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{{Short description|English musician and songwriter (born 1948)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}{{Use British English|date=May 2019}}

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• Blue-eyed soul
• R&B
• rock
• pop

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• Vocals
• keyboards
• guitar
• mandolin
• bass

{edih}| years_active = 1961–presentIsland Records>Virgin Records>Wincraft MusicColumbia Records>Columbia}}Spencer Davis GroupTraffic (band)>TrafficBlind Faith>Ginger Baker's Air Force}}stevewinwood.com}}}}Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock and pop rock. Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player and vocalist, prominent for his distinctive soulful high tenor voice, Winwood plays other instruments proficiently, including drums, mandolin, bass and saxophone.Winwood achieved fame during the 1960s and 1970s as an integral member of three major bands: the Spencer Davis Group (1964–1967), Traffic (1967–1969 and 1970–1974) and Blind Faith (1969). During the 1980s, his solo career flourished and he had a number of hit singles, including "While You See a Chance" (1980) from the album Arc of a Diver and "Valerie" (1982) from Talking Back to the Night ("Valerie" became a hit when it was re-released with a remix from Winwood's 1987 compilation album Chronicles). His 1986 album Back in the High Life marked his career zenith, with hit singles including "Back in the High Life Again", "The Finer Things", and the US Billboard Hot 100 number one hit "Higher Love". He found the top of the Hot 100 again with "Roll with It" (1988) from the album of the same name, with "Holding On" also charting highly the same year. Although his hit singles ceased after the 1980s, he continued to release new albums up to 2008, when Nine Lives, his latest album, was released.In 2004, Winwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic. He has won two Grammy Awards and an Ivor Novello Award, and has been honored as BMI Icon. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Winwood number 33 on its list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Early life

Winwood was born on 12 May 1948WEB,weblink Steve Winwood: From Mr. Fantasy to Mr. Entertainment, Anthony, DeCurtis, Rolling Stone, 1 December 1988, 2 May 2019, 2 May 2019,weblink live, in Handsworth, Birmingham.WEB,weblink Spencer Davis Group, Brumbeat.net, 10 January 2018, 27 December 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171227124433weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink The 15 famous faces from Handsworth, Birmingham, His father Lawrence, a foundryman by trade, was a semi-professional musician, playing mainly the saxophone and clarinet. Steve Winwood began playing piano at the age of four while interested in swing and Dixieland jazz, and soon started playing drums and guitar. He was also a choirboy at St. John's Church of England, Perry Barr. The family moved from Handsworth to Atlantic Road Kingstanding Birmingham,WEB,weblink "Steve Winwood: English Soul," BBC4, broadcast 25 February 2011, BBC, 29 September 2014, 15 October 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141015072023weblink">weblink live, where Winwood attended the Great Barr School, one of the first comprehensive schools. He also attended the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music to develop his skills as a pianist, but did not complete his course.BOOK, Back in the High Life, Alan, Clayson, 1988, 0-283-99640-4, Sidgewick and Jackson, {{Page needed|date=July 2023}} During this time, he befriended future Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie.WEB, Conversation with Stevie Nicks, YouTube,weblink {{better source needed|date=July 2023}}At eight years of age, Winwood first performed with his father and elder brother Muff in the Ron Atkinson band.BOOK,weblink The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World, 10 November 2015, Moskowitz, David V., 87, Abc-Clio, 9781440803406, 10 August 2018, 18 August 2020,weblink live, Muff Winwood later recalled that when Steve began playing regularly with him and his father in licensed pubs and clubs, the piano had to be turned with its back to the audience to try to hide him because he was so obviously underage.John Reed, liner notes for 'Eight Gigs A Week: The Spencer Davis Group – The Steve Winwood Years' (Island Records, 1996)

Career

Early years

While still a pupil at Great Barr School, Winwood was a part of the Birmingham blues rock scene, playing the Hammond C-3 organ and guitar, backing blues and rock legends such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley on their United Kingdom tours,{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} the custom at that time being for US singers to travel solo and be backed by pick-up bands. At this time, Winwood was living on Atlantic Road in Great Barr, close to the Birmingham music halls where he played. Winwood modelled his singing after Ray Charles.

