Edgar Winter is credited as the first musician to “wear” a strapped on keyboard and bring it to the front stage spotlight. A classic instrumental for sure!
He also somehow managed to have second, third and fourth instruments that he was equally good at. Tina Turner and her producer could have had anyone play the sax on 'The Best.' And they picked a guy who had the sax as his third instrument (if I remember the order right).
Interesting Note: That's Derringer playing it live with the band in the video, but Ronnie Montrose played on the album version, with Derringer credited as producer. In other words, the band just got even more killer. Chuck Ruff on drums.
Edgar and his brother Johnny are both albino.Johnny isn’t in this one but they have a lot of songs together. Check out Tobacco Road and MoJo Blues. ☮️💜
Being albinos and growing up in Texas, they couldn't play out in the sun so they stayed inside. Johnny mastered the guitar and Edgar mastered everything else!
I used to lie on the floor with my head between two stereo speakers and listen to this cranked up high😂. Check out “Tobacco Road” with his brother, Johnny. Amazing!🌺✌️
@@dbx1233 Yes and yes 😂. I was around 19 then. I’m 67 now and, miraculously, don’t have any significant hearing loss and have switched from bong hits to edibles (recently legalized in my state). 🌺✌️
The whole band looked cool as hell, Mr.Frankenstein, Mr.Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo and Mr.I Can Dream About You and the top tier drummer were in their bag on this one....jaw dropping!
he had a much more highly talented brother. or at least one that didn't have an album cover that still gives me nightmares. (they only come out at night). album covers almost never frighten me, but boy, that one was a doozy.
This is my favorite performance to recommend to reactors, exactly because of the way you responded to it. This is an incredible live performance! Edgar Winter and his brother, Johnny, grew up as albino kids in Texas, and because they couldn't go out much (from a combination of skin and eye sensitivity to sunlight and the teasing of other kids), they stayed at home a lot and mastered many different instruments. Time well spent and proof (if anyone needs it) that everyone has a gift if they are lucky enough to discover and cultivate it. Thank goodness Edgar and Johnny both did, because they have given the world so much incredible music.
The Winter brothers had no friend in the Texas sun where they lived, so they practiced their instruments indoors. They had a friend in the late blues great, Muddy Waters, and are part of the Texas tradition of blues players like ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Janis Joplin, and many others. The brothers, left a great body of work.
This song was actually a hit on AM radio. (I guess if anything was on AM radio it was a hit) That’s how I heard it. A shortened version of course. Couldn’t take my eyes off them in this performance, which I’d never seen before. Thanks for reacting to it!
At the time this came out, yes AM radio played the hits BUT the stations weren't locked into genre so they played some of everything. We grew up with pop, bubblegum, rock, country, folk, Motown, progressive, and everything in between. If people were buying the songs, we heard them on the radio. later (early to mid 70's) we also got Album Oriented Rock (AOR) stations that would play the full length versions of hits as well as entire albums.
Same as you, Bread Man. This was an amazing performance for me bc all these years I just figured this song was impossible to play live and they nailed it and then some. Although I've loved this and a few other of their songs for decades, I was totally ignorant of the band- or Edgar mostly. That was before Harri played it, and his followers educated me in this comment section. Hats off to all. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I just saw Edgar Winter this weekend as part of the Ringo Star Allstars tour. At the age of 76 he still rips this song. From 1973 to 2023 this is still a fun song to listen to. What is even more fun is all the reactions he gets from today RUclips reaction videos.
I'm so glad you did this song. I requested it a while back. Edgar Winter is definitely unique and so very talented. The guitarist was Rick Derringer, who sang "Hang on, Sloopy" when with the group The McCoys. He joined the group after lead guitarist Ronnie Montrose left the band. This song was on the "They Only Come Out at Night" album. Another great hit from that album was "Free Ride," which you should also react to. Another great song, but recorded earlier, is "Tobacco Road," also worth reacting to. And if you love the blues, you should react to something by Johnny Winter, Edgar's brother. The musical talent definitely runs in the family.
