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Edgar Winter Biography

Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is 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".

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The mountain is high, the valley is low, and you're confused on which way to go. So I've come here to give you a hand, and lead you into the promised land. So, come on and take a free ride, come on and sit here by my side, come on and take a free ride!

Come, Confused, Hands, High, Lead, Travel

So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.

Definitely, Heart, Man, Men, Yeah

I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, and certainly 'Frankenstein' had a very dramatic power rock image. It was almost a precursor of heavy metal and fusion. But I also love jazz and classical and if there's one common thread that runs through all my music, it is blues.

Classical, Jazz, Love, Rocks, Running, Thought

We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs.

Brother, Everly, Played, Song, Ukuleles, Years

I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it.

Doing Me, Imagine, Love, Monday, Work, Worthwhile

I love music more just in and of itself. I love harmony and rhythm.

Harmony, I Love Music, Love, Music, Music Love, Rhythm

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.

Revivals, Rock And Roll, Rocks, Think, Thinking, Used

I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.

Old, Playing, Ukulele, Years

This year's Hippiefest tour is truly a 'Classic Rock 'n Blues Tour' - a landmark, historic, musical celebration of which my band and I are proud to be a part. It's going to be a Guitar Guru Gala of Gargantuan proportions. For me personally, it will simply be the Greatest! So, see you at one of the dates on the tour. Believe me, this is not one you want to miss. All I can say is Get Ready To Rock'n'Roll!!!

Believe, Blues, Guitar, Landmark, Rocks

But when I played Woodstock, I'll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I'll never forget.

Forget, People, Sea, Unique, Woodstock

There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.

Album, Different, Girl, Rivers, Song, Things

Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.

Bring, Music, People, Spiritual, Together

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

Blues, Blues Music, Contributions, Great American, Jazz, Music

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.

Blue, Jazz, King, Kings, People

The most profound, tangible influence in my life has been my wife, Monique. I don't know that I would even be alive were it not for her, and I certainly would not be the person that I am today.

Alive, Know, Profound, Tangible, Today, Wife

I've always had a great love of music since childhood. It changes every day. . every time you write, it's a new experience. It's a self expression.

Childhood, Expression, New Experiences, Self, Time, Writing

When you record for a label, they own that material in perpetuity, meaning that they can release, chose not to release , or repackage it any way they so choose. . . with or without the permission of the artist.

Artist, Chose, Labels, Permission, Record, Records