The Spencer Davis Group: 1963–1967

(File:SpencerDavisGroup1966RonKroon2.jpg|thumb|Winwood on organ with Spencer Davis Group (Amsterdam, 1966))At age 14, Winwood (then known as "Stevie" Winwood) became singer and keyboardist of the Spencer Davis Group,WEB, It's 'About Time' for Steve Winwood, BBC,weblink 19 August 2007, 29 December 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071229135746weblink">weblink live, with his older brother Muff Winwood on bass, Spencer Davis on guitar and Pete York on drums. Davis had been impressed by the Winwood brothers after he saw them performing as the Muffy Wood Jazz Band at the Golden Eagle in Birmingham.NEWS, Lockley, Mike, Will legendary Spencer Davis Group reunite for one last gig in Birmingham?,weblink 15 October 2018, Birmingham Mail, 17 July 2016, 16 October 2018,weblink live, The Spencer Davis Group made their debut at the Eagle and subsequently had a Monday-night residency there.WEB, Spencer Davis Group / 1965 / Smallbrook Queensway,weblink Havill & Travis, 15 October 2018, 16 October 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20181016032614weblink">weblink live, Winwood's distinctive high tenor singing voice and vocal style drew comparisons to Ray Charles.MAGAZINE, 100 Greatest Singers of All Time,weblink Rolling Stone, (Winwood exploded onto the London music scene as a teenager with his powerful, soulful tenor). "I thought he had the greatest voice," said Billy Joel, "this skinny little English kid singing like Ray Charles.", 28 October 2017, 23 July 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090723104724weblink">weblink dead, In 1964, the Spencer Davis Group signed their first recording contract with Island Records. Producer and founder Chris Blackwell later said of Winwood, "He was really the cornerstone of Island Records. He's a musical genius and because he was with Island all the other talent really wanted to be with Island."WEB,weblink Bono Inducts Chris Blackwell into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, YouTube, 26 February 2019, 23 May 2019,weblink live, The group's first single "Dimples" was released 10 days after Winwood's 16th birthday.WEB,weblink The Spencer Davis Group Discography - UK, 45cat.com, 18 April 2020, 20 February 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200220024116weblink">weblink live, The group had two UK No. 1 singles in late 1965 and early 1966 with "Keep on Running" and "Somebody Help Me";{{Pop Chronicles|52|4}} the money from this success allowed Winwood to buy his own Hammond organ. Winwood co-wrote the band's breakthrough hits in America, "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man", both of which went Top 10 in the US and UK in late 1966 and early 1967.BOOK, David, Roberts, 2006, British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, Guinness World Records Limited, London, 1-904994-10-5, 143, BOOK, Whitburn, Joel, Joel Whitburn, 1991, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Record Research, 0-89820-089-X, WEB,weblink'm-a-man/, Official Singles Chart Results Matching: I'm a Man, Official Charts Company, Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967.

Traffic and Blind Faith: 1967–1974, 1969

Winwood met drummer Jim Capaldi, guitarist Dave Mason, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Wood when they jammed together at The Elbow Room, a club in Aston, Birmingham.WEB,weblink Traffic, 4 March 2008, Brumbeat.net, 19 March 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080319095312weblink">weblink live, AV MEDIA NOTES, Traffic Mr. Fantasy 1999 CD liner notes, After Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967, the quartet formed Traffic.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5681/biography|pure_url=yes}} Traffic Biography] AllMusic Soon thereafter, they rented a cottage near the rural village of Aston Tirrold, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), to write and rehearse new music.WEB,weblink "Steve Winwood: English Soul", BBC4, broadcast 25 February 2011, bbc.co.uk, 2011-09-13, This allowed them to escape the city and develop their music.WEB,weblink The Traffic Cottage at Aston-Tirrold at winwoodfans.com, 29 September 2014, 28 September 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110928000557weblink">weblink live, Early in Traffic's formation, Winwood and Capaldi formed a songwriting partnership, with Winwood writing music to match Capaldi's lyrics. This partnership was the source of most of Traffic's material, including popular songs such as "Paper Sun", "No Face, No Name, No Number", "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys", and outlived the band, producing several songs for Winwood and Capaldi's solo albums. Over the band's history, Winwood performed the majority of their lead vocals, keyboard instruments, and guitars (the latter more so after Mason's departure in 1968). Traffic disbanded in early 1969 after two albums, Mr. Fantasy (1967) and Traffic (1968), with a third album, Last Exit, being issued later that year.(File:Blind Faith (1969).jpg|thumb|left|Winwood with Blind Faith (1969))Following Traffic's split, Winwood formed the supergroup Blind Faith, along with former Cream members Eric Clapton (guitar) and Ginger Baker (drums), and former Family member Ric Grech (bass).WEB,weblink Steve's still winning nine lives later, Herald.ie, 29 September 2014, 13 February 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120213114929weblink">weblink live, The band produced only one album, which reached No. 1 in both the UK and US, and included "Can't Find My Way Home". The band was short-lived owing to Clapton's greater interest in Blind Faith's opening act on tour, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends; Clapton left the band at the tour's completion, bringing Blind Faith to an end.(File:Steve Winwood with Traffic.jpg|thumb|170px|right|Winwood on stage with Traffic (1973))In 1970, Winwood went into the studio to begin work on a solo album, tentatively titled Mad Shadows. However, Winwood ended up calling in his former Traffic bandmates Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood to help, with the recording resulting in a Traffic reunion album John Barleycorn Must Die. Traffic would continue for another five albums, Welcome to the Canteen (1971), The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971), Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory (1973), On the Road (1973) and When the Eagle Flies (1974). Weariness with the grind of touring and recording prompted Winwood to break up Traffic in 1974 and retire to session work for several years.Black, Johnny (May 1997). Feature: Steve Winwood {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928165937weblink |date=28 September 2011 }}, Mojo.

