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Still Alive and Well

Studio album by

Johnny Winter

Released

March 1973

Genre

Rock^[1]

Length

39.00

Johnny Winter chronology

Live Johnny Winter And
(1971)

Still Alive and Well
(1973)

Saints & Sinners
(1974)

Still Alive and Well is an album by blues rock guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was his fifth studio album, and his first since Johnny Winter And almost three years earlier. It was released by Columbia Records in 1973.

Many of the songs on the album have a more rock-oriented power trio sound, with Randy Jo Hobbs playing bass and Richard Hughes on drums.^[1] Rick Derringer, who produced, plays guitar on three tracks. Still Alive and Well features two Rolling Stones songs — "Silver Train" and "Let It Bleed".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[3]
Rolling Stone	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[4]

In Rolling Stone, Tony Glover wrote, "Yes, he is. In this long-awaited return album, Johnny Winter takes up where he left off. His fingers are fleet and sure as ever, his vocals have bite and growl, and the flash and power of yore are hanging right in there."^[1]

On AllMusic, James Chrispell said, "Still Alive and Well proved to the record-buying public that Johnny Winter was both. This is a truly enjoyable album, chock-full of great tunes played well."^[2]

Robert Christgau wrote, "Winter will never be an especially personable singer, but I like what's he's putting out on this monkey-off-my-comeback: two late-Stones covers, plenty of slide, and a good helping of nasty."^[3]

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock Me Baby"	Big Bill Broonzy, Arthur Crudup	3:48
2.	"Can't You Feel It"	Dan Hartman	2:54
3.	"Cheap Tequila"	Rick Derringer	4:04
4.	"All Tore Down"	Joe Crane	4:28
5.	"Rock & Roll"	Johnny Winter	4:51

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Silver Train"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:37
2.	"Ain't Nothing to Me"	Leon Payne(as Pat Patterson)	3:06
3.	"Still Alive & Well"	Derringer	3:43
4.	"Too Much Seconal"	Winter	4:20
5.	"Let It Bleed"	Jagger, Richards	4:09

Bonus tracks on remastered release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lucille"	Richard Penniman	2:45
2.	"From a Buick 6"	Bob Dylan	2:38

"Can't You Feel It" is incorrectly listed as 5.04 on early pressings.

Personnel

Musicians

Johnny Winter – guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, vocals
Randy Jo Hobbs – bass
Richard Hughes – drums
Rick Derringer – slide guitar on "Silver Train", pedal steel guitar and click guitar on "Ain't Nothing to Me", electric guitar on "Cheap Tequila"
Jeremy Steig – flute on "Too Much Seconal"
Todd Rundgren – Mellotron on "Cheap Tequila"
Mark Klingman – piano on "Silver Train"

Production

Producer: Rick Derringer
Reissue Producer: Bob Irwin
Digitally Remastered: Vic Anesini
Cover Design: John Berg, Ed Lee

Legacy

New York hard rock band Circus of Power, covered and released the Derringer song "Still Alive and Well" on their 1989 live EP Still Alive....^[5]
Austin, Texas-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Carolyn Wonderland covered "Still Alive and Well" on her 2008 album, Miss Understood.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Glover, Tony (May 10, 1973). "Still Alive and Well". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Chrispell, James. "Still Alive and Well". AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
^ "Circus Of Power – Still Alive ... (1989, CD)". Discogs.com. 21 July 1989. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

v t e Johnny Winter
Studio albums	1968 The Progressive Blues Experiment 1969 Johnny Winter Second Winter 1970 Johnny Winter And 1973 Still Alive and Well 1974 Saints & Sinners John Dawson Winter III 1977 Nothin' but the Blues 1978 White, Hot and Blue 1980 Raisin' Cain 1984 Guitar Slinger 1985 Serious Business 1986 Third Degree 1988 The Winter of '88 1991 Let Me In 1992 Hey, Where's Your Brother? 2004 I'm a Bluesman 2011 Roots 2014 Step Back
Live albums	1971 Live Johnny Winter And 1976 Captured Live! Together (w/ Edgar Winter) 1998 Live in NYC '97 2007 Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down 2009 The Woodstock Experience (w/ various artists) 2010 Live at the Fillmore East 10/3/70 2011 Rockpalast: Blues Rock Legends Vol. 3 2015 Live from Japan
Compilations	2009 The Johnny Winter Anthology 2013 The Essential Johnny Winter 2014 True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story 2015 Remembrance Vol. 1
Singles	1964 "Road Runner" "Gangster of Love" 1967 (as The Traits) "Parchman Farm" "Tramp" "Harlem Shuffle" 1968 "Rollin' and Tumblin'" "Forty-Four" 1969 "I'll Drown in My Tears" "Johnny B. Goode" 1970 "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" 1971 "Jumpin' Jack Flash" "Good Morning Little School Girl" 1973 "Silver Train" 1974 "Boney Moroney" 1976 "Soul Man" "Let the Good Times Roll"
Other songs	1968 "Help Me" "Tribute to Muddy" 1969 "Tobacco Road" "Slippin' and Slidin'" "Highway 61 Revisited" 1971 "Rock and Roll Medley" (incl "Great Balls of Fire"/"Long Tall Sally"/"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On") 1973 "Rock Me Baby" "Luciile" "From a Buick 6" "Let It Bleed" 1974 "Stray Cat Blues" "Riot in Cell Block #9" 1976 "It's All Over Now" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" "Baby Whatcha Want Me to Do" 1978 "Messin' with the Kid" 1980 "Like a Rolling Stone" "Bon Ton Roulet" 1986 "Shake Your Moneymaker" 1988 "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" 1998 "Just a Little Bit" "Hide Away" "Got My Mojo Working" "The Sky Is Crying" 2007 "Come On in My Kitchen" 2008 "Crossroads" "Red House" 2011 "Honky Tonk" "Dust My Broom" "Maybellene" "Further On up the Road" "Bright Lights, Big City" "Short Fat Fannie" "Come Back Baby" 2014 "Unchain My Heart" "Can't Hold Out (Talk to Me Baby)" "Killing Floor" "Who Do You Love" "Death Letter" "My Babe" "Blue Monday"
Related articles	Johnny Winter discography Billy Branch Bobby Caldwell Rick Derringer Dan Hartman Randy Jo Hobbs Paul Nelson Steve Paul Ken Saydak Tommy Shannon Edgar Winter

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