Posted on 02/26/2021 6:27:45 PM PST by simpson96
"Frankenstein" is an instrumental by The Edgar Winter Group from their 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night.
The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1973, being replaced by Paul McCartney's "My Love". It sold over one million copies.
Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group (1972)
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Had that on a 45.
To really appreciate it, you have to watch them performing it live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8f-Qb-bwlU
The albino guy also freaked me out. Looked like a wraith before there were any.
Saw him in person years ago, in person.
First rock album I owned.
Saw him and Johnny Winter at the Palladium in Hollywood
Crazy coincidence but I just posted about seeing Edgar Winter when he backed up the Allman Brothers at Boston Garden in the 80s. I got to see Frankenstein performed live.
Great tune. Please tell me that some 1970s high school class had this a their prom theme song.
They only come out at night.
Watched him play in a bar in Jacksonville, Florida back in the ‘80s. He started to play Frankenstein and got about a third of the way into it and told the bad to stop. Then he spent about 15 minutes getting his shoulder-slung keyboard to sound the way he wanted it and started again.
It sounded the same to me both times, but, I’m no quirky musician...
I always got Edgar confused with his brother Johnny.
Both were Albino Rockers.
Edgar’s Frankenstein was ART. It became one of his signature songs.
The article also mentions Paul McCartney’s song “My Love”.
This too was quite good in it’s own way.
What caught my attention and held it was that very first captivating note. Listen to it yourself. You’ll see what I mean. I don’t know enough about music to say what key it was in. I think it was a trumpet or perhaps synthesizer.
That one butter-mellow extended note set the mood for the rest of that song. It was like stepping through a door that just appeared before you.
Hard to believe the bass player in the video was the late Dan Hartman who sang on several 80s hits like “I Can Dream About You.”
Edgar or his brother Johnny? Johnny was the one who freaked me out. He made Edgar look like he had a suntan.
I remember that on quadraphonic.
I first heard this song on AM radio as a teenager in northern Minnesota.
There were no local modern rock stations, so I had to wait until the sun went down so I could tune in WLS Chicago...ahh, the good old days.
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Hard to believe the bass player in the video was the late Dan Hartman who sang on several 80s hits like “I Can Dream About You.
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I did not know that. You have lots of colorful facts in your repertoire. Cool tune (but I never would have admitted it back in the day).
Trivia:
Classmate of mine, Floyd Radford - very good guitarist - played with Edgar Winter (White Trash - not They Only Come Out at Night), but played more with Johnny Winter. There is some youtube video of him on stage with Johnny in Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eQKmkTiMNE
I saw Edgar Winter in 1973. This was back when he was still using the ARP 2600. I have seen him since when he was using more modern keyboards to cover the parts but it doesn’t have the same sound or vibe.
What a talented artist. Underrated.
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