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Roadwork (album)
''Roadwork'' is a live album by vocalist/keyboardist/saxophonist Edgar Winter and his band Edgar Winter's White Trash, White Trash, a powerful revue famous for their fusion of funk, gospel, R&B, and rock 'n' roll. It was released as a Double album, double Gramophone record, LP in 1972. ''Roadwork'' was the second of only three albums the band recorded together. Highlights include Winter's vocals and virtuoso keyboard work, plus the guitar stylings of Rick Derringer. The longest track on the album was the band's own version of the John D. Loudermilk song, "Tobacco Road (song), Tobacco Road", which lasted over 17 minutes, taking up an entire side of the album. Derringer contributed lead vocals to "Still Alive and Well" and "Back in the USA", and Johnny Winter made a special appearance singing lead and playing guitar on "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo". Louisiana native Jerry LaCroix, who shared lead vocals with Winter in White Trash, is also prominently featured. The album was recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Winter's White Trash
Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing keyboards, guitar, saxophone, and percussion, as well as singing. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs "Frankenstein (instrumental), Frankenstein" and "Free Ride (song), Free Ride". He is the brother of late blues singer and guitarist Johnny Winter. Early life Winter was born to John Winter II and Edwina Winter on December 28, 1946, in Beaumont, Texas. Both he and his older brother Johnny Winter, Johnny were born with albinism in humans, albinism. By the time he left the family home, Winter had already mastered numerous instruments and reading and writing music. Career Winter composed and performed songs of numerous genres, including rock, jazz, blues, and pop. His critically acclaimed 1970 debut release, ''Entrance (album), Entrance'', was first to demonstrate his unique style of non-sequitir, genre-blending music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Jo Hobbs
Randy Jo Hobbs (March 22, 1948 – August 5, 1993) was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976. Career He played bass with Jimi Hendrix on some 1968 live sessions which were later released unofficially as ''Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead'' (1980) and ''New York Sessions'' (1998), and officially as '' Bleeding Heart'' (1994). He joined up with a later version of Montrose, appearing on the '' Jump on It'' album, released in 1976. That same year, he also played bass on Rick Derringer's album with Dick Glass, ''Glass Derringer''. Death Randy Jo Hobbs was found dead of heart failure, aged 45, in a hotel room in Dayton, Ohio, in 1993 and is buried in his hometown of Union City, Indiana Union City is a city in Wayne Township, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. , the city had a population of 3,584. Union City was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Smith (saxophonist)
Jon Robert Smith (born 1945 Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles (French: ''Lac Charles'') is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu ...) is an American tenor saxophonist, prolific as a rock and roll, R&B, delta blues, jazz, and Fusion (music), fusion studio and live performance musician. Selected discography As leader * Jon Smith, ''Jon R. Smith'' (CD, arrangements by Lawrence Sieberth; produced by Lawrence Sieberth and Jon Smith), 2007, Grand Pointe Records As sideman * Edgar Winter, ''Edgar Winter's White Trash (album), White Trash'', (LP, horn Arrangements: Jon Smith/Edgar Winter), 1970, Epic Records * Richard Landry, ''Solos — Live at the Leo Castelli Gallery,'' New York, February 19, 1972, Chatham Square; * Edgar Winter, ''Roadwork (album), Roadwork'' (LP, horn Arrangements: Jon Smith/Edgar Winter), 1972, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