Rick Derringer was the producer on the original recording, but did not play on it (AFAIK). But Rick was the touring guitarist when I saw them in '73 or '74.
My kids and I were blessed enough to get to see Edgar Winter open for Alice Cooper in 2017 and let me tell you, Edgar still puts on a show like no other. His vocals are still very strong and when performing Frankenstein with his current band(which was super tight), he still played the keyboard, sax, and drums and was all over the place. It was an awesome show!
Just saw Edgar Winter in concert last night touring w/ Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather and many others. . .! He played Free Ride and Frankenstein and rocked it. . ! Fantastic night!
You always hit it right on the head!!!... that the reason it’s called Frankenstein!!!!..... it’s a mid - mass of all, every thing and the kitchen sink!!! Just like the creation Frankenstein ... and it’s GREAT!!!!
Edgar winter composed this masterpiece and the drummer Chuck Ruff coined the name Frankenstein because of the way they had to cut and splice to make it all fit together. It’s always such a joy each and every time I watch this. Just incredible talent and they are just jamming and having a great time! RiP to Johnny Winter, like his brother could play multiple instruments and sing the blues like no one else I’ve ever heard. Much admiration and respect🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great reaction. I got to meet Edgar at a bar in Minneapolis. Talked to him outside during a break. What a cool dude what a great night one of my best all-time nights in a bar.
Thank You Harri!!!!!!!!! It was terrific to watch your reaction!!! I knew you would appreciate this performance. It’s one of a kind! If you want to hear more of this you should watch Tobacco Road from 1970 with Edgar and his brother Johnny on keyboards. It’s really unreal!
hey thanks for putting this up. youre right this is the best version. so clean and tight. rick derringer on guitar and hartman on bass, dont know the drummer but these guys were the best of their day. i think this is mid 70's. edgar is just pure music flowing out, incredible. the drum duet rivals that of the grateful dead. shows you how spoiled we were back then.
Was a trip to see him and his brother together on stage under black lights ! look like ghosts when they would open their eyes . the pink eyes were eerie as hell ! almost every concert the other brother would show up .
There are a lot of musicians who can play multiple instruments, but they are usually known for one in particular. I myself play 7 different instruments. Prog rock requires only the best musicians and that's why I've been a massive fan of prog rock since I was 8 when I started playing the drums. I'm now 60 and still listen to Yes, Pink Floyd, Rush etc. No computers or auto tune, just raw talent. There was a black family living on my estate who has a son that had albinism and not wishing to sound wrong, but the poor guy looked very odd with white skin, African features and a bright ginger afro. A lovely family that went through some difficult times, as you can imagine back in the 60s. So pleased I stumbled upon your channel. You've just got yourself another subscriber. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
I saw Edgar Winter and Leon Russel in Benicia, CA, in the '90s! In a theater that sat 200 people. THEY DID FRANKENSTEIN AND STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND...
From a Texan to another Texan Band we lived down the street. They started as a garage band and they drove our parents nut. They gave me a love of music.
Harri, that's why they call it The Edgar Winter Group 😉😊 The reason for the name, actually comes from how the song was made. Edgar Winter had just bought 1 of the first "portable" ARP Synthesizers and was, in fact the 1st to ever strap one around his neck so he could more around while playing. He was a child prodigy, but, being so smart and able, he only took a couple lessons before getting bored with the instrument. So, he decided instead, to devote an afternoon in the studio, with tapes-a-rollin', and just experiment on the device until he figured it out. They didn't have digital recording equipment back then so, the name of the song comes from the fact that they cut and cut and cut pieces of tape and spliced them all back together to make (i.e. compose) the song. Naturally, Frankenstein was the logical name for it. Fun Facts 😉😊 !!!
