Johnny Winter discography explained

Artist:Johnny Winter
Studio:19
Live:9
Option Name:Live Bootleg Series
Option:15
1Option Name:Compilation
1Option:15
2Option Name:Singles
2Option:25
3Option Name:Albums as producer and/or guitarist
3Option:9
4Option Name:Concert videos
4Option:2
5Option Name:Documentary films
5Option: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

Year! scope="col" width=40%
TitleDetailsChart
peak
Billboard 200[1]
1968The Progressive Blues Experiment 40[2]
1969Johnny Winter
  • Released: April 15, 1969
  • Label: Columbia (CS 9826)
  • Format: LP, 8-track, reel-to-reel, audio cassette
24[3]
Second Winter
  • Released: November 1969
  • Label: Columbia (KCS 9947)
  • Format: Double LP
  • Note: Only 3 sides used (4th is blank)
55[4]
1970Johnny Winter And
  • Released: September 1970
  • Label: Columbia (C 30221)
  • Format: LP
154[5]
1973Still Alive and Well
  • Released: March 1973
  • Label: Columbia (KC 32188)
  • Format: LP, 8-track, cassette
22[6]
1974Saints & Sinners
  • Released: February 1974
  • Label: Columbia (PC 32715)
  • Format: LP, 8-track, cassette
42[7]
John Dawson Winter III
  • Released: November 1974
  • Label: Blue Sky (PZ 33292)
  • Format: LP, 8-track, cassette
78[8]
1977Nothin' but the Blues
  • Released: July 1977
  • Label: Blue Sky (PZ 34813)
  • Format: LP, cassette
146 [9]
1978White, Hot and Blue
  • Released: July 1978
  • Label: Blue Sky (JZ 35475)
  • Format: LP, cassette
141 [10]
1980Raisin' Cain
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: Blue Sky (JZ 36343)
  • Format: LP, 8-track, cassette
[11]
1984Guitar Slinger 183[12]
1985Serious Business
  • Released: September 1985
  • Label: Alligator (AL 4742)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
156[13]
1986Third Degree
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Alligator (AL 4748)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
[14]
1988The Winter of '88
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: MCA/Voyager (MCA-42241)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
[15]
1991Let Me In
  • Released: July 1, 1991
  • Label: Point Blank (91744-2)
  • Format: LP, CD
[16]
1992Hey, Where's Your Brother?
  • Released: November 2, 1992
  • Label: Point Blank (V2-86512)
  • Format: CD
[17]
2004I'm a Bluesman
  • Released: June 15, 2004
  • Label: Virgin (724359008127)
  • Format: CD
[18]
2011Roots
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Megaforce (20286 16038)
  • Format: LP, CD
163[19]
2014Step Back
  • Released: August 2014
  • Label: Megaforce (20286 21696)
  • Format: LP, CD
17[20]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Live albums

Year! scope="col" width=40%
TitleDetailsChart
peak
Billboard 200
1971Live Johnny Winter And 40[21] [22]
1976Captured Live!
  • Recorded: September 1975
  • Venue: 3 concert halls in California
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: Blue Sky (PZ 33944)
  • Format: LP, 8-track, audio cassette
93[23]
Together
  • Venue: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California; San Diego Sports Arena, California
  • Released: June 1976
  • Label: Blue Sky (PZ 34033)
  • Format: LP, cassette
  • Note: Listed as "Johnny and Edgar Winter"
86[24]
1998Live in NYC '97 [25]
2009The Woodstock Experience
  • Recorded: August 17, 1969
  • Venue: Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Bethel, New York
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy (88697 48244 2)
  • Format: Double CD
  • Note: CD 2 contains Winter's live performance; CD 1 is his 1969 Columbia debut album.
[26]
2010Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70
  • Recorded: October 3, 1970
  • Venue: Fillmore East, New York City
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Collectors' Choice (6000)
  • Format: CD
2011
  • Recorded: April 21, 1979
  • Venue: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: MIG (90362 CD)
  • Format: Double CD
  • Note: 6 tracks were released on a single LP, titled Live at Rockpalast (MVD Audio, 2011).
[27]
2015Live from Japan
  • Recorded: April 15, 2011
  • Venue: Zepp, Tokyo
  • Released: April 2015
  • Label: MVD Audio (6664A)
  • Format: CD, double LP
[28]
2018The King of Slide
  • Released: April 21, 2018
  • Label: Friday Music
  • Format: LP
  • Note: Limited edition (1,000) for Record Store Day in 2018
[29] [30]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

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 Billboards "Blues Albums" chart (none appeared on the broader Billboard 200 album chart).

