Guitar Slinger is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. Released in 1984, it was his first studio album in four years, and his first album for Alligator Records. It was the second consecutive album to feature no original Winter compositions.
Guitar Slinger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.Grammy Awards 1985, Awards & Shows. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
Track listing "It's My Life, Baby" (Don Robey) – 4:08 "Don't Take Advantage of Me" (Lee Baker, Jr.) – 5:22 "Iodine in My Coffee" (Muddy Waters) – 3:44 "Trick Bag" (Earl King) – 3:20 "Mad Dog" (Charles Sheffield, Eddie Shuler) – 4:27 "Boot Hill" – 3:35 "I Smell Trouble" (Don Robey) – 4:50 "Lights Out" (Mac Rebennack, Seth David) – 2:33 "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (Al Reed) – 3:53 "My Soul" (Jamesetta Hawkins) – 3:45
Personnel Musicians Johnny Winter – guitar, vocals Ken Saydak – keyboards Johnny B. Gayden – bass Casey Jones – drums Terry Ogolini – tenor saxophone Steve Eisen – baritone saxophone Don Tenuto – trumpet Jim Exum – trombone Gene Barge – tenor saxophone on "Lights Out" Billy Branch – harmonica on "Iodine in My Coffee" Production Johnny Winter, Bruce Iglauer, Dick Shurman – producers Fred Breitberg – recording engineer Glenn Odagawa – assistant recording engineer
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