Totally agree. An amazing drummer. The music industry is a cruel and ridiculous system where gimmicks are more important than talent. There's millions of highly talented musicians out there who don't get the chance to make a living from their gift. Sad situation.
I was 21 in 1973 and I can tell you WE GOT IT. It was the creation of Frankenstein - rock version. This was called Progressive Rock. This was the time of rock operas, concept albums, etc. Way beyond the junk that's been around so far in the 21st century.
Edgar and his brother Johnny have another jaw-dropping performance doing Tobacco Road, also live. Johnny plays blues guitar, and Edgar sings and scats his butt off and plays a real piano. Classic!!!
For those who don't know, that's a young Rick Derringer on guitar. There's another version out there with a young Ronnie Montrose as well - it's the one with all the psychedelic effects added to the video. Edgar introduced us to a LOT of talent!
@@ausfuhrpramienjagar I was going to say... Having been a teenager in the early/mid 80s, I find it hard to believe that the guy on bass in this vid is the same guy who did "I Can Dream About You" in '84. I even liked his hit "Instant Replay" in January of '79. Even those 2 songs are completely different from each other - and definitely unlike what you see him playing here.
@@LordHasenpfeffer .. Yeah, I never knew he even played the bass.. In his Dream About You vid back in the MTV days he wasn't playing an instrument.. LOL
However, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [years before Stevie Nicks joined] had a #1 instrumental in Britain called ALBATROSS in the late 60s. Beautiful song, too!
At least you can see what I grew up with. Edgar and his brother Johnny were in high school with me. I played bass but wasn’t on their level. They were albino with no pigment and blind. We would jam on the weekends and enjoy music. Some times with Janis Joplin who lived about 20 miles away. This was #1 on the rock chart in the USA for a week.
I'm glad you enjoyed this group Red. Yes, it did get quite a bit of radio play actually! Now you need to listen to he and his brother together doing Tobacco Road. In this song you also get to hear his vocals as well as instrument playing. Tobacco Road is an old blues song that gets a facelift. 😁There is a video of them doing the song in what seems to be a very small venue... almost like a small bar.
I remember back in the 70's my buddy picking me up before we went to high school and every morning this was the first song we played in the car to wake us up and get us going!
@@Kapir00to He meant Edgar was the first to put a strap on a keyboard and play it like a guitar. The reason he did that was so he would be free to move around and not have to stand in one spot.
I turned 23 in 1973 and this was one of the best songs to listen to in a "slightly altered" state. Not endorsing you listen to it that way yourself, of course!
I'm a retired drummer and always LOVE seeing a drummer in a top,tier power group on a little 4-piece kit with a few cymbals just killing it & holding it up! ❤
I got it. I was 10 years old when this came out, but I _STILL_ got it. So much so, I went out and bought the album (first one I ever bought) when I saved up enough allowances. For that reason, this song has always been my favorite. I'm 60 now and _STILL_ love it.
Rock-and-Roll Hoochie Coo by the guitarist here, Rick Derringer, has gotta be next! I saw Rick in a small club in Indy in the late 80’s and he was absolutely brilliant!! And more BAND-MAID, and RUSH, of course. 🤷🏻♂️ Take care and rock on 🤘🏼🔥🎸🥁🎤🎹🎶👏🏼😎✌🏼
The Old Grey Whistle Test was a British TV music show that was on late at night and only had proper musicians on playing live. As I started playing drums at age 8 and loved prog rock while all the other kids were listening to all the pop stuff my mum would let me stay up late to watch it. I'm completely self taught and play 7 different instruments so it always gets me when people are surprised that people can play more than one instrument. The thing he was playing and the "monitor" are both synths. The one thing I loved about the old analogue synths was that you could get just about any sound you wanted out of them. I wish I still had my old Roland SH09. ✌️❤️🇬🇧
@@splitimage137.I know it well. My brother and I used to play it whenever we were jamming. I recorded my own electronic version of it just for a laugh but called it "Albert Ross". 😂
Edgar, famous for keyboards, synthesizer, sax and percussion, also has a blues-legend brother Johnny who plays guitar. This band also features Rick Derringer on lead guitar. Rick was a big-time rocker in his own right, had the big hit "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo"
Remember watching this when it first aired on UK T.V. on the Old Grey Whistle Test ( the only place in the 70s where you could hear and watch anything other than mainstream pop ! ) . The programme focused very much on just the music and the artists with no frills or gimmicks and was a real eye opener and introduction to music from all over the world that you didn't have access to anywhere else on TV or radio a the time
Ya picked a good one red. The Winter brothers Edgar and Johnny hold a special place in blues and rock and roll. I grew up in the 70’s and when this came out you could expect to hear the radio shortened version every few hours.
