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Post by petrolino on Feb 1, 2020 3:25:26 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Feb 1, 2020 3:45:47 GMT
For me, it was this song, 'Keep On Running', I think. It all came together through the Blues Brothers for me, because Steve Winwood hung with some comedians and musicians informally.
'Keep On Running' - Spencer Davis Group
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Post by movielover on Feb 1, 2020 4:08:02 GMT
1st memory - Hearing "While You See a Chance" on the radio when I was a kid.
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Post by petrolino on Feb 1, 2020 4:16:52 GMT
1st memory - Hearing "While You See a Chance" on the radio when I was a kid. I think he kind of has stage fright, but not sure what it is. They used to say this about Robbie Robertson of the Band, but they still go out on the road, so I guess it's something more specific.
Don't think I know the song, but I like it, thanks.
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Post by bravomailer on Feb 1, 2020 4:41:41 GMT
Gimme Some Lovin'
I saw Winwood perform about six years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Post by petrolino on Feb 1, 2020 4:43:35 GMT
Gimme Some Lovin' I saw Winwood perform about six years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had that song on my 'Blues Brothers' cassettes as a boy.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 1, 2020 8:18:58 GMT
 Title track one of my top 25 songs ever |
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Post by millar70 on Feb 1, 2020 20:10:26 GMT
I had been aware of Winwood for a long time by the time I saw a reformed Traffic open for the Grateful Dead in Las Vegas in 1994. What I wasn't aware of, and pleasantly surprised by, was how great of a guitarist Winwood was, he was ripping solos all over the place.
I'm a tried and true Deadhead, but Traffic was the better band at those shows.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Feb 1, 2020 23:28:13 GMT
Earliest memory is probably my dad playing Higher Love on drums. He still does.
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Post by Jokers_Wilde on Feb 2, 2020 1:57:29 GMT
Getting the 45 of "While You See A Chance". I didn't know until I picked up the "Chronicles" CD that the cut on the 45 was cut for time.
It wasn't until much later that I found out he was in the band that did the song "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Spencer Davis Group).
Joker's Wilde
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Post by NJtoTX on Feb 2, 2020 2:22:44 GMT
Gimme Some Lovin', but I didn't connect Winwood to Spencer Davis until later.
So I'll say Dear Mr. Fantasy.
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Post by Zos on Feb 2, 2020 12:31:02 GMT
The Blind Faith album. Well dodgy cover though. Imagine trying to releasing that, now.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Feb 4, 2020 4:27:20 GMT
I bought Back in the High Life on cassette after watching this on TV. I may have purchased Peter Gabriel's So at the same time. At a Wherehouse Music store, I believe.
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Post by Sulla on Feb 4, 2020 7:01:31 GMT
I really had to search my memory for this one. Although I had heard a lot of his older works, I didn't know who he was until I bought his first album (on 8-track). I just went over all the songs on YouTube and the only one I recognize is "Time is Running Out". I think I bought the album for that song. I almost certainly heard it on radio because we had a good station which still allowed the DJs to choose what they played regardless of the charts or the song length. .
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 7, 2020 14:02:24 GMT
I guess it is kind of "lame", but I first heard him through the huge remix/cover hit from around 2003-04 of his 80s release Valerie, which ended up being borrowed heavily (I think even Winwood went into studio and re-did the vocals for his part) on Call On Me by Eric Prydz.
However, I actually really began to take an interest of his music, when I watched an episode of Miami Vice, I think it was from season 3, and was actually a double-episode, which stood out as one of the darker ones, and a favorite also of mine, but I thought the use of his There's A River was a quite fitting way of saying goodbye to the character of Lt. Larry Zito (John Diehl), and a heartbreaking one for his partner and pal, Lt. Stan Switeck.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 7, 2020 14:07:58 GMT
Beside that, I do own a copy of Arch of a Diver (1980), and while not an album I often play too much, there are some truly great songs on it, such as While You See a Chance and Night train.
I also later on learnt that he contributed with his organ (I think) to give that extra boost of huge sound, to Talk Talks masterpiece, The Color of Spring (1986), and they sure made good use of Winwoods talent on that one.
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