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Edgar Winter
Winter performing in 2009
Winter performing in 2009
Background information
Birth nameEdgar Holland Winter
Born(1946-12-28)December 28, 1946(age 77)
Beaumont, Texas,U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • singer
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • saxophone
  • percussion
Years active1969–present
Labels
Member ofRingo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Formerly of
Websiteedgarwinter

Edgar Holland Winter[3](born December 28, 1946)[4]is an American multi-instrumentalist,[5]working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion.[6]His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs "Frankenstein"and"Free Ride".[7]He is the brother of late blues singer and guitaristJohnny Winter.

Early life

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Winter was born to John Winter II and Edwina Winter on December 28, 1946, inBeaumont, Texas.[8]Both he and his older brotherJohnnywere born withalbinism.[9]By the time he left the family home, Winter had mastered numerous instruments and reading and writing music.[10]

Career

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The Edgar Winter Group, Oct.1, 1975- L to R:Chuck Ruff,Rick Derringer,Dan Hartman,Edgar Winter.

Winter composed and performed songs of numerousgenres,including rock, jazz, blues, and pop.[10]His critically acclaimed[10]1970 debut release,Entrance,[8]was first to demonstrate his unique style of genre-blending musicianship. His early recording of "Tobacco Road"gained attention. Edgar followedEntrancewith two hit albums backed by his group White Trash, a group originally composed of musicians from Texas and Louisiana. White Trash, with Winter and Jerry Lacroix both on lead vocals and sax,[11]released the studio albumEdgar Winter's White Trash,[12]in 1971. It reached #111 on the charts,[13]and 1972's follow-up album (partially recorded at New York's Apollo Theater)Roadworkachieved gold status.[8]

In late 1972, Winter brought togetherDan Hartman,Ronnie MontroseandChuck Ruffto form The Edgar Winter Group,[8]who created such hits as the number one "Frankenstein"[14]and "Free Ride"(with lead vocals by its writer Hartman).[15]Released in November 1972,They Only Come Out at Night,[8]peaked at the number 3 position on theBillboard Hot 200[13]and stayed on the charts for 80 weeks. It was certified gold in April 1973 by theRIAA,[16]and double platinum in November 1986.[17]

Winter invented the keyboard body strap[3]early in his career, an innovation that allows him the freedom to move around on stage during his multi-instrument high-energy performances.[10]

AfterThey Only Come Out at Night,Winter releasedShock Treatment,featuring guitaristRick Derringerin place ofRonnie Montrose.[18]That album contained Winter's third and final Top 40 single "River's Risin'",[13]again sung by Hartman.[19]Later albums includedJasmine Nightdreams,The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer,Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live,Recycled,a reunion with White Trash,Standing on Rock,Mission Earth,Live in Japan,Not a Kid Anymore,The Real Deal,Winter BluesandRebel Road.[20]

Winter also kept busy doing session work, playing saxophone onMeat Loaf's "All Revved Up with No Place to Go",[21]Dan Hartman's solo hit "Instant Replay",[22]Tina Turner's "Simply the Best"[23]andDavid Lee Roth's remake of "Just a Gigolo",[24]as well as appearing on material byRick Derringer,[25]Johnny Winter,[26]Ronnie Montrose,[27]Todd Rundgren,[28]Michael McDonald[29]and many others.

Major national television and radio campaigns have used Winter's music to advertise their products.[30]Winter has also made frequent television appearances, both to promote his music and to give his opinions, on shows such asPolitically Incorrect.[31]Winter also starred withGeorge Hamiltonin a commercial forMiller Litebeer.[32]He appeared in the filmNetherworld[33]and the TV showsThe Cape,[10]Mysterious Ways,[34]Late Show with David Letterman,[35]andJimmy Kimmel Live!.[36]

Edgar Winter with Ringo Starr in 2011

Winter's music has been used in many film and television projects, includingNetherworld,Air America,Dazed and Confused,My Cousin Vinny,Encino Man,Son in Law,What's Love Got to Do with It,Wayne's World 2,Starkid,Wag the Dog,Knockabout Guys,Duets,Radio,The Simpsons,Queer as Folk,andTupac: Resurrection.[33]Tupac: Resurrection,a biography of rapperTupac Shakur,produced and co-written byEminem,[37]sampledWinter's song "Dying to Live" as "Runnin' (Dying to Live),"[38]incorporting vocals by theNotorious B.I.G.,Tupac,and Winter himself. "Runnin'"peaked at number 5 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Sales chart and the soundtrack was #1 for 8 consecutive weeks.[39]Blues performerJonny Langalso covered "Dying to Live"[40]around this time. Winter performed the song solo at the piano onJimmy Kimmel Live![citation needed]

Winter's 2003 CD and DVD titledLive at the Galaxywas recorded live at the Galaxy Theatre for Classic Pictures.[41]It features the songs, "Keep Playing That Rock and Roll", "Turn on Your Love Light","Free Ride","Texas "," Show Your Love "," New Orleans ","Frankenstein"and"Tobacco Road".[42]In addition, the DVD includes a 30-minute documentary,Edgar Winter: The Man and His Music.[18]

