Serious Business (Johnny Winter album)
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| Serious Business | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 43:52 | |||
| Label | Alligator (US), Sonet (UK) | |||
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Serious Business is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was released in 1985 on vinyl and CD by Alligator Records.[1]
Serious Business was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [4] |
On AllMusic, William Ruhlmann said, "Signing to the Chicago-based independent blues label Alligator Records, [Winter] staged his own comeback with 1984's Guitar Slinger, and its follow-up, Serious Business, is in the same vein. That vein is straight Chicago-style electric blues in the manner of Muddy Waters.... He was already developing from his old mile-a-minute playing style into more of an expressive bluesman in the late '70s. Here, the transition is complete.... Maybe Johnny Winter isn't trying to be a superstar anymore, but his striving to be a consummate bluesman is wholly successful."[3]