One of the nicest musicians met him 10 years ago... showed so much grace and humility... to those who say his technique is lousy I would say pound for pound he is one of the best musicians walking on the planet... Perfect voice, fine hammond player and damn good guitar player to boot...
Mr Steven winwood put out songs that I love he also gave the world a beautiful daughter who did higher love the song that's always being so beautiful thank you Mr winwood for bringing her to the world of music
that's exactly what makes traffic SOOO good. they didn't play for commercialism, they just played because they loved to play. and man, were they good! they never, ever get old no matter how much you listen to them
Steve is such an amazing musician, and also very down to earth and you just have to hand it to him for being so laid back, fame hasn't affected him at all it seems. Such a gentleman, truly!
When I see him interviewed I always think geez, how many superstars behave like this ? Really not many. He's always so unaffected & genuinely engaged in the conversation. No bluster or bulldust at all. Most actors and top singers are still acting all the way through their interviews. They just can't help themselves. It's so obvious that he was just 100% made of music from the very start. Also, as previously mentioned, he's in awful good shape for a 60 year old ! Guy just amazes me
I'm a fan of that man from the beginnings of the Spencer Davis Group! He is top class and very authentic, (which is rare in the poprockworld!). Buy his nine lives CD and discover very good music and a golden voice.
If Da Vinci was THE artist, Winwood IS the musician genious, what a talent!!! amazing writer, player ans singer, his voice always perfect, no doubt one of the GREAT musician of all times, I love his music, great man, a standing ovation for him all the times!!!
Brilliant interview of a true superstar Steve Winwood. Had the pleasure of seeing him live with Traffic in London in the late 60's & he & the group were magnificent. One of the best live concerts i have ever seen. From a72yo Aussie fan.
since i first heard winwood in late 60's i've been enraptured with the music. each album, each phase he surprises me how he still can create great brilliance. he has changed my life. what an inspiration...
even when eric is my all time hero guitar player, winwood is amaing. Just listen dear mr fantasy in crossroads fest 2010, with eric. Great. But in 2007, in the same fest he played it alone and his guitar solo, without been difficult, it´s one of the most emotional and incredible solos Ive heard in my whole life. Ive recently disovered him and in 2 weeks I am a fan.
@gcmc2 Im with you! I could care less of his choice of jacket. Im in awe of some of the songs, bands, etc he has done, wow, he is so talented! He will be a legend, he started at 19? As far as his "accent: unlike alot of Americans, he seems to speak perfect English. lol
Right, a saint. Just look at his lyrics in "Higher Love" Think about it, there must be higher love Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above Without it, life is a wasted time Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine Things look so bad everywhere In this whole world, what is fair? We walk blind and we try to see Falling behind in what could be Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love Bring me a higher love Where's that higher love I keep thinking of? Worlds are turning and we're just hanging on Facing our fear and standing out there alone A yearning, and it's real to me There must be someone who's feeling for me Things look so bad everywhere In this whole world, what is fair? We walk blind and we try to see Falling behind in what could be -------------------------------------- He is speaking of God's Son, Jesus Christ who loved us, John 3:16 and 1 Peter 2:24. Both speaking of the same "Higher Love".
The interviewer is a tool. .." pretty good " guitar player?? Winwood is - as he said- a jack of all trades - and brilliant. Ive always loved the guy. Seems as sweet as he looks in the old Traffic footage. A gentlman- as someone has said here. Love whatever he does. Cant say enough. And Traffic,,,,oh my goodness...*sigh* ♥
He owns a farm in Worcester and his friend and neighbouring farmer didn’t know that Steve was also a rock star. He just thought he was the bloke next door. Well, I suppose he was really.
Steve has a 'second' home in Nashville. If you're international you develop traits in your accent, some things remain, some get lost and come back. Keith Emerson lived in LA for years, but still referred to 'the store' as 'the shops'.
