Showing posts with label Spencer Davis Group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spencer Davis Group. Show all posts

Friday, August 06, 2010

Friday Night Noise =16 yr old Stevie Winwood Says "I'm A Man!"



1967 in some Eurotrash Burg's Studio - Spencer Davis Group featuring barely bearded youth -Stevie Winwood! You is, Son!





Winwood was just a teenager when he rocketed into the international spotlight as the prodigious singer of the Spencer Davis Group (which also featured his brother Muff on bass). The blues and R&B-influenced rock of “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “I’m a Man” stood among the leading hits at the peak of the British Invasion, Winwood’s singing drawing comparisons to that of his idol Ray Charles - despite his tender age. Looking for a wider artistic palette, in 1967 he headed to the countryside with friends Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason, forging the collective spirit into Traffic, producing some of the most inventive and durable works of the psychedelic-tinged late-”60s.