Johnny Winter - Nothin' But the Blues/White, Hot & Blue
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Artist: Johnny WinterEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-09-27
Music Label: BGO Records
Soundtracks:
- Tired Of Tryin'
- TV Mama
- Sweet Love And Evil Women
- Everybody's Blues
- Drinkin' Blues
- Mad Blues
- It Was Rainin'
- Bladie Mae
- Walking Thru the Park
- Walking By Myself
- Slidin' In
- Divin' Duck
- One Step At a Time
- Nickel Blues
- E-Z Rider
- Last Night
- Messin' With the Kid
- Honest I Do
Music reviews of Nothin' But the Blues/White, Hot & Blue
Music Review: Amazing. In more ways than one
Rating: 5 Stars
Bunching these two albums together like this doesn't do much for credibility, does it? Eh, a twofer. Can't be too great.
But guess what? It is.
"Nothin' but the Blues" is the older of these two albums by a year. It came out in 1977, the same year as Muddy Waters' excellent comeback-album "Hard Again", which Johnny Winter produced and played on. And here Johnny gets to borrow the mighty Muddy Waters Blues Band, leading them through a well-arranged set of his own compositions, and a powerful rendition of Muddy's "Walkin' Thru The Park".
Johnny Winter handles the lead vocals himself (except on "Walkin' Thru The Park"), and while his characteristic voice may take some getting used to for the newcomer, it suits these purposely traditional blues compositions pretty well.
Winter plays guitar as well, of course, and a little bit of bass and drums, and his acoustic steel guitar playing is particularly delightful.
Highlights include the acoustic slide guitar workout "TV Mama" (not the Big Joe Turner song), the swaggering, harp-driven "Tired Of Tryin'", the thumping, groovy "Bladie May", and the fine "Sweet Love And Evil Women", a showcase for "Steady Rollin'" Bob Margolin, whose shimmering lead guitar lines wind their way all around Winter's gruff, throaty vocals. There are a couple of forgettable numbers here which keep "Nothin' But The Blues" from getting a top rating, but most of these nine tracks are among the finest blues tunes Winter has ever recorded.
And, amazingly, 1978's "White, Hot & Blue" is even better. It is, to me, at least, the best studio album Winter has ever recorded, although it must be said that I am very much partial towards his blues albums rather than his somewhat more generic rock n' roll records.
"White, Hot & Blue" features Winter's excellent renditions of Jimmy Rogers' classic "Walkin' By Myself" and Junior Wells' signature tune "Messin' With The Kid", as well as a couple of fine originals.
Johnny Winter's playing is absolutely superb, fresh and exhilarating, and virtually everything here is top-notch. The tough, slinky groove of "One Step At A Time" and the salacious slide guitar-workout "Slidin' In". The acoustic Delta-styled "Nickel Blues" and the slow Little Walter-original "Last Night", which features some fine harp playing by Pat Ramsey. And the sizzling album closer, a tremendous cover of Jimmy Reed's slow boogie "Honest I Do", a superbly groovy rendition with tasty guitar playing from Johnny Winter and a sizzling harp solo, probably the best Jimmy Reed-cover I have ever heard.
It's a shame that those who already own one of these records can't just go out and buy the other one without having to pick up a cheap-looking twofer package like this one. It's a shame, in fact, that these two excellent, smouldering hot CDs haven't long since been remastered and presented in shiny new deluxe editions.
But be that as it may, these are two of John Dawson Winter III's very, very best efforts. A must-have for fans of Winter's bluesiest material. I can't recommend this music enough, really.
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Two cracking late-`70s albums from Blues Rock guitarist Johnny Winter. Muddy Waters and James Cotton feature on Nothin' But The Blues. Johnny Winter is still actively gigging and recording. Digitally re-mastered and slipcased. New notes.Blues CDs
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