# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-winter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:18:27.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-winter"
name: "Edgar Winter"
slug: "edgar-winter"
description: "Edgar Holland Winter is an American multi-instrumentalist, working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs \"Frankenstein\" and \"Free Ride\" which remain staple tracks of classic rock radio. He is the brother of blues singer and guitarist Johnny Winter, who died in 2014."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_Winter_2009_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1946-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Edgar Winter"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump