Edgar Winter

Tales of a Woodwind repairman

Edgar Winter

When I got out of the Army I went on the road playing in rock bands and blues bands… I was trying to play the saxophone then I heard Edgar Winter play on his “Entrance” album… hell … he was playing things I could never play if I practiced 24 hours a day…. He was a big reason I became a repairman…. And once again the first time he came into the Sax Shop I was ecstatic.

Of course, not many people think of Edgar as a saxophonist… I think he is one of the best saxophonist I have ever heard… On the Entrance Album Jimmy’s Gospel is outrageous… the way he starts with the simple melody and keeps adding to it each time he plays it until he is playing higher and faster than most sax players can…. Edgar Winter legend!