The guitarist in this video is famous in his own right. It’s Rick Derringer who played with both Winter brothers at various times, wrote some of their songs and had solo success With Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo which Johnny actually recorded first but Rick had more success. He also was in the McCoys in the 60# and had a massive hit it Hang on Sloopy. Derringer is also a Producer and player with Cindy Lauper and many others as well.
@@shaynewest8757 Yes, Ronnie Montrose played on the album but I think Rick Produced it. There is a small photo of Rick on the back cover of the vinyl record, but you are right it was Montrose on the record. Derringer was in brother Johnny’s band Johnny Winter And which I think was actually really Johnny Winter and the McCoys (of Hang on Sloopy fame). Rick worked with both Johnny and Edgar Winter
When EWG released this in 73 it was like nothing anyone had ever heard before, it Topped the Billboard 100 for a week in May of 1973 (One of a VERY few Instrumentals to EVER do so ), Edgar was the first artist to take a Keyboard, put a strap on it and Play it like a Guitar. This was also VERY early Days after the Invention of the Synthisizer and Frankenstien opened everyone's Eyes to the possibilities it offered!
This live version of this song is a total experience. It blew me away the first time I saw it. Edgar Winter is very talented & plays many instruments including keyboards, saxophone & timbales. The title "Frankenstein" refers he fact that the original recording of the song was much longer than the final version & it required numerous edits to shorten it. So they spliced together many different parts.
I loved your reaction; great song and performance. I heard another person on CZcams call that middle section with all the sci-fi and explosion sounds “that part where they blew up the Death Star.” 😂
I'm with you, Red! As a young man when this came out, I listened to it many times on jukeboxes in dive bars. I didn't care for it or appreciate it. Seeing it performed like this sheds a whole new light on the song. Great musical talent and creativity!
"WOW" is right! And WHEW! I'M outta breath when this finished! Awesome performance and video. Thank your for turning me onto this. I'm familiar with the song, but this is the FIRST time I've seen this video, and a "keytar!"
Loved that. That was from the Old Grey Whistle Test, a great music show that used to be on the BBC, they had so many great bands on there, although I was too young to see it in the 70's as it was on late I think, or at least past my bedtime anyway. lol I'd never heard of them or the song before though. Very aptly named song too!
I was really waiting for this, I expected you to be 🤯🤯🤯 with this 😂 This performance was live on The Old grey whistle test (a UK program for unusual acts!), the ‘Keyboard’ is a synthesiser, yeah it can make some pretty interesting sounds! Oh Edgar is the guy with the white hair! You were really fun in this, your face said it all 🌹
As I recall they were using a Moog Synthesizer, a new sound technology that came out in the early 70's and Edgar Winters featured it in this song. It was revolutionary at the time, but the 60's and the 70's, the proliferation of talented musical artists in that era is probably unmatched in history. Those days were the best when it came to music and is still timeless today it was so great.
So true, You HAVE to watch Frankenstein to get the full effect of the musicianship with the showmanship. Rick Derringer's song Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo is one of those songs that makes you get up and dance. Huge talent on that stage Edgar, Rick, Dan, Chuck!
We grew up in an amazing time for music...not only these guys but Janis Joplin as well. Crazy thing about it i live within 15 min of all of them. Beaumont & Port Arthur Texas
The Old Grey Whistle Test aired in BBC2 in the UK from 1971 till 1988. It always featured musical performers playing live. No lip synching was allowed. The guitarist is Rick Derringer who had a massive hit “Rock n Roll Hoochie Coo”! He came on the scene in the mid sixties in The McCoys who’s hits were “Hang on Sloopy” and “Fever”.
Wow neighbor! I have not heard this for years, The Edgar Winter group was amazing for it’s time two big thumbs up from me 👍👍Focus-hocus pocus live 1973 is another Funtime song with brilliant musicians🤣
"He's a one man band". Well yes, yes he was. Great reaction. I loved your giggling laughter as you started this. You love amazing music and I'm right there with ya. You asked for drums, well there ya go!
One of the coolest things about this song is there are so many versions of it and they all sound different! But they all sound the same! It's the core that stays the same but the surrounding craziness gets switched up. But you know at the heart of it it is still Frankenstein!
My roommate bought a quadraphonic system and played the crap out this song. He was a black man and we got along just fine. Curtesy of Uncle Sam at Tinker ABF OKC.
