![]() So, he said in a telephone interview, he “sort of dropped out” to learn how other musicians were working in the studios. He wrote and sang their big hit singles, “Gimme Some Loving” and “I’m A Man.”įrom there, he joined Traffic with Dave Mason, formed a super group with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker of Cream called Blind Faith, and reformed Traffic as a vehicle for his compositions and arrangements with drummer Jim Capaldi, including “John Barleycorn Must Die” and “Freedom Rider.” He also did session work on such classic recordings such as Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile,” The Who’s “Tommy” and James Brown’s “Gravity.”ĭuring his convalescence after that intense period from 1963 through 1972, Winwood realized he hadn’t taken time to look back or keep up with recording advances. He began singing and playing keyboards for the Spencer Davis Group at 14, emerging from the same Birmingham, England, scene that produced the Moody Blues and Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra. Winwood, 69, essentially skipped adolescence as a teen rock child prodigy. Shortly afterwards, Winwood was afflicted with peritonitis and had to stop touring. The Santa Monica show was one of the few Traffic concerts ever recorded on film and it was the last Traffic jam of that year. ![]() ![]() The legendary jam band was touring in support of its 1971 album, “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys,” which regularly shows up on lists of the greatest albums of all time. I didn’t know it was historic until preparing to interview Winwood before his concert Saturday at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Traffic, featuring singer-multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood, played the second major rock concert I ever attended in 1972 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Watch Video: Listen: Steve Winwood's new live version of 'Higher Love'
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