My favorite album by EWWT is Roadwork only because they get to stretch out a little more musically. Another reason is because Roadwork was the first album I purchased by Winter. So listening to "Save the Planet" for example on this album...I don't want to say was a letdown but obviously the live energy wasn't there. All that being said, this is still in my top 3 of the Edgar Winter discs (the other being The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer (Shock Treatment)).
Rock & Roll albums of all time. This band rocks big time and the talent is so deep you can easily drown in it. The vocals are some of the best I've ever heard (I am a singer and I know talent and this is TALENT) and it sounds better to me today than it did in 1971. Some music does not age well but this is a classic that all should give a listen to----much better than "They Only Come Out At Night".
The notion of combining a horn section with a rock band exploded in a very specific period of time (late 60's- early 70s) and place (Chicago/Detroit) and very quickly splintered into blustery blues, psychedelic rock, R&B, funk, and fusion. It was often an over the top and utterly compelling genre; even the brassy jazz big bands got into the game by covering the big rock hits of the time. The most successful bands found their… more »
