The Baptist church music was closer to country, the Episcopal music was in the classical European style, and the black churches were really bluesy and full of gospel, yet it was all church music. Listening to your first albums, I thought perhaps your family had attended one of the black churches in Beaumont.Ĭertainly the influence was there, but my mother was Baptist and my father was Episcopalian, so we went to a lot of different churches. We got good enough to be featured on a local radio program. " We liked playing songs by the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly too. Johnny and I started playing old blues and folk songs, and we sang gospel music like " Do Lord" and " It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More. When Johnny was 7 and I was 4, my dad showed us our first chords on the ukulele. Our dad played the guitar and banjo for fun, and he was also the saxophone player in a swing band when he was younger. The feeling I have about music is very much intertwined with feelings of family, love and security. My mother was an excellent classical pianist, and my earliest memory of music is being nestled in her lap, realizing that she was creating these beautiful sounds. OnMilwaukee: How does a Beaumont, Texas household produce not one, but two highly acclaimed musicians?Įdgar Winter: Johnny and I grew up surrounded by music. on July 1, spoke with OnMilwaukee about his musical influences, playing with his brother and other highlights of a 50-year career.
First with Edgar Winter’s White Trash and then the Edgar Winter Group, Edgar made music by fusing gospel, blues, jazz and soul before coming up with the mega-hit single " Frankenstein " in 1973.Įdgar Winter, who will perform at Summerfest's Harley-Davidson Roadhouse stage at 6 p.m. When Edgar Winter and his brother, Johnny, unleashed their brand of loud, Texas-based blues and rock 'n’ roll on an unsuspecting public in the late 1960s, their striking appearance onstage combined with a distinctive sound made them a popular attraction in theaters and concert halls from coast to coast.īut after Johnny and Edgar performed at Woodstock in August 1969, both brothers became top national concert draws in bands of their own.
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