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Steve Winwood
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Steve Winwood (born May 12, 1948) was a part of the Birmingham Rhythm
and blues scene from a young age, playing the Hammond organ and guitar,
backing blues singers like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker on their UK
tours (the norm at that time being for US singers to travel solo and be
backed by 'pick-up' bands).
He became a member
of the Spencer Davis Group at 15 with his older brother 'Muff' (who
later had much success as a record producer) and had hit singles with
"Keep On Runnin'", "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm A Man" before leaving
to form Traffic with Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason.
He formed Blind
Faith in 1969 but the band was short-lived, breaking up in August after
completing its US tour. Traffic re-formed when Winwood stalled while
recording his "solo" album and enlisted the help of Chris Wood and Jim
Capaldi again. The solo album became Traffic's John Barleycorn Must
Die.
Constant artistic
differences and personnel changes led to the final break-up of Traffic
and Winwood releasing his eponymous first solo album in 1977. This was
followed by his 1980 hit Arc Of A Diver and Talking Back To The Night
(1982) (both albums recorded at his home in Gloucestershire with
Winwood playing all instruments). He enlisted the help of a coterie of
stars to record Back In The High Life (1986) in the US and was rewarded
with a hit album. All released on Island Records.
At the peak of his
commercial success, he moved to Virgin Records and released Roll With
It and Refugees Of The Heart. He recorded another album with Jim
Capaldi released under the Traffic name, Far From Home, then resumed
his solo career with his final Virgin album Junction Seven.
His session work includes:
David Gilmour About Face
External link
http://stevewinwood.com
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