Edgar Winter named this song "Frankenstein because he was working on this for a while. He was piecing this and that together but he didn't ever quite finish it. They were making an album and they needed a song. They decided to use this instrumental but didn't have a name for it. Edgar decided since the song was made up of different parts he put together that "Frankenstein" was appropriate.
I got to see him play this and much else back when it was hot, standing next to the stage...same place I also saw the "Dark Side of the Moon" tour. A monster, indeed. Their song, "Dying to Live" is a pretty hymn, also well worth a listen. Not a monster. Happy Halloween!
Hi Harri👋 The Brothers Winter are both incredibly and wickedly talented🎶💯. They are Albino brothers that grew up in Texas indoors out of the hot sun. They taught themselves everything. Johnny Winter played in Woodstock and had a solo career and he and SRV were friends. Johnny also had Tommy Shannon as his bass player before Tommy joined Double Trouble. You owe it to yourself to react to Tobacco Road by the brothers together. You will see Tommy Shannon in that video. You will never hear another voice like Edgar Winter in this song.
I remember seeing them live and being 420 friendly, in the front of the crowd. Afterwards stopped at the corner store for a pack of smokes. A stray pure white cat was begging, so i got him 2 cans of food and he jumped in my car. I got a great friend that night and named him Edward.
A journalist once asked Jimi Hendrix what it was like being the greatest guitarist, he responded with; I don't know, you'll have to ask Johnny Winter. Both huge talent.
Edgar Winter is a master of the ARP2600 synth, and this video is an amazing showcase of that fact. The rest of his band being just as tight and on time as they were through what started as a jam track is also terrific.
And on the same album this was released from , we have Autumn, one of the most beautiful ballads written, sung by Dan Hartman, the bass player. RIP Dan.
Edgar and Johhny Winter are both legends. Johnny was a Blues guitarist like no other. He and Edgar started out playing music together when they were toddlers. They had a plastic ukulele that they shared.Edgar grew tired of playing it and asked his parents for different instruments. He mastered all of them in short order. They played together for awhile as young adults, but Johnny decided he wanted to go strictly Blues guitar. He told Edgar there wouldn't be any saxophones playing in his band. So, Edgar went out on his own and began recording his own music. Janis Joplin and the Winter brothers all went to the same school together in Texas. There must be something in the water there.
Edgar Winter Group are legends for decades and Edgar is master on multiple instrubments was one of the industry my booked session musician, especially his sax work.
Edgar and his brother Johnny were albinos from Beaumont, TX. There and in Houston they couldn't go outside and play in the hot Texas sun so they stayed inside and learned to play all sorts of instruments. Their first big gig was playing with BB King when they were still just young kids. Frankenstein was written by accident just putting together bits and pieces of sounds they had been playing with. Over time it morphed into this. That's how it was named Frankenstein.
My friend went to school with Edgar and his brother back in Texas. You said they were really really talented musically and involved in all activities he sure the hell is talented
It's so cool to watch someone who I have no idea what their previous musical tastes are get turned onto the music I grew up with. I haven't seen anyone mention Chuck Ruff on drums, that was a heck of a performance! Rick Derringer on guitars, not only sang "Hang On Sloopy", he also wrote and sang "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" which I highly recommend, even if you don't do a reaction video, at least just check it out, a live version preferably. Hope you continue to explore music new to you. 😁🙏
Saw Edgar Winter live in Central Park Schaefer concerts in the early 70’s and when they played this they cut the lights and put neon green light on his hands… it was wild.. with Rick Derringer on guitar
I can’t believe I never watched this one until today. I’m so glad you watched a good live version or you may have had no idea what was happening. Back in the day I saw them do this live a couple of time. I laughed a little when you thought you recognized the song and said ‘maybe I’ll know when they start to sing.’ We’ll never know I guess! Great one, Harri.
I used to have a studio album with four different versions of this song. The Winter brother's were both amazing. Like others said Tobacco Road is a great one.
