Johnny Winter And

• Artist: Johnny Winter
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1970
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

After two late-'60s albums on Columbia, Johnny Winter hit his stride in 1970 working with Rick Derringer and the McCoys, now recruited as his sidemen and collaborators (and proving with just about every note here how far they'd gotten past "Hang on Sloopy"). In place of the bluesy focus on his first two albums, Winter extended himself into more of a rock-oriented mode here, in both his singing and his selection of material. This was hard rock with a blues edge, and had a certain commercial smoothness lacking in his earlier work. Derringer's presence on guitar and as a songwriter saw to it that Winter's blues virtuosity was balanced by perfectly placed guitar hooks, and the two guitarists complemented each other perfectly throughout as well. There wasn't a weak moment anywhere on the record, and if Johnny Winter And wasn't a huge commercial success, it was mostly because of the huge amount of competition at the time from other, equally inspired players, that kept numbers like the Winter originals "Prodigal Son" and "Guess I'll Go Away" as well as Derringer co-authored pieces such as "Look Up" from having the impact they should have had on FM radio. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Guess I'll Go Away	Johnny Winter	Johnny Winter	(3:28)
Ain't That a Kindness	Mark "Moogy" Klingman	Johnny Winter	(3:29)
No Time to Live	Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi	Johnny Winter	(4:36)
Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo (Lyrics)	Johnny Winter, Lou Reed, Rick Derringer	Johnny Winter	(3:31)
Am I Here?	Randy Z	Johnny Winter	(3:24)
Look Up	Rick Derringer	Johnny Winter	(3:34)
Prodigal Son	Johnny Winter	Johnny Winter	(4:18)
On the Limb	Rick Derringer	Johnny Winter	(3:36)
Let the Music Play	Allan Nicholls	Johnny Winter	(3:15)
Nothing Left	Johnny Winter, Pete Shelley	Johnny Winter	(3:30)
Funky Music	Rick Derringer	Johnny Winter	(4:55)

Credits

Roy Segal (Engineer), Steve Hoffman (Remastering), Lloyd Ziff (Design), Rick Derringer (Vocals), Edgar Winter (Production Assistant), Johnny Winter (Harmonica), Johnny Winter (Vocals), Johnny Winter (Guitar), Rick Derringer (Producer), Randy Zehringer (Drums), Johnny Winter (Producer), Norman Seeff (Photography), Roy Segal (Assistant), Randy Jo Hobbs (Bass), Rick Derringer (Guitar), Edgar Winter (Assistant), Roy Segal (Production Assistant), Randy Jo Hobbs (Vocals)

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