![]() We’d sneak into one of those tent things. If you think rock and roll has energy, it pales in comparison to that Pentecostal gospel music. I’ve often thought the same thing you’re expressing. They must have gone through some hard times when they were growing up. It’s almost as if they understood what it must be like to be black and to be rejected by some people. I told Edgar I thought the way he and his brother related to the world was so representative of what’s beautiful about the blues and the fact that both of them were albino. To try to exploit Johnny’s memory and name just to sell records was not something that I wanted to do, and I just felt, ‘Well, somebody is going to do it, but it’s not going to be me.’” “I had been approached after John’s death, and it just seemed to smack of exploitation. He lived the life, and he came in and went out the same way: truth to the blues, and I love him for that, and I first want to make this record to honor the music that he played.”įour months after his brother’s death in 2014, he wasn’t so sure he could do Johnny justice on record. ![]() Would Edgar Winter have had as big or bigger an influence on the history of progressive rock music in the last half century that his brother had if he, Edgar, had the same drive to be a star that Johnny did? In the process of creating this stellar homage, Edgar proves categorically that his muse was – and is – as artistically valid and vibrant as his brother’s entire catalog of releases.īefore he made Brother Johnny, Edgar told me, “Johnny has always been my all-time musical hero and as anybody knows, he passed away in 2014, and he may have departed this physical plane, but his spirit, his music and his presence will live on in my heart forever. I was the weird kid that played all the instruments.” I had a deep love of music, but I was very personal, very introverted. I was the quiet kid that played all the instruments. He had this huge record collection and was Johnny Cool Daddy with the pompadour, the shades, the girls, and the guitar. He read all the magazines and he watched Bandstand. “When we were kids, Johnny had the dream. “I consciously wanted to stay out of Johnny’s way, but we did have different musical tastes,” Edgar told me in 2019. He’s released several albums in half a century that demonstrate a broader jazz-influenced style than his more famous brother. He is best known for his hits “Frankenstein” – featuring the ARP 2600 synthesizer where he created one of the most outlandish sounds of the ’70s – and “Free Ride” that he recorded with his band, The Edgar Winter Group. Edgar Holland Winter sings and plays keyboards, guitar, saxophone and percussion.
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