Steve Winwood

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Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood is is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and a former member of the groups, Traffic; Blind Faith and Spencer Davis Group who rose to fame via his solo album, Back in The High Life.

[edit] About

Steve Winwood or "Stephen Lawrence Winwood" was born on May 12, 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham, England to "Lawrence Samuel", a foundry worker and "Lillian Mary". Steve is one of a family of amateur musicians. By the time he was six, Steve was playing the piano. Steve was introduced to the world of rock'n'roll by his uncle, before kicking off his career with the The Muff Woody Jazz Band at the age of eight. Sooner, he also practiced to play drums. Steve was a part of the Birmingham rhythm and blues scene, he plays the Hammond B-3 Organ and guitar when he was still elementary.

At fifteen he dropped out of school permanently to join his older brother in a rock band, the "Spencer Davis Group". He co-wrote and recorded their singles, ""Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm A Man". He left the group in 1967 and formed a new band called, Traffic with, "Chris Wood", "Dave Mason" and "Jim Capaldi". They released an album, Mr. Fantasy which features the hit songs, "Paper Sun" and "Hole in My Shoe". In 1970, he left the band and formed a new band Blind Faith with Eric Clapton, "Ginger Baker" and "Rich Gretch". Eric left the band after their tour ended. The remaining three members formed a a new band called, Ginger Baker's Air Force with "Denny Laine". But this supergroup turned out to be just another short-lived project.

Steve went solo in 1974 and recorded his solo album, Mad Shadows. However, he went back to Traffic and released an album with them. Due to differences, the band disbanded in 1977. Steve released his debut album in that same year. His next and hit album, Arc of A Driver was released in 1980 which features the hit single, "While You See a Chance" which chartered #2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Chart and #7 in U.S. Hot 100. His next album, Talking Back to the Night was released in 1982. In 1986, his another hit album, Back in the High Life was released. It spawned the hit singles, "Higher Love" which chartered #1 in both U.S. Mainstream Rocj Charts and U.S. Hot 100.

After several hit albums from Island Records, he moved to Virgin Records and released the album, Roll With It. The album features the single with same title and landed at #1 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Charts and U.S. Hot 100. His next album, Junction Seven was released in 1997. He shared the stage with Eric Clapton last July 2007 in Eric's Crossroads Guitar Festival.

[edit] Awards & Certifications

Year	Award	Category
1986	Grammy Award	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Higher Love"
1986	Grammy Award	Record of The Year for "Higher Love"

[edit] Chart Toppers

Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock	Album
1981	Arc of A Driver	48	11	Arc of A Driver
1981	While You See a Chance	7	2	Arc of A Driver
1982	Still in The Game	47	8	Talking Back To The Night
1982	Valerie	70	13	Talking Back To The Night
1986	Higher Love	1	1	Back in The High Life
1986	Freedom Overspill	20	4	Back in The High Life
1986	Back in the High Life Again	13	19	Back in The High Life
1987	The Finer Things	8	5	Back in The High Life
1988	Roll With It	1	1	Roll With It
1988	Put on Your Dancing Shoes	-	25	Roll With It
1988	Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?	6	1	Roll With It
1988	Holding On	11	1	Roll With It
1989	Hearts on Fire	53	22	Roll With It
1990	One and Only Man	18	1	Refugees of The Heart

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[edit] Tours & Concerts

Feb 25, 2008 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

Feb 26, 2008 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

Feb 28, 2008 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

[edit] Announcements

There are no announcements as of this time

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Steve Winwood 1977 Island	Arc of A Diver 1981 Island	Talking Back To The Night 1982 Island	Back in The High Life 1986 Island
Roll With It 1988 Virgin	Refugees of The Heart 1990 Virgin	Junction Seven 1997 Virgin

[edit] Singles

Date	Title	Label
1989	Roll With It	Atlantic
1990	One and Only Man	Atlantic
1997	Spy in The House of Love	Virgin

[edit] Compilations & Live Releases

Chronicles 1987 Island	The Finer Things 1995 Island	Keep On Running 1996 Island	20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection: The Best of Steve Winwood 1999 Island
Classic 2001 Universal International	Best of Steve Winwood 2002 Island	Best 1200 2005 Universal	Ultimate Collection 2005 Universal International
Colour Collection 2006	Paper Sleeve Box 2007 Universal