White, Hot and Blue

{{Short description|1978 studio album by Johnny Winter}}

{{Infobox album

| name = White, Hot and Blue

| type = studio

| artist = Johnny Winter

| cover = whitehotblue.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1978

| recorded = The Schoolhouse

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Blues

| length = 36:10

| label = Blue Sky

| producer = Johnny Winter

| prev_title = Nothin' but the Blues

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Raisin' Cain

| next_year = 1980

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{cite web|last=Ruhlmann |first=William |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r52784 |pure_url=yes}} |title=White, Hot & Blue - Johnny Winter : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-06-23}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2Score = B−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: W|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70|accessdate=March 22, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = (Not rated) {{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/124760/review/6211648 |title=Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews |publisher=Rollingstone.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-23}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

}}

White, Hot and Blue is a 1978 album by Johnny Winter. Following on from the previous year's Nothin' but the Blues, it again focuses on blues music but moves back to Winter's traditional formula of mixing original tracks, of which there are three, with cover versions.

Track listing

  1. "Walkin' by Myself" (James A. Lane a.k.a. Jimmy Rogers) - 3.28
  2. "Slidin' In" (Johnny Winter) - 5.04
  3. "Divin' Duck Blues" (Sleepy John Estes) - 3.27
  4. "One Step at a Time" (Johnny Winter) - 3.58
  5. "Nickel Blues" (Johnny Winter) - 3.33
  6. "E.Z. Rider" (Traditional) - 4.00
  7. "Last Night" (Walter Jacobs) - 5.35
  8. "Messin' with the Kid" (Mel London) - 2.53
  9. "Honest I Do" (Jimmy Reed) - 4.12

Personnel

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