I sat across from Edgar in a downtown diner the day of his show, It was winter & he had a big fur coat on. I could hardly eat. I did tell him I was looking forward to his show.

Rick Derringer on guitar in this. Gotta see his brother, blues guitar legend Johnny Winter (RIP).

As soon as I saw the song you were reacting to, I said to myself, OMG! His HEAD is GOING to EXPLODE. I couldn’t push play fast enough!

FYI This song was created because the band had alot of tape splices(old skoll) of different riffs and partial songs they spliced them together and Frankenstein was Created.. TRUE STORY!!

Edgar the Mad Scientist Winter........should be against the law for one man to have that much talent!

Not only is he playing every instrument possible, but he is doing it in 3 inch high platform shoes! Oh god, I truly LOVED the glam rock period!

And with Rick Derringer on lead guitar. You might check out his music as well ... maybe "Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo".

I have heard this song a hundreds of times but I have never seen this video. I have seen him do this song live in the 90s. But it was only a fraction of everything he did here. This was mind blowing. I went into this reaction expecting to hear the studio version. Then this came on. Wow! And I enjoyed your comments and they were spot on!

You really need to check out the video of him and his brother Johny doing tobacco road live! It's every bit amazing as this!

Absolutely, Chod - Edgar deserves his props as a great musician. That is one of the best instrumentals ever written. Check out the studio version maybe on your own for incredible production but this was very cool. I’ve never seen it before. Suggestions for him are: “Free Ride“, if you want a nice ballad, “someone take my heart away“. A really short but really hard rocker is called “queen of my dreams“. That guitarist, Rick Derringer, has a few great songs of his own, the classic, “Rock ‘n’ roll Hoochie Koo“, and going back to the ‘60s his band The McCoys did a really good pop song called “Hang on Sloopy“ which you may have heard.

The title was perfect. It was stitched together from a bunch of bits of jams, then was formed into one song that kept that Frankenstein theme going. The big heavy footsteps, the disparate parts eventually meeting and aligning to be sewn together when they would start playing the same cords or melody, and then off again to separate parts, and slowly it all comes together to the point where they add the electricity (all of that stuff using the amp), and the monster lives! If you really think about how Frankenstein the creature was created, this song sounds like that. And this was the first time anyone belted a keyboard to themselves, and he's so good on his third instrument that he was the sax soloist for Tina Turner's hit. The whole band are geniuses, and Edgar's creativity and willingness to invent is a joy to behold. Thanks for covering this.

Dueling drum solos are very rare, this is the best one ever!💯🤗❤✌

Good Lord man! Steppenwolf and Edgar all in one day? LMAO...You're gonna need a nap.

I met Edgar and Johnny Winter when they were still in high school in Beaumont, TX. I was all of 5 years old. Spending the weekend with my grandparents, my uncle also in high school, brought them home to grab his guitar so they could all go jam somewhere. it was dark in the house as me and my younger brother were watching tv with our grandmother. When we saw the brothers - we got scared and jumped behind the sofa. After they stopped laughing at us, my grandmother made us come out and meet them. 3 or 4 months later we go to sit in my grandparents' garage and what them jam for an entire Saturday. I have see both several times in the late 70's and 80's and 90's - I never saw them together. The Edgar Winter Group 1975 in Houston and Edgar Winter and White Trash 1971 in Houston - Johnny Winter in Houston in '73, '76, and 2013 in Beaumont, TX

I was blown away when I heard this the first time, age 12. 'Never gets old.

The sound box is called a synthesizer. Edgar Winter and his brother, Johnny are albino twins born with amazing talent. They can play almost every musical instrument under the sun! They are one of the greatest rock bands ever. 🎶💫💥💕🥰🥰🥰

Unreal...4 music lovers at the pinnacle of performance....Seen them all many times live...

I was ten years old when I first heard this song back in '73. It was my introduction to rock & roll. Until then, my musical world consisted of Neil Diamond, Seals & Crofts and Johnny Nash(I still like those artists, BTW), but none of those compared to this, for me. As soon as I scraped up and saved enough money, I went out and bought They Only Come Out At Night, the album Frankenstein was on. 1st album I ever bought.🤘🎹🎷🎸🥁

I believe those are timbales Edgar is playing.

The Winters Bros: Albino Soul.

