this video was up already but the video and audio were a little out of sync so i edited it best i could. maybe im a bit OCD =/ hope the original poster doesn't mind. ANYWAY, love this video!! what a band!!!!!!! enjoy
There's something so funny to me about the other three band members doing their thing, jamming out, and then Edgar just running around the stage grabbing different instruments to play. Absolute madman.
I distinctly remember the first time I heard this. The year was 1974 and I was in 6th grade. A huge roller skating rink with a state of the art sound system had just opened and I had the whole place to myself. Problem is I could barely skate. Sure enough the speakers began to blast this along with strobe lights during the drum solos and synth filter oscillation near the end. My senses were completely overwhelmed so I just fell on the floor to admire the coolest thing I had ever heard in my life !
@@johnmarino4360 I was 4th grade! What struck me most, was the timbales/latin drums, "duking it out" with the "western" drums....now, all these years latert, I have my own LP set, inspired by "Frankenstein" all those years (decades!) ago....
I love it how Edgar and Chuck are so in tune with each other on their drums that they just naturally anticipate what the other will do next. It’s seems so effortless for them to have that level of communication.
Oh yeah they’re locked in , and Edgar doesn’t try to take the spotlight, he’s in full on support mode on fucking timpanis , IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND ! The first and likely the only time timpani’s have ever been part of a rock show other than any other time this band did it lol
Edgar Winter: keys, alto sax, percussions Rick Derringer: guitars Dan Hartman: bass; also a great guitarist and had a huge disco hit, "instant replay" Chuck Ruff: drums (R.I.P.) Saw this lineup live and was blown away!
Dan Hartman fronted a local band from Harrisburg PA called the Legend back around 1969. The guy was an amazing guitar player and singer, really killed it on Good Times, Bad Times. Never missed a show at the Railroad House in Marietta when they were there. "Good Times". 👍 EDIT: How good was this guy? When do you see a bass player playing lead?
"The reason Johnny and Edgar stopped playing music together is because they started to cause a vortex of riffdom that theatened to destroy the planet everytime they got together" - Professor X
At age 59 here in 2023, I consider myself so blessed that I'm old enough to have enjoyed this incredible musicianship when it was first released, and how well it has stood the test of time. Those of my generation were fortunate to experience the absolute best period of music-the mid 1950s through the very early 1990s...everything from rockabilly (Eddie Cochran, Link Wray) to the British Invasion (Beatles/The Kinks/Rolling Stones) to early hard rock/metal (Jimi, Cream) to prog rock (ELP, Yes, Jethro Tull, early Genesis) to mainstream hard rock (AC/DC, Van Halen, Def Leppard) to Southern rock (Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker) to electric blues (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Healey) to hair metal (Whitesnake, Warrant, Ratt), and so on. We were also gifted with phenomenal musicians like James Taylor, David Bowie, Carole King, Peter Frampton, and countless others...to paraphrase a famous line from "The Blues Brothers", "Y'know so much of the music we hear today is pre-programmed electronic trash, we never get a chance to hear master musicians practicing their craft anymore"...truer words were never more applicable to the garbage that's been thrown at us for the past 25 years...for example, consider the disgusting, talent-less junk that is modern hip-hop, and put that next to Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner"...in 2 minutes and 6 seconds, she paints an accurate, vivid picture of modern life-no AutoTune, no filler, no gross "lyrics". It's truly sad that 99.9% of the stuff passing as modern music these days will not have the same staying power 50 years from now.
@@Miguel...160 I'm just a year older than he is, and I remember hearing the single on the radio all the time. It hit #1 in May 1973. I don't know how old you are, but in the 70's, there was always a radio on, especially riding around in the car. When I was in summer camp, the counselor's transistor radio was playing at least 5 hours a day when we were in the cabin. I know the words to almost every top 40 song from the 1970's.
Considering the age of the synthesizer, was dawning, using analog technology was amazing to accomplish. Moog knew what was coming, Edgar achieved and propelled it forward light speed
It's tied with The Vanilla Fudge on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1968 ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3dJO47d26kc.html You have to remember the time period. This was on "primetime, mainline, white bread TV". It is a Supremes hit song that the Fudge psychedelicsized. I got a contact high from this as a teen in '68.
