Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter
Edgar Holland Winteris an American rock and blues musician. He is known for being a multi-instrumentalist — keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist and percussionist — as well as a singer. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band, The Edgar Winter Group, and their popular songs "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth28 December 1946
CityBeaumont, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.
I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that with more of a tendency toward jazz.
So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is energetic, it pales in comparison to a Pentecostal tent revival.
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.
Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it.
When I did it with Johnny, it was almost a telepathic kind of communication.