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Edgar Winter
The late Johnny Winter’s brother returns with a starstudded album dedicated to the blues great.
GEDDY LEE: KEVIN NIXON
“ARE YOU READY to rock and rooooollllll?!” Edgar Winter shouts down the phone. The multi-instrumentalist and multi-genre legend is in good spirits and ready to talk about Brother Johnny, his new tribute album to his late brother, blues great Johnny Winter. Featuring a starstudded cast including Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons, Ringo Starr and Derek Trucks, it’s Edgar’s way of celebrating Johnny’s legacy. And processing some grief too. “Someone once asked me to define the blues in ten words or less,” he says, “and I said: ‘It’s music that transforms suffering into joy’. That’s what this record helpedme do.” You’ve