The Progressive Blues Experiment

The Progressive Blues Experiment
Studio album by Johnny Winter
Released	1968 (1968)
Recorded	1967
Studio	Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, Texas
Genre	Blues rock
Length	44:16
Label	Sonobeat (1968) Imperial (1969)
Producer	Bill Josey Rim Kelley
Johnny Winter chronology
The Progressive Blues Experiment (1968) Johnny Winter (1969)

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The Progressive Blues Experiment is the debut album by Johnny Winter. The Progressive Blues Experiment was originally issued on Austin's Sonobeat Records label in 1968. When Winter signed to Columbia Records, the rights were sold to Imperial Records who reissued the album in 1969.

Winter plays here in a trio with his late-sixties band. Several blues artists are covered including B.B. King ("It's My Own Fault"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("Help Me"), and Slim Harpo ("I Got Love If You Want It").

The Imperial edition of the album reached number 40 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. In 2005, Capitol issued a 24-bit remastered edition of this recording on CD.

Track listing

1. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (McKinley Morganfield) - 3:12
2. "Tribute to Muddy" (Johnny Winter) - 6:21
3. "I Got Love If You Want It" (James Moore) - 3:54
4. "Bad Luck and Trouble" (Johnny Winter) - 6:21
5. "Help Me" (Ralph Bass, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson) - 3:49
6. "Mean Town Blues" (Johnny Winter) - 4:28
7. "Broke Down Engine" (Andy Fernbach) - 2:49
8. "Black Cat Bone" (Johnny Winter) - 3:48
9. "It's My Own Fault" (B.B. King, Jules Taub) - 7:21
10. "Forty-Four" (Chester Burnett) - 3:30

Personnel

• Johnny Winter – vocals, electric guitar, National steel guitar, mandolin, harmonica
• Tommy Shannon – bass guitar
• John "Red" Turner – drums