Johnny Winter And

by Johnny Winter And, Rick Derringer

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/25/1993
Label:	Columbia Europe
UPC:	5099747276927
catalogNumber:	4727692
Rank:	27884

Tracks

1. Guess I'll Go Away
2. Ain't That a Kindness
3. No Time to Live
4. Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
5. Am I Here?
6. Look Up
7. Prodigal Son
8. On the Limb
9. Let the Music Play
10. Nothing Left
11. Funky Music

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Winter And   Primary Artist
Rick Derringer   Guitar,Vocals
Johnny Winter   Guitar,Harmonica,Vocals
Randy Jo Hobbs   Bass,Vocals
Randy Zehringer   Drums

Technical Credits

Rick Derringer   Composer,Producer
Johnny Winter   Producer
Mark "Moogy" Klingman   Composer
Allan Nicholls   Composer
Roy Segal   Engineer
Otis Stephens   Composer
Randy Z   Composer