I’ve played with Edgar at a beach club in Buffalo NY about 20 years or so ago and he is every bit of crazy talented as anyone out there. He plays every instrument out there like a true virtuoso. He was playing a gig next door to us and came over to watch us then just jumped right in and never missed a beat. He is the master of all trades and second to none.
Hey Mary, i know both Johnny & Edgar too. Cause i was good friends of JimmySmith and went to Studio jams & rehearsals with him a few times. Anyway, both Johnny & Edgar were actual genius' and did you know that "Mr.GreenJeans" of CaptKangaroo morning show was actually Johnny & Edgar's father??
@@UltimateForceMarketing A long-running but incorrect rumor claims Brannum was the father of musician Frank Zappa, apparently because of a Zappa composition titled "Son of Mr. Green Genes" on his 1969 album, Hot Rats.
What a monster! All over the stage, all the instruments, the synth effects, first guy to hang a synth keyboard around his neck with a guitar strap... just WOW!!!
I saw this group live in the mid-1970s. On this cut while EW was dancing around the stage, he got so Fucked Up, he had to stop and start again. The crowd went wild!
Went to an outside concert in Oklahoma, was raining and lightning cracking all around, after Robin Trower played, many left thinking the show was over, then out came Edgar Winter and the show had just begun, he said if we were brave enough to stay, then he would play, then FRANKENSTEIN with lightning flashing all around...Wife and I will NEVER forget the incredible show they put on for us....ONE OF A KIND MUSICIAN!
Edgar also drove the equipment truck there, setup all the stuff, tore it down, and drove it back. They had a catering table there too, and yep, Edgar cooked all the food and set it up. I love this extra long version. So damn good.
Much more respect knowing Winters was playing multiple instruments during that time. What a revelation, I never knew until now. He was all over the place acting as three musicians by himself. Wow, that really blows my mind, I can’t give him enough credit for that. Thanks for sharing this video a real eye opener for me. I always love and enjoy this song but to now realize the secret to their madness watching this video is priceless.
Just saw him with Ringo Star, at 75 years of age he still has it, still plays and sounds awesome a real treat to watch, I can only hope I have his energy at 75.
I saw Edgar Winter at Berkeley Community in 1974. Towards the end of the show… Johnny Winter runs on stage 🤩! It was like no other show stopper. Rick Derringer and Johnny dueled it out! Life was good!
@@markbiedermann7467---He was great, & quite underrated. I saw Derringer in concert too. At 16-years-old, in Dallas. I have all the ticket-stubs from the concerts I saw. Wish I could sell them.
This is live, kids. To be able to replicate something live, that you created in the studio after hours upon hours of trying to get just so, is utterly amazing.
That is Exactly what I'm talk'n 'bout. Live Beatle clips are just the same. There's a 26 (?) minute live clip on You Tube. I think it's in Sweden. These players were so on track. They LOVED to play. Probably did 3-5 hours a day in "rehearsals"
@@swesttttt no pre-sets on the synth either. you had to build up the sound every show. set your high and low spots on the filters etc. to make it repeatable. this stuff would take over your life if you didn't have a great tech to help.
It got its title because of the arduous editing that went into the song; it became a monster when it was pieced together in the studio. Said Winter: "When we were editing it in the studio, back in those days when you edited something, you physically had to cut the tape and splice it back together, so it was all over the control room, draped over the backs of chairs and the couch. We were making fun of it, trying to figure out how to put it back together, saying 'Here's the main body; the leg bone's connected to the thigh bone...' Then Chuck Ruff, my drummer, says, 'Wow, man, it's like Frankenstein.' As soon as I heard that, I went, 'Wow, that's it!' The monster was born."
I saw them live in 1973 and I have to say that it was probably the best live show I saw in the 1970's. The Edgar Winter Group's musicianship was astounding.
I was fortunate , when I lived in California 1980 near San Jose I got to spend a week with Johnny Winter and his Band from Santa Cruz to San Francisco. Talking with him was like talking to an old friend. RIP Johnny
There were only a few television shows that dared to allow a group to perform live, and then show it in it's entirety. This is one those amazing moments in television. And, yes, the Edgar Winter Group was AMAZING!
In 1973 I was in the airforce and stationed in mountain home afb and I traveled 50 miles north to Boise Idaho and went to a club called snoopies and I was blown away by edger winter doing a show playing Frankenstein with acid blotter screens. It was amazing to see I never heard of them before and what A experience ❤
I was 12 years old with my portable record player and a stack of 45's I took with me almost everywhere I went. For the guys I would play this, Doobie Bros, Elton John, Golden Earing, etc... For my girlfriend I spun Donny Osmond, Tommy Roe, Jackson 5, and The Stylistics singing You Make Me Feel Brand New on the porch swing with my arm around her. This music takes me back in a real way.
Legend has it that the band is still playing this song, and has been continuously since 1973. 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎷 RU-vid just had to cut it off after 9 minutes and 18 seconds because…well, I don’t know why. 🤷🏻♂️🤪🤣
@@douglasstrother6584 my neighbor called the cops and they arrested him for lack of rocking in what the city clearly zoned as a rock only neighborhood.
It was music like this that made me wanna play drums. Edgar Winter, Cream, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Montrose, Thin Lizzy, Sabbath, Grand Funk…….. the list goes on and on and on and on. This is when talent ruled the music scene.
I remember this song on the radio when I was a kid... It was epic then and still is! Recently shared this video with a teenager friend just learning music. I thought it would help form some inspiration since it's so authentic. Hopefully the kid will dig it and jam out to it instead of that Katy Perry crap the kids listen to these days!! ( sorry Katy😑, I do like that "Last Friday night " song tho) . Rock song Frankenstein will be forever original and a Classic example of profound musicianship.
Paul Sarna I was lucky that this song was a used in our local radio station between programs or pauses, it took me 30 years to find out what song it actually is !!! We’re in the same boat here ...
I'm 62 this year. This performance takes me back to my youth, when me and my running buddies would all pitch in for gas money so we could pile into one of our cars and and just cruise...listening to Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Zeppelin, etc...no cell phones, no internet, just buds hanging out, smoking a little weed, laughing, talking about girls, cars, loving music and loving life. Jesus, what a great time that was.
I’m 70.....I was and I’m still a music maniac! Brings back some great memories. Still have all my vinyl and still listen to them. Had a 8-track player in my 67 Chevelle, never turned the music off. Great video....first time seeing this! Great!!!
Yeah the good ole days...gas was 22 cents a gallon , a pack of marlboro red was 50 cents and you could go to a 6 band concert for example same-day show 15 bucks got you marshall tucker doobie bros, heart, cheap trick , pat travers and headlining was journey! Northern california's mountainair concerts were the best or day on the green in oakland or in san fran...long time ago. It didn't get much better than that
This performance just drops my jaw every time. Possibly the greatest rock instrumental ever. The main hook is simple and catchy, the b section with the sax is gorgeous then he dazzles you with breathtaking skill at everything he touches. Who the hell is THIS good at THIS MANY instruments??? Not many.
Oh no, where did all the bands go? There aren't and rock groups playing bars every weekend? The Rolling Stones aren't STILL on tour? C'mon, just because there are other new genres out there that are different doesn't mean everything you love isn't still there... most of the bands from this era have put out an album this decade. With today's music you don't even have to get with the times... all the old acts are still playing, there's new rock bands popping up every week AND there are new and different styles of music. Why does it only have to be the stuff you want? Its funny how the once rebellious generation that eschewed their parents music have become their parent and can't understand the music of today. Stop sounding old and bitter and just listen to what makes you happy!
This song came out in my childhood. I still find myself hoping that guitarist found the man of his dreams, all these years later ... The 70s were our peak, creatively, humanely ... Look at us now ...😢
Was about 6 years old back in the early 70s when my older sister took me to the town square to our local record store. The clerk was getting a 45 out of a file cabinet for my sister when I recognized the word “Frankenstein” being a horror fan as most little boys were. Thought it was one of those audio/story records and nagged her to buy it for me. Been a rock fan ever since
+timberrecycling One could ask for more, but then one is not sure you can better this song as I would give it a 10/10 and refuse to debate that score with anyone. If you don't hear genius in this song, go back to Kayne, or stick to your classical music ( no knock against classical music, only against people who may think it's somehow more noble than rock.)
I don't get the Kanye thing, I don't see even a glimmer of anything "genius" about his, well for the lack of a better term, "music". I do know he is the biggest douchebag on the planet , that much I'll give him.
Jayz's Reasonable Doubt...greatest hiphop??? That is an insult to groups such as: Nas with Illmatic, Wu Tang's Enter the Wu Tang, TuPac and Me Against the World, Beastie boys, The Notorious B.I.G. and so on. Jayz isn't even worth trying to say top 10 and West is a bitch-punk whose 'watch me act like little girl' routine is the only thing keeping him fresh..
