New Johnny Winter album - Roots

[Tig]

Looks like a great comeback album with plenty of guests like Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Edgar Winter, and Vince Gill.

From Billboard:
...his first studio album in more than seven years finds him covering material such as Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom," Son House's "Death Letter," Elmore James' "Done Somebody Wrong," Bobby Blue Bland's "Further On Up the Road," Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City," Muddy Waters' "Got My Mojo Working" and Walter Davis' "Come Back Baby." "Roots" also features a pair of instrumentals, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's "Okie Doke Stomp" and "Honky Tonk," which features a guest appearance by Winter's younger brother Edgar.

Also helping on the album are ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks and his wife, Susan Tedeschi, and "Conan" bandleader Jimmy Vivino.

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[Robert]

Cool! Johnny is no teenager anymore... he's looking a bit frail. Hope he stays around for many years to come!

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[Tig]

A review I read said he's been suffering from diabetes and other health issues, but has managed to put in a noticeable amount of energy into this album.

[Duffy]

That sounds like that could be a great cd. All strong songs and great muscians. I might buy that.

That picture must be of him at the Gibson Factory. That intro and outro he play on acoustic steel guitar on that "Crossroads" DVD sounds very great.

I saw the Edgar Winter Group once, back in the '70's in Richmond at the old Arena when he had Rick Derringer in the band. They rocked out needless to say.

It would be great to see Johnny Winter live but I don't suppose that happens much around here.