Edgar Winter's White Trash is the second studio album by Edgar Winter, and his first with his group White Trash. The album reached #111 on the Billboard charts, and produced the single "Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll", which went to #70 on Billboard's Top 100. The album was prepped for quadraphonic sound, but was left unreleased in this format. The album was produced by Rick Derringer. In Canada, the album reached #82.[3] The track "Dying to Live" is sampled in 2Pac's posthumous release Runnin' (Dying to Live).
| Edgar Winter's White Trash | ||||
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| Studio album by Edgar Winter's White Trash | ||||
| Released | 1971 | |||
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| Length | 43:28 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Rick Derringer | |||
| Edgar Winter's White Trash chronology | ||||
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Guitar is played principally by Derringer, but Winter's older brother Johnny also plays on the track "I've Got News for You".
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| Circus | [5] |
Reception
editReviewing the album for AllMusic, by Michael B. Smith said:
Perhaps one of his best-loved albums, Edgar Winter's White Trash combined funk, blues, R&B, and rock & roll to create one of the freshest sounds of the early '70s. Touching on gospel with "Fly Away" and "Save the Planet," Winter and his band cover all the bases, climbing into the lower end of the Top 40 with "Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll." Winter's hauntingly beautiful "Dying to Live," featuring some of his best piano work, serves as a valid anti-war statement, written at the height of the Vietnam era, and the remainder of the record is filled with genuine rock & roll/boogie-woogie/blues that will keep your head bobbing and your toes tapping.[6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Give It Everything You Got" | Jerry Lacroix, Edgar Winter | 4:33 |
| 2. | "Fly Away" | Lacroix, E. Winter | 3:02 |
| 3. | "Where Would I Be" | Lacroix, E. Winter | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Let's Get It On" | Lacroix, E. Winter | 5:05 |
| 5. | "I've Got News for You" (guitar: Johnny Winter) | Roy Alfred | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Save the Planet" | Lacroix, E. Winter | 5:41 |
| 7. | "Dying to Live" | E. Winter | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll" (guitar: Rick Derringer) | E. Winter | 3:46 |
| 9. | "You Were My Light" | E. Winter | 5:02 |
| 10. | "Good Morning Music" (guitar solo: Rick Derringer) | Lacroix, E. Winter | 4:20 |
Personnel
editMusicians
edit- Edgar Winter – organ, piano, celeste, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
- Rick Derringer – guitar, vocals, producer
- Johnny Winter – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Floyd Radford – guitar
- George Sheck – bass guitar
- Jerry LaCroix – harmonica, saxophone, vocals
- Jon Smith – tenor saxophone, vocals
- Tilly Lawrence - lead trumpet, vocals
- Mike McClellan – trumpet, vocals
- Bobby Ramirez – drums
- Steven Paul – organic director
- Ray Barretto – conductor, congas
- Alfred Brown – strings
- Arnold Eidus – strings
- George Ricci – strings
- Gene Orloff – strings
- Emanuel Green – strings
- Max Pollikoff – strings
- Russell Savkas – strings
- Eileen Gilbert – conductor, vocals
- Carl Hull – vocals
- Albertine Robinson – vocals
- Tasha Thomas – vocals
- Janice Bell – vocals
- Maretha Stewart – vocals
- Patti Smith – poetry
Technical
edit- Lou Waxman – engineer
- Peter Weiss – engineer
- Richard Mantel – design
- Alen MacWeeney – photography
- Robert Honablue – mastering
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Smith, Michael B.. Edgar Winter's White Trash at AllMusic
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - July 4, 1971" (PDF).
- ^ Rolling Stone review, Jon Landau, 5/71[dead link]
- ^ Circus review, Goldberg, 5/71
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/edgar-winters-white-trash-mw0000206356
External links
edit- Edgar Winter's White Trash at Discogs (list of releases)
- Music video "Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll" on YouTube (guitar: Rick Derringer)