Other 1960s and 1970s work

In 1966, three years before Blind Faith, Winwood guested with Eric Clapton as part of the temporary group Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse. Three tracks were recorded and released on the 1966 various artists compilation album, What's Shakin'.WEB,weblink The Powerhouse – Biography, Unterberger, Richie, Richie Unterberger, AllMusic, May 6, 2013, In 1968, Winwood was recruited by Jimi Hendrix to play organ for "Voodoo Chile" on the Electric Ladyland album.BOOK, Perry, John, Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland, 2004, A & C Black, 0826415717, 77,weblink 22 June 2018, 18 August 2020,weblink live, BOOK, Moskowitz, David, The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix, 2010, ABC-CLIO, 978-0313375927, 43,weblink 22 June 2018, 19 August 2020,weblink live, Following the end of Blind Faith, Winwood and Ric Grech continued working with Ginger Baker, as part of Ginger Baker's Air Force, who also featured Winwood's Traffic bandmate Chris Wood.NEWS, Perciaccante, Mike, Steve Winwood,weblink 24 June 2018, Madhouse Magazine, 20 April 2017, 24 June 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180624121319weblink">weblink live, Winwood played on their self-titled first album, released in 1970.In 1972, Winwood recorded the part of Captain Walker in the highly successful orchestral version of the Who's Tommy. He recorded a 1973 album with Remi Kabaka and Abdul Lasisi Amao, as Third World, Aiye-Keta. Later, after the unrelated reggae group Third World had formed, the album was re-released and identified by the band members' names. In 1976, Winwood provided vocals and keyboards on Go, a concept album by Japanese composer Stomu Yamashta.BOOK, Leszczak, Bob, Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 2014, Rowman & Littlefield, 978-1442240087, 385,weblink 24 June 2018, 18 August 2020,weblink live, That same year, Winwood also played guitar on the Fania All Stars' Delicate and Jumpy record and performed as a guest with the band in their only UK appearance, a sold-out concert at the Lyceum Theatre, London.WEB, Fania Allstars: Delicate and Jumpy,weblink AllMusic, 24 June 2018, 24 June 2018,weblink live, BOOK, Welch, Chris, Steve Winwood: Roll with it, 1990, Perigee Books, 0399515585, 133,weblink 24 June 2018, 20 August 2020,weblink live, Under pressure from Island Records, Winwood released his self-titled first solo album in 1977. In 1979 he played keyboards on the Marianne Faithfull album Broken English, including synthesizer on the tracks "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" and "Broken English" which were taken as singles from the album.WEB,weblink MOJO Time Machine: Marianne Faithfull Releases Broken English, 24 April 2023, Mojo,

