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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Uncut
    Sep 5, 2014
    80
    It's a blazing set for a 70-year-old, but Winter gains traction from his fretboard duets/duels with Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Perry, Brian Setzer et al. [Oct 2014, p.80]
  2. Sep 5, 2014
    70
    Nothing here is innovative or particularly startling, though, but it's all solid, and it's comforting to know that Winter went out in peace with the blues and his legacy, and most importantly, without his skills diminishing.
  3. Sep 18, 2014
    67
    It's a star-studded epitaph of hits and misses.
  4. Q Magazine
    Oct 3, 2014
    60
    Step Back is better when Winter plays it straight. [Nov 2014, p.120]
  5. Mojo
    Sep 12, 2014
    60
    It's a parade of warhorses and they sometimes ride a little wearily, but Winter pepped their steps by four-handed guitar shootouts with Eric Clapton on Don't Want No Woman and Ben Harper in Can't Hold Out. [Oct 2014, p.91]
  6. Sep 5, 2014
    60
    Unchallenging it may be, but 13 time-honoured blues classics played the Winter way is not an unattractive listen.
  7. Sep 5, 2014
    60
    Winter's final album, Step Back, doesn't always match his early grit--The Johnny Winter Story box set, released earlier this year, is much richer.

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