★★★★★
Better you should graft bebop harmonies and solos onto a rock (or even artrock) trunk for your jazz fusion than arrange rock and not-so-rock songs for a Stan-Kenton-goes-to-Nevada bouquet. If only Edgar didn't try and conceal his mild-mannered vocal tendencies behind that shriek. And if only he scatted and soloed like a brother.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
So this is that hardass roadhouse rockaroll, eh? Sounds like overkill to me, which I guess is very Texas, but I figured in Texas they'd be too real to mistake hysteria for a good time. And since when do they rhyme "subjective" and "objective" down there? Or wonder whether the world will be saved by Mr. White or Mr. Black?
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Like Mark Farner and Alice Cooper, Edgar Winter understands that rock & roll is vaudeville; the goal is to keep the customers satisfied. What he lacks in charisma, Edgar makes up for in talent. In concert he has traveled the low hard road of loud, high energy rock, and his band stands alongside J. Geils as the prime American entertainers for what's left of the hard rock mob. His forte has been the instrumental solo, the shrieking vocal, and the endless deafening riff...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
The first time I heard this album I wasn't sure whether Edgar Winter was a gospel singer gone mod or a fire eater escaped from Ring-ling Bros. & Co The second time I was sure he is both. A master of both, no less.White Trash is a pure delight, the more so for its unexpectedness. Winter sings, writes, plays piano and sax, and works with a seven piece R&B; group...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
When I listened to the Edgar Winter CD Live At The Galaxy I was quite pleased with what I heard, then I watched and listened more intently to the DVD. This is the first DVD I have ever viewed of Edgar Winter performing. I fondly remember him from his outstanding '70s output with the albums They Only Come Out At Night and Shock Treatment. Although I realize he has been performing actively for many years this is my own personal recollection of his music...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
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