My favorite song when I was 12 years old. They always played it at the roller rink for "fast skate". They turned on the black lights and hit the strobes for the finale. Good times. I feel a 100 years old

Originally this was about a 27 minute long song that they did in the middle of their concerts. It had a different title, but when they were recording their album, They Only Come Out At Night, they needed another track to finish and so they laid down a full length version of this song. They were told that there was no way it would fit, so Rick Derringer (producer and lead guitar on the far right) and Edgar sat down at the tape machine (2" magnetic tape) and physically chopped out a bunch of it and taped it together. It was still about 18 minutes, which still would not work. After a couple more chop sessions they finally had it down to about a 7 1/2 minute version that ended up on the album. One of the gets there in the studio said, "You really Frankensteined that tape", and the new version of the song got its new name. BTW, in high school band class if someone had trouble getting their part figured out, the band teacher would have Edgar go over and help them to figure it out. He literally can play all brass, reed, string, and percussion instruments.

At one time Johnny and Edgar Winters were listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the only two albino sons ever born to one mother. And both of them are EXCELLENT artists!

Next song should be "Free Ride."

Edgar,,,,The Ivory Genie.

Rest rest in peace Chuck Ruff the drummer. I always liked the way he accented and played. And look what he did on a very small trap set. Snare drum so crisp. If you really want to hear Edgar Winter at his best in my humble opinion, start with start with Edgar Winter's White Trash the first album in 1971 and the second in 1975 or 6 I think. Song writing ability on par with the Beatles only with a Southeast Texas gospel blues flare. The first White Trash album is my favorite Rock album of any of all time. The second one is 1a). If you listen to those two albums all the way through several times you won't believe how good they are. Take me to church Edgar In edit: there is another White Trash album I think in 1973 that was live called "Road work." It was recorded live at the Apollo theater in Harlem. It too is a must listen. All three of these albums predate the Edgar Winter group.

This is a great example of where you would miss out tremendously if you couldn't see the performers. This is a much a visual experience as it is a sound experience. They are all having as much fun as it is legal to have on a stage, and it's equally fun watching without doing any of the work.

There’s enough funk and groove in this song to make 3 albums... loved this song when I was a kid, still holds up now..!

I knew this was gonna rock your world. Thumbs up, dude. This was a hit when I was 10 years old. Back then, we'd rock it on the jukebox at the local diner... drive old people crazy.

U gotta hear the studio version. The one that hit the charts in the 70s. Can't top this one, just has that studio sound.

That sound box that Edgar was playing is an Arp synthesizer.

For those who know, you know. Edgar and his brother are a couple of THE most under-rated musicians of all time!

You saw the best of both brothers... Equally talented soul twins, in heart and soul.

One of the best live performances you'll ever see, bar none. The standing joke: 'Edgar, which instrument are you gonna play tonight?' Edgar: 'Yes.'

Those are " Timbales " and are an integral part of any Latin/Salsa Band. Tito Puente play them all his life.

It's what you call a master class!

So glad you got back into 'the Winters'. I was introduced to them on your channel. Been loving them

This truly was a Supergroup - Rick Derringer on guitar: formerly of the McCoys (Hang on Sloopy) and soon to have a solo hit with Rock'N Roll Hoochie Coo, Dan Hartman on bass: soon to have a club hit with Instant Replay and later a hit with I Can Dream About You.

Back in the day my dad had a roller rink with a huge sound system. It had a sub in the center of the floor that towered into the ceiling. When this came out they literally broke the roof of the building with this song🤯

Excellent job, my man! I love your reactions! You love great music, and most importantly, you really know your music. Awesome job my friend. You now have another loyal subscriber. Than you!