Year! scope="col" width=40%
TitleDetails
Catalogue no. & number of tracks
Chart
peak
Blues Albums
2007Live Bootleg Series Vol. 1FRM 1064 – 12 tracks15[31]
2008Live Bootleg Series Vol. 2FRM 1083 – 6 tracks7[32]
Live Bootleg Series Vol. 3FRM 1085 – 7 tracks[33]
2009Live Bootleg Series Vol. 4FRM 1100 – 10 tracks9[34]
2009Live Bootleg Series Vol. 5FRM 1143 – 8 tracks8[35]
2010Live Bootleg Series Vol. 6FRM 1156 – 7 tracks5[36]
2011Live Bootleg Series Vol. 7FRM 1160 – 7 tracks15[37]
2012Live Bootleg Series Vol. 8FRM 1162 – 7 tracks[38]
2013Live Bootleg Series Vol. 9FRM 1163 – 7 tracks[39]
Live Bootleg Series Vol. 10FRM 1164 – 7 tracks[40]
2014Live Bootleg Special EditionFRM 41914 (LP only) – 6 tracks9[41]
Live Bootleg Series Vol. 11FRM 1165 – 7 tracks15[42]
2016Live Bootleg Series Vol. 12FRM 1167 – 7 tracks10[43]
Live Bootleg Series Vol. 13FRM 1169 – 7 tracks[44]
2018Live Bootleg Series Vol. 14: It's Johnny's BirthdayFRM 22344 – 9 tracks[45]
"—" denotes a release that did not 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.[46] These 40 or so songs continue to be re-packaged and re-released by numerous small record companies.[46] 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.

Year! scope="col" width=40%
TitleDetailsChart
peak
Billboard 200
1969The Johnny Winter Story
  • Recorded: 1961–1964 for various single labels
  • Released: August 1969
  • Label: GRT (GRT-10010)
  • Format: LP record, 8-track audio cartridge
  • Note: Repackaged with different titles & cover art by many labels
111
1992Scorchin' Blues [47]
1994A Rock n' Roll Collection
  • Recorded: 1969–1979 for Columbia & Blue Sky
  • Label: Legacy (C2K 46985)
  • Format: Double CD
[48]
1996The Return of Johnny Guitar (The Best of Johnny Winter 1984–86)
  • Recorded: 1984–1986 for Alligator
  • Label: Music Club (MCCD 270)
  • Format: CD
[49]
1997White Hot Blues
  • Recorded: 1969–1980 for Columbia & Blue Sky
  • Label: Legacy (CK 65213)
  • Format: CD
[50]
2001Deluxe Edition
  • Recorded: 1984–1986 for Alligator
  • Label: Alligator
  • Format: CD
[51]
2002The Best of Johnny Winter
  • Recorded: 1969–1979 for Columbia & Blue Sky
  • Label: Legacy (CK 85926)
  • Format: CD
[52]
2003Winter Essentials 1960–1967
  • Recorded: Prior to 1968 for various single labels
  • Label: Fuel 2000 (302 061 309 2)
  • Format: Double CD
  • Note: Contains nearly all of Winter's pre-1968 singles, plus additional demos from the same period; re-released as Beginnings: 1960–1967 (2010)
[53]
2009The Johnny Winter Anthology
  • Recorded: 1968–1997 for various labels
  • Label: Shout! Factory (82663-11328)
  • Format: Double CD
[54]
2011Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Winter Live
  • Recorded: 1969–1977 for Columbia & Blue Sky
  • Label: Legacy (88697 86946 2)
  • Format: CD
  • Note: Released in Europe with some different tracks as Setlist: The Very Best of Johnny Winter (2011, Legacy)
[55]
2014The Essential Johnny Winter
  • Recorded: 1969–1980 for Columbia & Blue Sky
  • Label: Legacy (88883704942)
  • Format: Double CD
[56]
2014
  • Recorded: 1968–2011 for various labels
  • Label: Legacy (88883740852)
  • Format: CD box set
[57]
2015Remembrance Vol. 1
  • Recorded: Live recordings released as part of "Live Bootleg Series"
  • Label: Friday Music
  • Format: 3 CDs
[58]
It's My Life, Baby
  • Released: April 18, 2015
  • Label: Alligator
  • Format: LP
  • Note: Initially released on Record Store Day in 2015
[59]
2017Remembrance Volume 2
  • Recorded: Live recordings released as part of "Live Bootleg Series"
  • Label: Friday Music (FRM 11777)
  • Format: 3 CDs
[60]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Singles

