The Progressive Blues Experiment

by Johnny Winter

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1969
  • Label: Sonobeat
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:14
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured primarily live in an empty Austin nightclub, this independent debut effectively transmitted the raw, blistering guitar talent of the albino Texas bluesman to a wider audience. Stripped down to a tight power trio, the unadorned recording emphasizes his fiercely aggressive, lightning-fast interpretations of traditional blues standards.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, bluesy, guitar-driven, improvisation, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. I'm Yours and I'm Hers (4:30)
  2. Be Careful With a Fool (5:14)
  3. Dallas (2:45)
  4. Mean Mistreater (3:52)
  5. Leland Mississippi Blues (3:29)
  6. Good Morning Little School Girl (2:43)
  7. When You Got a Good Friend (3:38)
  8. I'll Drown In My Tears (4:44)
  9. Back Door Friend (2:55)
  10. Country Girl (3:07)
  11. Dallas - w/band (3:36)
  12. Two Steps From The Blues (2:35)

Credits

  • Johnny Winter - primary artist, lead guitar, vocals, written-by, resonator guitar [national steel-standard], mandolin, harmonica [mouth harp], arranged by, adapted by, vocals [self accompaniment], resonator guitar [national steel-standard]
  • Tommy Shannon - bass
  • "Uncle" John Turner - drums
  • McKinley Morganfield - written-by
  • James Moore - written-by
  • Ralph Bass - written-by
  • Sonny Boy Williamson - written-by
  • B.B. King - written-by

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