Blues-rock guitarist Johnny Winter hasn't released a studio album since 2004's critically-acclaimed I'm A Bluesman, and that album was eight years in the making. Yeah, so Winter isn't the most prolific of bluesmen, and although he hasn't been putting together new material, it hasn't stopped him from reaching back into the vaults to release some red-hot live recordings.
On January 12, 2010 Friday Music will release Winter's Live Bootleg Series, Volume 6 on both compact disc and through digital download services like iTunes, eMusic, and Rhapsody, among others. The popular series pulls previously-unreleased material from Winter's personal archive, and the first five volumes have won universal acclaim for the scorching live houserockin' music they document.
Like the previous entries in the series, Live Bootleg Series, Volume 6 includes rare musical moments from across Winter's 40-year-plus career, including covers of some of the guitarist's favorite artists and songs, including Ray Charles' "Blackjack," Freddie King's "Sen-Sa-Shun," and an amazing fifteen-minute extended jam on B.B. King's "It's My Own Fault." The album also includes live versions of a couple of Winter originals - "White Line Blues," which features some smokin' slide-guitar, and "Johnny Guitar."
"I'm really pleased with how well the live series has been received," Winter says of the collection in a press release for the new album. "I had so much material from over the years and was very happy to find the right way to distribute it all to my fans. It was great finding a label such as Friday Music to release this material in such a way as it's being presented."
Although he may not have released any new music in 2009, the last year or so has been one of the highest profile in nearly four decades for Winter. His acclaimed performance at the Woodstock Festival was recently released for the first time on CD, coupled with his 1969 debut album as the two-disc The Woodstock Experience set. A fine DVD collection, Live Through The '70s, was released in late 2008, with volumes for the 1980s and '90s scheduled for future release. As Winter prepares to hit the road for a series of dates in early 2010, expect even bigger things from the guitarist in the year to come!
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