genre they only come out at night
___MASK60___ is a ___MASK19___ and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century . The ___MASK19___ developed from roots in African musical traditions , African - American work songs and European - American folk music . ___MASK60___ incorporated spirituals , work songs , field hollers , shouts , chants , and rhymed simple narrative ballads . The blues form , ubiquitous in jazz , rhythm and blues and ___MASK20___ , is characterized by the call - and - response pattern , the blues scale and specific chord progressions , of which the twelve - bar blues is the most common . Blue notes ( or " worried notes "), usually thirds or fifths flattened in pitch , are also an essential part of the sound . ___MASK60___ shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance - like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove . They Only Come Out at Night is the third studio album by The Edgar Winter Group . It went to No . 3 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart , eventually sold two million copies , and features two of the band ' s biggest hits , `` Frankenstein '' ( # 1 Pop Singles ) and `` Free Ride '' ( # 14 Pop Singles ) . In 2006 , the album was reissued on Super Audio CD by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab as well as the 2008 Quadraphonic rendition was reissued by SBME Sony BMG ( Bertelsmann ___MASK98___ Group ) ___MASK98___ Entertainment . Writer Stephen King mentioned the album in his 1975 novel ' Salem ' s Lot . The album is mentioned in the song `` I Love My Dad '' by Sun Kil Moon on his 2014 album Benji . The Australian cassette issue of the album in 1973 transposes `` Undercover Man '' and `` Frankenstein '' ( i . e . Frankenstein ends side A instead of side B ) and has a wholly different cover : a photo of the band posing against a black background . The album was certified gold April 30 , 1973 by the RIAA . Edgar Holland Winter ( born December 28 , 1946 ) is an American ___MASK2___ and ___MASK60___ musician . He is known for being a multi - instrumentalist  keyboardist , guitarist , saxophonist and percussionist  as well as a singer . His success peaked in the 1970s with his band , The Edgar Winter Group , and their popular songs " Frankenstein " and " Free Ride ".