Roots by Johnny Winter

Roots

Johnny Winter

2011

Roots is a Blues album by Johnny Winter, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Blues
  • Texas Blues
  • raw
  • swaggering
  • bluesy

About

Texas blues legend Johnny Winter’s first studio album in more than seven years features such top-shelf guests as Sonny Landreth, Jimmy Vivino, Warren Haynes, John Popper, and Vince Gill performing old-school blues classics. While many of the choices are obvious, such as Muddy Waters’ “Got My Mojo Workin’,” Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” with Vince Gill, and Elmore James’s “Dust My Broom” with Derek Trucks, the <i>performances</i> are anything but routine. Winter is a bluesman beyond compare, and given the chance to record a no-nonsense collection of favorites, he goes for the toughest, mightiest grooves he can get. “Done Somebody Wrong,” featuring Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes, is on fire. Jimmy Reed’s “Bright Lights, Big City,” with Susan Tedeschi, has all of the original’s seduction and joy. This is a career highlight for Winter, proof that he still has authority all these years later. It’s also one of the best modern blues albums available.

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Tracklist

  1. 1T-Bone Shuffle (feat. Sonny Landreth)4:54
  2. 2Further On Up the Road (feat. Jimmy Vivino)4:18
  3. 3Done Somebody Wrong (feat. Warren Haynes)4:47
  4. 4Got My Mojo Workin'5:09
  5. 5Last Night (feat. John Popper)5:47
  6. 6Maybellene (feat. Vince Gill)2:49
  7. 7Bright Lights, Big City (feat. Susan Tedeschi)4:28
  8. 8Honky Tonk (feat. Edgar Winter)3:43
  9. 9Dust My Broom (feat. Derek Trucks)6:04
  10. 10Short Fat Fannie (feat. Paul Nelson)4:07
  11. 11Come Back Baby (feat. John Medeski)6:28

Credits

Performers

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold