Edgar Winter

The brother of guitar legend Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter shared his sibling's love of the blues, but he never let that limit his musical world view. Edgar scored a massive hit single with "Frankenstein," an instrumental from 1972's They Only Come Out at Night that became his signature, and he was just at adept at jazz, funk, R&B, and progressive rock accents on LPs like Entrance (1970) and Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971). He rocked the blues with his brother on 1976's Together – Live, and explored smooth jazz on Mission Earth (1986) and Jazzin' the Blues (2004). Edgar's time as a major star was relatively short, but his estimable instrumental skills made him a valued sideman, and he always had a loyal fan following for projects like the R&B-influenced rock of Rebel Road (2008) and his tribute to his late sibling, Brother Johnny (2022).