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
My favorite songs are those that are most deeply personal and emotional for me, and they include the love songs that I've written for Monique.
I've not met Elvis or Jim Morrison, but Jimi Hendrix, Johnny and I used to jam at a club in New York called The Scene where the house band was the Young Rascals, so I did get to meet Jimi.
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.
When I did it with Johnny, it was almost a telepathic kind of communication.
I'm really indebted to Johnny. He was my first musical hero. Were it not for him, things would have happened quite differently. I can envision myself as maybe a starving jazz musician. I never had any inclination towards fame or stardom. I just love music. Johnny was more ambitious and outgoing. I was the weird and quiet guy who played all the instruments.
I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled.
I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.