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Houston Sessions

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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.

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!

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.

A great performance by one of the greatest bluesmen of the late 20th century. Yeah, the sound quality sucks, but so what?! It sounds like a home recording. But so what?! Would you not want to listen to Charlie Patton recordings because they're not up to modern standards? Of course not. It's the music that matters. The material is great, his playing and voice are in top form. If you're not into him so much, don't start here. But if you love JW, you need this CD!