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Personnel: Edgar Winter (vocals, alto saxophone, piano, organ, celeste); Jerry LaCroix (vocals, tenor saxophone, harmonica); Jon Smith (vocals, tenor saxophone); Mike McLellan (vocals, trumpet); Floyd Radford, Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer (guitar); Gene Orloff, Emanuel Green, Alfred V. Brown, Selwart Richard Clark, Arnold Eidus, Max Pollikoff, Russell A. Savakus, George Ricci (strings); George Sheck (bass); Bobby Ramirez (drums); Ray Barretto (congas); Tasha Thomas, Janice Bell, Carl Hull, Maeretha Stewart, Albertine Robinson, Eileen Gilbert (background vocals). Includes liner notes by Patti Smith. Ultradiscs are mastered from the original master tapes using Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering technique, then plated with 24 karat gold and housed in a stress-resistant lift-lock jewel box. Personnel: Edgar Winter (vocals, piano, organ, alto saxophone, celeste); Jerry LaCroix (vocals, tenor saxophone, harmonica); Jon Smith (vocals, tenor saxophone); Mike McLellan (vocals, trumpet); Floyd Radford, Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer (guitar); Gene Orloff, Emanuel Green, Alfred V. Brown, Selwart Richard Clark, Arnold Eidus, Max Pollikoff, Russell A. Savakus, George Ricci (strings); George Sheck (bass); Bobby Ramirez (drums); Ray Barretto (congas); Tasha Thomas, Janice Bell, Carl Hull, Maeretha Stewart, Albertine Robinson, Eileen Gilbert (background vocals). Includes liner notes by Patti Smith. Perhaps one of his best-loved albums, Edgar Winter's White Trash combined funk, blues, R&B, and rock & roll to create one of the freshest sounds of the early '70s. Touching on gospel with "Fly Away" and "Save the Planet," Winter and his band cover all the bases, climbing into the lower end of the Top 40 with "Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll." Winter's hauntingly beautiful "Dying to Live," featuring some of his best piano work, serves as a valid anti-war statement, written at the height of the Vietnam era, and the remainder of the record is filled with genuine rock & roll/boogie-woogie/blues that will keep your head bobbing and your toes tapping. ~ Michael B. Smith