Enjoy your reactions and enthusiasm towards mostly "70s" songs. This is enjoyable for me because the "70s" was my 12 -22 yrs. This particular song is an exception because the improvisations are fun to watch. But it seems that many reaction hosts are always trying to find a live performance for the song there going to react to and almost every live performance like this one(although seeing his talent is awesome and this is an exception) is nothing we listened to on the radio or from an album or 8 -Track. Many of these live performance tapes are from a concert. They would be a concert experience where bands or solo artists would improvise for paying fans. Plus live performances seldom duplicate how we listen to a song a hundred times before we saw a band or solo artist in concert. They were two different experiences. Sure there were solo artist who sounded very much like their released recording but the bands didn't(they sounded fantastic but different). The only band I saw that sound very much like their records were the "Eagles". So when you react to these live performances your and your colleagues are reacting to concert or musical shows of songs we already heard many times but not live. Our first reactions were when a DJ on the radio would say "here's a brand new song by"......and we reacted to how record companies wanted us to her it because that was how they wanted it promoted. That was the avenue for us to hear new music. Sometimes a friend would be aware of an album before and share the music for a first listen. And then when Disco came(most fun in my life) sometimes club DJ.'s would have a new song and we would hear it for first time in the club but it would be all the same sound of the released record. I know it's your world and your colleagues created their own domain. I'm certainly not trying to be so arrogant and narcissistic that I'm trying to point out any errors. It's impossible to be wrong in your world. Everything you do I hope you do they way you enjoy your reactions and please don't believe I'm trying to tell what to do. I know I will keep watching your reactions. I just wanted you to try feel what the atmosphere was like when we reacted to a new song introduced to us. Rarely was our first reaction a live performance. There's a song, you in particular might be interested in reacting to called "Wipeout" by "The Ventures". I think listening to audio first before live performance, for you especially as opposed to your colleagues, would help your focus on the music and not be distracted by musicians. ✌

Rick Derringer, the guitarist here, had quite a career. He had a hit on his own with "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" a song worth reacting to.

Life isn’t fair, Edgar Winter has all this musical talent and I don’t have any!!!

Ten Years After , Slow Blues In C , from the RECORDED LIVE album !!!!!

Amazing song and great band!!! You definitely watched the right mind blowing video!!!

That keyboard is AN ORGANIC ENTITY WITH WHICH HE INTERACTS WITH WONDROUS OUTCOME........

There’s lots of great Johnny Winter blues guitar vids, too. Just incredible!

thats the 70s man, musicians just had pure raw talent!

I never get tired watching the brilliance of this performance!

Jimi Hendrix was being interviewed and asked "what's it like being the best guitar artist in the World" ? His reply was "I don't know asked Edgar Winter". Edgar got talent.

Real talent - unbelievable.

I was 12 when that song hit the radio the request line was in over drive in those days for that song

The first time I saw this, I was blown away. Years later, I still am. This is just breathtaking. I don't know what that synth was, but it probably cost more than my current truck.

You're pushing 10K Chod.......fantastic!

Pure genius, pure talent, pure music. Hard to find nowadays

First time ever seeing this video. Thank you. Saw them live twice. Concerts were a bit different then to say the least. Great memories.

Edgar was playing the Timbales...and afro-cuban instrument. What you called "Sound effects box" was a Moog synthesizer. Before sampling and digital technology, analog synths needed a large "brain" . That was the box. It contains two oscillators that had to warm up to operating temperature for 30 minutes before it would play in tune. He was manipulating sawtooth, sine and square waves on the synthr the keyboard controller was plugged into.

Amazing performance!

Feeling the MONSTER come alive

...plus, he SINGS!

This song takes me right back to high school. Best music.

That's Rick Derringer on guitar.🤗 He is best known for his solo song "Rock 'n Roll Hootchie Koo"🔥and "Sloopy" when he was with The McCoys. Johnny Winter did a great cover of "....Hootchie Koo" you would like, I'm sure.😁❤✌

I love Edgar Winter. This is the best instrumental song ever. It was a number 1 hit in the 70s. I believe this performance was on a TV show. This song was all over the radio back then, and is still played on classic rock radio.

I know this song. For years I heard songs on the radio and now I'm seeing how the people looked like. Yes. I saw some on TV and album covers, but it wasn't until the 80's when music videos became a thing and I could see how these musicians looked like.

Oh SHIT...as soon as I saw that you were doin the live version...this live version, I had to stop and grab my phone in case I had to dial 911 for ya lol. Derringer and Winter? Cmon...and, the dude was still "experimenting" with the synth at this point still.

Well im stoked this was the first concert i ever went to. They opened for Alice cooper 1973 El paso tx.

If you haven't hear this at Halloween time, you haven't paid attention. Radio stations play scary music and this is always included. Edgar was the first to put a synthesizer on a portable keyboard.

I remember this song on every juke box in the 70's...lol

The great Rick Derringer. Man! This performance, Epic. You should check out Edgar’s brother Johnny. He was considered one of the great blues guitarist. Two brothers with limitless talent.

Check out the live version of Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter singing "Tobacco Road". Albino soul.

A supremely talented musician and showman.

Used to listen to this on the way to/from high school getting high, LOL Those were the days!

