Excellent musicians & great stuff!
You sure as heck don’t want to be an albino in Tanzania, though...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_albinism
Incredible tune
Saw Edgar in a show at the Dodge in Phoenix a dozen or so years ago. He was part of a set featuring Dr. John and BB King. The latter played for 3 hours, well past midnight. Edgar was absolute genius.
i rather enjoyed Johnny Winters “Keep playin’ That Rock and Roll”
Originally from the album “They Only Come Out at Night”, named Frankenstein because Edgar and Rick Derringer (guitar and vocals) put it together from hundreds of pieces of tape.
It started as a jam they played to warm up in the studio before actually recording, never was intended to be a specific song. No telling where it would go 2 minutes in. It eventually evolved into what we heard on the album. I think my favorite song from that album was “Undercover Man”. Most people just remember Free Ride and Frankenstein.
Edgar started using a keyboard on a long guitar strap during this period, he thought why should guitar players have all the fun, while I can’t move, I’m tied to this thing that’s on a stand...so he bought a guitar strap and installed 2 strap pegs, regular stock for replacements at music stores.
Edgar is also one hell of a sax player, probably can play anything you name, he originally started on guitar, that’s why Johnny got started. Borrowing Edgar’s guitar as a kid. Or stealing it...
Rick played guitar with Johnny Winter between stints with Edgar, in both the White Trash and Edgar Winter Group bands. Floyd Radford also played with both, Ronnie Montrose only played guitar for Edgar I think. I think both Rick and Montrose played on “They Only Come Out at Night”, Montrose was regular guitar player, Rick just filled in a few places. Rick produced and did a couple of guitar parts and I think some vocals. He was a full time member again for the next album, “Shock Treatment”, which I have (on vinyl) and I love it. Several great songs on that one too.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sCVbrRkvfp8
Easy Street, from Shock Treatment, killer sax solo. Probably Edgar on vocals. Hard to tell, Dan Hartman could sound almost exactly like Edgar at times. I think this one’s genuine Edgar.
Then Montrose went to his own group with Sammy Hagar as singer, Hagar wrote “Bad Motor Scooter”, his very first song ever, while working on the 1st Montrose album. That song is a long time favorite of mine too.
Derringer later did his own solo album with the hit “Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo”, which had already been recorded live by Edgar and White Trash, (”Roadwork” album) with Johnny sitting in, and by Johnny on a studio album. Rick wrote it.
In one of the bands in which I play we often open our shows with “Frankenstein”.