Watch the DVD of Bonnaroo from 2005 or 06 - Winwood takes the guitar for a 'Fantasy' and wails/plays harder and with more talent than anyone who appeared on that DVD (including Warren Haynes) Frickin amazing!!
@anthonythirteen He's a Brummie, a posh Brummie now... the vowels are really Brummie expect for "u", which he now pronounces less "oo" than the Brummie way... listen to how he says the word "band": it is very Midlands...
I don't like the interviewers attitude at all, he is basically answering his own questions. i don't like that style of interview. you have to wait for the answer, you don't put words in someones mouth. but with that being said, winwood a class act. he sounds SO british. SO elitist and yet he has always been a humble, down to earth guy. he sings so different to how he speaks. funny when you think about it..
@scriltist He's a Brummie, a posh Brummie now... the vowels are really Brummie expect for "u", which he now pronounces less "oo" than the Brummie way...
The footage Steve talks about here at 3:30 of seeing Jimi Hendrix on local Nashville TV I showed him in 1990. In 1995 I interviewed Steve and Jim Capaldi and they spoke at length on their memories of Hendrix. It's pretty compelling stuff. You can check it out here : czcams.com/video/CUcupwMwouw/video.html
Glad U're not criticizing his music. I think U see, though that most are puzzled by Ur comment. If U came to enjoy & share on Winwood, why do U look to criticize ? I don't understand. U want to criticize his accent when most of us are talking about WHAT he says & his respectful nature. U want to attack him for the jacket he's wearing ? It's just so empty & irrelevant. Guy IS one of the greats. History will identify that - not his choice of jacket. Sorry - Ur post is just too silly for words.
notice the significant delay in his responses - clearly a lot going on upstairs. or perhaps the aftermath of many, many drugs when he had long hair. i will let the fans decide. i want to see him and ozzy in a debate. but in all seriousness, i love his 80's synth music. love it.
Hes older now. Hello. 60s was a drug fest but he came out of it really good. He looks really good for almost seventy something. Compare him to other musicians his age.
Nothing to do with drugs etc. He thinks before he speaks not speaks and then think what a stupid thing I've just said and that is how we english speek. He's a clever gentleman.
Yes, it's amusing - there's always something at the root of it with guys like this. LOL - I did catch your "humpphrey" reference. I think it is quite likely right on. It is the case with a lot of these types. Complete lack of interest from the opposite sex is probably pretty tough to deal with.
listening to him talk you wouldn't think he was one heck of a soul singer - how classy english people are! Imagine some american singer sounding like noel coward!haha
Mr W. Should not talk about Dave Mason like that. Mason is a great musician in his own right and Mr. Fantasy is the one great Traffic album there is. Mr W. has probably lost Stevie Winwood.
If you hear him talk it is right away clear why he didn't become a real star. He is an uninteresting, whiny guy. The real stars are intelligent, articulate and funny. Stunning musician and singer though.
I've listened to the interview and can't seem to find where he's been whiney???. JACK BRUCE, CLAPTON AND JEFF BECK, along with GINGER BAKER, have said that he was miles ahead of the lot of them at the time, and getting a compliment from GINGER BAKER, is more or less unheard of. 👍👍👍
He's a gentleman who's interested I making music not making himself famous. His music talks for him. Dosent need anything else. A totally un affected by fame and fortune man.
LMAO ... Mr Humphrey, do you have a long history of having your wonderful music rejected by producers and record companies ? Otherwise, what is it that has put a chip on each of your shoulders ?
I never said he can´t play. I only said that technically he is very limited on keys. And sorry - "Glad" - I just listened to it - could be played by every piano student after three or four years of good lessons. Nothing special about it, just standard riff work.
He wanted to bring classical components into Traffic´s music. That´s a nice joke - as if he would have been able to do so. Even today his keyboard technique is lousy.
Who doesn't love Steve! The most humble Superstar you'll ever see....
If you dont like Steve WInwood, you dont like music. Its that simple. A true legend and craftsman.
