Johnny Winter And/Live Johnny Winter And

Performer: Johnny Winter
Artist: Rick Derringer
Engineer: Jim Greene; Howie Albert; Ron Albert; Roy Segal; Russ Payne; Tim Geelan
Producer: Johnny Winter; Rick Derringer; Murray Krugman; Johnny Winter; Rick Derringer
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: 2 LPs on 2 CDs: JOHNNY WINTER AND (1970)/JOHNNY WINTER AND LIVE (1971). Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar); Johnny Winter; Randy Jo Hobbs (vocals, bass guitar); Randy Z (drums); Rick Derringer (vocals, guitar). Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson. Recording information: Bill Graham's Fillmore East; Pirate's World, Dania, FL. Photographer: Norman Seeff. For some, Johnny Winter's debut album for Columbia remains his high-water mark for its seamless meld of blues and hard rock. For most of the rest, it was his later group, with Rick Derringer and Murray Krugman stepping into the producer's chairs (as well as Derringer being a member of the band), which provided the defining moments in '70s blues-rock. BGO assembles the first studio album and Live Johnny Winter into a smoking double-disc package that offers the real differences between what this band attempted to do in the studio -- it sounds undeniably dated with all of the phase shifters and primitive guitar pedal and keyboard work -- and the incendiary stage attack this band was capable of. The basic deal is this: BGO takes great care in their remastering efforts and in presentation with fine liner note essays, and it separates the albums onto two discs. The first disc has the original version of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," that Derringer scored with some years later, and the latter is all killer, no filler. Check "Mean Town Blues," for proof. ~ 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.

Click Here for Shipping Options and Policies

Shipping or Dimension weight in pounds: 0.25