Not many people even those who love music would know who Steve Winwood is and that’s probably understandable because he was born in Birmingham UK, not a City associated with the earthy type of music he made. At the age of twenty, I started going to a music venue in Handsworth Birmingham called the Plaza which had a reputation for bringing in the latest musical groups ( It was nearly all groups then rather than single acts and most artists played an instrument or sometimes more than one) One night The Spencer Group performed I was astounded by the voice of the small childlike figure of the lead singer who I later found out was Steve Winwood. It was how I imagined some of the thirties jazz musicians in America.
One of his songs was ‘Dimples’ written by John Lee Hooker, it was popular with all the local pub groups but Steve took it to a new level. He would later migrate to Traffic and Blind Faith, Bob Dillian was amazed by his voice.
This is where you run, sorry that’s Shreck. This is where you listen to Dimples, Keep on Running, Somebody Help Me, Gime Some Loving,
Watch them on YouTube with a glass of Yellow Tail Sharaz and Maybe Rave On Buddy Holly, ‘Glad All Over’ Dave Clark Five.
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