Johnny Winter

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Comment by Paul Allerding on August 23, 2011 at 3:37pm

Johnny's Roots Album releases in 5 weeks!

 

Check it out at www.johnnywinter.net

Take the buy it here link to Amazon and listen to the sound clips.  It's GREAT!

Comment by Paul Allerding on May 18, 2011 at 4:00pm

The current issue of Rolling Stone (May 26, 2011) has a big feature on Bob Dylan including a list of what they consider the best covers of Dylan songs. Since "The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan, 2nd Edition" failed to mention Johnny Winter's cover of Highway 61 Revisited in their list of best Dylan covers, I was hoping Rolling Stone would get it right. No, they didn't. They did list Highway 61 Revisited, but the cover by P.J. Harvey. I can't believe it. I listened to a clip on Amazon and P.J. Harvey doesn't do anything for me. Do people just not get it? How in the world can anyone pick P.J. Harvey over Johnny Winter's excellent cover of Highway 61 Revisited ?  The world must be populated with morons! In my opinion the P.J Harvey cover of Hwy 61 Revisited rates about 1/2 on a scale of 1-10 (and that as a curiosity), where Johnny's cover rates a 10.   It just bugs me how people blow by Johnny, they must not have much appreciation for great music.

Comment by Paul Allerding on February 17, 2011 at 11:54pm

Just picked up my copy of Live Bootleg 7 today (5 days ahead of release date).  I ordered it last week at my local music store.  They sold it to me three dollars below list price.  Pretty nice for a new release.  If you live in the Detroit, Michigan, area visit Dearborn Music--it's a GREAT music store.

 

First, I'll say this is a great CD.  I love the variety.  I am really dissapointed in the packaging and level of detail.  Check out some of Bob Dylan's offical bootleg releases--they are first class (well, except for not getting the split between tracks in the right spot with song intros trailing on the last track, but the booklets are fantastic), tell you about each song and where it is from, etc.  These Johnny Winter live bootlegs are mystery packages, with no information on when the music was recorded.   Sound quality seems pretty good for most tracks (that is rated only from listening on earbuds though).  Track 1 is about 20 seconds and should have been part attached at the beginning of Track 2.  

 

Track 2 is as good as any live version of Don't Take Advantage of Me, which is to say is GREAT!  I have several live versions and I don't recognize this on. 

 

Track 3, Mean Mistreater is really cool, it is slow like the Woodstock Mean Mistreater ("Baby You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now") but more closely follows the words of the Mean Mistreater on the Black Album.  No harmonica, but Johnny's guitar is hauntingly beautiful.  You don't always get Johnny playing slower and he does a wonderful job, and there are some erie sounds later in the track that to me sound like slide work on one string maybe.

 

Track 4 is Freddy King's Hideaway (thought they credit Johnny on the package), and in fact is from the bootleg Parker's Place (Live Bootleg 2 has two from Parkers Place also).  Oddly, the one o Parker's place is 2 minutes longer, so they must have cut it.  Either way it sounds GREAT.

 

Track 5 is really nice and I don't recall having this song in a live version, except maybe when Johnny was playing with Muddy Waters.

 

Track 6. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is a beautiful and unique rendition compared to any other live versions of that song that I have.  This one is kind of like the other Live Bootleg where Johnny did Blue Mood (an acoustic song) with electric guitar.  And to my ear (I don't claim a great ear), it sounds like Edgar must be doing some work on an harpsichord in the background.  That or Johnny is doing something pretty strange with his guitar. 

 

Track 7, is the stinker sound quality wise, but it is to my best estimation, from the Turner Shannon days, and so a gem in that respect.  It is the same one as is found on the semi-legitimate CD titled, Houston Sessions, but without the nice intro. The intro on Houston Sessions goes, "The next group that's coming out is one which is really unique because young Johnny Winter, a gentleman who came up from Texas, and really started something all his own."

 

Anyway, this is a great CD.  Buy it.  You won't be dissappointed.

Comment by Paul Allerding on February 9, 2011 at 12:13pm

Woah!  Live Bootleg 7 to be released Feb 22:

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Bootleg-7-Johnny-Winter/dp/B004GPEBDC/re...

TRACK LIST:

1. Introduction

2. Don't Take Advantage of Me

3. Mean Mistreater

4. Blues Jam

5. Shame, Shame, Shame

6. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

7. Leland, Mississippi Blues

Comment by JAY WILLIE on December 7, 2010 at 3:49pm

The Reel Deal (Blues Boulevard Label) Bobby T Torello (drums) Tommy Shannon (bass) Bob Callahan guitar and vocals. Link to item description.
Thank you

http://www.cdwow.co.nz/CD/jay-willie-blues-band-reel-deal/dp/19004153

Comment by Paul Allerding on November 22, 2010 at 10:59am

New Article On Johnny Winter:
http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/11/18/johnny-winter-return-...

Talks about upcoming CDs both studio and more bootleg releases!

Comment by Paul Allerding on November 22, 2010 at 10:58am

Photo of Johnny Winter with Frank Zappa
http://www.yee.ch/winter/Gallery/zappa/JWfrankzappa.html

Comment by Meyer F Rossabi on November 18, 2010 at 8:26am

Bob Paris Johnnys old Bass Player and Me at A Show

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