A Houston band that mixed blues, rock, and funk, anchored by Edgar Winter's keyboards and sax.
If you want to get a feel for their range, start with 'Frankenstein' and 'River's Risin'.' That covers the instrumental hit and the blues-rock side.
The group's 1973 instrumental 'Frankenstein' became a top 10 hit and still turns up on classic rock radio. Their sound pulled from blues and funk, as you can hear on tracks like 'River's Risin'' and 'Some Kinda Animal.' They weren't just a one-hit wonder; they kept putting out albums like 'Shock Treatment' and 'Jasmine Nightdreams' through the mid-'70s.
The Edgar Winter Group formed in Houston in 1970 with Edgar Winter on keyboards and sax, his brother Johnny on guitar, Dan Hartman on bass, and Chuck Ruff on drums. Their debut album 'They Only Come Out at Night' in 1973 had 'Frankenstein,' and the lineup shifted over the years with musicians like Rick Derringer coming through.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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