| One of my favorite all time musicians is Edgar Winter. | | | | Roadwork. This album is great on so many levels. |
| He's one of a very few alto sax players that inspired | | | | Besides the band leader on vocals, piano, and alto sax, |
| my playing as a tenor saxophonist. He's one of those | | | | there was another great singer named Jerry Lacroix |
| guys that get's a really good, big raunchy rock & | | | | who also played sax (tenor) and Jon Smith who |
| roll sound on the alto sax. When people talk about rock | | | | played most of the rockin' tenor sax solos. |
| & roll sax it's almost always referring to a tenor | | | | While the Frankenstein record was being played on all |
| player, but Edgar just screams and wails as bad as | | | | FM radio stations in North America the Roadwork |
| any rockin' tenor. | | | | album came out and was completely different. White |
| I've talked to people that knew of Edgar Winter and | | | | Trash played R&B, rootsy rock & roll, gospel, |
| didn't even realize he was a saxophonist. Truth is he's | | | | and funk flavored tunes. You couldn't pigeon hole |
| so multi talented he doesn't even need to pick up his | | | | these guys like you could every other artist that was |
| horn. The guy sings and plays keyboards just as well. | | | | on the radio in those days, I guess thats why I like |
| Some of his big hit songs from the 70's like "Free Ride" | | | | them so much, they really were different. |
| and "Just Hangin Around" didn't even have sax in them | | | | A little later in 1974 The Edgar Winter Group released |
| so it's understandable how that could get by the casual | | | | "Shocktreatment", a rockin' album full of great pop |
| fan. | | | | songs. A good example of Edgar's sax sound is on a |
| Remember his big hit "Frankenstein"? Didn't sing in this | | | | great Dan Hartman song "Easy Street". Hartman was |
| instrumental but displayed his amazing talents on the | | | | a talented songwriter and the bass player in this |
| timbale solo, synthesizer solo, and sax section solo. | | | | group's line up. This Edgar Winter alto sax solo is |
| The same year Frankenstein came out Edgar Winter | | | | nothing short of perfect! |
| & The White Trash put out a live album called | | | | |