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''Captured Live!'' is a 1976 album by
Johnny Winter John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1 ...
. The performances were recorded in 1975 at three California venues:
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,
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and
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.


Critical reception

In a review for
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, William Ruhlmann gave the album three and a half out of five stars. He notes that Winter only wrote one of the songs and added:


Track listing

Songwriters and track running times are taken from the original
Blue Sky Records Blue Sky Records was a custom record label created by Steve Paul for Columbia Records, featuring acts managed by Steve Paul, primarily blues-oriented performers Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Dan Hartman, David Johansen, and Muddy ...
LP. Other releases may have different listings. Side 1 # "
Bony Moronie "Bony Moronie" was the third single by Larry Williams, released in 1957. Williams' original peaked at No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' Best Sellers in Stores chart and No. 4 on the U.S. R&B chart. Since then the song has been covered many times. C ...
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Larry Williams Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to ...
)6:50 # "Roll With Me" (
Rick Derringer Richard Dean Zehringer (August 5, 1947 – May 26, 2025), known professionally as Rick Derringer, was an American musician, producer and songwriter. He gained success in the 1960s with his band, the McCoys. Their debut single, " Hang On Sloopy", ...
)4:46 # " Rock and Roll People" (
John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...
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It's All Over Now "It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover ver ...
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Bobby Womack Robert Dwayne Womack ( ; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's ...
, Shirley Jean Womack)6:15 Side 2 # "
Highway 61 Revisited ''Highway 61 Revisited'' is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965, by Columbia Records. Dylan continued the musical approach of his previous album ''Bringing It All Back Home'' (1965), usi ...
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Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...
)10:38 # "Sweet Papa John" (Johnny Winter)12:37


Personnel

Musicians * Johnny Winterguitar,
slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...
, vocals * Floyd Radfordguitar *
Randy Jo Hobbs Randy Jo Hobbs (March 22, 1948 – August 5, 1993) was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965–1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970– ...
bass guitar, background vocals * Richard Hughesdrums


References

{{Authority control Johnny Winter albums 1976 live albums Albums produced by Johnny Winter Albums with cover art by Mick Rock Blue Sky Records live albums Live blues rock albums