I saw Edgar Winter 3 times...one was with Johnny also. One had Rick Derringer as the warm up band, then he came back on & played the show with Edgar. Crazy good stuff there! "artists" today don't have the stamina for this stuff.
I was fortunate enough to see The Edgar Winter Group live in 1974(?) with Bad Co. as the opening act. It shortly was after Ronnie Montrose had left the band and Rick Derringer was playing guitar, as he is in this video. Bad Co. had just released their first album a few months earlier, but were all over the radio. It was a great show, almost too much for my teenage brain to comprehend. Thanks, Harri!
The reason this music seems so fresh and raw and full of energy, is because for the most part, no one plays instruments on stage anymore. When's the last time you saw any 'real artist,' playing music on a instrument, vs the common canned beats and electronic noise that's filling the airwaves today? The 'music industry,' no longer runs on real music and art. It runs on money and whomever can get it for them.
Edgar Winter is credited as the first musician to “wear” a strapped on keyboard and bring it to the front stage spotlight. A classic instrumental for sure!
He also somehow managed to have second, third and fourth instruments that he was equally good at. Tina Turner and her producer could have had anyone play the sax on 'The Best.' And they picked a guy who had the sax as his third instrument (if I remember the order right).
That's a synthesizer!
@@OddBall1958 - yes the analog variety available in ‘72.
@@OddBall1958 a "Key-tar".
@@OddBall1958 An ARP 2600, specifically
Rick Derringer on guitar and Dan Hartman on bass. Killer. 🎸
That rhythm section was just deadly.
Good Lord.
No way!!! Rick Derringer? Dang
I never knew that was Derringer!
Interesting Note: That's Derringer playing it live with the band in the video, but Ronnie Montrose played on the album version, with Derringer credited as producer. In other words, the band just got even more killer. Chuck Ruff on drums.
Rick Derringer's jeans so very 70's
Edgar and his brother Johnny are both albino.Johnny isn’t in this one but they have a lot of songs together. Check out Tobacco Road and MoJo Blues. ☮️💜
Being albinos and growing up in Texas, they couldn't play out in the sun so they stayed inside. Johnny mastered the guitar and Edgar mastered everything else!
I always found it to be a bit of Kismet that two boys were born albino to a family named "Winter"
Definitely check out tobacco Road, very soulful.
@@hectorsmommy1717 I'd definitely take it as a sign lol.
@@eddiesell8577 YES!! Tobacco Road shows more of Edgar’s talent. Plus Johnny is in that one.
I used to lie on the floor with my head between two stereo speakers and listen to this cranked up high😂. Check out “Tobacco Road” with his brother, Johnny. Amazing!🌺✌️
Oh, my gosh! I did that, too! May be why l have tinnitus today. 😕
I honestly don’t know why I don’t have any hearing loss (thank goodness)! I haven’t always treated my ears with caution!
You listened to this while you were high or the volume was high? Have you been hitting the bong again?
@@dbx1233 Yes and yes 😂. I was around 19 then. I’m 67 now and, miraculously, don’t have any significant hearing loss and have switched from bong hits to edibles (recently legalized in my state). 🌺✌️
Debbie you're a true rocker!
The whole band looked cool as hell, Mr.Frankenstein, Mr.Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo and Mr.I Can Dream About You and the top tier drummer were in their bag on this one....jaw dropping!
The guitar player is Rick Derringer who had a hit on his own with 'Rock and Roll Hootchie Coo' and 'Hang On Sloopy' with the McCoys.
Derringer was also the guitar player for Weird Al Yankovic's "Eat It", which is why that guitar solo is better than the one on Jackson's "Beat It".
I did not know that!
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... and the bass player looks like Dan Hartman... yeah, THAT Dan Hartman :)
Edgar had an equally talented brother (both of whom were albino) and you must listen to THEIR live version of TOBACCO ROAD.
Tobacco Road is the ultimate showpiece.
he had a much more highly talented brother. or at least one that didn't have an album cover that still gives me nightmares. (they only come out at night). album covers almost never frighten me, but boy, that one was a doozy.
