Johnny Winter - The Progressive Blues Experiment

Although his early Columbia albums brought him worldwide stardom, it was this modest little album (first released on Imperial before the Colubmia sides) that first brought Johnny Winter to the attention of guitarheads in America. It's also Winter at the beginning of a long career, playing the blues as if his life depends on it, without applying a glimmer of rock commercialism. The standard classic repertoire here includes "Rollin' and Tumblin'," "I Got Love If You Want It," "Forty-Four," "It's My Own Fault" and "Help Me," with Winter mixing it up with his original Texas trio of Red Turner on drums and Tommy Shannon on bass.