Oh yeah.......Rick Derringer slaying that guitar man, wowo

My Gosh, Chad Hope you weren't expecting a 2 minute 30 second song. 1973 it melted the air ways. "THE EDGAR WINTER GROUP" , "FRANKENSTEIN" MARY SHELLEY WROTE THE NOVEL , ABOUT MAKING A HUMAN MONSTER OUT OF BODY PARTS BY DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN. EDGAR WINTER PUT THAT TO MUSIC...HIS OTHER HIT WAS "FREE RIDE"

The "sound effects box" is an ARP 2600 synthesizer. The keyboard that he wears around his neck is connected to the ARP 2600. He was the first artist to start using it, followed by Stevie Wonder who had all the labels on it printed in Braille. Sound designer Ben Burtt used an ARP 2600, combined with his own voice, to create the voice of R2-D2 in the Star Wars films. Burtt also used the 2600 to create the sound effects of the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I saw him in a gym at a small town university in the early 70's. He was and is fantastic!

When I saw you reacted to this , my first thought: “this is gonna blow his mind!”

Edgar's brother "Johnny Winter" is probably more famous than Edgar. Both are "Albino's, "extremely fair skinned, with platinum white hair. These two Texas born brothers are incredible musicians as you can see Edgar in this video. To see both Edgar and Johnny together in an unbelievable performance of the Blues classic "Tabaco Road." It's easy to find. Johnny Winter is right up there with the great Jimi Hendrix. In fact the two jammed together in the late 60s right before Jimi's untimely death. Both were Mega stars.

Ronnie Montrose played the guitar on the "Single" release of Frankenstein, that played on the radio.

Since Winter is coming and I wish us all well. Johnny Winter does a Rick Derringer tune called "Still Alive and Well." He does it very well indeed. Check it out for a rockin time.

This band is hardly known such a great talent

Actually that's also the reason why the song is called Frankenstein. In recording the studio version of this, he wrote and performed most(if not all, I forget which) of the parts himself And no, there is no number to able to rate this correctly This is God tier

That blonde guy on drums is wicked badass 💕 the 🤡📯😂

"Edgar Winter and Group" were close to releasing an album but they needed another song. Edgar had been working on a song for awhile, playing with different ideas, mixing and remixing sounds. He didn't have a name for this song so he referred to it as "Frankenstein" when talking about it because of the different parts combined to create the instrumental like "Frankenstein's Monster" was put together with different parts. It was decided that they could use this song to complete their album. Edgar worked on it some more and finished it so it could be on the album. But they didn't have a name for this song. It was decided to call it "Frankenstein" just how Edgar referred to it. "Frankenstein" became a hit. This was unexpected and not intentional.

I watched a new band premier opening for Edgar, in 1974, and initially it was tough to wrap your mind around anyone playing better than the opening band. It didn’t take long and things were back to normal...considering. Bad Company went on to headline shows real soon.

One of the advantages of being over 60 is that I got to see this mayhem live in the 20th century, twice. Edgar Winter, and his brother Johnny, were amazing musicians and proved it every day they were on the road.

No words needed just incredible!👍🏻☮️❤️🎹🎸🎼

First album I ever bought...still have it.

There are so many versions of this song and Edgar ad-libbed on every one of them you can tell the song is the same song but it sounds different but the same at the same time it's just insane! Find different versions of it and listen to them it will blow your mind

I love the song because my parents listened to it when I was a kid but I've never seen the video..............it looks like it could be a Saturday Night Live skit!!!!

The bike horn. LMAO !

Your playlist and reactions are fantastic. Keep up the great work...

The 70s ruled. Back when NBC and ABC networks had rock shows on Fridays and Saturdays.

Seeing as you like Edgar so much, check out another super group based around the keyboards: Emerson, Lake & Palmer. This is a live performance of one of their classics "Knife Edge" performed on Germany's TV music show Beat-Club. Outstanding and you will see Keith Emerson go ballistic on his keyboard - when performance was art. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jpxhptqk2qmypas.html

all are great, but I always watch the drummer. He is phenomenal. His fills are right on the mark and he holds to bottom of the beat for the whole group. Meanwhile the bass is laying down the foundation and Rick on Guitar holds the melody while Edgar gets to play in the sandbox. They are all having such fun and you can see it.

Edgar is a multi instrumentalists

Love your reactions

🎼Masterpiece 🎼

The best ever!

Was lucky enough to see them in concert a loooooong time ago.