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MartinScorz
Reviewed in Italy on November 9, 2023
Winter strepitoso come sempre
colin barraclough
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2023
There’s nothing to dislike about this.Great music by great musicians.If you like classic blues you’ll love this.
jeff421
Reviewed in France on May 2, 2021
Après 7 années d'absence en studio, Johnny reste fidèle avec Roots au blues qu'il a toujours su mettre en valeur tant sur ses compos personnelles que sur les reprises. Pas d'écart sur cet album. 11 superbes morceaux. 1 invité différent sur chaque morceau (guitariste ou harmoniciste de talent). Une rythmique parfaitement présente. Un pur bonheur de blues. Johnny prend les premières parties des solos, l'invité la seconde. Le jeu de guitare de Johnny n'est plus aussi fluide qu'à ses débuts, mais nous laisse quand même envieux. Quant à sa voix, elle se fait moins rocailleuse, moins agressive avec des intonations à la Gary Moore sur certains titres (oui, oui...). Un pur régal. Tous les titres sont excellents avec des mentions spéciales pour T-Bone Shuffle et sa superbe rythmique, Last Night avec un harmoniciste tout simplement incroyable (John Popper), Maybellene du grand Chuck Berry superbement interprété, Bright Lights, Big city où Suzan Tedeschi donne la réplique à Johnny (guitare et voix...), Honky Tonk, instrumental avec le frangin Edgar ou encore Dust my Broom (à ne pas confonfre avec Dust my Boom de ZZTop) interprété à la slide guitare. En fait, tous les titres sortent du lot. 5 étoiles sans rechigner pour le contenu, 4 étoiles pour le packaging un peu pauvre. Il s'agit d'un digipack laissant découvrir sur la face intérieure gauche, la liste des titres et les musiciens accompagnant sur chaque titre. Face intérieure droite, le CD avec dessous une photo du groupe, et bast... rien d'autre, pas de livret. Un livret avec des photos de session faisant apparaître les différents intervenants aurait été vraiment sympa. Malgré ça, un CD à acheter les yeux fermés pour qui aime le blues brillamment interprété.
Pat Mathews
Reviewed in Canada on July 16, 2018
No bad cuts on this album; one of his best!
Mario
Reviewed in Canada on August 19, 2017
Johnny Winter at his best.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on May 3, 2017
Great service and excellent CD. A must have for any Johnny Winter fan. Great song selection and Johnny is so amazing as always. Just can't believe he is gone now, RIP Johnny.
Alpacastoli
Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2017
Great album.
Kathy Lee
Reviewed in Canada on May 3, 2016
nice
steve
Reviewed in Canada on September 21, 2014
VERY GOOD DISC
Ronald Brett
Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2014
Gave this CD a 5 star top rate from a classic performer. Would recommend to anyone who loves the blues.
