Label: Columbia Records (Austria), COL 472769-2
Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Beaumont, Texas, U.S. (February 23, 1944 - July 16, 2014)
Time: 41:42
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb
Johnny Winter And... Rick Derringer (vocals, guitar), Randy Jo Hobbs (vocals, bass), Randy Zehringer (drums).
After
two late-'60s albums on Columbia, Johnny Winter hit his stride in 1970
working with Rick Derringer and the McCoys, now recruited as his sidemen
and collaborators (and proving with just about every note here how far
they'd gotten past "Hang on Sloopy"). In place of the bluesy focus on
his first two albums, Winter extended himself into more of a
rock-oriented mode here, in both his singing and his selection of
material. This was hard rock with a blues edge, and had a certain
commercial smoothness lacking in his earlier work. Derringer's presence
on guitar and as a songwriter saw to it that Winter's blues virtuosity
was balanced by perfectly placed guitar hooks, and the two guitarists
complemented each other perfectly throughout as well. There wasn't a
weak moment anywhere on the record, and if Johnny Winter And wasn't a
huge commercial success, it was mostly because of the huge amount of
competition at the time from other, equally inspired players, that kept
numbers like the Winter originals "Prodigal Son" and "Guess I'll Go
Away" as well as Derringer co-authored pieces such as "Look Up" from
having the impact they should have had on FM radio.
(allmusic.com/album/johnny-winter-and-mw0000312588)
01. Guess I'll Go Away (03:28)
02. Ain't That A Kindness (03:29)
03. No Time To Live (04:36)
04. Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo (03:31)
05. Am I Here? (03:24)
06. Look Up (03:34)
07. Prodigal Son (04:18)
08. On The Limb (03:36)
09. Let The Music Play (03:15)
10. Nothing Left (03:30)
11. Funky Music (04:55)
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