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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. In Canada, it peaked at number 8. [3]
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 quickly scored a #1 smash with Winter's song,"Frankenstein" and then followed it up by riding Hartman's song "Free Ride" all the way to #14 on the charts.
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.
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. The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer – Live in Japan (1990) — Cypress
Ruff and Montrose later joined Edgar Winter with Dan Hartman to form The Edgar Winter Group in 1972. It was with this band that he had his biggest successes. The album They Only Come Out at Night (1973) featured "Frankenstein," which reached No. 1 in the U.S. in May 1973, and the top 15 single "Free Ride", which
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