Serious Business (album)


Serious Business is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was released in 1985 on vinyl and CD by Alligator Records.
Serious Business was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Critical reception

On AllMusic, William Ruhlmann said, "Signing to the Chicago-based independent blues label Alligator Records, 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."

Track listing

  1. "Master Mechanic" – 3:37
  2. "Sound the Bell" – 3:23
  3. "Murdering Blues" – 5:02
  4. "It Ain't Your Business" – 3:50
  5. "Good Time Woman" – 6:03
  6. "Unseen Eye" – 4:18
  7. "My Time After Awhile" 6:13
  8. "Serious as a Heart Attack" – 3:31
  9. "Give It Back" – 3:48
  10. "Route 90" – 4:07

    Personnel

;Musicians
;Production