In 1971, Edgar Winter recorded an album called Edgar Winter's White Trash, which included his brother Johnny and former McCoys singer Rick Derringer on guitar, and several horn players. On Keep Playin' That Rock And Roll, Edgar is joined on vocals by sax player Jerry LaCroix. Although the song mentions Johnny Winter by his first name, the guitar solo is by Derringer.
During the late 60's and early 70's, the Grass Roots had a string of pop rock hits, sung mostly by bassist Rob Grill. My favorite of theirs was Love Is What You Make It, which featured electric piano, organ and horns.
In 1990, Aerosmith released The Other Side, the fourth single from their 1989 album Pump. Written by lead singer Steve Tyler and Canadian musician Jim Vallance, the song's credit was later extended to include the Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland because of the its resemblance to their Standing in the Shadows of Love.
From the one-hit wonder department, this is Autograph with Turn Up The Radio, from their 1984 debut album Sign In Please. Although there is a video to this song, I decided not to use that version because it includes some unnecessary sound effects.
While flying over to Europe, I discovered this number while listening to the airplane's headphone audio system. From Drawn From Memory, the second album by the English group Embrace, released in 2000, Save Me includes a load of percussion and synthesizer effects, and what might be the best bass part I've heard in a rock and roll song. Once again, I decided not to use the official video, this time to cut out some extraneous dialogue.
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