Release Date: 10 March, 1998
Audio CD
Tracks
- Hideway
- Sen-Sa-Shun/Got My Mojo Working
- She Likes to Boogie Real Low
- Blackjack
- Just a Little Bit
- Sun Is Shining
- Sky Is Crying
- Johnny Guitar
- Drop the Bomb
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Rating 4.0
If you love Johnny.....Then this is a killer CD. Johnny and his band simply rip it up here. Johnny shows that he's one of the best on this recording. Sadly, he's one of the "forgotten" guitar greats when it comes to naming some of the best. But players KNOW Johnny, like Rory Gallagher, is one of the players they listen to when wanting to hear the best stuff out there.
I don't know what the negative reviewers here are listening to this on but, the CD thunders through my sound system ( Klipsch ) relentlessly. It never lets up. Johnny was "on" for this recording and I, for one, am thrilled!
If you play guitar, LISTEN to this CD. Learn from one of the great legends. I saw Johnny play twice. I am thankful that I did.
I hope this day never comes but, when Johnny passes on, people will "rediscover" this great performer again. And just like Rory Gallagher, I will say "I've always listened to him!!"
This recording makes me feel like I am in a smoke filled bar with my mouth open in awe the whole time. I'm betting that everyone stayed right in their seats for this whole show.
Thanks Johnny for keeping the blues alive! Go Johnny Go!! :)A fine latter-day live album with plenty of blues goodnessContaining no hits but a number of fan favorites and cover songs, "Live In NY '97" was assembled with the assistance of Johnny Winter's fanclub, offering excellent versions of blues and R&B numbers, several instrumentals, and some of Winter's best guitar playing since the early 70s.
Most of these songs, and the instrumental numbers as well, are relatively low key, and that's when Johnny Winter's prowess as a guitar player is most apparent. He barely ever resorts to "shredding" or generic rock n' roll riffing; instead he plays one economical yet soulful solo after another, like on his version of Freddie King's "Hideaway", and a superb slide guitar intro to "The Sky Is Crying".
Those two tracks, along with "The Sun Is Shining" and "Got My Mojo Working", are among the highlights here, but there are really no "lowlights"...Winter's vocals may not have the power of, say Elmore James' or Muddy Waters', but he fares alright, and this album features some of his best blues playing of the 90s. And even the less than original "Johnny Guitar" sounds pretty good, as does the swaggering R&B of "Just A Little Bit".
Only the predictable and repetitive "She Likes To Boogie Real Low" is a let-down; everything else is good, or even great.Still good after all these years.I just can't understand how some of the previous reviewers can be so critical of Mr. Winter, who at 57 years old (which is far from old, I know) at the time of this recording, is truly lucky to still be around. But you have to remember...57 yrs for an albino is like 87 yrs for a healthy person---- I'm sure if any of us have had to accept the numerous health problems that come with being an albino (let alone an albino who has wracked his system with heroin in earlier times) we too wouldn't last a WEEK living this way...very few albinos make it past 30 years of age so you who are critical of this man, be thankful he is still around. You reviewers say Johnny is nearly blind....he has ALWAYS been nearly blind...that's part of albinoism!! All I can say is Johnny Winter , like Keith Richards, must have the constitution of a shire horse!! He is ALOT stronger than he looks! Remember also,alot of robust looking bluesmen have long since,sadly, bitten the dust but Winter is still hanging in there! He is a guy who loves to please the crowd and give 200%, whenever he can. Alot like Stevie Ray V. did.
He continues to amaze me....this c.d, although abit slower than his earlier stuff, still `is FAR better than anything put out by any contemporaries of his over the past 15 years. (e.g. eric clapton)
This c.d is well worth buying. The track "Blackjack" and the last track "Drop the bomb" are particularly brilliant. His back up band is definitely one of his best.
I'm just glad to know that this guy is still around because he is today a living legend whose life is abit of a miracle in a way. |
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