Claude Couillard
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2014
excellent cd and lot of good old songs I really love it and I recommand it to all my friends
Mr. Chain Blue Lightning
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2011
Naming your album ROOTS pretty much gives the listener an idea in advance that what he or she may be getting is some of the "stuff" that the artist was influenced by as he/she was forming their own sound. Johnny Winter, I always thought was someone GOD HIMSELF put here, and he was a direct link to the John Lee's, the Muddy's, The Howlin' Wolf's, and I could go on and on. But he's NOT a DIRECT link, there was a "missing link" (no pun intended") of music in between those I mentioned and Johnny. He's just so ULTIMATELY TALENTED, that you assume there was nothing in between them and him. If someone told me Robert Johnson met Johnny Winter at that Ol' Crossroads and gave him his git, this would surprise me NOT ONE BIT! On to Roots. Every song on here has at least one guest, and they do an EXCELLENT job! I got the vinyl, not that it really matters, so side 1 starts with T-Bone Shuffle with Sonny Landreth. Excellent jam with both slide players showin' off his mad skills. Further On Up The Road follows with Jimmy Vivino from Conan O'Brien's Basic Cable Band, and he really rocks it. Does a great job. Great song done proud! Next up is Done Somebody Wrong with Warren Haynes, one of my favorites, a guy who can play with ANYONE and either just add some nice subtly played pieces to enhance the song, or add something MORE. Something so, so, so much MORE, TO WHERE WARREN MAKES THE SONG GO! The man is brilliant. Next up is Got My Mojo Working, it's NOT Johnny's song, but it should be! After that is Last Night with some great harp blowin' by Big John Popper, and side A ends with Vince Gill just nailin' Maybellene. Awesome job by Big Vince on an awesome song. Side B starts with Susan Tedeschi adding her Angelic voice AND guitar playing to Bright Lights, Big City. She really does have a voice like an angel it is just so pretty. Honky Tonk follows that with Brother Edgar adding to that one, and then it's one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE SLIDE BLUES SONGS PLAYED BY ONE OF THE GREATEST SLIDE PLAYER TO EVER PICK UP A CORICIDIN BOTTLE. I'm speaking of course of Derek Trucks.The Late, Great, Elmore James James my have wrote Dust My Broom, but Derek could play it every night and it would only make my day better! Short Fat Frannie with Paul Nelson and Come Back Baby with John Medeski finish off the last two songs on Side B. Overall, a tremendous album. I'm really enjoying it. Johnny is NOT a well Man healthwise. When I saw him at The Crossroads Festival in Chicago in 2010 he needed help getting out to the stage. It could have been the heat, it was over 100 and humid too. But when he's healthy, Man, Johnny The Man can STILL bring it! Buy ROOTS. You won't be sorry. You'll be really, really happy actually!
A HANDFUL OF BEAUTY
Reviewed in Germany on October 10, 2011
Dieses Album ist eine Wiedergeburt. Punkt....Da aber Rezensionen laut Amazon mindestens 20 Worte lang sein müssen ...nichts leichter als das - denn tatsächlich fällt einem viel ein, zu Johnny Winter, oder noch besser - da geht einem das Herz auf, wie man so sagt. Das neue Album von Johnny Winter! ...es war alles andere als selbstverständlich, je nochmals von einem "neuen Album" von Johnny Winter sprechen zu können. Wie er, ...with a little help from his friends, an sich gearbeitet hat, um dieses neue Album vorlegen zu können - Respekt!Klar hat da mit Sicherheit in Gedanken sein alter Held Muddy Waters "die Finger im Spiel gehabt", so von wegen: "Lass dich nicht unterkriegen Johnny, trotz 'Blues and Trouble'!" ...und wenn man ihn sieht, im Innentray der neuen Platte ...aufrecht, die geliebte Gibson Firebird in den Händen, gut gelaunt und diesmal mit richtigen Freunden im Rücken, dann spürt man, mit Johnny Winter ist wieder zu rechnen.Back to Form. Toll!Na okay, er ist nicht mehr so wieselflink wie 1970. Wer wollte das von einem "alten Blues Mann" - Jahrgang 1944 - erwarten? Aber wie die 'gute alte Firebird' über den 'Musicman' Verstärker kracht und singt, der Gesang zwischen "mellow" und so richtig übermütig - ein Maximum an Gefühl... das ist gereift, gelebt ...wiedergeboren. Und nicht zufällig stehen Freunde wie Warren Haynes und Derek Trucks an seiner Seite, so wie er selbst einst Muddy Waters an der Seite stand. Aufrechte Freunde, für die der Blues nicht nur eine Garnierung ist, sondern ein Lebenselixier. "Fathers and Sons" war der Titel einer alten Muddy Waters LP und darum geht es hier ebenso. Keep the Flame.Für mich ist die neue Johnny Winter eine der ganz grossen Freuden im Herbst 2011, sie ist es für alle, die das wilde, laute, grossartige, traurige aber auch beständige Leben des Johnny Winter verfolgen und es LIEBEN, ihm zuzuhören. Und dieses neue Album wird ganz sicher nicht sein letztes sein...Go, Johnny, go!!!!!
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