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Product Description
Yeah, Johnny Winter's first new studio album in over seven years is called Roots, and it features Winter with a bevy of guests like Sonny Landreth, Jimmy Vivino, Warren Haynes, Frank Latorre, John Popper, Vince Gill, Susan Tedeschi, brother Edgar Winter, Derek Trucks, Paul Nelson, John Medeski, and more covering 11 classic blues numbers originally tracked by blues greats like Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, and others, but this isn't one of those "let's help out the old guitar player explore his roots" kind of blues album. Technically it is, perhaps, but this is every square inch Winter's album. He sings here as well as he ever has and his guitar playing is powerful and brilliant, like it always is, and he's diving into songs and material that he's always emulated -- the end result is a coherently shaped, explosive, vibrant, and joyous set of Winter at his best doing what he loves the best. Roots explodes immediately with a funky and appropriately shuffling take on T-Bone Walker's "T-Bone Shuffle" and the album doesn't really let up from there, gearing through Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City" (a duet with Susan Tedeschi), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's "Honky Tonk," a delightful swamp instrumental that features Winter's younger brother Edgar, and a joyous take on Elmore James' "Dust My Broom," which roars and soars like it's supposed to, with Winter and guest Derek Trucks making sure that it does. ...See Full Description
Album Track Listing
| 1 | T-Bone Shuffle See All 2 with Sonny Landreth | 4:54 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Further on Up the Road See All 2 with Jimmy Vivino | 4:18 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Done Somebody Wrong See All 4 with Warren Haynes | 4:47 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Got My Mojo Workin' See All 3 | 5:09 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Last Night See All 6 with John Popper | 5:47 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Maybellene See All 2 with Vince Gill | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Bright Lights, Big City See All 4 with Susan Tedeschi | 4:28 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Honky Tonk See All 2 with Edgar Winter | 3:43 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Dust My Broom See All 2 with Derek Trucks | 6:04 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | Short Fat Fannie See All 2 with Paul Nelson | 4:07 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | Come Back Baby See All 4 with John Medeski | 6:28 | $0.99 | |
Roots music CDs Customer Reviews
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| Another great album It is hard to believe that Johnny can play and sing as good as he does at his age. By renl88 (Falls Church,VA,USA)  |
| amazing 12 bar blues johnny keeps on coming on with a tight band which is as good as it gets.cant wait for roots 2. By robin woledge (albury nsw australia.) |
| Good blues by Johnny Enjoyed this CD. The music will be relative for a long time. By richard.fields44 (Frisco, TX, USA)  |
| Get it! Every track on this disc is outstanding.From the first time I put it in my player, it just sound amazing. If you are a blues or Johnny Winter fan you must have this. By daniel.j.caswell (Newnan, GA.)  |
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Roots songs Product Details
| Label | Megaforce |
| Orig Year | 2011 |
| CD Universe Part number | 8573856 |
| Catalog number | 1603 |
| Discs | 1 |
| Release Date | Sep 27, 2011 |
| Producer | Paul Nelson |
| Engineer | Brendan Muldowney |
| Recording Time | 52 minutes |
| Personnel | Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Sonny Landreth, John Popper, Edgar Winter, Susan Tedeschi, John Medeski, Jimmy Vivino, Paul Nelson, Frank LaTorre |
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