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Edgar Winter Biography

The rock and blues musician Edgar Holland Winter was born in 1946 in Beaumont, Texas. Edgar grew up studying various instruments and by the time he left his hometown in the sixties, he was already a very skilled musician who had gained a significant amount of exposure as a child prodigy.

Winter’s debut album, Entrance, was released in 1970 and was received to critical acclaim and commercial success. The album was followed by White Trash in the following year, which became Edgar Winter’s breakthrough album as a solo artist. In 1972, Edgar Winter formed the Edgar Winter Group, which burst onto the scene with They Only Come Out at Night. The album rose into the number three position on the mainstream charts and remained in the top five for a staggering eighty weeks.

Over the decades since, Edgar Winter has given audiences more than a dozen additional albums, including the hits Shock Treatment (1974) and Jasmine Nightdreams (1975.) The albums have spawned the top forty hits “Frankenstein,” “Free Ride,” and “River’s Risin.” Winter’s music has found its way into pop culture, appearing in such films as: Air America, Dazed and Confused, My Cousin Vinny, What’s Love Got to do With It, Wag the Dog, and Duets.

Most recently, Edgar Winter played with Ringo Starr as part of his All-Starr Band between 2006 and 2011. Edgar Winter continues to perform and record, and live DVD recordings of his performances in the last decade continue to delight fans around the globe.