Year! scope="col" width=40%
Title
A-side / B-side
DetailsChart
peak
Hot 100[61]
1959"School Day Blues" / "You Know I Love You"
  • Label: Dart (131)
  • Note: The Winter brothers are listed on the single as "Johnny and the Jammers"
1960"Creepy" / "Oh My Darling"
  • Label: KRCo (106)
"Hey, Hey, Hey" / "One Night of Love"
  • Label: KRCo (107)
  • Note: As "Johnny Winter and the Crystaliers"
1961"Shed So Many Tears" / "That's What Love Does"
  • Label: Frolic (45-501)
1962"Voodoo Twist" / "Ease My Pain"
  • Label: Frolic (45-503)
1963"Crying in My Heart" / "Broke and Lonely"
  • Label: Diamond Jim (204)
  • Note: As "Texas Guitar Slim"
"Road Runner" / "The Guy You Left Behind"
  • Label: Todd (45-1084)
"Gangster of Love" / "Eternally"
  • Label: Frolic (509)
1964"Eternally" / "You'll Be the Death of Me"
"Gone For Bad" / "I Won´t Believe It"
  • Label: MGM (K 13380)
  • Note: Also released by Frolic (512)
1966"Please Come Home for Christmas" / "Out of Sight"
  • Label: Cascade (364)
  • Note: The Winter brothers are listed as "the Insight"
1967"Birds Can't Row Boats" / "Leavin' Blues"
  • Recorded: 1966
  • Label: Pacemaker (PM-243)
"Tramp" / "Parchman Farm"
  • Label: Universal (U-30496)
  • Note: As "the Traits" (with Roy Head's backup band)
1968"Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Mean Town Blues" [62]
1969"Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Forty Four"
  • Label: Imperial (66376)
  • Album: The Progressive Blues Experiment
[63]
"I'm Yours and I'm Hers" / "I'll Drown in My Tears" [64]
"Johnny B. Goode" / " I'm Not Sure" 92[65]
1970"Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" / "21st Century Man"
  • Recorded: B-side Sept. 20, 1970
  • Label: Columbia (4-45260)
  • Album: Johnny Winter And (B-side is non-album track)
1971"Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Good Morning Little School Girl" 89[66]
1973"Silver Train" / "Rock and Roll" [67]
"Can't You Feel It" / "Rock & Roll"
  • Label: Columbia (4-45899)
  • Album: Still Alive and Well
[68]
1974"Stone County" / "Bad Luck Situation"
  • Label: Columbia (4-46006)
  • Album: Saints & Sinners
[69]
"Boney Moroney" / "Hurtin' So Bad"
  • Label: Columbia (4-46036)
  • Album: Saints & Sinners
[70]
"Raised on Rock" / "Pick Up on My Mojo" [71]
"Golden Olden Days of Rock & Roll" / "Stranger"
  • Label: Blue Sky (ZS8 2756)
  • Album: John Dawson Winter III
[72]
1976"Let the Good Times Roll" / "Soul Man"
  • Label: Blue Sky (ZS8 2764)
  • Album: Together
  • Note: Listed as "Johnny Winter & Edgar Winter"
[73]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Albums as producer and/or guitarist

