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First time on LP, a previously unreleased, remastered collection limited to 1000 units / white vinyl. The Legendary Guitar Player Who Inspired Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Johnny Winter had a unique career plan to make music. The lightning-fast guitarist fulfilled this wish magnificently, decade after decade., becoming one of the most respected singers and guitarists in rock. From the Sixties onwards, Winter was the unofficial torchbearer of the blues, standing up for his idols like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker and promoting their careers. A musical prodigy, he grew up in Beaumont, Texas, on a diet of blues and rock'n'roll. As a teenager he hitchhiked to Louisiana almost every weekend to play in small nightclubs. After a short stay in college, he gave up his academic career and devoted himself to making music. This is the first collection of the Inchearly yearsInch to distinguish between the formative blues roots and the advance to the rock idiom. It is the best forerunner of his breakout record InchThe Progressive Blues ExperimentInch and the InchJohnny WinterInch album. Curated By Blues Historian Bill Dahl Album Tracks 1. Bad News (Without Overdubs) 2. Parchman Farm 3. Easy Lovin' Girl 4. Gangster of Love 5. Leavin' Blues 6. I Had to Cry 7. That's What Love Does 8. Voodoo Twist 9. Ease My Pain 10. Reeling and Rocking 11. Eternally 12. The Guy You Left Behind 13. You'll Be the Death of Me 14. Gone for Bad
