do any of you assholes love Steve Winwood the way I love Steve Winwood?

[Gil Bang 25944]

dude's a fucking genius.

[jimmyjazz 45899]

Yup.  "Low Spark" was a crazy great song for such a young guy.  "Gimme Some Lovin'" was a little more pedestrian but equally good. 

I saw him once in the late 80s, he could play any instrument and sang his ass off.

[Scraps 13561]

Uhhh yeah dude

[TwiceHorn 31450]

Some pretty good shit and a lengthy career.

Always liked him, never really thought much about it since I guess the 80s.

Good reminder.

[G650 14249]

Roll with it baby.

 

I love little Stevie Winwood

[ohchaucer 1443]

Hell yeah. Arc of a Diver is a beautiful gem and Roll With It is a seriously underrated album. Traffic, SDG, and Blind Faith all BEFORE ever making a solo record.

[South Austin 52463]

2 hours ago, G650 said:

Roll with it baby.

I still really like that song, even if the sax solo sounds a little bit of a rip off from Aretha's "Respect." 

I thought his 80s stuff was hit or miss.  But how do you not love a white English dude who sounds like Ray Charles?

[G650 14249]

6 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I still really like that song, even if the sax solo sounds a little bit of a rip off from Aretha's "Respect." 

 

 

Funny enough, I played the sax solo from Respect in a concert once.

[Chad Fuck 17670]

I love how fucking huge his pupils are here.  Saucers they are.  The crowd probably looked like a giant fucking kaleidoscope to him. Plus that non-reverse

Inverness Green Firebird is badass. 

 

Edited March 28, 2023 by Chad Fuck

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Traffic was great. 

[jimmyjazz 45899]

28 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Plus that non-reverse Inverness Green Firebird is badass. 

My favorite Gibson electric design of all time.

[stc 1461]

for a long time i didn't realize it was steve winwood playing on this track, until i happened to read the liner notes one day. 

 

 

 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Nobody appreciates Muff Winwood. 

[Buzzrock 14918]

I saw him open for Tom Petty in my hometown years ago. When he came out and did Can’t Find My Way Home with the Heartbreakers it was one of the highlights of my concert going life.

[Buzzrock 14918]

I love how fucking huge his pupils are here.  Saucers they are.  The crowd probably looked like a giant fucking kaleidoscope to him. Plus that non-reverse
Inverness Green Firebird is badass. 
 

First ballot underrated guitar player HOF

[South Austin 52463]

4 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

When he came out and did Can’t Find My Way Home with the Heartbreakers it was one of the highlights of my concert going life.

Well fuck me, for some reason I always thought those were Clapton's vocals.  I fell in love with that song when I first saw the closing credits of Fandango.

[Chad Fuck 17670]

I saw him at ACL Fest and he was doing a lot of Arc of the Diver stuff.  When that came out I was a kid and it sounded like "old guy rock."  I appreciate it now that I'm an old guy.  

I saw him with Clapton in 2009 when they toured together and that was a great show. 

[Herpa Derpa 6125]

 

[sidis 9826]

12 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

do any of you assholes love Steve Winwood the way I love Steve Winwood?

would you say you have a...higher love of steve winwood then everyone else?

[Scraps 13561]

Back in the 80s my mom jammed the shit out of the Roll With It album so that started my love. Then the older I got I learned he was in Traffic (among others) and got into them.

Seen him a couple times as an opener and saw Dave Mason last year in concert.

[TexPx 2323]

Back in the 80s my mom jammed the shit out of the Roll With It album so that started my love. Then the older I got I learned he was in Traffic (among others) and got into them.

Seen him a couple times as an opener and saw Dave Mason last year in concert.

Forgot how great Dave Mason’s Alone Together album is.

“Alone Together is the debut solo album by former Traffic member Dave Mason, released in 1970. Mason was joined on the album by a roster of guest musicians, including Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell, Jim Capaldi, Rita Coolidge, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. The song "Only You Know and I Know" reached number #42 on the Billboard charts in the US and was the record's major commercial success”

[TexPx 2323]

Hell yeah. Arc of a Diver is a beautiful gem and Roll With It is a seriously underrated album. Traffic, SDG, and Blind Faith all BEFORE ever making a solo record.

Have most of his Traffic stuff but his solo stuff was a bit too Pop for my tastes at the time. Always thought he was supremely talented. Wife drug me to a Starplex concert and he was great.

[freyguy 4268]

 

[UTperks 28]

I worked with Spencer Davis Group back in the day. Set up and take down. Heard a lot of songs by and stories about Windwood.

Edited April 1, 2023 by UTperks

[jimmyjazz 45899]

5 minutes ago, UTperks said:

I worked with Spencer Davis Group back in the day. Set up and take down. 

Two questions:

1.  what?

2.  how old are you?

[ztejas 43418]

I used to turn sheet music for Beehtoven. 

[G650 14249]

8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Two questions:

1.  what?

2.  how old are you?

137 clearly. At least in @Armybratyearbook

[Rimbo 25920]

he's obviously legend

doesn't have the same spot on my heart as evh does but that's just how I'm wired

[Armybrat 40832]

On 3/28/2023 at 8:39 AM, G650 said:

 

Funny enough, I played the sax solo from Respect in a concert once.

Mrs. Brat played the sax when she was in the Southwest Texas State band 60 years ago. 
They led the parade on Pennsylvania Avenue for LBJ’s 1965 Inauguration. 
ncsb/

[G650 14249]

24 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Mrs. Brat played the sax when she was in the Southwest Texas State band 60 years ago. 
They led the parade on Pennsylvania Avenue for LBJ’s 1965 Inauguration. 
ncsb/

[Armybrat 40832]

10 minutes ago, G650 said:

She laughed when I showed her your response.

[nbmishoid 949]

Maybe 2010 he was with his band with the Brazilian guitarist, at the Mountain Winery above San Jose.  We drove down from San Ramon and arrived way early, before parking was even open.  But they were sympathetic and let us in.  With drinks in hand we were walking behind the stage when the band comes up and does a 5 song sound check.  Just for us.  Hard to believe this happened.  
 

I might be as big a fan as Brat.

[UTperks 28]

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Two questions:

1.  what?

2.  how old are you?

Roadie for some legend shows and small shows in LA

Watched Earl run in the 70’s but I am not that old. 

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

Respect his resume and chops, but very little (if any) of his music has ever resonated much with me, which doesn't make a lot of sense given what I like, but sometimes that's the way things are.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

One of the most underrated songs of the '80s. Also displays his beginnings as an Anglican church organist back when he was about 12.

[oSuJeff97 3435]

[closetohumping 17438]

Had more talent in his pinky than Huey Lewis and Phil Collins combined.  Hollywood held him back.  

[Steel Shank 9422]

Empty Pages is a good tune.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

No

[Mileslong 4727]

Ummm yes. Been a huge fan ever since I heard that blue eyed soul voice in the Spencer Davis Group “I’m a Man”

[Earl Haffler 590]

This shit is pretty hard to beat, even though Clapton wrote it.