Year! scope="col" width=40%
TitleDetailsChart
peak
Billboard 200
1975Temple of Birth [74]
1977Hard Again 143[75]
[76] [77]
1978I'm Ready
  • Artist: Muddy Waters
  • Released: February 1978
  • Label: Blue Sky (JZ 34928)
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track audio cartridge
  • Note: Winter produced the album and plays guitar, and sings on one track; won Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.
157
[78]
1979Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live
  • Artist: Muddy Waters
  • Released: January 1979
  • Recorded live: March 18, 1977August 26, 1978
  • Label: Blue Sky (JZ 35712)
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track
  • Note: Winter produced the album, plays guitar on several tracks, and sings backing vocals on one track; won Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.
[79]
Blast [80]
1981King Bee
  • Artist: Muddy Waters
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Blue Sky (PZ 37064)
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track
  • Note: Winter produced the album and plays guitar.
192[81]
1984Whoopin' [82]
2007Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down
  • Artist: Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, James Cotton
  • Released: 2007
  • Recorded: March 1977 (live)
  • Label: Epic (88697 07283 2)
  • Format: CD
  • Note: Winter plays guitar and sings on some tracks.
[83]
2018Both Sides of the Sky 8[84] [85]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

Concert videos

Year! scope="col" width=40%
TitleDetailsChart
peak
2012Live from Japan
  • Released: 2012
  • Recorded: April 15, 2011
  • Label: MVD Visual (MVD5421D)
  • Format: DVD
2016Live in Sweden 1987
  • Artist: Johnny Winter with Dr. John
  • Released: April 22, 2016
  • Recorded: 1987
  • Label: MVD Visual (MVD8127D)
  • Format: DVD
[86]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart

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.[87] [88] It was released on DVD on March 4, 2016.[89]

Bibliography

. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. 1993. 978-0-646-11917-5.