'Free Ride' was their Second most recognizable Hit tune!!!
How about "Just hangin' around? "
I've been fortunate to have known both Winter Brothers for years.❤
This is my favorite performance to recommend to reactors, exactly because of the way you responded to it. This is an incredible live performance! Edgar Winter and his brother, Johnny, grew up as albino kids in Texas, and because they couldn't go out much (from a combination of skin and eye sensitivity to sunlight and the teasing of other kids), they stayed at home a lot and mastered many different instruments. Time well spent and proof (if anyone needs it) that everyone has a gift if they are lucky enough to discover and cultivate it. Thank goodness Edgar and Johnny both did, because they have given the world so much incredible music.
Frankenstein was a perfect 10 - there is nothing better....period.
Edgar and Johnny Winter had more musical talent than anyone has a right to expect
The Winter brothers had no friend in the Texas sun where they lived, so they practiced their instruments indoors. They had a friend in the late blues great, Muddy Waters, and are part of the Texas tradition of blues players like ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Janis Joplin, and many others. The brothers, left a great body of work.
Johnnie passed away a few years ago but Edgar is still with us.
This song was actually a hit on AM radio. (I guess if anything was on AM radio it was a hit) That’s how I heard it. A shortened version of course. Couldn’t take my eyes off them in this performance, which I’d never seen before. Thanks for reacting to it!
Free Ride was another of his AM radio hits.
At the time this came out, yes AM radio played the hits BUT the stations weren't locked into genre so they played some of everything. We grew up with pop, bubblegum, rock, country, folk, Motown, progressive, and everything in between. If people were buying the songs, we heard them on the radio. later (early to mid 70's) we also got Album Oriented Rock (AOR) stations that would play the full length versions of hits as well as entire albums.
Same as you, Bread Man. This was an amazing performance for me bc all these years I just figured this song was impossible to play live and they nailed it and then some. Although I've loved this and a few other of their songs for decades, I was totally ignorant of the band- or Edgar mostly. That was before Harri played it, and his followers educated me in this comment section. Hats off to all. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
So, so, so much talent on that stage.
From 1972............I had it on 8 track back in the day.
Yeah man, I had a lot of 8-tracks too. There are those of us who remember those days.
Now on to Tobacco Road with Edgar and his older brother Johnny, now that you’re jaw has dropped might as well blow your mind while you’re at it!
I just saw Edgar Winter this weekend as part of the Ringo Star Allstars tour. At the age of 76 he still rips this song. From 1973 to 2023 this is still a fun song to listen to. What is even more fun is all the reactions he gets from today RUclips reaction videos.
Thanks harri, I wish I could show this to the young people who tell me that the current music would "blow me away"
Man, such an incredible performance! They all gave it everything they had - and more.
Absolutely Amazing
Edgar Winter is one of the best multi talented rock n rollers to ever live.
Welcome to the world of Edgar Winter! Your look of joy was wonderful and contagious! Thank you!
Totally Badass....
I'm so glad you did this song. I requested it a while back. Edgar Winter is definitely unique and so very talented. The guitarist was Rick Derringer, who sang "Hang on, Sloopy" when with the group The McCoys. He joined the group after lead guitarist Ronnie Montrose left the band.
This song was on the "They Only Come Out at Night" album. Another great hit from that album was "Free Ride," which you should also react to. Another great song, but recorded earlier, is "Tobacco Road," also worth reacting to.
And if you love the blues, you should react to something by Johnny Winter, Edgar's brother. The musical talent definitely runs in the family.
Rick Derringer was the producer on the original recording, but did not play on it (AFAIK). But Rick was the touring guitarist when I saw them in '73 or '74.
My band got to open for these guys in 1993 in Charottesville, VA. They were fabulous!!!!
