> Now there's someone who I don't ever see mentioned on this list  - Edgar
> Winter.  I have one album of his - "They Only Come Out At Night".  In
> addition to the "Frankenstein" instrumental, there are some good pop/rock
> tunes on the lp, such as "Free Ride", "Round and Round", "Autumn", "Hangin
> Around, along with some forgettable boogie rock.  Does he have any other
> albums that throw pop in the mix?
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Probably not ~quite~ pop....but...

I've been carrying around his LP,  "Entrance",  for the last 30+ years, from
one change of residence to the other.  It was one of the first LPs I ever
heard under a set of headphones ...courtesy of a friend's older brother.  I
was totally blown away by it, complete with the tingles and neck hairs on
end.  I still pretty much have the same reaction, even though I have never
been able to convince others about him.    I'd never before heard anything
like it.  Changed me forever.

I didn't know how to categorize the LP then, with its contemporaries (I
think "Tommy" came out about the same time.)  And I was all-about the
Beatles in the late 60's, a tunnel-visioned 17 year old.  "Entrance" got me
into exploring music.

Side one, my preference, is a thematic work, of about 5 long tracks.  A
soundscape of jazzy-prog-rock, recurring melodies and emotional vocals with
hazy, esoteric, mystical lyrics. Poetic. Sexual. Charged. Blue-eyed soul.
Terrific songwriting, production, instrumentation. (I think he did all the
stuff by himself.)

Side 2 with back-up musicians is more as people recognize the Winter
brothers...southern blues-tinged, boogie gospel rock with a bit of glam.  A
crazy mad version of  "Tobacco Road", a shorter take than the 17 minute
version on _Collections_ from '86,  is a memorable track.

The  New Orleans-ish "Easy Street"  from the aforementioned _Collections_
is one of my favorite all-time tracks ever.

The "Best of Edgar Winter" from 2002 I see listed on allmusic.com , has two
tracks off the rarity "Entrance".   A shame that the tracks have to be taken
out of context, but better than nobody ever hearing this side of Edgar.

susan