Second Winter

Johnny Winter | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: October 23, 1990
• Label: Columbia
• Copyright: Originally Released 1969 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Total Length: 46:15
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• ASIN: B00138H95M
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,111 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go, Johnny, Go!!, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Second Winter (Audio CD)

Johnny Winter is now pretty much the blues purist, but there was a time where he flirted with rock 'n roll and didn't do too badly at it, either. This is a white-hot stone killer of an album, with Winter and his band (including brother Edgar) roaring through 11 songs with style. My favorite is the last one, "Fast Life Rider," about 8-or-so minutes of guitar rave-ups that never falter. Winter also does all right by Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," Little Richard and even "Johnny B. Goode," which you never thought you'd want to hear again until you hear this incredible version. This is a Winter's gale blowing full-blast!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jet propelled blues!!, August 30, 2004

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P.J. Le Faucheur (Canada (ex- U.K. resident)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Winter (Audio CD)

Johnny has always been my hero, mainly because, when i was growing up in London- England I'd had so much Clapton/Hendrix/Alvin Lee/Jimmy Page shoved down my throat. Although I still loved these others too, I was refreshed to hear someone who sounded unique. Johnny Winter was that person...he sounded different, he could sing, and he LOOKED different. I remember in one of his 1973 interviews how Johnny Winter spoke of an ardent fan who wanted to spend an evening just looking at him..this person was astounded just by Winter's visual impact alone. As the other reviewer said above, Johnny wasn't scared of taking chances musically.
Percy Mayfields classic blues "Memory Pain" has never sounded so good. It seems like it was written for Johnny personally. His guitar screams in agony with wonderfully phrased licks. I remember this tune took up one whole l.p. side originally.(or at least, nearly a whole side!)
Every other track is astounding and the variety is endless. Alot of delicious psychedelic blues...e.g. "Good Love" Fast Life Rider" I'm Not Sure"...but these are mixed in with some 50s teeny bop classics ..e.g. "Slippin' & Slidin'" and "Miss Ann". The musicianship is always at a continual high throughout. My own favorite from this album has always been an unusual choice of song called "I Love Everybody". This one starts with a background giggle and then launches into some of the most blinding , relentless slide guitar ever played. It's a basic Delta blues song but Johnny takes it into electro-psychedelic outer-space...the channels shift as he plays the solo, which adds to the jet propelled tension. This song, by itself, is PURE, UTTER brilliance and a wonderful variation on a basic Delta blues.
The songs counterpart is one called "I Hate Everybody" which is almost arranged like a T. Bone Walker 'jump blues' and Winters solo is very jazz- inflected ...lightnin' fast and precise.
Edgar Winters sax solo on this one is pure bebop influenced.
This album/c.d is SO varied that when I first heard it I was utterly confused (especially for me, back at that time in 1970).
Back then there was either bubble- gum pop, heavy rock or folk in the English charts.
This one was/is unique and i don't think it will ever be equalled.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Winter's Best Album!, August 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Second Winter (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1969 as a 3-sided double album, this is the definitive Johnny Winter CD! Blues-rock at its finest! Some outstanding tracks include "Fast Life Rider", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Slippin' & Slidin'", "Hustled Down In Texas", and "The Good Love". The Winter blues trio never played better than they do here! Essential listening for blues and rock fans alike, it just doesn't get better than this. Grab it.