My kids and I were blessed enough to get to see Edgar Winter open for Alice Cooper in 2017 and let me tell you, Edgar still puts on a show like no other. His vocals are still very strong and when performing Frankenstein with his current band(which was super tight), he still played the keyboard, sax, and drums and was all over the place. It was an awesome show!
The bass player is Dan Hartman who went on to a solo career - Instant Replay, Relight My Fire, I Can Dream About You.
Just saw Edgar Winter in concert last night touring w/ Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather and many others. . .! He played Free Ride and Frankenstein and rocked it. . ! Fantastic night!
The total jam session!
You always hit it right on the head!!!... that the reason it’s called Frankenstein!!!!..... it’s a mid - mass of all, every thing and the kitchen sink!!! Just like the creation Frankenstein ... and it’s GREAT!!!!
Texas loves the Winter Brothers.😉
When I was very young, I recall this song making my jaw drop to the floor when hearing it on a big stereo of my older cousin... haha
Edgar winter composed this masterpiece and the drummer Chuck Ruff coined the name Frankenstein because of the way they had to cut and splice to make it all fit together. It’s always such a joy each and every time I watch this. Just incredible talent and they are just jamming and having a great time! RiP to Johnny Winter, like his brother could play multiple instruments and sing the blues like no one else I’ve ever heard. Much admiration and respect🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Edgar Winter Group, with Rick Derringer on guitar, was my first concert, in 1973, the same year this was recorded. Unforgettable.
Great reaction. I got to meet Edgar at a bar in Minneapolis. Talked to him outside during a break. What a cool dude what a great night one of my best all-time nights in a bar.
One of my favorite instrumentals ever. Very under appreciated musician.
Thank You Harri!!!!!!!!! It was terrific to watch your reaction!!! I knew you would appreciate this performance. It’s one of a kind! If you want to hear more of this you should watch Tobacco Road from 1970 with Edgar and his brother Johnny on keyboards. It’s really unreal!
hey thanks for putting this up. youre right this is the best version. so clean and tight. rick derringer on guitar and hartman on bass, dont know the drummer but these guys were the best of their day. i think this is mid 70's. edgar is just pure music flowing out, incredible. the drum duet rivals that of the grateful dead. shows you how spoiled we were back then.
Glad you came across Edger and his brother Johnny are insanely great!!!!✌👌👍😎
That was the BEST reaction,I've ever seen,you made my whole week,your the coolest!!! Pittsburgh,Pa Loves you
Enjoyed your reaction .. yes, it was a real treat to experience that performance.
Was a trip to see him and his brother together on stage under black lights ! look like ghosts when they would open their eyes . the pink eyes were eerie as hell ! almost every concert the other brother would show up .
There are a lot of musicians who can play multiple instruments, but they are usually known for one in particular. I myself play 7 different instruments. Prog rock requires only the best musicians and that's why I've been a massive fan of prog rock since I was 8 when I started playing the drums. I'm now 60 and still listen to Yes, Pink Floyd, Rush etc. No computers or auto tune, just raw talent. There was a black family living on my estate who has a son that had albinism and not wishing to sound wrong, but the poor guy looked very odd with white skin, African features and a bright ginger afro. A lovely family that went through some difficult times, as you can imagine back in the 60s. So pleased I stumbled upon your channel. You've just got yourself another subscriber. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
I saw Edgar Winter and Leon Russel in Benicia, CA, in the '90s! In a theater that sat 200 people. THEY DID FRANKENSTEIN AND STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND...
I've seen Edgar in concert. He was awesome, great show. He's one of my favorite artists.
I like how Winters let his drummer have the best part of the drumming send-off of the song at the end.
From a Texan to another Texan Band we lived down the street. They started as a garage band and they drove our parents nut. They gave me a love of music.
Harri, that's why they call it The Edgar Winter Group 😉😊 The reason for the name, actually comes from how the song was made. Edgar Winter had just bought 1 of the first "portable" ARP Synthesizers and was, in fact the 1st to ever strap one around his neck so he could more around while playing. He was a child prodigy, but, being so smart and able, he only took a couple lessons before getting bored with the instrument.
