You can find this song on the album Still Alive And Well (1972). It’s one of the pearls yielded under the partnership between Johnny Winter and the producer/stage/songwriting partner Rick Derringer. Recorded on the minimalist but magical recipe of a power trio, in “All Tore Down” you can hear the essential: drums, bass, guitar, and vocals. It’s part of the album John Dawson Winter III (1974). Regarding the vocals, “Stranger” got an unusual mild Winter that perfectly fits the song. The guitar solo goes throughout the song mixing with the piano lines. “Stranger” can be called a psychedelic ballad because of its rhythmic vibe guitar effects. Here are Blues Rock Review’s Top 10 Johnny Winter songs. In this list, we focus on Winter’s songs, written or first recorded by him. Goode”, Stone’s “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Let It Bleed”, Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” or B. Aside from his own successful songs, Winter is also known for performing and recording several versions of blues and rock classics like Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. His live performances were marked by the high energy and powerful sound distilled often with his Gibson Firebird straightly plugged on a Music Man amp. His career goes from the 1960s to the 2010s, including iconic achievements, like gigging at Woodstock Festival in 1969, recording/jamming with Jimi Hendrix, and producing three Grammy awarded albums for another blues legend: Muddy Waters. Being an albino, skinny, and slightly cross-eyed never were hurdles to the Texan John Dawson Winter (aka Johnny Winter) in becoming one of the most prolific and influential blues legends of all time.
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