. Joel Whitburn. The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954–1982. Sheridan Books. 2015. 978-0-89820-213-7.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johnny Winter: Chart History – Billboard 200. Billboard.com. December 3, 2020. November 29, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129133711/https://www.billboard.com/music/johnny-winter/chart-history/TLP. live.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22054 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''The Progressive Blues Experiment'' – Review]. Koda . Cub. Cub Koda. AllMusic. April 16, 2018.
  3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22052 |pure_url=yes}} ''Johnny Winter'' – Review]. Koda . Cub. Cub Koda. AllMusic. April 16, 2018.
  4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22056 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Second Winter'' – Review]. Koda. Cub. Cub Koda. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22057 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Johnny Winter And'' – Review]. Eder. Bruce . AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  6. Web site: Johnny Winter: Still Alive and Well – Review. Chrispell. James. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094342/https://www.allmusic.com/album/still-alive-and-well-mw0000318819. live.
  7. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22055 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Saints & Sinners'' – Review]. Ruhlmann . William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  8. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r52783 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''John Dawson Winter III'' – Track Listing]. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  9. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22061 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Nothin' but the Blues'' – Review]. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  10. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r52784 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''White, Hot and Blue'' – Review]. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  11. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22062 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Raisin' Cain'' – Review]. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  12. Web site: Johnny Winter: Guitar Slinger – Review. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094407/https://www.allmusic.com/album/guitar-slinger-mw0000650983. live.
  13. Web site: Johnny Winter: Serious Business – Review. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428182248/https://www.allmusic.com/album/serious-business-mw0000196372. live.
  14. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22046 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Third Degree'' – Review]. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  15. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22050 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''The Winter of '88'' – Review]. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  16. Web site: Johnny Winter: Let Me In – Review. Owens. Thom. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093857/https://www.allmusic.com/album/let-me-in-mw0000265238. live.
  17. Web site: Johnny Winter: Hey, Where's Your Brother? – Review. Parisien. Roch. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094254/https://www.allmusic.com/album/hey-wheres-your-brother-mw0000616533. live.
  18. Web site: Johnny Winter: I'm a Bluesman – Review. Unterberger. Richie. Richie Unterberger. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094413/https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-a-bluesman-mw0000471145. live.
  19. Web site: Johnny Winter: Roots – Review. Leggett. Steve. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428182110/https://www.allmusic.com/album/roots-mw0002190165. live.
  20. Web site: Johnny Winter: Step Back – Review. Leggett. Steve. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094137/https://www.allmusic.com/album/step-back-mw0002695928/. live.
  21. Web site: Johnny Winter Live: Certified gold. . January 28, 1974. RIAA. December 3, 2020. July 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200720052801/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Johnny+Winter#search_section. live.
  22. Web site: Eder . Bruce . [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22058 |pure_url=yes}} ''Live Johnny Winter And'' – Review]. AllMusic. April 16, 2018.
  23. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r22041 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Captured Live!'' – Review]. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 16, 2018.
  24. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r123116 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny & Edgar Winter: ''Together{{snd}}Live'' – Review]. Smith. Michael B.. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  25. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r341700 |pure_url=yes}} Johnny Winter: ''Live in NYC '97'' – Review]. Erlewine . Stephen Thomas. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  26. Web site: The Woodstock Experience: Johnny Winter, Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, Santana, Jefferson Airplane. Doug. Collette. November 16, 2009. Glide Magazine. May 6, 2018. October 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006192935/http://www.glidemagazine.com/14884/the-woodstock-experience/. live.
  27. Web site: Johnny Winter: Rockpalast: Blues Rock Legends, Vol. 3 – Track Listing. AllMusic. December 1, 2020. March 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324185755/http://www.allmusic.com/album/rockpalast-blues-rock-legends-vol-3-mw0002110396. live.
  28. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live from Japan – Review. Deming. Mark. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094417/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-from-japan-mw0002814042. live.
  29. Web site: March 6, 2018 . Record Store Day 2018: Bowie, Dylan, Allmans + . Best Classic Bands . April 22, 2018 . April 22, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062818/http://bestclassicbands.com/record-store-day-2018-releases-3-6-18/ . live .
  30. Web site: Johnny Winter: The King of Slide. Record Store Day. November 21, 2020. August 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815115123/https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/10190. live.
  31. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 1 – Review. Jurek. Thom. AllMusic. April 17, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094345/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-1-mw0000489782. live.
  32. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 2 – Review. Jurek. Thom. AllMusic. April 17, 2018. December 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218182550/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-2-mw0000494387. live.
  33. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 3 – Track Listing. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094318/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-3-mw0000793359. live.
  34. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 4 – Track Listing. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093758/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-4-mw0000810315. live.
  35. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 5 – Review. Jurek. Thom. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094412/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-5-mw0000820669. live.
  36. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 6 – Review. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094252/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-6-mw0001950703. live.
