Guitar Slinger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. It was the second consecutive album to feature no original Winter compositions. Released in 1984, it was his first studio album in four years, and his first album for Alligator Records. As a bonus, the liner notes in this package were written by none other than fellow guitar slinger Warren Haynes. Guitar Slinger is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. Guitar Slinger is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. 7 isn't the best in the bunch, but it warrants collecting for Winter fans because of the scarcity of some of these tracks. It's too bad the other guitarist remains uncredited. There's also a rare version of "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," with acoustic and electric guitars, that is one of Winter's most soulfully sung performances. It’s part of the album Second Winter (1969) as an electrified version, of the most traditional angry rock style of Winter.
"Shame, Shame, Shame," with all of its echo effects, begins as a guitar solo that takes the old I-IV-V form and shifts it into overdrive. This song was also recorded as a slow/funky blues by Jimmy Johnson under the title Serves Me Right To Suffer aka Memory Pain but, in spite of the same lyrics, Johnny Winter presents it as a totally different song. The sound quality is terrific and the solo breaks are scorching. The reading of Lonnie Brooks' "Don't Take Advantage of Me" is alone worth the price of admission, especially since Winter hadn't recorded it before.
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The sound issues are similar to those found on other volumes in the series with the exception of "Leland, Mississippi Blues," the closing cut on the set - it sounds like an audience recording, though again the performance is stellar. That said, most of this material is well worth hearing. Another giveaway is the bass playing, which is mostly "slap style," offering the funkier side of electric blues. Based on the players - bassists Jon Paris and Jeff Ganz, and drummer Tom Compton - this material was most likely recorded during the late '80s and early '90s. This one contains none - just musician credits. As Johnny Winter and Friday Music continue their Live Bootleg Series - now in its seventh volume - they get sloppier with source documentation.
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