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"Free Ride" is a song written by Dan Hartman and performed by the Edgar Winter Group from their 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night, produced by Rick Derringer. The single was a top 15 U.S. hit in 1973, reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ 2 ] and number 10 on Cash Box .
They Only Come Out at Night is the debut studio album by American rock band The Edgar Winter Group, released in November 1972 by Epic Records. [3] [4] A commercial success, the album reached #3 on the US Billboard 200 chart and features the band's signature songs, "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride".
Edgar Holland Winter [3] (born December 28, 1946) [4] is an American multi-instrumentalist, [5] working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. [6] His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride". [7]
Highlights include Winter's vocals and virtuoso keyboard work, plus the guitar stylings of Rick Derringer. The longest track on the album was the band's own version of the John D. Loudermilk song, " Tobacco Road ", which lasted over 17 minutes, taking up an entire side of the album.
"Free Ride" (song), a 1973 song by Dan Hartman for the Edgar Winter Group "Free Ride", a song by Nick Drake on the album Pink Moon "Free Ride", a song by Annabelle Chvostek on the album Bija
An advertisement for the album in Melody Maker in February opened with "Pink Moon—Nick Drake's latest album: the first we heard of it was when it was finished." [56] Pink Moon sold fewer copies than its predecessors, although it received some favourable reviews. In Zigzag, Connor McKnight wrote: "Nick Drake is an artist who never fakes. The ...
L–R: Chuck Ruff, Rick Derringer, Dan Hartman, Edgar Winter. Ruff was born in Reno, Nevada, on May 25, 1951, to Charles W. "Bill" Ruff II and Georgie Ruff. He played in the rock group Sawbuck with Ronnie Montrose and Bill Church from 1968 to 1970. Ruff and Montrose later joined Edgar Winter with Dan Hartman to form The Edgar Winter Group in ...
All tracks written and performed by Nick Drake except where noted. ... "Free Ride" 3:04: 10. ... (written and performed by Molly Drake (Nick's mother)) 1:38: 5 ...