Johnny Winter - Winter Essentials 1960 - 1967

OKAY...I've been a JW fan since I was 14 and I've never heard even the slightest hint that THIS stuff even ever happened, much less that there were recordings! Don't be looking for flaming guitar solos on every tune, there are actually very few. To me, the jaw dropping aspect of hearing this is that J-dub was every bit as cool a singer as little bro Edgar ever was when he wanted to be. I'd say he was more soulful and had better timing than Edgar ever did...listen to his rendition of Lowell Fulson's "Tramp" and THEN talk to me.

These two discs are a revelation!  Johnny had the chops to do ANYTHING! Kind of like Jimi in that regard, eh? The scariest thing is that this music was made, primarily, when he was a teenager!