Frankenstein was huge on the radio when it came out. I remember hearing it multiple times a day on KFRC for at least a month (The Doctor Don Rhodes show).
Oh boy, this brings back memories. I bought this album in my freshman year of high school in 1972. I'd heard the radio cut, much shorter, all the time. There are a couple other great tracks off this record, They Only Come Out At Night, Free Ride and Hanging Around. The littlemvuy in white playing guitar next to Edgar is Rick Derringer who, I believe produced the album. He also had a couple hits of his own with Hang On Sloopy while with The McCoys in the sixties and as a solo artist with Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo in the seventies. I also saw him open for Heart on August 16th 1977, the day Elvis died. The Professor of Rock has a great interview with him about this song on his CZcams channel.
I Loved this song when it came out, and it got massive air play, and when i saw him live that same year, just before the song he took a towel and wiped his face and arms, i thought it was to wipe the sweat, but then they started playing this and they turned on some black lights and he started glowing Green like Frankenstein it was awesome lol.
fun fact. Edgar Winter was the first person to strap his keyboard on his neck on the regular and play it live. This is an absolute tour de force rock masterpiece. If you want to see Edgar Winter at his zenith. React to “Tobacco Road, live.”
Excellent Reaction! You picked one of the best Live versions of "Frankenstein ", this one from the Old Grey Whistle Test. Everytime he would perform it Live back then on a show, there seemed to be unique variations and improvisations to each performance. Having Rick Derringer on guitar is always a plus, the great Dan Hartman on Bass(check out "Free Ride" for his vocals), and the drummer is fantastic. "Frankenstein " was a #1 hit in 1973!.
Hey Neighbor, enjoyed your take on this. Seems the late 60s and 70s had its share of budding auteurs; cameramen that could not be satisfied with simply recording the act, they had to express their creativity, too. Lot's of episodic TV from back then was filled with shots of characters seen from behind objects in the room, fish-eye lens effects, turning the camera upside down etc.
I saw Edgar Winter Group with special guest, Johnny Winter way back in 1977. They did perform this song. Frankenstein had regular airplay on the radio in the mid '70s. This live version has a lot of improvisation compared to the studio version which you should listen to if you get the chance. The other hit song they had was "Free Ride" which is a more traditional rock song and is worth checking out.
GREAT REACTION!!! LOVE this song - one of my fave jams!! THIS blew our MINDS when it hit the airwaves!! Oh - and, he doesn't have an "s" on the end of his name. You should check out Edgar and his brother, Johnny's band: there is a live performance of them singing Tobacco Road that is OUT of this WORLD!! :) THANKS for the GREAT REACTION!!
There was a single edit, and that sure did get AM airplay! It even topped the charts for a week. The song is called "Frankenstein" because, as the Wikipedia article says, "The final track was spliced together from many sections of the original recording".
Indeed, the most appealing element of this was that it was fun, just four accomplished musicians who didn't take themselves too seriously, a little of this, a little of that - Frankenstein. It got a lot of airplay although a much abbreviated version. I just noticed your model dinosaur. I highly approve. I thought I was the only one who "decorates" with dino models
In 1973 radio was it (transistor radios). Televisions basically only had 3 or 4 local channels. This was a huge hit because radio was a big deal and this instrumental was 'cool'.
I'm new to this channel. I'm glad you got to see your drummer. 😂 I have two drum songs to recommend that will blow you away. The first is Pneuma bu TOOL. The one on Vic Firth's channel. They put cameras all over the drumset. It's amazing. The second is Soul Sacrifice by Santana at Woodstock 1969. The kid on the drums is amazing, and he was only 19 years old. Also they were all on mind altering substances. 🤣
My favorite musician EVER! I've been a fan since I was a young child and this song came out. I had the record, CD, and cassette tape. Great album that should have had 2 or 3 more hits than this and Free Ride.That's a star studded band: Rick Derringer and Dan Hartman! That was an early ARP synthesiser he played. The keyboard was the controller linked into the synth in the back. Edgar was the first to put a strap on the keyboard so he could run around the stage and perform this song.
@@splitimage137. That's not a Keytar, I believe. That's a normal keyboard with a strap attached that he did himself. He is, in fact, credited as being the first.
@@ruelsmithYou could be right. I guess I ignored the word "like" on the Wikipedia article on ARP2600: The first significant user of the 2600 was Edgar Winter, who connected the keyboard controller of the 2600 to the main unit via a long extension cord, allowing him to wear the synth around his neck like a keytar.
