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"Free Ride" is a song written by Dan Hartman and performed by the Edgar Winter Group from their 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night, produced by Rick Derringer. The single was a top 15 U.S. hit in 1973, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ 2 ] and number 10 on Cash Box .
They Only Come Out at Night is the debut studio album by American rock band The Edgar Winter Group, released in November 1972 by Epic Records. [3] [4] A commercial success, the album reached #3 on the US Billboard 200 chart and features the band's signature songs, "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride".
Edgar Holland Winter [3] (born December 28, 1946) [4] is an American multi-instrumentalist, [5] working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. [6] His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride". [7]
The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer (1975) — Epic; Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live (1976) — Blue Sky – Although this album was published under the name of Johnny Winter, it was recorded when The Edgar Winter Group still existed, and Johnny's band and Edgar's played together on a tour.
"Free Ride" (song), a 1973 song by Dan Hartman for the Edgar Winter Group "Free Ride", a song by Nick Drake on the album Pink Moon "Free Ride", a song by Annabelle Chvostek on the album Bija
By 1972, Hartman joined the Edgar Winter Group, where he played bass, wrote or co-wrote many of their songs, and sang on three of their albums: They Only Come Out at Night, Shock Treatment, and The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer. [17] [18] He wrote and sang the band's second biggest pop hit, "Free Ride", in 1972.
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Edgar Winter – organ; Bobby Caldwell – drums; Joe Lala – congas "Slide on Over Slinky" Rick Derringer – guitar, bass, hair-drum, cowbell, lead vocals; Edgar Winter – synthesized clavinet; Bobby Caldwell – drums; Carl Hall – backing vocals; Lani Groves – backing vocals; Tasha Thomas – backing vocals "Jump, Jump, Jump"