It’s little surprise that Vince Gill, Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes and other modern-day guitar gods lined up to guest on Johnny Winter’s latest album, “Roots.” The 11-track album is filled with historic blues songs — everything from “T-Bone Shuffle” to “Maybellene” — done with modern-day interpretations. Recording the songs was something akin to going home for the Texas-born Winter, who grew up with a special love for blues.

“Not many white people in Beaumont [Texas] cared about the blues,” Winter told NPR when the album was released this fall. “I just liked the emotion and the feeling in the music. It was the most emotional music I’d ever heard.”