Solo career success: 1980–1988

In 1980, Winwood released his second solo album Arc of a Diver, which included his first solo hit, "While You See a Chance". This was followed by Talking Back to the Night in 1982,MAGAZINE,weblink Steve Winwood: Talking Back To The Night : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone, Parke, Puterbaugh, Rolling Stone, 2011, 7 August 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071002063508weblink">weblink October 2, 2007, which featured the song "Valerie", which would eventually become a hit single upon re-release in 1987. Both Arc of a Diver and Talking Back to the Night were recorded at his home in Gloucestershire with Winwood playing all instruments.In 1986, Winwood travelled to New York City for his next album project. There, he enlisted the help of a coterie of stars to record Back in the High Life. The album went triple platinum in the US, with its first single "Higher Love" reaching number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning Winwood Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He embarked on an extensive tour of North America in support of the album,NEWS,weblink The Pop Life; Steve Winwood Returns To Make The Juices Flow, The New York Times, 23 July 1986, 29 September 2014, 24 May 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150524192353weblink">weblink live, Pareles, Jon, and at the end of the tour, he divorced Nicole Weir in England then settled in the Nashville area with his new American wife, Eugenia Crafton.NEWS,weblink Winwood's Comeback Has a Tennessee Bent, 15 July 1988, Associated Press, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, With the exception of 1969's Blind Faith, Winwood had been with Island Records since the Spencer Davis Group's first single in 1964. However, at the peak of his commercial success, Winwood moved to Virgin Records and released the albums Roll with It (1988) and Refugees of the Heart (1990).WEB,weblink Steve Winwood - interview 1987, YouTube, Roll with It and its title track hit No. 1 on the US album and singles charts in the summer of 1988.

Traffic reunion and subsequent work: 1994–2009

File:Steve Winwood scottfisher.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Winwood in Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville, TennesseeIn 1994, Winwood and Jim Capaldi reformed as Traffic for the album Far from Home. Despite lacking a significant hit, it broke the top 40 in both the UK and US.WEB,weblink Traffic, Theofficialcharts.com, 29 September 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111120171347weblink">weblink 20 November 2011, WEB,weblink Traffic – Awards, AllMusic, 29 September 2014, 2 February 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110202081539weblink">weblink live, The band toured that year, which included a performance at the Woodstock '94 Festival. That same year, Winwood appeared on the A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield CD, recording Mayfield's "It's All Right".NEWS, Applebome, Peter, 27 February 1994, POP MUSIC; . . . But Curtis Mayfield Won't Be Forgotten, Either (Published 1994), en-US, The New York Times,weblink 11 December 2020, 0362-4331, In 1995, Winwood released "Reach for the Light" for the animated film Balto. Winwood's final Virgin album, Junction Seven, was released in 1997, reaching the UK top 40.WEB,weblink Steve Winwood profile, Theofficialcharts.com, 29 September 2014, 17 February 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110217190557weblink">weblink live, Later that year, he toured the US, and sang with Chaka Khan at the VH-1 Honors.WEB,weblink Steve Winwood Fans' Site: Smiling Phases Compendium, Winwoodfans.com, 29 September 2014, 20 August 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110820095721weblink">weblink live, {{better source needed|date=July 2023}}In 1998, Winwood joined Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, Ed Calle, and other musicians to form the band "Latin Crossings" for a European tour, after which they split without making any recordings. Winwood also appeared in the film Blues Brothers 2000, as a member of the Louisiana Gator Boys, appearing on stage with Isaac Hayes, Eric Clapton, and KoKo Taylor at the battle of the bands competition.BOOK, Bego, Mark,weblink Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul, 18 September 2018, Simon and Schuster, 978-1-5107-4508-7, en, {{page needed|date=July 2023}}In 2003, Winwood released a new studio album, About Time, on his new record label, Wincraft Music. In 2004, Eric Prydz sampled Winwood's 1982 song "Valerie" for the song "Call on Me". After hearing an early version, Winwood not only gave permission to use his song, he re-recorded the samples for Prydz to use. The remix spent five weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart.NEWS,weblink Eric Prydz, The Argus, 24 October 2017, 24 October 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171024205026weblink">weblink live, In 2005, Winwood's Soundstage Performances DVD was released. That same year, he appeared on Grammy Award winner Ashley Cleveland's album Men and Angels Say, a mix of rock, blues, and country arrangements of well-known hymns, including "I Need Thee Every Hour", which featured a vocal duet and organ performance. On her 2006 record Back to Basics, Christina Aguilera featured Winwood (using the piano and organ instrumentation from the John Barleycorn Must Die track "Glad") on her song "Makes Me Wanna Pray".WEB, Back to Basics,weblink 11 December 2020, EW.com, EN, In May 2007, Winwood performed in support of the Countryside Alliance, an organisation opposed to the Hunting Act 2004, in a concert at Highclere Castle, joining fellow rock artists Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Steve Harley, and Kenney Jones.NEWS,weblink Rock's aristocrats show their class, The Daily Telegraph, David, Cheal, 22 May 2007, 15 August 2015, 24 September 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150924204544weblink">weblink live, In July 2007, Winwood performed with Clapton in the latter's Crossroads Guitar Festival. Among the songs they played were "Presence of the Lord" and "Can't Find My Way Home" from their Blind Faith days, with Winwood playing several guitar leads during a six-song set. The two continued their collaboration with three sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City in February 2008.(7 May 2008). Steve Winwood Enjoys his Highest Chart Debut & Best First Week's Sales of the SoundScan era {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025103249weblink |date=25 October 2012 }}, PR Newswire.(File:Steve Winwood Band.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Steve Winwood band in 2009 on tour) Winwood's next studio album Nine Lives was released in 2008.WEB, Legendary superstar Steve Winwood to release Nine Lives,weblink Starpulse.com, 13 June 2009, 19 March 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090319083344weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink Columbia UK, 29 September 2014, 7 November 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171107021655weblink">weblink live, {{better source needed|date=July 2023}} Nine Lives opened at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 album chart,NEWS, Madonna Leads Busy Billboard 200 With 7th No. 1,weblink Billboard (magazine), Billboard, 4 March 2010, 17 March 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170317073138weblink">weblink live, his highest US debut ever.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} On 19 February 2008, Winwood and Clapton released a collaborative EP through iTunes titled Dirty City. Clapton and Winwood released a CD and DVD of their Madison Square Garden shows and then toured together in the summer of 2009.NEWS, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood at the Bowl,weblink Los Angeles Times, The stairway to classic-rock heaven extended straight into Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night as '60s British rock heroes Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood closed their all-too-quick 14-city, three-week U.S. tour with a nearly 2½-hour excursion through the music they created, individually and collectively, three and four decades ago., 1 July 2009, 28 July 2009, 4 July 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090704153211weblink">weblink live, On 19 February 2008, Winwood and Clapton released a collaborative EP through iTunes titled Dirty City. Clapton and Winwood released an album and DVD of their Madison Square Garden shows and then toured together in the summer of 2009.In 2008, Winwood was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music to add to his honorary degree from Aston University, Birmingham.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Later years

