March 28, 20232 yr 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.
March 28, 20232 yr Some pretty good shit and a lengthy career. Always liked him, never really thought much about it since I guess the 80s. Good reminder.
March 28, 20232 yr 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.
March 28, 20232 yr 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?
March 28, 20232 yr 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.
March 28, 20232 yr 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, 20232 yr by Chad Fuck
March 28, 20232 yr 28 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said: Plus that non-reverse Inverness Green Firebird is badass. My favorite Gibson electric design of all time.
March 28, 20232 yr 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.
March 28, 20232 yr 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.
March 28, 20232 yr 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
March 28, 20232 yr 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.
March 28, 20232 yr 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.
March 28, 20232 yr 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?
March 28, 20232 yr 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.
April 1, 20232 yr 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”
April 1, 20232 yr 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.
April 1, 20232 yr 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, 20232 yr by UTperks
April 1, 20232 yr 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?
April 1, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: Two questions: 1. what? 2. how old are you? 137 clearly. At least in @Armybratyearbook
April 1, 20232 yr he's obviously legend doesn't have the same spot on my heart as evh does but that's just how I'm wired
April 1, 20232 yr 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/
April 1, 20232 yr 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/
April 1, 20232 yr 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.
April 1, 20232 yr 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.
April 3, 20232 yr 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.
April 5, 20232 yr One of the most underrated songs of the '80s. Also displays his beginnings as an Anglican church organist back when he was about 12.
April 25, 20232 yr Had more talent in his pinky than Huey Lewis and Phil Collins combined. Hollywood held him back.
May 1, 20232 yr Ummm yes. Been a huge fan ever since I heard that blue eyed soul voice in the Spencer Davis Group “I’m a Man”
June 3Jun 3 Man, I love that song. Let me edit and add some of the reasons I love that song: 1. Winwood and Capaldi. Holy shit, the title alone is R&R HOF material. (Ironically, neither came up with the line.) But the vibe. It's an enigmatic, psych-drug-fueled road trip. 2. Winwood's voice. Enough said. His keys? Enough said. 3. The structure kills me -- Dm in the verses, D major in the choruses, with that crazy sax part weaving in and out. Some songs were just meant for greatness and posterity. This is one of them. Edited June 3Jun 3 by jimmyjazz
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