It was definitely a 1973 Billboard top 100 track with a bunch of FM radio play - check out the 1973 Billboard top 100. You might be amazed at what an amazing, almost oppositional diversity of music was popular in '73.
This song has always been on the radio and still is to this day, just a masterpiece.
NOBODY under 40 listens to the "radio". C'mon man. They hardly know it exists.
it's never on the radio in Australia though haha.
Drummer, Chuck Ruff never gets the respect he deserves.
As a long-time musician who played Drums as well as Bass, I can say that he was a Beast with Impeccable Timing.
He ended up in reno driving a cab
Totally agree. An amazing drummer. The music industry is a cruel and ridiculous system where gimmicks are more important than talent.
There's millions of highly talented musicians out there who don't get the chance to make a living from their gift.
Sad situation.
There's a video where he tells the story on how he got this gig. Absolutely underrated. Played with Sammy Hagar for a time in the 70's, as well.
Totally agree! He was great!
I was 21 in 1973 and I can tell you WE GOT IT. It was the creation of Frankenstein - rock version. This was called Progressive Rock. This was the time of rock operas, concept albums, etc. Way beyond the junk that's been around so far in the 21st century.
Thanks for the heart! Sorta warms this old rocker's heart. (BTW; you're pretty cute).
Well said! Music was going all directions then. It was an anthem to our time , we got it, and we lived it
Music from those days was so amazing. There were no limits or boundaries and your hear it all on the radio.
I've seen this a hundred times, and heard it on the radio 1000 times more, and it never stops being awesome.
FACTS!!!
Edgar is still playing in his 70s, he's currently on tour with Ringo Starr.
Ringo who???
Edgar and his brother Johnny have another jaw-dropping performance doing Tobacco Road, also live. Johnny plays blues guitar, and Edgar sings and scats his butt off and plays a real piano. Classic!!!
He plays an organ, but yes, it's a fantastic performance.
For those who don't know, that's a young Rick Derringer on guitar. There's another version out there with a young Ronnie Montrose as well - it's the one with all the psychedelic effects added to the video. Edgar introduced us to a LOT of talent!
Don't forget Dan "I Can Dream About You" Hartman with the great bassline!
Streets of Fire 🔥
There’s also one with the great (and sadly largely forgotten) Jerry Weems on guitar. Another great player
@@ausfuhrpramienjagar I was going to say... Having been a teenager in the early/mid 80s, I find it hard to believe that the guy on bass in this vid is the same guy who did "I Can Dream About You" in '84. I even liked his hit "Instant Replay" in January of '79. Even those 2 songs are completely different from each other - and definitely unlike what you see him playing here.
@@LordHasenpfeffer .. Yeah, I never knew he even played the bass.. In his Dream About You vid back in the MTV days he wasn't playing an instrument.. LOL
This is the only #1 song without words...
However, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [years before Stevie Nicks joined] had a #1 instrumental in Britain called ALBATROSS in the late 60s. Beautiful song, too!
At least you can see what I grew up with. Edgar and his brother Johnny were in high school with me. I played bass but wasn’t on their level.
They were albino with no pigment and blind. We would jam on the weekends and enjoy music. Some times with Janis Joplin who lived about 20 miles away.
This was #1 on the rock chart in the USA for a week.
Holy Cow!!!!! Whoa! Janis as well!!! That is.mind blowing!! This was sooooo fun!
@@redheadedneighbor
I look back and see how much these musicians did for me.
I don't think they were blind, but they probably did have poor eyesight due to their albinism.
@@j.woodbury412
They could see images but when I bowled with Johnny he would turn sideways to hear the ball hit the pins. He was very near sided.
@richardgraves958 oh okay.
I'm glad you enjoyed this group Red. Yes, it did get quite a bit of radio play actually! Now you need to listen to he and his brother together doing Tobacco Road. In this song you also get to hear his vocals as well as instrument playing. Tobacco Road is an old blues song that gets a facelift. 😁There is a video of them doing the song in what seems to be a very small venue... almost like a small bar.
I remember back in the 70's my buddy picking me up before we went to high school and every morning this was the first song we played in the car to wake us up and get us going!
I bet that worked!
Edgar was a pioneer in music. He created that weird keyboard thing. Frankenstein indeed!
Love this
Keytar
A Keytar keyboard hooked to an ARP2600P. Stevie Wonder and Pete Townsend used it too.
yeah and Keith Emerson simply didn't exist right???????
