Johnny Winter-Step Back(MP3@320){19glide58}

Artist: Johnny Winter
Title: Step Back
Label: Megaforce
Release Date: 2014
Format: MP3 @ 320 K



Step Back is his final studio album, and it follows his 2011 release Roots in paying tribute to his various blues influences, and, like Roots, it is essentially a series of duets with all-star guests, with Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, Billy Gibbons, Joe Perry, Dr. John, Leslie West, Brian Setzer, and Joe Bonnamassa helping out this time around. Produced by Winter's guitarist, Paul Nelson, the album is full of gritty, soaring guitar, the kind of straightforward blues-rock style Winter has always been known for, and it's obvious over his last two albums that Winter still found joy and excitement in it all, and he went out playing perhaps as well as he ever had, having learned the nuances of these classic blues songs inside and out. Nothing here is innovative or particularly startling, though, but it's all solid, and it's comforting to know that Winter went out in peace with the blues and his legacy, and most importantly, without his skills diminishing.

01. Unchain My Heart - with Blues Brothers Horns
02. Can't Hold Out (Talk To Me Baby) - with Ben Harper
03. Don't Want No Woman - with Eric Clapton
04. Killing Floor - with Paul Nelson
05. Who Do You Love - Johnny Winter
06. Okie Dokie Stomp - with Brian Setzer
07. Where Can You Be - with Billy Gibbons
08. Sweet Sixteen - with Joe Bonamassa
09. Death Letter - Johnny Winter
10. My Babe - with Jason Ricci
11. Long Tall Sally - with Leslie West
12. Mojo Hand - with Joe Perry
13. Blue Monday - with Dr. John