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Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Edgar Winter (vocals, saxophone, piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Rick Derringer, Steve Farris (guitar); Leon Russell (piano); Sue Ann Carwell (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Alfie Falckenbach. Recording information: The Dallas International Motor Speedway (09/01/1969). When he emerged in the late 1960's, the white Texan blues guitarist Johnny Winter was a bit of an anomaly--decades later he's regarded as a blues and blues-rock icon, recording with no less a giant than Muddy Waters. RAISED ON BLUES is a compilation of Winters's late `60s and early `70s recordings, when Winters went back and forth between traditional Texas blues and rip-roaring rock & roll, occasionally mixing the two. Winters is backed by his multi-instrumentalist brother Edgar and ace rocker Rick Derringer on a mixture of choice covers and originals. RAISED makes a nice primer for recent coverts to the world of Winters.
