Johnny Winter (album)

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Johnny Winter
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 1969 (1969-04-15)
RecordedNashville, February–March, 1969
Genre Blues rock
Length33:35
Label Columbia
Producer Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter chronology
The Progressive Blues Experiment
(1969)
Johnny Winter
(1969)
Second Winter
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rolling Stone (negative) [2]
Pop Matters (Favorable) [3]
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Johnny Winter is Johnny Winter's second studio album. Columbia Records released the album in 1969, after signing Winter to the label for a reported $600,000. As with his first album, The Progressive Blues Experiment , Winter mixes some original compositions with songs originally recorded by blues artists. The album reached number 24 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. [6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'm Yours & I'm Hers" (Johnny Winter) – 4:27
  2. "Be Careful with a Fool" (Joe Josea, B.B. King) – 5:15
  3. "Dallas" (Johnny Winter) – 2:45
  4. "Mean Mistreater" (James Gordon) – 3:53
  5. "Leland Mississippi Blues" (Johnny Winter) – 3:19
  6. "Good Morning Little School Girl" – (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 2:45
  7. "When You Got a Good Friend" (Robert Johnson) – 3:30
  8. "I'll Drown in My Tears" (Henry Glover) – 4:44
  9. "Back Door Friend" (Lightnin' Hopkins, Stan Lewis) – 2:57
2004 reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Country Girl" (B.B. King) – 3:08
  2. "Dallas" (Johnny Winter) – 3:37
  3. "Two Steps from the Blues" (John Riley Brown, Deadric Malone) – 2:35

Personnel

Production

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