Still Alive and Well

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Still Alive and Well
Johnny Winter - Still Alive and Well Coverart.jpg
Studio album by
Johnny Winter
ReleasedMarch 1973
Genre Rock [1]
Length39.00
Label Columbia
Producer Rick Derringer
Johnny Winter chronology
Live Johnny Winter And
(1971)		Still Alive and Well
(1973)		 Saints & Sinners
(1974)

Still Alive and Well is an album by blues rock guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was his fifth studio album, and his first since Johnny Winter And almost three years earlier. It was released by Columbia Records in 1973.

Contents

Many of the songs on the album have a more rock-oriented power trio sound, with Randy Jo Hobbs playing bass and Richard Hughes on drums. [1] Rick Derringer, who produced, plays guitar on three tracks. Still Alive and Well features two Rolling Stones songs — "Silver Train" and "Let It Bleed".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

In Rolling Stone , Tony Glover wrote, "Yes, he is. In this long-awaited return album, Johnny Winter takes up where he left off. His fingers are fleet and sure as ever, his vocals have bite and growl, and the flash and power of yore are hanging right in there." [1]

On AllMusic, James Chrispell said, "Still Alive and Well proved to the record-buying public that Johnny Winter was both. This is a truly enjoyable album, chock-full of great tunes played well." [2]

Robert Christgau wrote, "Winter will never be an especially personable singer, but I like what's he's putting out on this monkey-off-my-comeback: two late-Stones covers, plenty of slide, and a good helping of nasty." [3]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock Me Baby" Big Bill Broonzy, Arthur Crudup 3:48
2."Can't You Feel It" Dan Hartman 2:54
3."Cheap Tequila" Rick Derringer 4:04
4."All Tore Down"Joe Crane4:28
5."Rock & Roll" Johnny Winter 4:51
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Silver Train" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 3:37
2."Ain't Nothing to Me"Leon Payne(as Pat Patterson)3:06
3."Still Alive & Well"Derringer3:43
4."Too Much Seconal"Winter4:20
5."Let It Bleed"Jagger, Richards4:09
Bonus tracks on remastered release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lucille" Richard Penniman 2:45
2."From a Buick 6" Bob Dylan 2:38

"Can't You Feel It" is incorrectly listed as 5.04 on early pressings.

Personnel

Musicians
Production

Legacy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Glover, Tony (May 10, 1973). "Still Alive and Well". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Chrispell, James. "Still Alive and Well". AllMusic . Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 22, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 723. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  5. ↑ "Circus Of Power – Still Alive ... (1989, CD)". Discogs.com. 21 July 1989. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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