Johnny Winter - Texas '63-'68 (2020)

A previously unreleased recording. Johnny Winter had a unique career plan: To make music. The lightning-fast guitarist fulfilled this wish magnificently, decade after decade. Just two days before his death on July 16, 2014, he performed at the age of 70 at a French Blues Festival in Zurich, Switzerland. A guitar hero without equal. Johnny has always been one of the most respected singers and guitarists in rock and the clear link between British blues rock and American southern rock. In the 70s and 80s Winter was the unofficial torchbearer of the blues, standing up for his idols like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker and promoting their careers. A musical prodigy, he grew up in Beaumont, Texas, on a diet of blues and rock'n'roll. As a teenager he hitchhiked to Louisiana almost every weekend to play in small nightclubs. After a short stay in college, he gave up his academic career and devoted himself to making music.

For years, third rate labels have been releasing compilations of Johnny Winter’s early years. They were inferior collections, unauthorized by Winter but containing wrong versions, overdubbed keyboards, and wrong speeds. This is most comprehensive collection of his formative years, Texas '63-'68 with original versions, corrected speeds, remastered, and no crappy overdubs. His seminal recordings presented as they were originally recorded.

DISC 1 - Rock Side:
1. Eternally 2. The Guy You Left Behind 3. Out Of Sight 4. You’ll Be The Death Of Me 5. Gone For Bad 6. Leave My Woman Alone 7. Stay By My Side 8. Bad News (Without Overdubs) 9. Parchman Farm (Alternative Mix) 10. Don’t Hide It 11. Avocado Green 12. Comin’ Up Fast (Take 2) 13. Easy Lovin’ Girl (Alternative Mix) 14. Birds Can’t Row Boats 15. My World Turns All Around Her 16. Livin’ In The Blues (Alt. Version) 17. Hook You 18. Take A Chance On My Love 19. Bad News (Overdubbed Version) 20. Sloppy Drunk

DISC 2 - Blues Side:
1. Gangster Of Love 2. Hey, Hey, Hey 3. Ice Cube 4. Creepy 5. Kind Hearted Woman 6. Leavin’ Blues 7. I Had To Cry 8. Pneumonia Blues 9. 32-20 Blues 10. That’s What Love Does 11. Voodoo Twist 12. Mothballs 13. Goin’ Down Slow 14. Ease My Pain 15. Five After Four A.M. 16. Reeling And Rocking 17. Tramp 18. Be Careful With A Fool 19. Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone 20. Going Down Slow (Version #4)