True to the blues : The Johnny Winter story

"Winter has earned a reputation as one of America's greatest blues players-not blues rock-although he still plays that style from time to time. He was nominated for Grammy Awards during the `80s for the Blues and was celebrated for his live performances. A fine example of Winter's straight Blues invocations can be found here on "Master Mechanic" from his 1985 Alligator release Serious Business".

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"The first such set to span the commercial and in-the-public-eye portion of Winter's career, beginning in 1968 and running all the way through to his Roots album, which was released in 2011, deftly drawing on some 27 albums from various labels, including Liberty/Imperial, Columbia, Blue Sky/Epic, Alligator, Point Blank/Virgin, Friday Music, Collectors' Choice Music, Megaforce, and Legacy. It's an impressive catalog of blistering slide runs and manic, propulsive blues shuffles, stomps, and boogies, all delivered with Winter's roar of a voice".

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