{"id":27856,"date":"2024-07-26T05:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27856"},"modified":"2024-07-23T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T11:44:09","slug":"five-must-hear-tracks-from-edgar-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/five-must-hear-tracks-from-edgar-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Must-hear Tracks from Edgar Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Younger brother of blues-rock guitar hero Johnny, Edgar Winter has long made music that spans across genres. In his hit singles and deep album tracks, one can find soul, rhythm and blues and jazz. It\u2019s all wrapped in an accessible rock package, and for his efforts Winter has become a Platinum-selling recording artist. Over the years, he has toured under his own name and as a sometime member of Ringo\u2019s All-Starr Band; his most recent studio release is a 2022 tribute to his late sibling, <em>Brother Johnny<\/em>. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his Gold-selling <em>Shock Treatment<\/em> LP, here are five notable tracks from the catalog of Edgar Winter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTobacco Road\u201d from <em>Entrance<\/em> (1970)<\/strong><br \/>\nEdgar and Johnny had been playing music since they were young boys in Beaumont, Texas. But Johnny Winter \u2013 nearly three year his brother\u2019s elder \u2013 got a record deal first, his breakthrough self-titled album in 1969. Edgar followed quickly with his own debut, Entrance. His jazz-rock hybrid impressed critics and sold well, though his most high-profile successes were still a few years ahead. Edgar\u2019s reading of J. D. Loudermilk\u2019s oft-covered \u201cTobacco Road\u201d featured guest guitar work from one John Dawson Winter III.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eSAmJ65GXOw?si=-aIbbU19XLCtfT1U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRock and Roll, Hoochie Koo\u201d from <em>Roadwork<\/em> by Edgar Winter\u2019s White Trash (1972)<\/strong><br \/>\nA fiery double album set, Roadwork captured White Trash at its peak. Featuring powerhouse vocalist Jerry LaCroix along with former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer on guitar, the albums is a live tour-de-force. And while it\u2019s filled with superb performances like an incendiary reading of Otis Redding\u2019s classic \u201cI Can\u2019t Turn You Loose,\u201d Roadwork is most fondly remembered for this track. Edgar introduces the song by teasing the audience: \u201cPeople keep asking me, uh, \u2018Where\u2019s your brother?\u2019\u201d Johnny Winter walks out on stage, joins the band and turns in a great rendition of this classic. It would be recorded many times, appearing on a Johnny Winter solo LP (<em>Johnny Winter And<\/em>) and \u2013 in its most famous version \u2013 on songwriter Rick Derringer\u2019s 1973 <em>All American Boy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d4ASivb3hQE?si=MlmPvXOmKCrQRpU3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEasy Street\u201d from <em>Shock Treatment<\/em> (1974)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe jazzy \u201cEasy Street\u201d was the lead-off single from the Edgar Winter Group\u2019s fourth long-player. Written by the band\u2019s multi-instrumentalist Dan Hartman, the song\u2019s arrangement benefits from ARP 2600 synthesizer doubling Hartman\u2019s bass lines, and Winter\u2019s multiple overdubs of saxophones to create a thick horn section. Edgar\u2019s pair of extended sax solos are pretty ace, too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nPqvnS_Oxyk?si=HMGvopeluSHtRIdO\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRock &amp; Roll Medley\u201d from <em>Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live<\/em> (1976)<\/strong><br \/>\nA testament to their shared rock and roll roots, this six-minute-plus medley of chestnuts from the early days of rock paid tribute to Little Richard, Elvis, Carl Perkins and other music heroes. <em>Together<\/em> brought together the musicians from Edgar\u2019s band (including Derringer and Hartman) and Johnny\u2019s group (with guitarist Floyd Radford and bassist Randy Jo Hobbs) onstage in California before an enthusiastic crowd. The Winter brothers engage in some soulful harmony lead vocals, and of course Johnny tears out a sizzling guitar solo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OmIAlyiVIIk?si=MbCMPEHEmrlCtMwJ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFrankenstein\u201d from<em> They Only Come Out at Night<\/em> (1972)<\/strong><br \/>\nNo survey of Edgar Winter\u2019s work can overlook his most popular tune, \u201cFrankenstein.\u201d So named because the recording is a stitched-together work that draws from many jam sessions, \u201cFrankenstein\u201d is also notable as one of very few instrumental tracks to reach the top spot on the <em>Billboard<\/em> singles chart. A hard rocking number that features Edgar on analog synthesizer, electric piano, percussion and alto saxophone, \u201cFrankenstein\u201d is an exemplar of his pan-genre approach to his art.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/65XSHM3jlAY?si=Gxea8PPuwwLW-2eH\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Younger brother of blues-rock guitar hero Johnny, Edgar Winter has long made music that spans across genres. 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