Sometimes an artist locked into a genre like say SOUL or BLUES produces so many albums across a staggeringly long career  they can get overlooked  or even ignored. Winters Let Me In is a case in point. Because the only word to describe this album of non-stop Boogie and Blues is blistering.

It starts out fast with Illustrated Man (lyrics above)  slows down on occasion to Blues up your living room (Life Is Hard)  then continues rattling your speakers with fabulous rocking stuff like the 2:43 minutes of Hey You until they beg for mercy come the end.

First released on Virgins Pointblank label imprint in August 1991 on LP, MC and CD (Voiceprint VPB 5)  its top heavy with covers  but versions that satisfy. Theres Robert Parkers Barefootin, Rusty Lees Sugaree [written by Marty Robbins], Jimmy Reeds Shame Shame Shame, Dr. Johns You Lie Too Much and acoustic blues on Jesse Mae Robinsons Blue Mood.

The band features the heavy Harmonica warbling of Billy Branch on three  Hey You, Shame Shame Shame and If You Got A Good Woman - while Dr. John tinkers the ivories on three others - You Lie Too Much, Barefootin and Life Is Hard.

The menace in Medicine Man is fantastic too. But if you really want to hear how good Johnny Winter can be with a sympathetic band backing him - go to YouTube and seek out a video someone has posted of If You Got A Good Woman - one of the two originals on here. It features both Ken Saydek (Rounder Records) and Dr. John on piano with Billy Branch on Harmonica and Winter ripping up and down the frets. Holy crap! And Wow!

Bluesman  boogie merchant  call him what you want. Muddy Waters once called him the best Blues Guitarist in the world. Thats praise I could live with.

Get this fab little CD in your life folks
Sometimes an artist locked into a genre like say SOUL or BLUES produces so many albums across a staggeringly long career  they can get overlooked  or even ignored. Winters Let Me In is a case in point. Because the only word to describe this album of non-stop Boogie and Blues is blistering. It starts out fast with Illustrated Man (lyrics above)  slows down on occasion to Blues up your living room (Life Is Hard)  then continues rattling your speakers with fabulous rocking stuff like the 2:43 minutes of Hey You until they beg for mercy come the end. First released on Virgins Pointblank label imprint in August 1991 on LP, MC and CD (Voiceprint VPB 5)  its top heavy with covers  but versions that satisfy. Theres Robert Parkers Barefootin, Rusty Lees Sugaree [written by Marty Robbins], Jimmy Reeds Shame Shame Shame, Dr. Johns You Lie Too Much and acoustic blues on Jesse Mae Robinsons Blue Mood. The band features the heavy Harmonica warbling of Billy Branch on three  Hey You, Shame Shame Shame and If You Got A Good Woman - while Dr. John tinkers the ivories on three others - You Lie Too Much, Barefootin and Life Is Hard. The menace in Medicine Man is fantastic too. But if you really want to hear how good Johnny Winter can be with a sympathetic band backing him - go to YouTube and seek out a video someone has posted of If You Got A Good Woman - one of the two originals on here. It features both Ken Saydek (Rounder Records) and Dr. John on piano with Billy Branch on Harmonica and Winter ripping up and down the frets. Holy crap! And Wow! Bluesman  boogie merchant  call him what you want. Muddy Waters once called him the best Blues Guitarist in the world. Thats praise I could live with. Get this fab little CD in your life folks