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?.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stone CountyRichard Supa | Johnny Winter | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | Blinded by LoveAllen Toussaint | Johnny Winter | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Thirty DaysChuck Berry | Johnny Winter | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Stray Cat BluesMick Jagger, Keith Richards | Johnny Winter | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Bad Luck SituationJohnny Winter | Johnny Winter | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | Rollin' Cross the CountryDan Hartman, Edgar Winter | Johnny Winter | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Riot in Cell Block #9Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | Johnny Winter | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 8 | Hurtin' So BadJohnny Winter | Johnny Winter | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | Bony MoronieLarry Williams | Johnny Winter | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 10 | Feedback on Highway 101Van Morrison | Johnny Winter | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | DirtyJohnny Winter | Johnny Winter | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 41 mins | 95 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 252 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Barbiero | Engineer |
| 2 | John Berg | Design |
| 3 | Chuck Berry | Composer |
| 4 | Allan Blazek | Engineer |
| 5 | Randy Brecker | Trumpet |
| 6 | Bobby Caldwell | Drums, Percussion |
| 7 | Lew Del Gatto | Sax (Tenor), Saxophone |
| 8 | Rick Derringer | Arp Strings, Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Producer, Rhymes, Synthesizer |
| 9 | Karenlee Grant | Design |
| 10 | Lani Groves | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 11 | Carl Hall | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 12 | Dan Hartman | Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Amy Herot | Reissue Producer |
| 14 | Randy Jo Hobbs | Bass |
| 15 | Richard Hughes | Drums |
| 16 | Jimmy Iovine | Engineer |
| 17 | Mick Jagger | Composer |
| 18 | Jo Jo Gunne | Handclapping, Percussion |
| 19 | Kansas | Handclapping, Percussion |
| 20 | Jerry Leiber | Composer |
| 21 | Barbara Massey | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Bill Metz | Photography |
| 23 | Van Morrison | Composer |
| 24 | Roger Nichols | Engineer |
| 25 | Steven Paul | Organic Advisor |
| 26 | Keith Richards | Composer |
| 27 | Alan Rubin | Trumpet |
| 28 | Sing-Sing Singers | Choir/Chorus, Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | John Smith | Saxophone |
| 30 | Jon Smith | Saxophone |
| 31 | Mike Stoller | Composer |
| 32 | Richard Supa | Composer |
| 33 | Bill Szymczyk | Engineer |
| 34 | Tasha Thomas | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 35 | Allen Toussaint | Composer |
| 36 | Mark Wilder | Mastering |
| 37 | Larry Williams | Composer |
| 38 | Edgar Winter | Arp Strings, Clavinet, Composer, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Sax (Alto), Saxophone, Synthesizer, Tack Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 39 | Johnny Winter | Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 40 | Shelly Yakus | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |