Customer Reviews
Awesome - By: , 03 Jun 2004 
Reading a book on the blues, I came across Johnny Winter, who is regarded as one of the greatest slide guitar players that has ever lived. Never having heard him before, I bought a copy of this CD on the strength of that comment. Awesome is the best word to describe Johnny's playing, whether on electric or acoustic guitar, & this album shows him at his best. I cant even begin to dream of being able to play guitar like he does on "Dallas", an awesome example of slide on his steel National. How many fingers does this man have? Vocals is not Johnny's strongest suit, & may be an acquired taste, but his guitar playing outweighs this flaw. Being first releasedin the late 60s on vinyl, the only down side is the comparatively short playing time (45 mins or so).
One of Winter's best and bluesiest - By: Docendo Discimus, 30 Jul 2003 
Texas blues-rocker Johnny Winter recorded perhaps the "purest" blues album of his career backin 1969 with this self-titled set of songs.
He is backed by some very authentic blues stars, legendary composer/arranger/bass player Willie Dixon among them, & harp duties is handled by none other than "Big" Walter Horton. Also, some of the bass playing is handled by none other than a very young Tommy Shannon - later of Stevie Ray Vaughan's backing band Double Trouble.
What you think of this will probably depend a little bit on how you feel about Johnny Winter's "strangled" vocal style...he's not as bad as Black Oak Arkansas' Jim Dandy Mangrum, but he is certainly not a smooth singer either.
The music, however, is great, particularly the acoustic "Dallas" & "When You Got A Good Friend", which showcases Winter's masterful slide playing, the ballad "I'll Drown In My Own Tears", the groovy, electric "Mean Mistreater", & Winter's take on B.B. King's "Be Careful With A Fool".
