Edgar Winter's White Trash (album)

Edgar Winter's White Trash is the second studio album by Edgar Winter, and his first with his group White Trash. The album reached #111 on the Billboard charts, and produced the single "Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll", which went to #70 on Billboard's Top 100. The album was prepped for quadraphonic sound, but was left unreleased in this format. The album was produced by Rick Derringer.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Circus	[4]

Edgar Winter's White Trash
Studio album by Edgar Winter's White Trash
Released	1971
Genre	Blues rock, blue-eyed soul
Length	43:00
Label	Epic
Producer	Rick Derringer
Edgar Winter's White Trash chronology
Entrance (1970) Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971) Roadwork (1972)

Track listing

1. "Give It Everything You Got" (Jerry Lacroix, Edgar Winter) – 4:33
2. "Fly Away" (Lacroix, Winter) – 3:02
3. "Where Would I Be" (Lacroix, Winter) – 3:59
4. "Let's Get It On" (Lacroix, Winter) – 5:05
5. "I've Got News for You" (Roy Alfred) – 3:56 (Johnny Winter plays guitar)
6. "Save the Planet" (Lacroix, Winter) – 5:41
7. "Dying to Live" (Winter) – 4:04
8. "Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll" (Winter) – 3:46 (Rick Derringer plays guitar)
9. "You Were My Light" (Winter) – 5:02
10. "Good Morning Music" (Lacroix, Winter) – 4:20 (guitar solo by Rick Derringer)

Personnel

• Edgar Winter – organ, piano, celeste, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
• Rick Derringer – guitar, vocals, producer
• Johnny Winter – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Floyd Radford – guitar
• George Sheck – bass guitar
• Jerry Lacroix – harmonica, saxophone, vocals
• Jon Smith – tenor saxophone, vocals
• Mike McClellan – trumpet, vocals
• Bobby Ramirez – drums
• Steven Paul – organic director
• Ray Barretto – conductor, congas
• Alfred Brown – strings
• Arnold Eidus – strings
• George Ricci – strings
• Gene Orloff – strings
• Emanuel Green – strings
• Max Pollikoff – strings
• Russell Savkas – strings
• Eileen Gilbert – conductor, vocals
• Carl Hull – vocals
• Albertine Robinson – vocals
• Tasha Thomas – vocals
• Janice Bell – vocals
• Maretha Stewart – vocals
• Patti Smith – poetry
• Lou Waxman – engineer
• Peter Weiss – engineer
• Richard Mantel – design
• Alen MacWeeney – photography
• Robert Honablue – mastering

References

1. Smith, Michael B.. Edgar Winter's White Trash at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Rolling Stone review, Jon Landau, 5/71
4. Circus review, Goldberg, 5/71