File:Steve Windwood toy2, Hangout Music Festival 2012.jpg|thumb|Winwood at the Hangout Music FestivalHangout Music FestivalOn 28 March 2012, Winwood was one of Roger Daltrey's special guest stars for "An Evening with Roger Daltrey and Friends" gig, in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall.WEB, Roger Daltrey and friends kick off the 2012 TCT concerts – Royal Albert Hall,weblink live,weblink 8 March 2018, 20 May 2018, Royal Albert Hall, In 2013, Winwood toured North America with Rod Stewart as part of the "Live the Life" tour.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} In 2014, Winwood toured North America with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.WEB, 29 September 2014, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Bring 'Hypnotic Eye' Tour to Tulsa,weblink 10 December 2020, Antiquiet, en-US, On 17 February 2020, Winwood participated in "A Tribute to Ginger Baker", which took place at Eventim Apollo Hammersmith in London. Other participants were Ron Wood, Roger Waters, and Eric Clapton. The concert was held in honour of Ginger Baker, his former band member in Blind Faith, who had died the previous year.WEB,weblink Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Steve Winwood & More Honor Ginger Baker In London, Jambase.com, 18 February 2020, 18 April 2020, 24 February 2020,weblink live, On 7 May 2023, Winwood performed as part of the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle, where he sang "Higher Love" backed by virtual choirs from the Commonwealth realms.WEB, Live, On Location, Official Site,weblink 2023-06-02, Steve Winwood, en, {{better source needed|date=July 2023}}WEB, Details of staging released ahead of Coronation Concert,weblink 2023-06-02, www.bbc.com, en, {{better source needed|date=July 2023}}

