Oh, man, did listening to this record make me sad. Not disappointed, like this year's Gregg Allman release, just sad. I saw Mr. Winter in concert a couple of times in the late-70's/early 80's, and the man was a 120-mph, guitar-burning dynamo. Now, he's just a burned-out shell of what he used to be.
I'm happy he's made a paycheck with "Roots", and that's what it is, an album full of blues roots classics that everyone will know, complete with big-name guest appearances. If that's what it takes to sell a few records, so be it. I've seen a handful of rave reviews, but my guess is those reviewers are much younger than JW's forty-year career and don't have a clue of what he once was.
I kept one track. Sad, so sad...
