Saints & Sinners (CD)

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.

• Category:  Music  »  Blues  »  Contemporary Blues
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Legacy Recordings
• UPC: 886972437323
• WAPI (Tower ID): 111837541
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #40185 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Together with 1970's JOHNNY WINTER AND one of the definitive albums of Johnny Winter's '70s tenure on Columbia Records, 1974's SAINTS AND SINNERS is an unpretentious slab of good old-fashioned guitar boogie. Winter's first release after a self-induced drying-out session brought on by his well-publicized addiction problems, SAINTS AND SINNERS seems almost deliberately low-key.

With only two compositions of his own--plus another, "Rollin' Cross the Country," co-written with Dan Hartman, who plays bass, drums, and guitar on the track--Winter runs through a loose collection of rock & roll and blues covers. "Boney Maronie," the Stones' slinky "Stray Cat Blues," the Coasters' "Riot in Cell Block #9," and Allan Toussaint's "Blinded By Love" are fun romps, but Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" and his own "Bad Luck Situation" seem to allude to Winter's personal life with an unflinching eye. The guitar-and-voice session outtake "Dirty" is added, and it's one of the most harrowing things Winter has ever done.

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