  37. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 7 – Review. Jurek. Thom. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093512/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-7-mw0002095281. live.
  38. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 8 – Review. Leggett. Steve. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094410/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-8-mw0002354475. live.
  39. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – Track Listing. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. December 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218182526/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-9-mw0002526495. live.
  40. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Review. Jurek. Thom. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093825/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-bootleg-series-vol-10-mw0002591190. live.
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  43. Web site: Johnny Winter: Live Bootleg Series Vol. 12 – Track Listing. AllMusic. April 20, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428012036/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/live-bootleg-series-vol-12-mr0004502607. live.
  44. 2016. Live Bootleg Series Vol. 13 . Album notes. Johnny Winter. Friday Music . FRM 1169. Back cover.
  45. 2018. Live Bootleg Series (It's Johnny's Birthday) . Album notes. Johnny Winter. Friday Music . FRM 22344. Back cover.
  46. Web site: Johnny Winter – Biography. Ruhlmann. William. AllMusic. December 3, 2020. December 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230065845/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-winter-mn0000819983/biography. live.
  47. Web site: Johnny Winter Scorchin' Blues (Epic). Dahl. Bill. Chicagotribune.com. April 17, 2018. November 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141101042345/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-09-17/features/9203240917_1_star-big-walter-horton-muddy-waters. live.
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  50. Web site: Johnny Winter: White Hot Blues – Review. Koda. Cub. Cub Koda. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402163316/https://www.allmusic.com/album/white-hot-blues-mw0000028481. live.
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  52. Web site: The Best of Johnny Winter – Review. Erlewine. Stephen Thomas. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402163440/https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-of-johnny-winter-columbia-legacy-mw0000658005. live.
  53. Web site: Johnny Winter: Winter Essentials 1960–1967 – Review. Campbell. Al. AllMusic. https://web.archive.org/web/20120711073749/http://www.allmusic.com/album/winter-essentials-1960-1967-mw0000033578. July 11, 2012. April 19, 2018.
  54. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album |id=r1553041|pure_url=yes}} ''The Johnny Winter Anthology'' – Review]. Jurek. Thom. AllMusic. April 19, 2018.
  55. Web site: Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Winter Live – Review. Leggett. Steve. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428011916/https://www.allmusic.com/album/playlist-the-very-best-of-johnny-winter-mw0002132074. live.
  56. Web site: The Essential Johnny Winter – Review. Leggett. Steve. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094344/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-mw0002505186. live.
  57. Web site: True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story – Review. Leggett. Steve. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094245/https://www.allmusic.com/album/true-to-the-blues-the-johnny-winter-story-mw0002611028. live.
  58. Web site: Johnny Winter: Remembrance Vol. 1 – Track Listing. AllMusic. April 19, 2018. April 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428181540/https://www.allmusic.com/album/remembrance-vol-1-mw0002798072/. live.
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  62. 1968. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Mean Town Blues". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Sonobeat Records. R-s107 A. 45 label.
  63. 1969. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Forty-Four". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Imperial Records. 66376. 45 label.
  64. 1969. "I'm Yours and I'm Hers" / "I'll Drown in My Tears". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 4-44900. 45 label.
  65. 1969. "Johnny B. Goode" / "I'm Not Sure". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 4-45058. 45 label.
  66. 1971. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Good Morning Little School Girl". Single notes. Johnny Winter And. Columbia Records. 4-45368. 45 label.
  67. 1973. "Silver Train" / "Rock and Roll". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 4-45860. 45 label.
  68. 1974. "Can't You Feel It" / "Rock & Roll". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 4-45899. 45 label.
  69. 1974. "Stone County" / "Bad Luck Situation". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 4-46006. 45 label.
  70. 1974. "Boney Moroney" / "Hurtin' So Bad". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Columbia Records. 4-46036. 45 label.
  71. 1974. "Raised on Rock" / "Pick Up on My Mojo". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Blue Sky Records. ZS8 2754. 45 label.
  72. 1974. "Golden Olden Days of Rock & Roll" / "Stranger". Single notes. Johnny Winter. Blue Sky Records. ZS8 2756. 45 label.
  73. 1976. "Let the Good Times Roll" / "Soul Man". Single notes. Johnny Winter and Edgar Winter. Blue Sky Records. ZS8 2764. 45 label.
  74. 1975. Temple of Birth . Album notes. Jeremy Steig. . KC 33297. Back cover.
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  80. 1979. Blast . Album notes. Blast. . JC 36012. Back cover.
  81. Web site: Cub . Koda . Cub Koda . Muddy Waters: King BeeReview . . May 5, 2018 . May 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180506104242/https://www.allmusic.com/album/king-bee-mw0000202310 . live .
  82. Web site: Ron . Wynn . Sonny Terry: WhoopinReview . . May 5, 2018 . April 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429092943/https://www.allmusic.com/album/whoopin-mw0000196060 . live .
  83. Web site: Richie . Unterberger . Richie Unterberger . Muddy Waters: Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It DownReview . . May 5, 2018 . March 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180303110818/https://www.allmusic.com/album/breakin-it-up-breakin-it-down-mw0000779265 . live .
  84. Web site: Jimi Hendrix: Chart History – Billboard 200. . Billboard.com. December 18, 2020. November 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211117180105/https://www.billboard.com/artist/jimi-hendrix/chart-history/tlp/. live.
  85. Web site: Jimi Hendrix: Both Sides of the Sky – Review. Westergaard. Sean. AllMusic. December 18, 2020. February 22, 2021. https://archive.today/20210222151912/https://www.allmusic.com/album/both-sides-of-the-sky-mw0003133643. live.
  86. Web site: Rev. Keith A. . Gordon . April 29, 2016 . CD Review: Johnny Winter & Dr. John's Live in Sweden 1987 (2016) . That Devil Music . May 6, 2018 . December 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031822/http://www.thatdevilmusic.com/2016/04/cd-review-johnny-winter-dr-johns-live.html . live.
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  88. Web site: Jason . Shadrick . May 2, 2014 . Johnny Winter: Down and Dirty Movie Review . . January 24, 2017 . February 2, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040925/http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/20762-johnny-winter-down-and-dirty-movie-review . live .
  89. Web site: JD . Nash . March 17, 2016 . Johnny Winter Down & Dirty Documentary Needs to Be Seen to Be Believed . American Blues Scene . https://web.archive.org/web/20160321005917/https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2016/03/johnny-winter-down-dirty-documentary-needs-to-be-seen-to-be-believed/ . March 21, 2016 . April 6, 2018.