but an actual intro. These sides were recorded between 1960 and 1967 for the Dart, KCRO, Frolic, Todd, Hall-Way, and Pacemaker labels — in other words, virtually his entire recorded output prior to his Progressive Blues Experiment long-player in 1967. The music here is raw electric blues, R&B, and even a few early rock tunes thrown into the mix. The cover of Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "Broke and Lonely" is a highlight, as is the burning instrumental cover of Chuck Berry's "Reelin' and Rockin." "Ease My Pain" is a primitive but fantastic model for what was to come in the late '60s on Columbia. A few tunes, such as "Eternally" and "You'll Be the Death of Me," were originally issued by Frolic, but picked up by Atlantic for national distribution. "Gone for Bad" and "I Had to Cry" were issued on MGM. Neither single charted; Winter was dropped. These 18 tunes are a fine document, a lost highway to the past. Given the role Winter played in the electric blues and its mass acceptance in America, these tunes serve not as some inferior or embarrassing document, but the thing itself, raw and undiluted.

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Johnny Winter - I'm A Bluesman (2004)

Yes, he's a bluesman — has anyone at all familiar with Johnny Winter ever thought anything else? But his first album of new material in almost eight years was certainly very much in the straightforward blues-rock mold, emphasis on the "blues" over "rock." There was nothing to either disappoint longtime fans or excite the unconverted, as it was about exactly the set you'd expect from Winter, setting energetic if predictably formatted material to solid electric blues arrangements. His accomplished guitar playing sometimes bore a tarter tone than some of his past recordings, and his vocals as always were not as impressive as his axe work, though they were serviceable. The songs were a mixture of originals, contributions from past and present sidemen and producer Tom Hambridge, and covers of Lazy Lester's "Sugar Coated Love" and Hop Wilson's "That Wouldn't Satisfy." Although this is acceptably competent, good-natured blues-rock, it's the acoustic "That Wouldn't Satisfy" that provides the most inspired moments. Winter's slide guitar on this track is superb, whetting one's appetite for an entire album of such outings should he ever be in the mood to go unplugged.

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Johnny Winter - Winter Essentials 1960-1967 (2003)

These are the earliest recordings of blues guitarist Johnny Winter recorded in the '60s before he was signed by Columbia in 1968. Most of the material is comprised of doo wop, R&B, and twist instrumentals, all gritty enough not to be relegated as generic after the first listen. Winter also covers several songs he obviously was fond of by Chuck Berry, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Ray Charles, Mose Allison, Lowell Fulson, and Danny White's "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," a song that would also show up on his first Alligator release from 1984, Guitar Slinger. The only misstep here is an attempt at the burgeoning psychedelic movement on "Birds Can't Row Boats," which is as silly as the title, but somehow, compared to everything else on the disc, comes off as a charming abnormally in his discography.

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Johnny Winter - Live At B.B. King's Blues Club In Times Square, New York (2003)

This Johnny Winter performance from 28 August 2003, features Johnny Winter playing an extraordinary show at the legendary B.B. King's Blues Club in Times Square in New York. Johnny Winter still shows a twinkle in his eye and displays brillinace of the blues; he clearly loves what he is doing and has no intention of stopping anytime soon. Backed my a smoking band Johnny Winter still delivers the goods. And when he breaks out the bottleneck slide, the adoring crowd eruprs, the roon is electrified and to the very last man it is very clear why Johnny Winter is a living legend.

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Johnny Winter - Golden Days Of Rock'n Roll (1990)

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Johnny Winter - 38-32-29 Blues (2002)

Wish I could be more specific, but since nobody has reviewed this I will write what I heard. This sounds mostly like pre-Columbia tracks, before Winter nailed down his style. Some even verge on pop. He plays well, but with the deliberateness of a young musician. Worthwhile for longtime fans and students of his guitar style.

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Johnny Winter - The Birthday Show (2001)

Recorded live in Northampton, Massachusetts, February 23. 2001.

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Johnny Winter - Deluxe Edition (2001)

Johnny Winter joined Chicago's Alligator Records in 1984 after a four-year recording hiatus. Following 12 generally spotty albums and 11 years associated with Columbia, either on their label or his own Blue Sky imprint (which they distributed), Winter was itching to get back to the sparse, house-rocking, rough Texas blues on which he made his name, and forego the flashy rock & roll — often just substandard rock — which dominated many of his patchy albums, especially toward the end of the Columbia association. Alligator doubtlessly was thrilled to have him aboard their roster, as it supplied them with their first full-fledged superstar. His three albums for the label were released in three consecutive years: Guitar Slinger, Serious Business, and Third Degree were slam-bang affairs that provided an ideal forum for Winter's gritty voice and edgy, quicksilver guitar firepower. This 14-track compilation of these years rounds up the best of those releases and is a testament to the albino bluesman's substantial talents musically and as an interpreter of other artists' material. He sounds positively enthusiastic throughout, whooping and hollering like it's his first time in the studio, and when he whips out his nasty slide on "Murdering Blues," J.B. Lenoir's "Mojo Boogie," and his own "Good Time Woman" (one of the few Winter originals from the Alligator discs, as well as his lone writing credit on this collection), the searing intensity of his tone practically rips through the speakers. You can tell he's having a stone blast on the slow blues numbers like Eddie Boyd and Willie Dixon's "Third Degree" (in which Winter exclaims in the song's first 20 seconds, "I like it!"), and on the previously unreleased version of "Nothing but the Devil" (which includes a blistering James Cotton harp solo). Winter does a bit of fast country-blues on "Broke and Lonely" and pulls out his National steel on Memphis Willie B.'s "Bad Girl Blues," but generally these cuts find the guitarist in fine boogie form. The collection closes with Guitar Slinger's "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," a smoking slice of '50s R&B that proved all too prophetic; he was to release only two more studio albums of original material through 2001. Johnny Winter's subsequent work in the '90s was sporadically energized, seldom matching the ground-rumbling yet uncluttered approach he favored during these crucial years.

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Johnny Winter - The Return Of Johnny Guitar (2000)

Culled from Johnny's 3 '80s Alligator albums (Guitar Slinger-Serious Business-Third Degree) these 13 tracks prove that after the guitar slingers CBS years he still had the fire to burn the fingerboard! Back by top notch Chicago blues players and the occassional guest's Dr. John & Tommy Shannon (ex Stevie Ray Vaughan bassist)during his Alligator years, these recordings show Johnny at his best with no confetti or studio razzle dazzle. These raw to the bone blues tracks boil red hot. If you don't own any of the guitar legends Alligator albums, you must get this one! A must for all lovers of Johnny's music & blues music. Long live Johnny Guitar!

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Johnny Winter - Raised On Rock (1999)

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Johnny Winter - Texas Blues (1998)

These are the earliest recordings of blues guitarist Johnny Winter recorded in the '60s before he was signed by Columbia in 1968. Most of the material is comprised of electric Texas blues, doo wop, R&B, and twist instrumentals, all gritty enough not to be relegated as generic after the first listen. Winter also covers several songs he obviously was fond of by Bo Diddley, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Robert Johnson, Mose Allison, Lowell Fulson, and Danny White's "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," a song that would also show up on his first Alligator release from 1984, Guitar Slinger. Much of this material was also issued by Fuel 2000 in 2003 under the title Winter Essentials 1960-1967.

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