Live Bootleg Series, Vol. 5 [PA]

Performer: Johnny Winter
Producer: Johnny Winter
Distributor: Ryko Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar); Jon Paris (harmonica, bass guitar); Bobby T. (drums). Liner Note Author: Mark Kemp. Photographer: Susan Winter. The keyword in this Johnny Winter archival series is "bootleg." This fifth volume feels more like a bottom-of-the-barrel scrape than anything that flatters or enhances Winter's reputation as an electric blues innovator. The material is from the late '80s or early '90s except for "Talk Is Cheap," which he cut early on. The sound quality is pure audience with limited fidelity -- you can hear the man's guitar and you can hear a bassline, and that's about it -- and his singing, when you can behold it clearly, is atrociously bad. This volume should be avoided by anyone who values Winter's contribution to modern American music. ~ Thom Jurek The keyword in this Johnny Winter archival series is "bootleg." This fifth volume features material from the late '80s or early '90s except for "Talk Is Cheap," which he cut early on. The sound quality is audience level with limited fidelity. ~ Thom Jurek

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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