@@Kapir00to He meant Edgar was the first to put a strap on a keyboard and play it like a guitar. The reason he did that was so he would be free to move around and not have to stand in one spot.
I saw this performed live at Madison Square Garden back in '73 or '74, was amazing, unforgettable.
Whoa!
I turned 23 in 1973 and this was one of the best songs to listen to in a "slightly altered" state. Not endorsing you listen to it that way yourself, of course!
Lol. Fair enough!
Worked well in a "seriously altered" state (ala William Hurt) as well.
don't loose sight of the fact that this is now 50 years ago and I watched it LIVE on the old grey whistle test here in the uk on the BBC.
me too - it is jaw dropping now - back then it was just another level
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [years before Stevie Nicks joined] had a #1 instrumental in Britain called ALBATROSS in the late 60s. Beautiful song, too!
I'm a retired drummer and always LOVE seeing a drummer in a top,tier power group on a little 4-piece kit with a few cymbals just killing it & holding it up! ❤
Edgar and Johnny Winter ae both Rock legends glad you gave at least one of them a listen 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘❤
And I should do more
@@redheadedneighbor if they peeked your interest definitely do more you can never explore too much music :)
This is what we call "makin music " back in the hills i grew up in!
Those hills must have been a'rockin'!
I got it. I was 10 years old when this came out, but I _STILL_ got it. So much so, I went out and bought the album (first one I ever bought) when I saved up enough allowances. For that reason, this song has always been my favorite. I'm 60 now and _STILL_ love it.
Rock-and-Roll Hoochie Coo by the guitarist here, Rick Derringer, has gotta be next! I saw Rick in a small club in Indy in the late 80’s and he was absolutely brilliant!!
And more BAND-MAID, and RUSH, of course. 🤷🏻♂️
Take care and rock on 🤘🏼🔥🎸🥁🎤🎹🎶👏🏼😎✌🏼
The Old Grey Whistle Test was a British TV music show that was on late at night and only had proper musicians on playing live.
As I started playing drums at age 8 and loved prog rock while all the other kids were listening to all the pop stuff my mum would let me stay up late to watch it.
I'm completely self taught and play 7 different instruments so it always gets me when people are surprised that people can play more than one instrument.
The thing he was playing and the "monitor" are both synths.
The one thing I loved about the old analogue synths was that you could get just about any sound you wanted out of them.
I wish I still had my old Roland SH09.
✌️❤️🇬🇧
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [years before Stevie Nicks joined] had a #1 instrumental in Britain called ALBATROSS in the late 60s. Beautiful song, too!
@@splitimage137.I know it well.
My brother and I used to play it whenever we were jamming.
I recorded my own electronic version of it just for a laugh but called it "Albert Ross". 😂
Its just one of the Baddest Jams in the Land. Non stop groovin.
I was six years old when this song came out and it immediately inspired me to learn how to play the drums. I ended up playing for the next 50 years.
You got it! It's called Frankenstein because the original track was cut and spliced from a much longer recording session.
Edgar, famous for keyboards, synthesizer, sax and percussion, also has a blues-legend brother Johnny who plays guitar. This band also features Rick Derringer on lead guitar. Rick was a big-time rocker in his own right, had the big hit "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo"
Rick Derringer played Eddie Van Halen's part for Weird Al Yankovic's "Eat It" back in '84, too. He shreds so fast it blows up! LOL
Remember watching this when it first aired on UK T.V. on the Old Grey Whistle Test ( the only place in the 70s where you could hear and watch anything other than mainstream pop ! ) . The programme focused very much on just the music and the artists with no frills or gimmicks and was a real eye opener and introduction to music from all over the world that you didn't have access to anywhere else on TV or radio a the time
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [years before Stevie Nicks joined] had a #1 instrumental in Britain called ALBATROSS in the late 60s. Beautiful song, too!
Music was just like this in my time. Real, live, spontaneous, creative. ❤ Hocus Pocus- Focus, next.
Yes, I the version from Midnight Special.
Yes the version from Midnight Special
Ya picked a good one red. The Winter brothers Edgar and Johnny hold a special place in blues and rock and roll. I grew up in the 70’s and when this came out you could expect to hear the radio shortened version every few hours.
Song was revolutionary when it first hit radio
The thing that I most enjoyed was that all four of them seemed to be having the time of their lives.
I have seen this before, but I never get tired of it!
It’s so engaging
The star man at the being is the theme for The old grey whistle test a live music TV show back in the day.
What do you get when you splice together a madman a magician and a musician? EDGAR WINTER! Love your reaction!