Yea bro cuz hating on shit and comparing your own taste and opinion over facts? I aint here for no salty argument but the basis is RD was a baseline for a whole SWATHE of artists after it. Wutang are the greatest. RZA took samples and went in heavy and produced a fantastic sound. After this Kanye did the same but even heavier with samples instead using them and his voice to layer tracks. Dnt jus reel off some albums and think you're right because we both are and both are not....
Many years ago I worked as a painter for the Physical Plant of a university. I was the new guy on the crew and so was given the job of painting the interior of the morgue and anatomy lab because no one else wanted it. I was alone in the place. To force myself to get over the creeps I turned on the local classic rock station and then started to unzip a body bag on a gurney to make myself look at a cadaver. Just then this came on the radio. Made my day.
Wow absolutly fantastic,so glad i grew up with such great music,unlike today,it all gave me my calling card go be a musician,thank you the 60"s and 70""s for all the great music,
Fantastic! I remember seeing this as a young 'un when it was shown on the Old Grey Whistle Test late one evening in the UK. And it's still exciting. Classic 70s rock stylings by milking the last drops out of the ending too. Of course, this is back when UK TV had three channels - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV - and closed around midnight, ending every night with the National Anthem (hard to believe but true). The whole country would stand to attention in their living rooms and salute (not true). Thanks so much for your time and work on this video. Nine minutes of sweet pleasure, thoroughly enjoyed.
I was a kid in elementary school in Beech Grove Indiana and the p.a. announced that we were all to go to the gym. These guys were set up and played Frankenstein for us! I was a music buff already but that pushed it over the edge. I have never gotten tiered of playing music. Thank you Edgar Winter Band. It was very thoughtful and generous to give that time and effort to our elementary school.
I bet the entire student body jammed the gymnasium that day! Cool 😎 school and cool 😎 kiddos. The school 🏫 house of readin', writtin' rithmetic, and rock🪨roll. 🎸
It's NEVER too late to start playing any instruments !!!! I started playing guitar for the first time ever about 5 years ago and within 2 years I was playing in a kick ass, paying cover band and had tons of great shows ! If I can do it with no prior musical history other than listening and loving music, you can too ! Oh and if you think your age is an issue don't because I'm over 30 years old so even at what ever age you are there is a better chance than not you can learn to play an instrument !
I heard this band with Johnny Winter @ the Felt Forum in NYC. They blew the roof off. My first concert. Johnny played Johnny B Goode after this and the entire place went completely apeshit. I was standing on my seat with both fists in the air screaming for a third encore--- and so was everybody around me.
As if harnessing the power of that synth and the bazillion different tones and oscillations available wasn't impressive enough! He kills it on the sax as well.
Robbie Landrey and that’s not even a keytar! That’s a full sized ARP 2600. What, not a keytar? No problem, lemme put a guitar strap on this thing and rock out!
WTF…OMG this has to be seen again and again…heard this so many times but forget it’s a four man band and Winters is just killing it… he is the mad scientist!!!
Edgar Winter, absolute genius! So much talent in a man! His band, superb too. Teens of today should be compelled to listen to ( and watch) videos like these for them to learn what music really was. Long life to Edgar!
And, that’s exactly what he did. This was the first time a keyboard was worn. Dan Hartman was with Ronnie Montrose and lots of studio work and Derringer started with The McCoys and is still touring with Ringo.
Okay, so it's 2023. We saw Edgar Winter play with Ringo Starr a few months ago. Edgar was one of Ringo's All-Stars. Our 21 yr old son went with us....his mind was blown that he heard this LIVE! He's a classic rock kid. Absolutely fantastic 👏 He still was fully jamming like it was 1973!!
Watching this in 1973 must have been mind blowing. They’re using actual circuits like old school techno producers making that space tech sound. Amazing performance!
Yep, I saw the "They Only Come Out at Night" tour back about then. I also saw Rick Derringer's band and Dan Hartman on the Montrose first album tour... good times.
I literally cannot get enough of this performance. The studio version is pretty good but this is just on a different level entirely. It’s mixed a lot heavier too, makes it sound like Grand Funk. I love it
Dan Hartman on bass. He ended up leaving a huge legacy in music. Big hits & produced & played on a bunch of records for some heavy hitters. Amazing musician
