Serious Business

Performer: Johnny Winter
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar); Jon Paris (harmonica); Ken Saydak (piano); Johnny B. Gayden (bass); Casey Jones (drums). Producers: Johnny Winter, Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman. Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois. The 1985 follow-up to Johnny Winter's terrific comeback album GUITAR SLINGER, SERIOUS BUSINESS continues the artistic renaissance of its predecessor. Released on the influential blues indie Alligator Records, SERIOUS BUSINESS is a much more straightforward blues-based work than Winter's better-known '70s blues-rock albums for Columbia. Live-sounding and unpretentiously produced--don't let the mid-'80s recording date fool you, there are no electronic drums or MIDI synths to be found--SERIOUS BUSINESS is a player's album. Playing strictly electric this time out, Winter turns the songs into vehicles for lengthier-than-usual solos. Nevertheless, the solos are as well constructed as his more concise work; there's no aimless noodling here. A particular highlight is the fleet-fingered, bluegrass-like electric solo on the rocking title track, which closes the album on a high note. Recommended for guitar aficionados everywhere.

Texan blues guitarist Johnny Winter, surely the first albino blues guitar hero, was already a convincing artist in the '60s when still in his teens. At the dawn of the '70s, he embraced the sound of the time, adopting a louder, more frenetic blues-rock style. Backed by the McCoys, including guitarist Rick Derringer, he released a series of classic blues-rock albums, while his keyboard-playing brother Edgar, with whom Johnny played on and off over the years, achieved stardom in his own right. At the end of the '70s, Winter produced Muddy Waters, helping him make a triumphant comeback. In the ensuing decades, Winter maintained a prolific schedule of touring and recording.

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