My 1st time hearing this rendition.
The guitarist in this video is famous in his own right. It’s Rick Derringer who played with both Winter brothers at various times, wrote some of their songs and had solo success With Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo which Johnny actually recorded first but Rick had more success. He also was in the McCoys in the 60# and had a massive hit it Hang on Sloopy. Derringer is also a Producer and player with Cindy Lauper and many others as well.
And the bassist, Dan Hartman, went on to have a solo hit in the 80s, "I Can Dream About You".
@@stevegans3517 I knew he had a hit but I couldn’t remember what it was.
I noticed that was Rick because the studio version had Ronnie Montrose on guitar. Dan died of aids.
@@shaynewest8757 Yes, Ronnie Montrose played on the album but I think Rick Produced it. There is a small photo of Rick on the back cover of the vinyl record, but you are right it was Montrose on the record. Derringer was in brother Johnny’s band Johnny Winter And which I think was actually really Johnny Winter and the McCoys (of Hang on Sloopy fame). Rick worked with both Johnny and Edgar Winter
@@shaynewest8757 Sad that Dan Hartman passed. I knew he passed but didn’t know what was cause of death.
When EWG released this in 73 it was like nothing anyone had ever heard before, it Topped the Billboard 100 for a week in May of 1973 (One of a VERY few Instrumentals to EVER do so ), Edgar was the first artist to take a Keyboard, put a strap on it and Play it like a Guitar. This was also VERY early Days after the Invention of the Synthisizer and Frankenstien opened everyone's Eyes to the possibilities it offered!
A Keytar keyboard hooked to an ARP2600P. Stevie Wonder and Pete Townsend used it too.
This live version of this song is a total experience. It blew me away the first time I saw it. Edgar Winter is very talented & plays many instruments including keyboards, saxophone & timbales. The title "Frankenstein" refers he fact that the original recording of the song was much longer than the final version & it required numerous edits to shorten it. So they spliced together many different parts.
Fascinating
First heard/saw this as a young teen. And you're right--it sounded great on radio, then you see how it was made. What in tarnation...
Excellent
Took music to that next level, as time goes by, more people are exploring and studying this piece as a work of art.
Keyboard to sax to percussion, so multi talented!
I loved your reaction; great song and performance. I heard another person on CZcams call that middle section with all the sci-fi and explosion sounds “that part where they blew up the Death Star.” 😂
I'm with you, Red! As a young man when this came out, I listened to it many times on jukeboxes in dive bars. I didn't care for it or appreciate it. Seeing it performed like this sheds a whole new light on the song. Great musical talent and creativity!
Dan Hartman on bass he was unreal HATS OFF TO HIM RIP SIR
I miss you, Dan Hartman~!!
"WOW" is right! And WHEW! I'M outta breath when this finished! Awesome performance and video. Thank your for turning me onto this. I'm familiar with the song, but this is the FIRST time I've seen this video, and a "keytar!"
yeah!! Lol
Loved that. That was from the Old Grey Whistle Test, a great music show that used to be on the BBC, they had so many great bands on there, although I was too young to see it in the 70's as it was on late I think, or at least past my bedtime anyway. lol I'd never heard of them or the song before though. Very aptly named song too!
Yes it was!
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [years before Stevie Nicks joined] had a #1 instrumental in Britain called ALBATROSS in the late 60s. Beautiful song, too!
Saw Edgar about 3 yrs ago. Awesome stuff.
The instrument he is playing is a ARP2600 synthesizer,I have a broken one in my closet that I can’t find anybody that knows how to fix it.
He not only plays EVERY instrument...he has a great voice!
Do "Tobacco Row" to hear his voice!!
I was really waiting for this, I expected you to be 🤯🤯🤯 with this 😂
This performance was live on The Old grey whistle test (a UK program for unusual acts!), the ‘Keyboard’ is a synthesiser, yeah it can make some pretty interesting sounds! Oh Edgar is the guy with the white hair!
You were really fun in this, your face said it all 🌹
It really was pieced together like Frankenstein. But is very enjoyable to watch them make all the sounds.
Revolutionary for real and real production live. Amazing still!
Yes, it is!
As I recall they were using a Moog Synthesizer, a new sound technology that came out in the early 70's and Edgar Winters featured it in this song. It was revolutionary at the time, but the 60's and the 70's, the proliferation of talented musical artists in that era is probably unmatched in history. Those days were the best when it came to music and is still timeless today it was so great.
Awesome!
It's an Arp synthesizer, actually
The Moog synth came out in the '60s. One stand-out album from the time was "Switched-On Bach."
