Hey, Where's Your Brother? (CD - 1992)

Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Edgar Winter (vocals, saxophone, organ); Billy Branch (harmonica); Jeff Ganz (acoustic, fretless, 6- & 8-string electric basses); Tom Compton (drums, percussion).

Recorded at Streeterville Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois between May & July 1992.

Personnel: Johnny Winter (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Edgar Winter (vocals, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, organ); Jeff Ganz (electric guitar, upright bass, electric bass, fretless bass); Billy Branch (harmonica); Tom Compton (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: David Axelbaum.

Recording information: Streeterville Recording Studios, Chicago IL (05/1992-07/1992).

Photographer: William Claxton.

Maybe it's because they look almost exactly alike--and it's a look you're not likely to forget--but more than any other pair of brothers in rock & roll, Johnny and Edgar Winter will always be thought of as a duo, despite the fact that they really don't play together very much. Johnny's a straight-up bluesman, after all, a white-hot guitarist with roots in the Texas soul of T-Bone Walker and Charlie Christian. Little brother Edgar, a keyboard and saxophone prodigy, has more eclectic tastes, with his own albums ranging from jazz-tinged instrumental funk to space-prog epics.

The joke is that even on 1992's HEY, WHERE'S YOUR BROTHER--a phrase both of them must hear a dozen times a day--Edgar only joins his big brother on a few tracks, a soulful rendition of Charles Brown's blues classic "Please Come Home for Christmas" being a clear highlight. Another treat is the sassy "You Must Have a Twin," one of the non-twins' few co-written songs. The whole album bristles with good humor and genial attitude, making it one of the most enjoyable items in either brother's catalogue. minimize