Winter also played withRingo Starrin the ninth (2006), tenth (2008), eleventh (2010-2011) and fifteenth (2022-) iterations of hisAll-Starr Band.[43]The band's 2010–11 tour featured the reunion of Winter andRick Derringer.[44]From August to early-September 2017, The Edgar Winter Band toured as the opening act for bothDeep PurpleandAlice Cooperas they performed several North American tour dates as part ofThe Long Goodbye Tour.[45]

In 2017,Cherry Redreleased a four-CD remastered compilation of all of the Edgar Winter solo albums from 1970 until 1980, entitledTell Me in a Whisper: The Solo Albums 1970 - 1980.[46]In 2018, Cherry Red also released a remastered six-CD compilation of the Edgar Winter: White Trash Band and the Edgar Winter Band albums entitledI've Got News for You: Featuring the Edgar Winter Group & Edgar Winter's White Trash 1971 - 1977.[47]

Mission Earth

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Winter also produced, arranged, and performed on the 1986 albumMission Earth.[48]This album's lyrics and music were written byScientologyfounderL. Ron Hubbard.[49]Hubbard is said to have left detailed instructions and audio tapes for the musicians and producers to follow when making the album.[50]Winter describedMission Earthas "both a return to rock's primal roots and yet highly experimental." Winter wrote, "Ron's technical insight of the recording process was outstanding."[51]Winter also described Hubbard's delineation of counter-rhythm in rock as something "which was nothing short of phenomenal, particularly in as much as it had then been entirely unexplored and only later heard in the African-based rhythms ofPaul Simon's work, some five years after Ron's analysis. "[34]

Personal life

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Winter and his wife, Monique,[52]live inBeverly Hills, California.[10]The couple have no children.[4]Winter stated in an interview: "I can see how that would be a wonderful rewarding thing, but I think there are enough people in the world" and that "it might have been more problematical if I had children with a career and all of it. I tour all the time. If I were to have children, I would want to be home all the time."[53]

Discography

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Winter in 2006

Solo albums

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Year Name US Top 200
[54]
1970 Entrance 196
1975 Jasmine Nightdreams 69
1979 The Edgar Winter Album –
1981 Standing on Rock –
1986 Mission Earth –
1994 Not a Kid Anymore –
1996 The Real Deal –
1999 Winter Blues –
2003 Live at the Galaxy –
2004 Jazzin' the Blues –
2008 Rebel Road –
2022 Brother Johnny –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Edgar Winter's White Trash albums

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Year Name Peak chart positions Notes
US Top 200
[54] 		Can Top 100
1971 Edgar Winter's White Trash 111 82
1972 Roadwork 23 –
1977 Recycled – –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Edgar Winter Group albums

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Year Name Peak chart positions Notes
US Top 200
[54] 		AUS
[56] 		Can Top 100
1972 They Only Come Out at Night 3 28 4
1974 Shock Treatment 13 – 9
  • US: Gold[55]#69 Can Year End
1975 The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer 124 – –
2018 I've Got News for You, 1971–1977 – – – 6 cd compilation set
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Edgar Winter Compilation albums

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Year Name Peak chart positions Notes
US Top 200
[54] 		AUS
[56] 		Can Top 100
1996 People Music – – –
2002 The Best of Edgar Winter – – –
2014 The Essential Edgar Winter – – –

Albums with other artists

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Year Name US Top 200
[54]
1976 Togetherwith Johnny Winter 89
1990 Edgar Winter & Rick Derringer Live in Japan –
2007 Edgar, Johnny Winter & Rick Derringer (live) –
2010 An Odd Couple - with Steve Lukather(live) –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Certification Album
US
[54] 		AUS
[56] 		CAN
 		GER
 		MEX
 		UK
[58]
1970 "Tobacco Road" – – – – – – Entrance
1971 "Where Would I Be" 128 – – – – – Edgar Winter's White Trash
"Give It Everything You Got" – – – – – –
"Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll" 70 – 51 – – –
1972 "I Can't Turn You Loose" 81 – – – – – Roadwork
"Round & Round" 108* – – – – – They Only Come Out at Night
1973 "Frankenstein" 1 19 1 39 10 18
"Free Ride" 14 84 8 – – –
"Hangin' Around" 65 – 39 – – –
"We All Had a Real Good Time" – – – – – –
1974 "River's Risin'" 33 – 61 – – – Shock Treatment
"Easy Street" 83 – 79 – – –
"Someone Take My Heart Away" – – – – – –
1975 "One Day Tomorrow" – – – – – – Jasmine Nightdreams
"Little Brother" – – – – – –
"I Always Wanted You" 129* – – – – –
"People Music" – – – – – – The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer
1976 "Diamond Eyes" – – – – – –
"Let The Good Times Roll" – – – – – – Together
1977 "Stickin' It Out" – – – – – – Recycled
1979 "Above & Beyond" – – – – – – The Edgar Winter Album
"It's Your Life to Live" – – – – – –
1981 "Love Is Everywhere" – – – – – – Standing on Rock
1983 "Frankenstein 1984"[59] – – – – – – Single only
1989 "Cry Out"[60] – – – – – – Mission Earth
2000 "Texas"[61] – – – – – – Winter Blues
"–" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

"Above & Beyond" reached 94 on theUS Dancechart in 1979.
US Charts are Billboard unless otherwise noted. * Record World Singles Chart.[62]

Producer

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Awards

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