EDGAR WINTER THE BEST OF EDGAR WINTER Recorded between 1970 and 1981 Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
This 2002 release is a remastered 15 song retrospective of his 5 Epic albums. The diversity of his music is amazing. Clive Davis gave Winter lots of money and full musical freedom to sign with Epic which Edgar took full advantage of. His first stage leaned heavily in a jazz vein, and then he entered his second stage by forming White Trash with the extraordinary vocal talents of Jerry La Croix. White Trash was sort of a cross between Blues Brothers style blues and Sly & the Family Stone with a mix of rock, soul, blues and `honest to goodness' gospel. Then he went into a pop/rock direction with his electronic rock smash "Frankenstein". Various musicians who played in the different incarnations include Rick Derringer, Ronnie Montrose, Dan Hartman, Tommy Shannon and his brother Johnny. One thing that all these different styles of music do share is that they are all sound timeless.
1. Frankenstein The Edgar Winter Group 4:47 2. Give It Everything You Got Edgar Winter's White Trash 4:29 3. Dying To Live Edgar Winter 4:03 4. Save The Planet Edgar Winter's White Trash 5:39 5. Tobacco Road Edgar Winter 4:08 6. Turn On Your Love Light (Live) Edgar Winter's White Trash 7:48 7. Harlem Shuffle (Live) Edgar Winter; Johnny Winter 3:33 8. Entrance Edgar Winter 3:32 9. Fire And Ice Edgar Winter 7:05 10. Fly Away Edgar Winter's White Trash 3:00 11. It's Your Life To Live The Edgar Winter Group 5: 12. Rock And Roll Revival The Edgar Winter Group 4:19 13. We All Had A Real Good Time The Edgar Winter Group 3:06 14. Keep Playin' That Rock 'N' Roll Edgar Winter's White Trash 3:00 15. Free Ride The Edgar Winter Group 3:09
Personnel Edgar Winter - vocals, alto saxophone, piano, celeste, Clavinet, organ, keyboards, ARP synthesizer, timbales Emanuel Green. Gene Orloff. Ray Alonge - French horns Tasha Thomas ,Jon Smith - tenor saxophone John Turner - drums Randy Jo Hobbs Floyd Radford - guitar Jerry LaCroix - vocals, tenor saxophone Alfred V. Brown - strings Chuck Ruff - drums, congas, background vocals James D Train Williams Carl Hull - background vocals George Sheck - bass Janice Bell Mike McLellan - trumpet
Also: Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, Dan Hartman, Ronnie Montrose
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