''The Winter of '88'' is a 1988 album by Johnny Winter. It was released by MCA Records. The album contains three compositions by

Jerry Lynn Williams Jerry Lynn Williams (1948–2005) was an American rock music singer and composer. He wrote such hits as " Forever Man", " See What Love Can Do", " Something's Happening", "Running on Faith" and " Pretending" for Eric Clapton. He contributed tw ...

who also had several of his songs recorded by Eric Clapton.

Track listing

#"Close to Me" (

) 4:32 #"Rain" (Dan Daley) 5:25 #"Stranger Blues" (Clarence Lewis, Elmore James, Morris Levy) 4:05 #" Ain't That Just Like a Woman" ( Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore) 2:53 #"World of Contradictions" (Johnny Winter) 4:16 #"Lightning" (Bleu Jackson, Fred James) 5:40 #"Looking for Trouble" (Tom Larsen) 3:55 #"Show Me" (Williams) 4:41 #"Anything for Your Love" (Williams) 4:03 #"Look Away" ( Terry Manning) 5:56 #"Mother Earth" (CD Bonus Track) #" It'll Be Me" (CD Bonus Track)

Personnel

* Johnny Winter - guitar, vocals * Terry Manning - keyboards, backing vocals *Lester Snell - keyboards *

Ken Saydak Ken Saydak (born Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American Chicago blues pianist and singer-songwriter. In a long career, he has played as a sideman with Lonnie Brooks, Mighty Joe Young, Johnny Winter and Dave Specter. Saydak has releas ...

- piano *Jon Paris - bass guitar,

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

*Tom Compton -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*William Brown - backing vocals

Production

*Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Terry Manning *Mastered by Bob Ludwig

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter Of '88, The Johnny Winter albums 1988 albums MCA Records albums