White Trash

Edgar Winter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024X4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,648 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Johnny's brother made his first splash with this 1971 White Trash debut. His keyboard work is just stellar as he tosses blues, gospel, funk and R&B into rockin' tunes like his hit Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll plus Dying to Live; Save the Planet , and more. An early masterpiece by a blues-rock hero, plus a bonus single edit of the aforementioned hit!

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The debut album by a serious force of funk, February 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: White Trash (Audio CD)

Watch out! That's what they were saying when this record first appeared. It was unlike anything before it, and nothing after it compared... From the blistering opening chords of "Give It Everything You Got", to the rave-up gospel of "Save the Planet", to the uplifting "Good Morning Music", this album never disappoints, and will whet the appetite for more... A must-have for any serious fan (but then, just about everything that Edgar has done fits this category).

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong, soulful, May 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: White Trash (Audio CD)

Edgar Winter brings Texas grit and funk, mixes it with gospel choirs and straight-ahead rock and roll. This is a band that could and did play anywhere from the Apollo to the Fillmore West. Rough, yet polished, sweet and mean, the White Trash were a serious experiment in American Music. From the gospel-esque "Fly Away" to Ray Charles' "I've Got News For You" to the rocking "Let's Get It On", this band kicks it into a soulful groove. There's a beautiful poem/intro in the liner notes by Patti Smith as well.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Rocker for Edgar a Gem, October 11, 2005

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B. Bryant "Belfry Bob" (Laurel, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White Trash (Audio CD)

I first heard Edgar Winter's White Trash as the opening act for Alice Cooper (it was my girlfriend's idea) in a packed arena in the spring of 1972. I was amazed; they stole the show, and I went right out the next day and bought this album.

A better live act than a studio one ("Roadwork", their only other release before Edgar turned pop-disco, is an incredible album), the debut album is nevertheless well-done, and a number of the songs reflect the energy of the group's live performances, especially the gospel numbers "Fly Away" and "Save the Planet", and the Ray Charles cover "I've Got News for You."

You can almost feel the sweat, sawdust, and smoke eminating from the pores of your speakers, and Jerry LaCroix's gravelly voice both blends with and counterpoints Edgar's high-pitched wails as the horns drive the engine.

They reunited for an album years later called "Edgar Winter's White Trash Revisited." A studio effort, it didn't have the quality of tunes or the drive of the original, but it still had those great voices. I'd love to see it on disc one day, as well as the live album Edgar did with his brother Johnny that featured one of the best rock and roll fifties-sixties medleys I've ever heard.

Edgar's debut album, "The Edgar Winter Experience", was a great 'small' album featuring Edgar singing a dozen of his own original jazz tunes, a totally different style. Love to hear that one again, too.

Till then, I'll groove on "White Trash" and "Roadwork."