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Johnny Winter discography
In concert 1990
Studio albums	19
Live albums	9
Live Bootleg Series	15
Compilation	15
Singles	25
Albums as producer and/or guitarist	9
Concert videos	2
Documentary films	1

Johnny Winter (1944–2014) was an American rock and blues musician. From 1959 to 1967, he recorded several singles for mostly small record companies in his native Texas. In 1968, Winter completed his first album, The Progressive Blues Experiment, and in 1969, he was signed to Columbia Records. With the label, Winter had his greatest success on the American record chart; Johnny Winter (1969), Second Winter (1969), Live Johnny Winter And (1971), and Still Alive and Well (1973) all reached the top forty on the Billboard 200 album chart. In 1974, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Live Johnny Winter And gold, his only record to receive an award from the organization.

Beginning in 1973, Winter's music was issued by Blue Sky Records, a Columbia custom label. At Blue Sky, Winter also became a producer and was responsible for releases by Chicago blues pioneer Muddy Waters. He produced Hard Again (1977), which earned Waters a Grammy Award and helped re-establish his popularity. In the years after 1984, Winter changed record companies several times, never remaining with any one for more than three albums. These included Alligator Records, MCA Records' Voyager subsidiary, Point Blank Records, Virgin Records, and Megaforce Records. In 2007, he began producing a number of albums from his personal recordings, designated the "Live Bootleg Series". Winter's last studio album, Step Back, released shortly after his death in 2014, was his most successful in the record charts since his Columbia period. Several live albums and compilations have appeared on Billboard's "Blues Albums" specialty chart.

Throughout his career, Winter's recording catalogue was plagued by bootleg albums and unauthorized re-releases of singles from his early pre-Columbia Records days. These records competed with his official releases and some were doctored with later overdubs by other musicians. Royalties were not Winter's primary concern: "I just don't want that bullshit out ... It's just bad music."

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Live Bootleg Series albums

The "Live Bootleg Series" are authorized, official releases produced by Winter for the Friday Music label. The CDs and LPs include the notice: "All master recordings are owned and controlled by Johnny Winter and are compiled from the authorized Johnny Winter archives". The recordings were not state-of-the-art for the time and many similar recordings had previously circulated as actual bootleg albums. The peak chart positions refer to Billboard's "Blues Albums" chart (none appeared on the broader Billboard 200 album chart).

Compilation albums

After Winter signed to Columbia Records in 1969, his former associates began licensing albums consisting of Winter's early singles and demos for various labels. These 40 or so songs continue to be re-packaged and re-released by numerous small record companies. In several interviews, Winter asserts that these were unauthorized and that some have been overdubbed with other musicians. For completeness, two of the more noteworthy compilations of pre-1968 recordings are included. The rest of those listed below contain songs that were recorded from 1968 on.

Singles

Albums as producer and/or guitarist

Concert videos

Documentary film

Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty is a documentary film about the life and music career of Johnny Winter. It was directed by Greg Olliver and is 104 minutes long. The movie premiered on March 12, 2014, at the South by Southwest Film Festival. It was released on DVD on March 4, 2016.

Footnotes

1. ^ On the RPM charts in Canada, Johnny Winter reached No. 23; Second Winter No. 60; Still Alive and Well No. 7; Saints & Sinners No. 40;John Dawson Winter III No. 77; Guitar Slinger No. 73; Johnny Winter And Live No. 48; "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" No. 79; and "Boney Moroney" No. 97.
2. ^ On the UK Albums chart, Second Winter reached No. 59; Johnny Winter And No. 29; Step Back No. 41; and Johnny Winter And Live No. 20.
3. ^ On the Australian album chart, Still Alive and Well reached No. 48; and Saints & Sinners No. 78.
4. ^ On Billboard's Blues Albums chart, I'm a Bluesman reached No. 7; Live in NYC '97 No. 7; The Woodstock Experience No. 1; Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70 No. 1; The King of Slide No. 6; The Best of Johnny Winter No. 11; The Johnny Winter Anthology No. 11; True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story No. 2; Remembrance Vol. 1 No. 8; and Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down No. 3.
5. "Crying in My Heart" with "Broke and Lonely" was re-released by Jin Records (174).
6. Although Winter's AllMusic biography states that he also recorded a version of "Harlem Shuffle" with the Traits, Sullivan's more comprehensive book about Winter does not mention the 1966 single: "In 1967, Johnny also performed briefly with the Traits, a Houston-based band, and played on 'Tramp'/'Parchman Farm,' ... He joined the band after vocalist Roy Head left, which was shortly after the release of the band's hit single 'Treat Her Right'."
7. On Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (Imperial) reached No. 129.
8. ^ On the Cash Box Looking Ahead chart, "Silver Train" reached No. 112, "Stone County" No. 106, and "Boney Moroney" No. 103.
9. Although he is often listed as the second guitarist on Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead, the infamous live Jimi Hendrix jam bootleg with Jim Morrison, Winter claims "I didn't play with him ; I never even met Jim Morrison. It really worried me that they had that record out and said I was on it when I wasn't."

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88. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Mean Town Blues" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Sonobeat Records. 1968. 45 label. R-s107 A.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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90. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Forty-Four" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Imperial Records. 1969. 45 label. 66376.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
91. "I'm Yours and I'm Hers" / "I'll Drown in My Tears" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 1969. 45 label. 4-44900.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
92. "Johnny B. Goode" / "I'm Not Sure" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 1969. 45 label. 4-45058.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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96. "Silver Train" / "Rock and Roll" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 1973. 45 label. 4-45860.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
97. "Can't You Feel It" / "Rock & Roll" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 1974. 45 label. 4-45899.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
98. "Stone County" / "Bad Luck Situation" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 1974. 45 label. 4-46006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
99. "Boney Moroney" / "Hurtin' So Bad" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 1974. 45 label. 4-46036.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
100. "Raised on Rock" / "Pick Up on My Mojo" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Blue Sky Records. 1974. 45 label. ZS8 2754.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
101. "Golden Olden Days of Rock & Roll" / "Stranger" (Single notes). Johnny Winter. Blue Sky Records. 1974. 45 label. ZS8 2756.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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Bibliography

• Ruhlmann, William (1996). "Johnny Winter". In Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Koda, Cub (eds.). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Experts' Guide to the Best Blues Recordings. All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-424-9.
• Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). Australian Chart Book. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
• Sullivan, Mary Lou (2010). Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-973-2.
• Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954–1982. Sheridan Books. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.

External links

• Johnny Winter discography at Discogs

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• Discographies of American artists