Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Top Blues Albums No. 3

It's interesting that so far, my list of favourite albums are all white boy blues. Well, this boy's as white as they come, he's an albino!

This is another album I'm sure that one day I'm going to get around to covering all the songs from: Johnny Winter's White Hot and Blue. It's got everything a JW album should have: Solid blues tunes including some classic cover versions, Johnny's over-the-top guitar playing, and his heartfelt howls and growls, but there's one other thing that makes this album a must for me, and it's Pat Ramsey's harmonica playing. On "Last Night" it never fails to blow me away. Ramsey's style is very guitar-like, and he's a robust match for Mr Winter. If it came down to it, I think I'd probably put this album somewhere in my top 3.

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