Song writing

Winwood has spoken publicly very little about the origin or meaning of the songs he has written. He has said that "When I write a song, I don't like to have to explain it afterwards. To me, it's like telling a joke, then having to explain it. The explanation doesn't add to the song at all."p150, WEB,weblink Behind the muse : pop and rock's greatest songwriters talk about their work and inspiration, Bill, DeMain, 16 April 2001, Cranberry Township, PA : Tiny Ripple Books, Internet Archive,

Legacy

Winwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic in 2004.WEB,weblink Seven facts about Steve Winwood, The Greenville News, Walker, Donna Isbell, May 2, 2017, WEB,weblink Traffic, Rockhall.com, 29 September 2014, 2 August 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140802153859weblink">weblink live, In 2005, Winwood was honoured as a BMI Icon at the annual BMI London Awards for his "enduring influence on generations of music makers."WEB,weblink BMI Honors Top European Writers, Publishers at 2005 London Awards; Steve Winwood Named a BMI Icon, Bmi.com, 28 November 2005, 15 September 2010, 14 January 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090114065908weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink Hollis' 'Life' Honored At BMI London Awards, Billboard.com, Lars, Brandle, 29 November 2005, In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Winwood No. 33 on its list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.MAGAZINE, The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time,weblink Rolling Stone, 13 June 2009, Steve Winwood exploded onto the London music scene as a teenager with his powerful, soulful tenor—notably on "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man" with the Spencer Davis Group., 23 July 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090723104724weblink">weblink dead, Winwood has won two Grammy Awards.WEB,weblink Steve Winwood, grammy.com, WEB,weblink Steve Winwood's 10 greatest songs, ranked, Smooth.com, May 5, 2023, WEB,weblink May 24: Grammy Awards give Steve Winwood, Tyler's Will Jennings some 'Love' in 1987, Danny, Mogle, 24 May 2020, TylerPaper.com, He was nominated twice for a Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: 1988 and 1989.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} In 2011, he received the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Song Collection.NEWS,weblink Plan B aka Ben Drew takes top honours at Ivor Novello awards, Alexandra, Topping, 19 May 2011, The Guardian, "Ivors 2011: Steve Winwood" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107194246weblink |date=7 November 2016 }}. The Ivors. Retrieved 28 December 2017

Personal life

Between 1978 and 1986, Winwood was married to Nicole Weir (d. 2005), who had contributed background vocals to some of his early solo work. The two married at Cheltenham Register Office.WEB,weblink "No Hiding Place", Mojo Magazine, May 1997, Winwoodfans.com, 24 October 1998, 7 April 2013, 25 June 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130625024813weblink">weblink live, Winwood's primary residence is a 300-year-old manor house in the Cotswolds, England, where he also has a recording studio. Winwood also has a home in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Eugenia Crafton, a Trenton, Tennessee, native whom he married in 1987. They have four children.WEB, Ayers, Tia, Steve Winwood & Eugenia Crafton,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130625120628weblink">weblink 25 June 2013, 31 July 2012, proposalmagazine, Archived version weblink" title="https:/-/web.archive.org/web/20120211211253weblink">weblinkWEB, "True Brit", In Style, October 1997,weblink 22 October 1997, 31 July 2012, 18 April 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090418200845weblink">weblink live, WEB, Benjamin, Scott, A Rock Legend Living The High Life,weblink CBS News, 11 February 2009, 31 July 2012, 11 February 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120211211253weblink">weblink live, In 2011, Winwood's eldest daughter, Mary Clare, wedded businessman Ben Elliot, who later was Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party between July 2019 and September 2022.WEB,weblink My perfect weekend: Ben Elliot, 19 October 2011, 1 August 2020, 28 September 2020,weblink live, The couple have two sons.WEB,weblink Don't be such a waster: London's food waste czar, 14 May 2019, 1 August 2020, 6 November 2020,weblink live, Winwood's daughter Lilly is a singer; she was featured with him performing a duet of his song "Higher Love" in a Hershey commercial.WEB, Hershey's TV Commercial, 'My Dad' Song by Steve Winwood, Lilly Winwood,weblink Ispot.tv, 15 February 2016, 13 February 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160213103551weblink">weblink live, She was the opening act and was backing singer on multiple songs during her father's 2018 Greatest Hits Live tour.WEB,weblink Lilly Winwood at the Fox, 5 Things To Know, Theoaklandpress.com, 26 February 2018, 20 May 2018, 8 March 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180308231428weblink">weblink live,

