Let Me In (Johnny Winter album) explained

Let Me In
Type:studio
Artist:Johnny Winter
Cover:Let-Me-In.jpg
Border:yes
Alt:Johnny Winter, wearing a broad-brimmed hat
Released:June 8, 1991
Studio:Streeterville (Chicago)
Genre:Blues
Length:49:18 (CD): 45.15 (LP)
Label:Pointblank
Producer:
Prev Title:The Winter of '88
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:Hey, Where's Your Brother?
Next Year:1992

Let Me In is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was released in 1991 on vinyl and CD by Pointblank Records.

Let Me In was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Thom Owens said, "Though the set focuses on blues material, Winters [sic] can never leave his rock roots behind — the sheer volume and pile-driving energy of his performances ensures that."

In the Chicago Tribune, Dan Kening wrote, "The original "White Tornado" returns with a strong outing that both reinforces his reputation as a world-class blues guitarist and indicates a growing maturity.... Winter shows he has at long last learned to balance technical flash with emotional substance."

In the Chicago Reader, David Whiteis wrote, "Johnny Winter's Let Me In is a new contribution from a bluesman well on his way to elder-statesman status.... At this point Winter's guitar is beyond criticism — he's toned down his excesses, but he's still got that machine-gun multinote style, playing straight-ahead blues in manic linear patterns — he doesn't build a solo so much as blast straight through it."

Track listing

  1. "Illustrated Man" (Fred James, Mary-Ann Brandon) – 3:37
  2. "Barefootin'" (Robert Parker) – 4:06
  3. "Life Is Hard" (Fred James) – 6:17
  4. "Hey You" (Mike Himelstein) – 2:42
  5. "Blue Mood" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:01
  6. "Sugaree" (Marty Robbins) – 2:57
  7. "Medicine Man" (Robbie Fisher, Henley Douglas) – 4:22
  8. "You're Humbuggin' Me" (Rocket Morgan, J.D. Miller) – 2:43
  9. "If You Got a Good Woman" (Johnny Winter) – 4:23
  10. "Got to Find My Baby" (John Heartsman) – 2:40
  11. "Shame Shame Shame" (Jimmy Reed) – 4:16
  12. "Let Me In" (Johnny Winter) – 4:11
  13. "You Lie Too Much" (Mac Rebennack) – 4:03*

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