Johnny Winter Serious Business CD

Serious Business Music

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Category	Rock Albums, Blues CDs, Rock/Pop, Hard Rock, Contemporary Blues, Enhanced CD
Label	Alligator
Orig Year	1985
All Time Sales Rank	24253
CD Universe Part number	1011855
Catalog number	514742
Discs	1
Release Date	Oct 25, 1990
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Personnel	Johnny Winter - vocals, guitar Jon Paris - harmonica Johnny B. Gayden - bass Casey Jones - drums Ken Saydak - piano

Johnny Winter Serious Business Songs

1.	Master Mechanic	$0.99
2.	Sound the Bell
3.	Murdering Blues	$0.99
4.	It Ain't Your Business
5.	Good Time Woman	$0.99
6.	Unseen Eye
7.	My Time After Awhile
8.	Serious as a Heart Attack	$0.99
9.	Give It Back
10.	Route 90	$0.99

Serious Business Music Review

Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

4 stars Johnny still in prime
You will need this for your Winter collection. Mid 1980's recordings of prime Johnny. Lots of guitar soloing. Some tracks that are repeated titles turned out to be different recordings from what I already had in my collection.
Submitted by mark (St. Petersburg, FL, USA)
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5 stars Seriously Great Album
Wow! Everything on this album is great. Sound the Bell and Give it Back are a couple of my favorite tunes from this album. This 1985 album along with the 1984 Guitar Slinger and the 1986 Third Degree are must haves for any serious Johnny Winter blues fan. And don't forget Nothin But the Blues from 1977, another killer album.
Submitted by pallerding (Detroit, MI, USA)
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5 stars Great!!
I think, that with the tragic death of stevie ray vaughan, johnny winter is the best blues musician on the planet. this album is the great example of his talent.Highly recommended!! p.s - he got a grammy for this album
Submitted by a reviewer (Ilya Kazachkov, Jerusalem Israel)
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