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The only three sided record in music (the
fourth side being blank), Second Winter (1969) was the
Texas axe slinger's finest, following up his self-titled debut.
Drawing from the tight power combo of bands like Cream and the
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Winter and his band laid down the blues
with burning intensity, particularly on "The Good Love,"
a rip-roaring cover of "Johnny B. Goode," and the razor
sharp shuffle of Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited." As
both vocalist and guitarist, Winter conveys the grit of the great
Southern bluesman while rocking like a man on fire ("I Love
Everybody," "Fast Rider"). This classic is now
complemented with a previously unreleased concert from the Royal
Albert Hall in 1970; it's noteworthy for the performance of Frankenstein,
made more famous by his brother Edgar. Johnny Winter is still
a blues guitar legend and this new deluxe edition of Second
Winter doesn't make you forget it.
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