Released 1985 Serious Business
(1985) Third Degree
(1986) Release date 1985 Genre Blues | Length 44:26 Artist Johnny Winter Label Alligator Records | |
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Recorded Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois Producers Johnny Winter, Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman Similar Third Degree, Guitar Slinger, Let Me In, Raisin' Cain, Hey - Where's Your Brot | ||
Johnny winter serious business full vinyl
Serious Business is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was released in 1985 on vinyl and CD by Alligator Records.
Contents
- Johnny winter serious business full vinyl
- Serious business volume 2 ad
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Serious Business was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
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Critical reception
On AllMusic, William Ruhlmann said, "Signing to the Chicago-based independent blues label Alligator Records, [Winter] staged his own comeback with 1984's Guitar Slinger, and its follow-up, Serious Business, is in the same vein. That vein is straight Chicago-style electric blues in the manner of Muddy Waters.... He was already developing from his old mile-a-minute playing style into more of an expressive bluesman in the late '70s. Here, the transition is complete.... Maybe Johnny Winter isn't trying to be a superstar anymore, but his striving to be a consummate bluesman is wholly successful."
Track listing
- "Master Mechanic" (A.D. Prestage, Joe Shamwell, Walter Godbold) – 3:37
- "Sound the Bell" (Clarence Garlow, Eddie Shuler) – 3:23
- "Murdering Blues" (Doctor Clayton) – 5:02
- "It Ain't Your Business" (James Moore) – 3:50
- "Good Time Woman" (Johnny Winter) – 6:03
- "Unseen Eye" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 4:18
- "My Time After Awhile" (Bob Geddins) 6:13
- "Serious as a Heart Attack" (Johnny Winter) – 3:31
- "Give It Back" (Sonny Thompson) – 3:48
- "Route 90" (Clarence Garlow, Leon René) – 4:07
Personnel
Songs
1Master Mechanic3:41
2Sound the Bell3:30
3Murdering Blues5:03