Mean Town Blues- Johnny Winter MP3


Jumpin Jack Flash MP3

10/20/11

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Captain Lawrence Pumpkin Ale- Brouweji Lane- Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY- 32oz. Growler into Belgian Beer Glass - N/A ABV

Head- About a 2 finger of head, dense but receded pretty quikly

Color- Reddish orange

Mouthfeel- Medium bodied

Aroma- Nutmeg, cinnamon, brown sugar, not overpowering, mild and appealing

Taste/ Overall- I find this beer more enjoyable than the Pumking. Everything from the aroma to the taste to the alcohol is dialed back to actually make for a beer which is truly drinkable. Would definitely revisit this beer.

On the turntable is Live- Johnny Winter And. Released in 1971 and recorded in1970 live at the Capitol Theater in Florida and New York. I don’t have too much to say about this LP other than it’s an enjoyable record which doesn’t demand too much attention. Just solid blues/boogie rock circa the early 70’s and sometimes that is all I need. This is one of the records I had in my stack of summer purchases which needed to be listened to. I am chipping away at these recent summer purchases so that by next weekend so I will have fresh ears following the WFMU record fair. All the records won’t get listened to by then but if I continue the pace of the last 2 or 3 weeks I should be able to make it down to about 5 LP’s next weekend. Then I will have to improve upon the cursory listen I gave them all and dedicate some more to time to digesting a portion of these records. Some of the records from this summer were merely filling gaps in my collection (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, etc.) but others need to be examined more closely (Oscar Peterson, Harry Nilson, Eric Dolphy, etc.)

This is LP could make the case for why I started to buy records. It is a record I was curious about but did not want to buy at the price of a CD but was willing to spend a few bucks for it on vinyl. Again not a knockout record but I try to look for records that could be interesting merely from a guitarist’s perspective and this one fit that bill. After I started learning to play guitar I started becoming more interested in musicians and genres I would have never have approached if I had remained purely a listener. Johnny Winter is a good example of someone who I read about in Guitar World but whose music I had never been exposed to. So when I saw this LP I was excited. This LP gets really good reviews from what I have read. This illustrates the problem with reading reviews prior to listening since I was mildly disappointed. I actually expected some more well executed solo's on this one but all in all the energetic boogie styled riffs are enough to hold my interest here.The gatefold sleeve shows all of Winter’s band members including Rick Derringer in all there fuzzy haired glory. A motley looking crew who probably wreaked their own brand of havoc in Holiday Inn’s across the country in the early 70’s. Included here as MP3's is Mean Town Blues and a Stones a rocking version of Jumpin Jack Flash.