For more than fve decades, Steve Winwood Winwood’s solo career has yielded a rich catalog of popular has remained a primary fgure in rock ‘n’ roll, songs including “Back In The High Life,” “When You See a respected innovator who has helped to A Chance,” “Valerie,” and “Higher Love”. His most recent create some of the genre’s most celebrated solo album, About Time, has continued that success, earning achievements. Winwood one of his highest Billboard chart entries.

Winwood burst into prominence in 1963 with Winwood has since renewed his creative partnership with the Spencer Davis Group and since that time Eric Clapton. Their expansive CD and DVD Live At Madison his celebrated skills as a composer, vocalist, Square Garden was nominated for two Grammy Awards and multi-instrumentalist have developed an and rewarded their many fans with some of the impressive catalog of popular music. most exciting performances of their careers. Subsequent tours of the United States That extraordinary portfolio of music began at the and Japan make clear the lasting age of ffteen as the driving force of the Spencer appreciation fans have for their Davis Group. The group enjoyed a string of unique talents. chart success by way of such enduring classics as “Keep On Running” “Gimme Some Lovin’” Winwood continues to perform and “I’m A Man”. The international success of throughout the world and these singles bolstered Winwood’s confdence record new music, furthering and strengthened his resolve to seek out new his impressive legacy. rhythmic possibilities. In addition to his many achievements as a solo In 1967, Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group artist, Winwood remains and co-founded Traffc. Beloved for their eclectic in high demand for special style and superbly crafted songs, Traffc routinely collaborations with other artists. defed convention to celebrate a host of perse His distinctive Hammond organ sounds and infuences. Landmark albums such has graced such classic fare as as Mr. Fantasy and John Barleycorn Must Die Jimi’s Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile” as confrmed their position as one of the most well as Miranda Lambert’s recent important British groups of the 1960’s and 1970’s. chart hit “Baggage Claim”.

Eager to try his hand with other creative It should come as no surprise to partnerships, Winwood left Traffc in 1969 to form learn that many honors have been a new group called Blind Faith with Eric Clapton bestowed on Steve Winwood. and Ginger Baker. The pairing of Winwood with He is a recipient of the Ivor Novello Cream’s Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and later, Outstanding Song Collection and the former Family bassist Rick Grech, created what Musicians Union Classic Rock Award— many critics dubbed rock frst supergroup. The honors both voted for by his peers. He international popularity of Blind Faith, the group’s has also received honorary Doctorate sole album, confrmed their special chemistry. Degrees in Music from Berklee Blind Faith staples such as “Can’t Find My Way College Of Music, Aston University Home” continue to rank among Winwood’s fnest in his hometown of Birmingham, achievements. England; and from The University of Gloucestershire. On June 5th In 1970, Winwood reformed Traffc and guided a 2014, he was inducted into the highly successful run founded on such popular Walk Of Fame in Nashville, TN. albums as 'The Low Heeled Spark Of High Heeled Boys' and 'Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory'. While rightfully By 1975, Traffc splintered as the allure of solo acknowledged for his projects and new creative partnerships proved many achievements, too tempting to resist. Steve Winwood forges ahead undaunted, 1977’s solo debut 'Steve Winwood' signaled a continuing to create bold new artistic direction. Such a shift should and perform new and hardly come as a surprise for those who have exciting material. He followed Winwood’s distinguished career. remains one of the Beginning with Traffc and extending through most important and such landmark solo albums as the Grammy infuential artists Award winning Back In The High Life and Roll in all of popular With It, Winwood has nurtured a restless creative music. spirit, mining rich musical traditions such as Delta blues, English Folk, R&B, Afro Caribean and Brazilian rhythms and merging these diverse infuences with his own unmistakable sound.

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