Wild, Guitar Concert
5
By Jimsterdotcom II
One of the greatest "guitar' live albums ever. Now if they would remaster it. Oerall the mixes sound choppy and things like the crispness of the cymbals is totally lost or muddy. Still, totally excellent music.
A live blues rock legendary album
5
By 2for2tru
Bought this on cassette back in the early seventies and completely wore it out. I'm now going to get an audiophile vinyl copy to spin on my new Audio Technica turntable to show the neighbors that their brick exterior, heavy insulation and triple pane windows are a jmere illusion. PLAY IT LOUD.
A true classic.
5
By Ocnic
My brother turned me on to this album in the early 70's. He was a huge EW fan who died too young at 22. But this album lives on and I think of my brother every time I hear it. A true classic live combination of hard rock and blues. These guys nailed it.
Awesome!!
5
By GMovie
Incredible Edgar!! I'm looking forward to seeing you, Johnny and Rick back together on stage at the Rock 'n Blues Fest this summer!
Bobby
Back in the USA
5
By Wloon
This performance by the band features an unparalleled master guitar slinger. Rick Derringer and his Gibson 335 tear it up! The tone is as raunchy as it gets and makes one wonder how his gear survived it. I still get off on the bottom E string bend transition to A. Nasty!
Edgar Winter
5
By Another trumpet player
Bought this on vinyl upon release, as did just about every other musician I knew. Edgar was the marquee name but Jerry LaCroix proved he was a perfect match as well as a monster sax player. Speaking of horns, I knew guys who picked up the saxophone solely because of Jon Smith and this album. Long may it reign. Its like will not be seen again.
DCH
A true classic.
5
By alphaco
This album stands the test of time. Johnny and Edgar Winter plus Rick Derringer together are awesome. One of the best live recordings ever, 'nuff said.
Classic, awesome
5
By bennyNYC
Yep, not saying much different here... the band was super great, from Randy Hobbs on bass on up, stellar performaces! "Tobacco Road" is the song that made me take up the sax in high school. I also heard this version of "Rock And Roll Hootchie Koo" first, so the studio version could never live up to it! Other reviewer was right - this is the element where the band really took off. Even the Stevie Wonder tunes (which normally only Stevie could do any justice to) sound fantastic, taking on a balls-out life of their own.
Again, First Reviewer Nailed It!
5
By Skullbyte
I couldnt have said it better! I bought the LP when it came out & had to buy it again for wearing out the original. Now I have a Remastered CD. "Cool Fool" & "Do Yourself a Favor" just kill!!
"Tobacco Road" is peerless & beyond compare, never to be equaled.
This album, Will stand the test of time!!
1 of the unknown classics
5
By redrockfever
Edgar Winter and crew had the R&B sound and energy. It is very dynamic and not a bad song, nor missed beat on record. I had a chance to see this tour but got snowed out in Chicago. If this doen't get you Jiving then you are dead.
One of the Best Live Albums
5
By Drackulah
I first heard of Edgar Winter through this album... i have the original LP record. This album features Rick Derringer (lead guitar) at his best. The song Tobacco Road is a shortened virsion, but it is still good (the original version is around 25 minutes).
First review nailed it
5
By TheDoug
But I have to add that my brother had this on album, I have it on CD, and it is one of the discs that my younger friends are appreciating. It's that good. The studio album of White Trash sounds like a dead audition-they really needed the live stage environment to bring the songs to life, and this is the best.
Wish Edgar Had More of the Same
5
By Timbini
Edgar Winter’s White Trash was the preeminent blues-rock band of the early 1970’s, due pretty much to this one double-album set.
The band included vocalist and Sax player Jerry La Croix and Rick Derringer on guitar, plus a complete horn section for the biggest brass sound heard in rock. Nearly every song is stunning in its intensity, every song live without studio manipulation — in short the best live album ever released. It’s raw, it’s loud and it rocks.
Many Edgar Winter fans point to They Only Come Out at Night as Winter’s best LP, but I think listeners would be deprived of the real Winter if they passed on Roadwork for the Top 40 hit album.
“Still Alive and Well,” “Back in the U.S.A.,” and “Do Yourself a Favor” are just three of the best songs of the set; Rick Derringer proving to the world he was the top guitar slinger of the day … until they play “Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo” — “People keep askin’ me, ‘Where’s your brother?’ ” — Johnny Winter comes out and trades licks with Derringer and for five minutes, 42 seconds, you have the most outstanding guitar explosion ever recorded.
Despite the heights of Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer on “Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo,” the best song is the 17-minute jam, “Tobacco Road.” This one song alone set Edgar Winter apart from every other vocalist in rock and really, along with Ten Years After’s Woodstock version of “I’m Goin’ Home,” set the standard for live rock and blues jams. To maintain that intensity for 17 minutes is extraordinary. I saw Winter and White Trash the summer after this album was released and was disappointed Johnny didn’t show up, but rocked off my feet by the 100-plus minutes of pure adrenalin coming off the stage.
Since that time, I’ve always considered They Only Come Out at Night to be a lesser work in comparison. Get that Top-40 standout, certainly, but be sure to get Roadwork as well. You’ll wish he had more of the same to offer.
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