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Edgar Winter: How Winter Went Glam and Created A Frankenstein Monster

Loraine Alterman, Melody Maker, 30 June 1973

EDGAR WINTER, his wife and his band live in a 13-bedroom white clapboard mansion at Sands Point, overlooking Long Island Sound. 30,000 dollars a year to rent — a heurts and swimming pool, it costs them With its spacious lawns, tennis coll of a lot more than most people earn in that time. But, with his single 'Frankenstein' and the album They Only Come Out At Night his first gold records, Edgar has hit the star category. As he says: "This is a pretty nice time. I guess I must be doing something right."

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