Together
Johnny & Edgar Winter
Together is a live album by brothers Johnny and Edgar Winter, released in 1976 and culled from concerts at the Swing Auditorium in California and the San Diego Sports Arena. Issued on Blue Sky/CBS at a time when both were riding separate waves of success, it brings Johnny’s fiery blues‑rock guitar and Edgar’s saxophone, keys, and soul‑leaning vocals onto the same stage, backed by a combined “super‑band” drawn from the Edgar Winter Group and Johnny Winter’s road group. Rather than focusing on their original material, the record is built entirely around rock ’n’ roll and soul standards, presented as a high‑energy party set.
Across seven tracks, Together plays like a nonstop medley of American jukebox history. The Winters tear through pieces like “Harlem Shuffle,” “Soul Man,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” and a sprawling “Rock & Roll Medley” that stitches together “Slippin’ and Slidin’,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Tutti Frutti,” and more, with Johnny’s stinging leads and Edgar’s gritty vocals trading the spotlight. With Rick Derringer and Floyd Radford also on guitars, Dan Hartman on piano, and dual drummers Richard Hughes and Chuck Ruff, the sound is thick, loud, and exuberant, closer to a bar‑band rave‑up scaled to arena size than to a polished, note‑perfect live document.
Together
Johnny & Edgar Winter
Together is a live album by brothers Johnny and Edgar Winter, released in 1976 and culled from concerts at the Swing Auditorium in California and the San Diego Sports Arena. Issued on Blue Sky/CBS at a time when both were riding separate waves of success, it brings Johnny’s fiery blues‑rock guitar and Edgar’s saxophone, keys, and soul‑leaning vocals onto the same stage, backed by a combined “super‑band” drawn from the Edgar Winter Group and Johnny Winter’s road group. Rather than focusing on their original material, the record is built entirely around rock ’n’ roll and soul standards, presented as a high‑energy party set.
Across seven tracks, Together plays like a nonstop medley of American jukebox history. The Winters tear through pieces like “Harlem Shuffle,” “Soul Man,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” and a sprawling “Rock & Roll Medley” that stitches together “Slippin’ and Slidin’,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Tutti Frutti,” and more, with Johnny’s stinging leads and Edgar’s gritty vocals trading the spotlight. With Rick Derringer and Floyd Radford also on guitars, Dan Hartman on piano, and dual drummers Richard Hughes and Chuck Ruff, the sound is thick, loud, and exuberant, closer to a bar‑band rave‑up scaled to arena size than to a polished, note‑perfect live document.