Winter assured themselves instant cult status with many doom/death metal enthusiasts when they unleashed their indescribably bleak debut album, Into Darkness, in 1992. A towering monument to uneasy listening, the album is metal at its most unpalatable and indigestible, but it's so purposeful and convincing that it naturally transcends most accusations of, well, just plain sucking. The fact is, tracks like "Oppression Freedom," "Goden," and "Eternal Frost" appear composed of the basest elemental building blocks of audible sound -- their creeping rhythms, grainy guitar chords, and bowel-shuddering grunts merely hinting at tunefulness, while leaving only claustrophobic oppression in the wake of their destructive paths. The same is true for the Celtic Frost-tinged "Servants of the Warsmen" and epic-sized testimonials such as "Destiny" and the title track, all of which actually manage to pick up the pace for short spells, but only barely long enough to circulate the blood and keep the body warm -- not quite reanimate the corpse. Simply put, Into Darkness remains unique in its extreme, uncompromising inaccessibility, and its inspiration clearly dies on (get it?) in the works of future sonic-depth explorers like Thorr's Hammer, Sunn 0))), and Unearthly Trance

Legendary Johnny Winter releases his latest studio album entitled
'Roots'. This album returns Johnny to his roots by paying homage to
the blues heroes whose pioneering music influenced Winter's own iconic
signature sound and style. A host of special guests join Winter in
trading licks in honoring Winter's idols. Including Sonny Landreth,
Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, John Popper, Jimmy Vivino, Derek Trucks,
Susan Tedeschi, John Medeski and Johnny's brother Edgar Winter and
among others. Produced by Paul Nelson "Root's" represents a veritable
history of the Blues through it's modern day interpretations of songs
by the genre's most famed elder statesmen performed by some of today's largest musical talents.

For Johnny Winter's Live Bootleg Series Volume 8, the artist surely becomes his instrument in some incredibly guitar shredding live performances. For this edition, the blues wielding axeman steps out with super extended workouts on concert classics like his masterful version of the Freddie King classic "Tore Down," fan favorite "Give It Back" and a super long jam on the classic "Have You Ever Loved A Woman." Johnny also treats the fans to two Elmore James classics and even Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" to make this a truly rockin' blues celebration!

For Johnny Winter's Live Bootleg Series Volume 8, the artist surely becomes his instrument in some incredibly guitar shredding live performances. For this edition, the blues wielding axeman steps out with super extended workouts on concert classics like his masterful version of the Freddie King classic "Tore Down," fan favorite "Give It Back" and a super long jam on the classic "Have You Ever Loved A Woman." Johnny also treats the fans to two Elmore James classics and even Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" to make this a truly rockin' blues celebration!

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The live follow-up to 1971's Edgar Winter's White Trash finds the group running through a handful of the tunes from their debut album, as well as rocking things up a bit with "Still Alive and Well" (a track later recorded by Edgar's brother Johnny) and "Back in the U.S.A." One of the most immortal lines for any live rock album has to be "People keep askin' me -- where's your brother?" The introduction of guest artist Johnny Winter by his brother Edgar sets the stage for a rousing rendition of Rick Derringer's "Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo." The extended version of blues classic "Tobacco Road" is one of the finest moments on this album, which is itself a classic. ~ Michael B. Smith, All Music Guide

Bill Graham's Fillmore East and Pirate's World in Florida were the settings for this live extravaganza. Johnny Winter And Live included renditions of blues classics "Good Morning Little School Girl" and B.B. King's "It's My Own Fault." As a nod to his favorite rock and rollers, Johnny even found the energy for more foot stompin' interpretations of tracks which became his own definitive versions like "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Johnny B. Goode." This album was so jam packed with excitement that rock radio at the time would play the entire album sides! Mastered at RTI from the original Columbia tapes.

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