Saints & Sinners
Johnny Winter s sixth Columbia album was also his second since his comeback from drug addiction. Its predecessor, Still Alive and Well had been his highest charting effort. Saints & Sinners was just as energetically played, but its mixture of material, including '50s rock & roll oldies like Chuck Berry s "Thirty Days," Larry Williams "Bony Moronie," and Leiber & Stoller s "Riot in Cell Block #9," recent covers like the Rolling Stones "Stray Cat Blues," and a couple of originals, was more eclectic than inspired. (Van Morrison completists should note that the album also contains Winter s cover of Morrison s "Feedback on Highway 101," a typical bluesy groove song that Morrison recorded for his 1973 Hard Nose the Highway album but dropped. Winter s is the only released recording of the song.) Abetted by the members of the old Johnny Winter Band -- Rick Derringer Randy Jo Hobbs and Richard Hughes -- plus his brother Edgar Winter and Dan Hartman Winter produced forceful hard rock focused on his searing lead guitar runs and rough-edged voice. It was the less-impressive choice of material that kept this collection from matching its predecessor. Originally released in February, 1974, Saints & Sinners was reissued in February, 1996 with the previously unreleased song "Dirty," a Winter original, added. The slide guitar-and-flute track is not consistent with the rest of the album, but it is interesting to hear. Wonder who played the flute? ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Credits »
Roger Nichols - Engineer
Mark Wilder - Mastering
John Berg - Design
Dan Barbiero - Engineer
Bill Metz - Photography
Bill Szymczyk - Engineer
Jimmy Iovine - Engineer
Amy Herot - Reissue Producer
Allan Blazek - Engineer
Steven Paul - Organic Advisor
Johnny Winter - Main Performer
Rick Derringer - Rhymes
Rick Derringer - Producer
Karen Lee Grant - Design
Shelly Yakus - Engineer
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