The Essential Johnny Winter
The Essential Johnny Winter | ||||
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Compilation album by Johnny Winter | ||||
Released | April 30, 2013 | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Length | 2:36:27 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Johnny Winter chronology | ||||
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The Essential Johnny Winter is a two-CD album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It is a compilation of songs from previously released albums, many of them from the late 1960s and the 1970s. It was released by Columbia Records on April 30, 2013.[1][2][3]
Critical reception
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Allmusic | [1] |
On AllMusic, Steve Leggett wrote, "This set collects essential tracks and sides from his peak Columbia Records years in the late '60s and early to mid-'70s, a time when Winter's guitar-slinger image was being aggressively marketed. This collection doesn't tell the whole story, but it does spotlight his most commercial period, and quite wisely includes several live tracks, which quite effectively show off Winter's roaring stage image."[1]
On Vintagerock.com, Shawn Perry said, "Taking five decades of Winter's music, both in the studio and on stage, and fitting the best of the best onto two CDs may not have been as easy as it sounds, but the results spread out over The Essential Johnny Winter are sure to give you a decent overview of what the man is about... Where you'll hear the best of everything about Johnny Winter is in the live performances slotted in throughout the set."[2]
On Jambands.com, Ron Hart wrote, "There isn't a meaner white boy alive today who can match the scorchin' blues guitar of the great Johnny Winter.... If you are a novice to Winter's six-string stylings and could use an ample starting point, look no further than The Essential Johnny Winter two-disc set..."[3]
Track listing
- Disc 1
- "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King, Arthur Crudup, Big Bill Broonzy, Curtis Jones) – 3:50
- "Highway 61 Revisited" (Bob Dylan) – 5:07
- "One Step at a Time" (Johnny Winter) – 3:59
- "Leland Mississippi Blues" (Winter) – 3:29
- "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" (Rick Derringer) – 3:31
- "TV Mama" (Lou Willie Turner) – 3:10
- "Good Morning Little School Girl" (Don Level, Bob Love) – 4:39
- "Talk Is Cheap" (Winter) – 3:43
- "Roll with Me" (Derringer) – 4:53
- "Rock and Roll People" (John Lennon) – 2:45
- "It's My Own Fault" (King, Jules Taub, John Lee Hooker) – 11:53
- "Hustled down in Texas" (Winter) – 3:32
- "Still Alive and Well" (Derringer) – 3:44
- "Black Cat Bone" (Winter) – 5:44
- "Honest I Do" (Jimmy Reed, Ewart Abner) – 4:20
- "Bon Ton Roulet" (Clarence Garlow) – 4:44
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 3:42
- Disc 2
- "Mama, Talk to Your Daughter" (J. B. Lenoir) – 4:57
- "I'm Yours and I'm Hers" (Winter) – 4:30
- "Rollin' Cross the Country" (Dan Hartman, Winter) – 4:31
- "Bony Maronie" (Larry Williams) – 6:41
- "Dallas" (Winter) – 2:45
- "Miss Ann" (Little Richard, Enotris Johnson) – 3:40
- "Self Destructive Blues" (Winter) – 3:27
- "Be Careful with a Fool" (King, Joe Josea) – 5:15
- "Mean Town Blues" (Winter) – 10:57
- "I'll Drown in My Tears" (Henry Glover) – 4:44
- "Tired of Tryin'" (Winter) – 3:40
- "Harlem Shuffle" (Earl Nelson, Bob Relf) – 3:38
- "Sweet Papa John" (Winter) – 3:09
- "Prodigal Son" (Winter) – 4:16
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:25
- "Hurtin' So Bad" (Winter) – 4:39
- "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Muddy Waters, Hambone Willie Newbern) – 4:28
References
- ^ a b c Leggett, Steve. The Essential Johnny Winter at AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
- ^ a b Perry, Shawn. The Essential Johnny Winter, Vintagerock.com. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
- ^ a b Hart, Ron (August 25, 2013). The Essential Johny Winter, Jambands.com. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
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- 1968
- The Progressive Blues Experiment
- 1969
- Johnny Winter
- Second Winter
- 1970
- Johnny Winter And
- 1973
- Still Alive and Well
- 1974
- Saints & Sinners
- John Dawson Winter III
- 1977
- Nothin' but the Blues
- 1978
- White, Hot and Blue
- 1980
- Raisin' Cain
- 1984
- Guitar Slinger
- 1985
- Serious Business
- 1986
- Third Degree
- 1988
- The Winter of '88
- 1991
- Let Me In
- 1992
- Hey, Where's Your Brother?
- 2004
- I'm a Bluesman
- 2011
- Roots
- 2014
- Step Back
- 1971
- Live Johnny Winter And
- 1976
- Captured Live!
- Together (w/ Edgar Winter)
- 1998
- Live in NYC '97
- 2007
- Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down
- 2009
- The Woodstock Experience (w/ various artists)
- 2010
- Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70
- 2011
- Rockpalast: Blues Rock Legends Vol. 3
- 2015
- Live from Japan
- 2009
- The Johnny Winter Anthology
- 2013
- The Essential Johnny Winter
- 2014
- True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story
- 2015
- Remembrance Vol. 1
- 1964
- "Road Runner"
- "Gangster of Love"
- 1967 (as The Traits)
- "Parchman Farm"
- "Tramp"
- "Harlem Shuffle"
- 1968
- "Rollin' and Tumblin'"
- "Forty-Four"
- 1969
- "I'll Drown in My Tears"
- "Johnny B. Goode"
- 1970
- "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo"
- 1971
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
- "Good Morning Little School Girl"
- 1973
- "Silver Train"
- 1974
- "Boney Moroney"
- 1976
- "Soul Man"
- "Let the Good Times Roll"
- 1968
- "Help Me"
- "Tribute to Muddy"
- 1969
- "Tobacco Road"
- "Slippin' and Slidin'"
- "Highway 61 Revisited"
- 1971
- "Rock and Roll Medley" (incl "Great Balls of Fire"/"Long Tall Sally"/"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On")
- 1973
- "Rock Me Baby"
- "Luciile"
- "From a Buick 6"
- "Let It Bleed"
- 1974
- "Stray Cat Blues"
- "Riot in Cell Block #9"
- 1976
- "It's All Over Now"
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
- "Baby Whatcha Want Me to Do"
- 1978
- "Messin' with the Kid"
- 1980
- "Like a Rolling Stone"
- "Bon Ton Roulet"
- 1986
- "Shake Your Moneymaker"
- 1988
- "Ain't That Just Like a Woman"
- 1998
- "Just a Little Bit"
- "Hide Away"
- "Got My Mojo Working"
- "The Sky Is Crying"
- 2007
- "Come On in My Kitchen"
- 2008
- "Crossroads"
- "Red House"
- 2011
- "Honky Tonk"
- "Dust My Broom"
- "Maybellene"
- "Further On up the Road"
- "Bright Lights, Big City"
- "Short Fat Fannie"
- "Come Back Baby"
- 2014
- "Unchain My Heart"
- "Can't Hold Out (Talk to Me Baby)"
- "Killing Floor"
- "Who Do You Love"
- "Death Letter"
- "My Babe"
- "Blue Monday"
- Johnny Winter discography
- Billy Branch
- Bobby Caldwell
- Rick Derringer
- Dan Hartman
- Randy Jo Hobbs
- Paul Nelson
- Steve Paul
- Ken Saydak
- Tommy Shannon
- Edgar Winter