So true, You HAVE to watch Frankenstein to get the full effect of the musicianship with the showmanship. Rick Derringer's song Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo is one of those songs that makes you get up and dance. Huge talent on that stage Edgar, Rick, Dan, Chuck!
A great reaction to a great song!
Thanks for turning me on to this astonishing live version I clearly needed to see really badly! lol
You young lady. The most fun reaction to this video.
You young lady. Thank you for this.
Wow, thank you!
It got a huge amount of radio play and was a hit!
Love that
We grew up in an amazing time for music...not only these guys but Janis Joplin as well. Crazy thing about it i live within 15 min of all of them. Beaumont & Port Arthur Texas
IT’S A MONSTER! 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪👍 Amazing performance! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Old Grey Whistle Test aired in BBC2 in the UK from 1971 till 1988. It always featured musical performers playing live. No lip synching was allowed.
The guitarist is Rick Derringer who had a massive hit “Rock n Roll Hoochie Coo”! He came on the scene in the mid sixties in The McCoys who’s hits were “Hang on Sloopy” and “Fever”.
Wow neighbor!
I have not heard this for years, The Edgar Winter group was amazing for it’s time two big thumbs up from me 👍👍Focus-hocus pocus live 1973 is another Funtime song with brilliant musicians🤣
They Only Come Out at Night is one of the best albums of the early 70’s!!
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...and We All Had A Real Good Time!
A mind-blowing song for the time. What couldn't Edgar play? Wow.
"He's a one man band". Well yes, yes he was. Great reaction. I loved your giggling laughter as you started this. You love amazing music and I'm right there with ya. You asked for drums, well there ya go!
Yeah, I laughed when I heard her say she hopes to see some drums too... I thought, "Oh, keep watching. You'll get your wish!" lol
The Dawn of the Synth produced some fairly great musicians that knew how to groove with it. This group was up there with the finest.
One of the coolest things about this song is there are so many versions of it and they all sound different! But they all sound the same! It's the core that stays the same but the surrounding craziness gets switched up. But you know at the heart of it it is still Frankenstein!
I saw Edgar in 1976 and LYNYRD😍🎸🔥🐐😢 SKYNYRD opened up for Edgar 🥁🎷🎹and it was the BEST SHOW I HAVE EVER SEEN PERIOD!! ❤❤❤❤
Thanks to reacting for Edgar Winter! You're amazing 🙌
No problem 😊
My roommate bought a quadraphonic system and played the crap out this song. He was a black man and we got along just fine. Curtesy of Uncle Sam at Tinker ABF OKC.
I had a Sansui QR-4500 quad receiver and any song with a lot of stereo separation, like this, was mind-blowing in four channel
Frankenstein was huge on the radio when it came out. I remember hearing it multiple times a day on KFRC for at least a month (The Doctor Don Rhodes show).
That is so cool!
Great reaction!! Great hair!! ✌❤✌
Thank you!! 😁
This is from the BBC's "Old Grey Whistle Test", the serious music show in the UK, as opposed to the chart related shows.
To get the feeling of real music of that era, you listen to it non-stop, then comment at the end.
First concert ever. 1973 Foxboro stadium (home of the Pats). I was 15😳🤭😎
❤🎶🎵 Edgar Winter band performed Daytona bike week, 2000, he's brilliant!
Two words "Tobacco Road" live Edgar & Johnny Winter.
Oh boy, this brings back memories. I bought this album in my freshman year of high school in 1972. I'd heard the radio cut, much shorter, all the time. There are a couple other great tracks off this record, They Only Come Out At Night, Free Ride and Hanging Around.
The littlemvuy in white playing guitar next to Edgar is Rick Derringer who, I believe produced the album.
He also had a couple hits of his own with Hang On Sloopy while with The McCoys in the sixties and as a solo artist with Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo in the seventies. I also saw him open for Heart on August 16th 1977, the day Elvis died.
The Professor of Rock has a great interview with him about this song on his CZcams channel.
...and We All Had A Real Good Time!
Much enjoyed Poppet, good to hear that again. You some Johnny Winter now.
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I Loved this song when it came out, and it got massive air play, and when i saw him live that same year, just before the song he took a towel and wiped his face and arms, i thought it was to wipe the sweat, but then they started playing this and they turned on some black lights and he started glowing Green like Frankenstein it was awesome lol.
fun fact. Edgar Winter was the first person to strap his keyboard on his neck on the regular and play it live.
