Houston Sessions

Johnny Winter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Catfish UK
• ASIN: B000069KES
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #548,777 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Leeland Mississippi Blues

2. Black Cat Bone

3. Meanest Town I Know

4. Yeah Good

5. Parchman Farm

6. Red House

7. Its My Own Fault Baby

Editorial Reviews

This album acts as an excellent historical document of a major blues man as well as being a damn fine listen. With all the Catfish Records trimmings this album should be eaten up by fans of Johnny Winter, blues and guitar music. 7 tracks. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rip-off, November 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Houston Sessions (Audio CD)

I am a long-time Johnny Winter fan and own most of his releases.
This was a total waste of money. It is absolutely the most poorly recorded CD I own. What you can hear of Johnny is great as
always, but the sound quality is incredibly bad. Buy this only if you want a prime example of how a CD should NOT sound.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a first time Johnny Winter buy, but for the JW freak, August 4, 2010

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Paul H. Allerding "TallPaul" (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews
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I have almost every Johnny Winter CD I could get my hands on, so I finally bought this. As I suspected Tracks 4,5, and 6 are from the Parker's Place, Seattle WA concert of March 9, 1985, and these three tracks are very good (4 is Hideaway, not Yeah Good, 5 is Parchman Farm, and 6 is Red House). These three tracks are absolutely fantastic and great sound quality! (You can get 5 and 6 on Johnny Winter Live Bootleg Vol 2. Track 7 is the same as the last track on Johnny Winter Live Bootleg 6 and it is a decent recording, but not the greatest, however it is a fantastic rendition of It's My Own Fault, that likely dates to the late 60s. As for tracks 1,2, and 3 (Leland Mississippi Blues, Black Cat Bone and Meanest Town I Know) are poor recordings and 1 and 2 have little to offer beyond other recordings of these two songs, however, track 3 is a gem for the Johnny Winter freak. It is mis titled as the bulk of it is the song Mean Town Blues, but it turns into a medley when after about 7 minutes of great jamming (regardless of the less that stellar sound quality) Johnny changes to about 1.5 minutes of Dallas, then 1.5 minutes of I'm Yours/I'm Hers. I have not found any live performances of these two anywhere else, so the whole CD is worth it for that alone (to me and at the price I paid $5). Cover art/foldout is pretty nice too. YEAH, I Like It!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars XCELLENT, August 6, 2007

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Gregory S. Cornett "#1 JOHNNY FAN" (OHIO) - See all my reviews
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BAD RECORDING BUT WHERE ELSE CAN YOU FIND JOHNNY DOING RED HOUSE? I BEEN A FAN FOR 35 YRS. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD HIM DOING IT. ABSOLUTELY GREAT.ROCK ON JOHNNY.