So, he decided instead, to devote an afternoon in the studio, with tapes-a-rollin', and just experiment on the device until he figured it out. They didn't have digital recording equipment back then so, the name of the song comes from the fact that they cut and cut and cut pieces of tape and spliced them all back together to make (i.e. compose) the song. Naturally, Frankenstein was the logical name for it. Fun Facts 😉😊 !!!
fantastic group in concert. The days of music not auto tune of today .
One of my favorite Edgar Winter song was We All Had A Real Good Time
I consider myself lucky to have seen both brothers and Rick Derringer as a group, duo and all with their own band.
...from the album "They Only Come Out at Night" ...a bonified party record for sure!
One of my all-time faves for sure 😃
Incredible! Incredible! Incredible! Amazing musicians, great Edgar, great! Saludos desde México dear friend :)
Rick Derringer on the Guitar - Dan Hartman on the bass - this is the first concert I ever went to when they toured for this album!
I was at one of their live concerts I think in the 80s. Man this song tore the place up. It is a MONSTER that comes to get you. I left the show tired.
When Edgar is playing the amp, etc that's when Frankenstein is coming to life...
LOL Harry, great reaction! My jaw dropped also, what a great performance!
GENIUS......."ITS ALIVE....ITS ALIVE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will forever be THE greatest OGWT performance of all time.
A nice little dance number.
The best BEST. I remember seeing him and his brother in VA when I was much younger.
Simplemente brutal Edgar y su banda desde México....
That drummer was amazing...I am now 73 and saw them in 1970..I know I was there but I can't remember this! LOL
Yes, that drummer is a BMF!
Edgar Winter named this song "Frankenstein because he was working on this for a while. He was piecing this and that together but he didn't ever quite finish it. They were making an album and they needed a song. They decided to use this instrumental but didn't have a name for it. Edgar decided since the song was made up of different parts he put together that "Frankenstein" was appropriate.
I got to see him play this and much else back when it was hot, standing next to the stage...same place I also saw the "Dark Side of the Moon" tour. A monster, indeed. Their song, "Dying to Live" is a pretty hymn, also well worth a listen. Not a monster. Happy Halloween!
I rarely like listening to hard driving Rock guitars...but "Frankenstein" is the exception.
Nice choice, Harri.
Hi Harri👋 The Brothers Winter are both incredibly and wickedly talented🎶💯. They are Albino brothers that grew up in Texas indoors out of the hot sun. They taught themselves everything. Johnny Winter played in Woodstock and had a solo career and he and SRV were friends. Johnny also had Tommy Shannon as his bass player before Tommy joined Double Trouble. You owe it to yourself to react to Tobacco Road by the brothers together. You will see Tommy Shannon in that video. You will never hear another voice like Edgar Winter in this song.
I remember seeing them live and being 420 friendly, in the front of the crowd. Afterwards stopped at the corner store for a pack of smokes. A stray pure white cat was begging, so i got him 2 cans of food and he jumped in my car. I got a great friend that night and named him Edward.
Monster hit! Classic instrument playing.
Best magician ever. Watch this video. He can do it all. Today they are entertaintainers, they are not musicians.
Absolutely Amazing Performance. I saw this at a Friend’s house on a Saturday Afternoon. Didn’t realize it’s Greatness until much later. Blown Away
Went to see him in 1973 at Von Braun civic center in Huntsville Alabama, UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!
Unbelievable how tight that playing was between the guitar player (Rick Derringer) and Edgar's keyboard and sax riffs were.
Brings back fond memories as I was 11 when this came out.
I will always say, even after seeing them live, the studio version cannot be beat.
A journalist once asked Jimi Hendrix what it was like being the greatest guitarist, he responded with; I don't know, you'll have to ask Johnny Winter. Both huge talent.
Winter was way better ! Hendrix was a flash in a pan .
