The Progressive Blues Experiment [Remaster]

Performer: Johnny Winter
Artist: Tommy Shannon; Red Turner
Engineer: Rim Kelley
Producer: Rim Kelley; Bill Josey
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar, National steel guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Tommy Shannon (bass); Red Turner (drums). Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar, National guitar); Tommy Shannon (bass instrument); Red Turner (drums). Recording information: Vulcan Gas Co. Nightclub, Austin, Texas (1967).

Rolling Stone (4/19/69, p.28) - "...There's an urgency and bite to every track...As an electric guitarist, Winter is explosive, fluid, percussive, and driving..." Dirty Linen (4-5/00, p.95) - "...Winter's music speaks for itself. Relying on simple back-up provided by a bassist and drummer, Winter cuts his way through 10 smoking blues tracks..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[R]aw, basic blues delivered by Winter plus bassist Tommy Shannon....His singing was equally forceful and raw, true to the roots without denying that he was merely a Texan rocker at heart."

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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