Johnny Winter - Roots CD
$16.98
This album returns Johnny to his roots by paying homage to the iconic blues heroes whose pioneeringmusic influenced Winter's own signature sound. Roots is the follow up to his Grammy-nominated I'm aBlues Man, and includes a host of special guests join Winter trading licks in honoring his idols.
About Johnny: When you talk about Johnny Winter, you are talking about a person who walked with the originatorsof the artform. A man who played Woodstock, jammed with everyone from Muddy Waters to Jimi Hendrix to WillieDixon to lbert Collins to John Lee Hooker to Janis Joplin to Steve Ray Vaughan - the list is full of endless icons.Johnny Winter has been the unofficial torch-bearer for the blues, championing and aiding the careers of his idols likeMuddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Johnny had a special relationship with Muddy Waters and is often credited with revitalizing the legendary guitarist, where Winter produced and played on Waters Grammy-winning comebackalbum Hard Again, Grammy-winning I'm Ready (1978), Grammy-winning Muddy Mississippi Waters Live (1979) andalso King Bee (1980). Johnny was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1988.
Release date 09.27.2011
About Johnny: When you talk about Johnny Winter, you are talking about a person who walked with the originatorsof the artform. A man who played Woodstock, jammed with everyone from Muddy Waters to Jimi Hendrix to WillieDixon to lbert Collins to John Lee Hooker to Janis Joplin to Steve Ray Vaughan - the list is full of endless icons.Johnny Winter has been the unofficial torch-bearer for the blues, championing and aiding the careers of his idols likeMuddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Johnny had a special relationship with Muddy Waters and is often credited with revitalizing the legendary guitarist, where Winter produced and played on Waters Grammy-winning comebackalbum Hard Again, Grammy-winning I'm Ready (1978), Grammy-winning Muddy Mississippi Waters Live (1979) andalso King Bee (1980). Johnny was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1988.
Release date 09.27.2011