That’s what’s up!
Laughing my ass off Jimi Hendrix was not a good guitarist he was a drug addict.
Edgar Winter is a master of the ARP2600 synth, and this video is an amazing showcase of that fact. The rest of his band being just as tight and on time as they were through what started as a jam track is also terrific.
And on the same album this was released from , we have Autumn, one of the most beautiful ballads written, sung by Dan Hartman, the bass player. RIP Dan.
Edgar and Johhny Winter are both legends. Johnny was a Blues guitarist like no other. He and Edgar started out playing music together when they were toddlers. They had a plastic ukulele that they shared.Edgar grew tired of playing it and asked his parents for different instruments. He mastered all of them in short order. They played together for awhile as young adults, but Johnny decided he wanted to go strictly Blues guitar. He told Edgar there wouldn't be any saxophones playing in his band. So, Edgar went out on his own and began recording his own music. Janis Joplin and the Winter brothers all went to the same school together in Texas. There must be something in the water there.
Edgar Winter Group are legends for decades and Edgar is master on multiple instrubments was one of the industry my booked session musician, especially his sax work.
Now imagine seeing that in concert. Saw that once.
Edgar and his brother Johnny were albinos from Beaumont, TX. There and in Houston they couldn't go outside and play in the hot Texas sun so they stayed inside and learned to play all sorts of instruments. Their first big gig was playing with BB King when they were still just young kids. Frankenstein was written by accident just putting together bits and pieces of sounds they had been playing with. Over time it morphed into this. That's how it was named Frankenstein.
My friend went to school with Edgar and his brother back in Texas. You said they were really really talented musically and involved in all activities he sure the hell is talented
It's so cool to watch someone who I have no idea what their previous musical tastes are get turned onto the music I grew up with. I haven't seen anyone mention Chuck Ruff on drums, that was a heck of a performance! Rick Derringer on guitars, not only sang "Hang On Sloopy", he also wrote and sang "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" which I highly recommend, even if you don't do a reaction video, at least just check it out, a live version preferably. Hope you continue to explore music new to you. 😁🙏
Saw Edgar Winter live in Central Park Schaefer concerts in the early 70’s and when they played this they cut the lights and put neon green light on his hands… it was wild.. with Rick Derringer on guitar
I can’t believe I never watched this one until today. I’m so glad you watched a good live version or you may have had no idea what was happening. Back in the day I saw them do this live a couple of time. I laughed a little when you thought you recognized the song and said ‘maybe I’ll know when they start to sing.’ We’ll never know I guess! Great one, Harri.
This version of Frankenstein is much better than the recoding that was played on the radio back in the 70's.
That was absolutely amazing!
I used to have a studio album with four different versions of this song. The Winter brother's were both amazing. Like others said Tobacco Road is a great one.
His technique on the keyboard would have may my piano teacher proud.
We saw them about 6 years ago, still killing it!!
I saw Edgar Winter 3 times...one was with Johnny also. One had Rick Derringer as the warm up band, then he came back on & played the show with Edgar. Crazy good stuff there! "artists" today don't have the stamina for this stuff.
Freakin' F A N T A S T I C!
I was fortunate enough to see The Edgar Winter Group live in 1974(?) with Bad Co. as the opening act. It shortly was after Ronnie Montrose had left the band and Rick Derringer was playing guitar, as he is in this video. Bad Co. had just released their first album a few months earlier, but were all over the radio. It was a great show, almost too much for my teenage brain to comprehend. Thanks, Harri!
The reason this music seems so fresh and raw and full of energy, is because for the most part, no one plays instruments on stage anymore.
When's the last time you saw any 'real artist,' playing music on a instrument, vs the common canned beats and electronic noise that's filling the airwaves today?
The 'music industry,' no longer runs on real music and art. It runs on money and whomever can get it for them.
Edgar, a genius!!
MASTERPIECE!!!
You did it again Harri, one of my favorites.
That was Incredible.!!