This is an absolute tour de force rock
masterpiece. If you want to see Edgar Winter at his zenith. React to “Tobacco Road, live.”
Excellent Reaction! You picked one of the best Live versions of "Frankenstein ", this one from the Old Grey Whistle Test. Everytime he would perform it Live back then on a show, there seemed to be unique variations and improvisations to each performance. Having Rick Derringer on guitar is always a plus, the great Dan Hartman on Bass(check out "Free Ride" for his vocals), and the drummer is fantastic. "Frankenstein " was a #1 hit in 1973!.
Cool, thanks!
A testament to the 70s intense competition to one up each other. Dominated the airwaves
That was fun! What a great sound. That's one of those that have to get cranked up in the car. Thanks for doing the reaction.
I was 12 in 73, thanks for the flash back. Love your reactions.
Thank you so much
Hey Neighbor, enjoyed your take on this. Seems the late 60s and 70s had its share of budding auteurs; cameramen that could not be satisfied with simply recording the act, they had to express their creativity, too. Lot's of episodic TV from back then was filled with shots of characters seen from behind objects in the room, fish-eye lens effects, turning the camera upside down etc.
I saw Edgar Winter Group with special guest, Johnny Winter way back in 1977. They did perform this song. Frankenstein had regular airplay on the radio in the mid '70s. This live version has a lot of improvisation compared to the studio version which you should listen to if you get the chance. The other hit song they had was "Free Ride" which is a more traditional rock song and is worth checking out.
Back in the mid-90s my band in Charlottesville Virginia got to open for these they were absolutely phenomenal.
GREAT REACTION!!! LOVE this song - one of my fave jams!! THIS blew our MINDS when it hit the airwaves!! Oh - and, he doesn't have an "s" on the end of his name. You should check out Edgar and his brother, Johnny's band: there is a live performance of them singing Tobacco Road that is OUT of this WORLD!! :) THANKS for the GREAT REACTION!!
Thank you!
Huge - HUGE - radio play, for years.
That is so cool. I just lived under a rock
There was a single edit, and that sure did get AM airplay! It even topped the charts for a week.
The song is called "Frankenstein" because, as the Wikipedia article says, "The final track was spliced together from many sections of the original recording".
Aptly named!
Indeed, the most appealing element of this was that it was fun, just four accomplished musicians who didn't take themselves too seriously, a little of this, a little of that - Frankenstein. It got a lot of airplay although a much abbreviated version. I just noticed your model dinosaur. I highly approve. I thought I was the only one who "decorates" with dino models
In 1973 radio was it (transistor radios). Televisions basically only had 3 or 4 local channels. This was a huge hit because radio was a big deal and this instrumental was 'cool'.
Stunning, simply stunning.
Exactly! These guys bring the creativity!
as a 18 y. o. stoner , it was my go to party 8 track tape.
I'm new to this channel. I'm glad you got to see your drummer. 😂 I have two drum songs to recommend that will blow you away. The first is Pneuma bu TOOL. The one on Vic Firth's channel. They put cameras all over the drumset. It's amazing. The second is Soul Sacrifice by Santana at Woodstock 1969. The kid on the drums is amazing, and he was only 19 years old. Also they were all on mind altering substances. 🤣
This performance was on a British TV show called "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and yes, bands frequently played live on it.
Wonderful!
My favorite musician EVER! I've been a fan since I was a young child and this song came out. I had the record, CD, and cassette tape. Great album that should have had 2 or 3 more hits than this and Free Ride.That's a star studded band: Rick Derringer and Dan Hartman! That was an early ARP synthesiser he played. The keyboard was the controller linked into the synth in the back. Edgar was the first to put a strap on the keyboard so he could run around the stage and perform this song.
A Keytar keyboard hooked to an ARP2600P. Stevie Wonder and Pete Townsend used it too.
@@splitimage137. That's not a Keytar, I believe. That's a normal keyboard with a strap attached that he did himself. He is, in fact, credited as being the first.
@@ruelsmithYou could be right. I guess I ignored the word "like" on the Wikipedia article on ARP2600:
The first significant user of the 2600 was Edgar Winter, who connected the keyboard controller of the 2600 to the main unit via a long extension cord, allowing him to wear the synth around his neck like a keytar.
It was definitely a 1973 Billboard top 100 track with a bunch of FM radio play - check out the 1973 Billboard top 100. You might be amazed at what an amazing, almost oppositional diversity of music was popular in '73.
This was way ahead of its' time.
BTW, check out Edgar Winter's live version of "Tobacco Road"!