Discography

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Solo

• Steve Winwood (1977)
• Arc of a Diver (1980)
• Talking Back to the Night (1982)
• Back in the High Life (1986)
• Roll with It (1988)
• Refugees of the Heart (1990)
• Junction Seven (1997)
• About Time (2003)
• Nine Lives (2008)
• Greatest Hits Live (2017)

Spencer Davis Group

• Their First LP (1965)
• The Second Album (1966)
• Autumn '66 (1966)

Traffic

• Mr. Fantasy (1967)
• Traffic (1968)
• Last Exit (1969)
• John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
• Welcome to the Canteen (1971)
• The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)
• Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory (1973)
• On the Road (1973)
• When the Eagle Flies (1974)
• Far from Home (1994)

Blind Faith

• Blind Faith (1969)

Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood

• Live from Madison Square Garden (2009)

Ginger Baker's Air Force

• Ginger Baker's Air Force (1970)

Third World

• Aiye-Keta (1973)

Go

• Go (1976)
• Go Live from Paris (1976)

Session work

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland, 1968
• Joe Cocker – "With a Little Help from My Friends", 1968
• BB King – B.B. King in London, 1971
• McDonald and Giles – McDonald and Giles, 1971 - organ, and piano solo on "Turnham Green"
• Jimi Hendrix – The Cry of Love, 1971
• Howlin' Wolf – The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, 1971 - organ and piano
• Reg King – Reg King, 1971 - Piano on "Down The Drain", credited as Mystery Man
• Shawn Phillips – Faces, 1972 – Organ on Parisien Plight II
• London Symphony Orchestra – Tommy – As Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir, 1972
• Jim Capaldi – Oh How We Danced, 1972
• Eddie Harris – E.H. in the U.K. (Atlantic), 1973 With Chris Squire, Alan White and Tony Kaye
• Lou Reed – Berlin, 1973
• John Martyn – Inside Out, 1973
• Jim Capaldi – Whale Meat Again, 1974
• Robert Palmer – Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, 1974
• Vivian Stanshall – Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead, 1974
• Jim Capaldi – Short Cut Draw Blood, 1975
• Jade Warrior – Waves, 1975
• Toots & the Maytals – Reggae Got Soul, 1976
• Sandy Denny – Rendezvous, 1977
• John Martyn – One World, 1977
• Pierre Moerlen's Gong – Downwind, 1978
• Vivian Stanshall – Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, 1978
• Jim Capaldi – Daughter of the Night, 1978
• George Harrison – George Harrison, 1979
• Marianne Faithfull – Broken English, 1979
• Jim Capaldi – The Sweet Smell of... Success, 1980
• Jim Capaldi – Let the Thunder Cry, 1981
• Marianne Faithfull – Dangerous Acquaintances, 1981
• Jim Capaldi – Fierce Heart, 1983
• David Gilmour – About Face, 1984WEB, The Rightful Heir?, Q Magazine No. 48,weblink September 1990, 23 July 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110927221338weblink">weblink 27 September 2011, dmy-all,
• Christine McVie – Christine McVie, 1984
• Billy Joel – The Bridge, 1986
• Dave Mason – Two Hearts, 1987
• Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring, 1986
• Jim Capaldi – Some Come Running, 1988
• Jimmy Buffett – "My Barracuda", 1988
• Phil Collins – ...But Seriously, 1989
• Soulsister – Heat, 1990
• Davy Spillane – A Place Among the Stones, 1994
• Paul Weller – Stanley Road, 1995
• Kathy Troccoli – Corner of Eden, 1998
• Eric Clapton – Back Home, 2005
• Eric Clapton – Clapton, 2010
• Slash – Hey Joe Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, 2010
• Miranda Lambert – Four the Record, 2011
• Eric Clapton – Old Sock, 2013
• Gov't Mule – Shout!, 2013
• Bettye LaVette – LaVette!, 2023

References

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External links

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• Official website
• Albums that Winwood guested on and/or produced
• Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton live@ Bucharest (review) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619163226weblink |date=19 June 2010 }}
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• {{IMDb name|0005566|Steve Winwood}}

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