One of the nicest musicians met him 10 years ago... showed so much grace and humility... to those who say his technique is lousy I would say pound for pound he is one of the best musicians walking on the planet... Perfect voice, fine hammond player and damn good guitar player to boot...
If he had played on guitar he would have been a guitar hero.
Technique is just the means to an end. And Steve Winwood's results sound just fine to my ears.
Mr Steven winwood put out songs that I love he also gave the world a beautiful daughter who did higher love the song that's always being so beautiful thank you Mr winwood for bringing her to the world of music
Amazing bloke. A star since he was 17 and never had any ego/drink/drugs problems.
that's exactly what makes traffic SOOO good. they didn't play for commercialism, they just played because they loved to play. and man, were they good! they never, ever get old no matter how much you listen to them
Such a multitalented artist who can play many different instruments.Great singer too.
One of the most gifted multi instrumentalist musician of all time, he really is a master of his craft 😊
Cant get enough of Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. Its in my head all the time.
Hello Laura,
How’re you doing?
Thanks for all your love and support,also for being an amazing fan.
It’s nice meeting you here
Steve is such an amazing musician, and also very down to earth and you just have to hand it to him for being so laid back, fame hasn't affected him at all it seems. Such a gentleman, truly!
He doesn't seem to be affected or care about fame, fortune or success. It's about the music not celebrity, show business.
When I see him interviewed I always think geez, how many superstars behave like this ? Really not many. He's always so unaffected & genuinely engaged in the conversation. No bluster or bulldust at all. Most actors and top singers are still acting all the way through their interviews. They just can't help themselves. It's so obvious that he was just 100% made of music from the very start. Also, as previously mentioned, he's in awful good shape for a 60 year old ! Guy just amazes me
Love this guy, such a wonderful soul...
Steve Winwood Is The Man!!! A Pure Musical Genius!!!! Word UP!!!
massive talent of course.
I'm a fan of that man from the beginnings of the Spencer Davis Group! He is top class and very authentic, (which is rare in the poprockworld!). Buy his nine lives CD and discover very good music and a golden voice.
If Da Vinci was THE artist, Winwood IS the musician genious, what a talent!!! amazing writer, player ans singer, his voice always perfect, no doubt one of the GREAT musician of all times, I love his music, great man, a standing ovation for him all the times!!!
Brilliant interview of a true superstar Steve Winwood.
Had the pleasure of seeing him live with Traffic in London in the late 60's & he & the group were magnificent.
One of the best live concerts i have ever seen.
From a72yo Aussie fan.
Just saw him last night with Steely Dan. He's becoming younger with age! So much energy, a true entertainer through and through.
I'd sell my soul to the devil to see Traffic at that time...
yes, I do think he started at 15 or 16, he is amazing. :)
since i first heard winwood in late 60's i've been enraptured with the music. each album, each phase he surprises me how he still can create great brilliance. he has changed my life. what an inspiration...
yes he is the GENIUS ..
we still love you steve!
Truly a musician's musician 😁
even when eric is my all time hero guitar player, winwood is amaing. Just listen dear mr fantasy in crossroads fest 2010, with eric. Great. But in 2007, in the same fest he played it alone and his guitar solo, without been difficult, it´s one of the most emotional and incredible solos Ive heard in my whole life. Ive recently disovered him and in 2 weeks I am a fan.
awsome voice
@gcmc2 Im with you! I could care less of his choice of jacket. Im in awe of some of the songs, bands, etc he has done, wow, he is so talented! He will be a legend, he started at 19?
As far as his "accent: unlike alot of Americans, he seems to speak perfect English. lol
Steve es un monstruo musical, mezcla de talento y elegancia, un verdadero genio de la historia del rock, soul, blues, rythm and blues, pop... ... ...
a humble saint
Right, a saint. Just look at his lyrics in "Higher Love"
Think about it, there must be higher love
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above
Without it, life is a wasted time
Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk blind and we try to see
Falling behind in what could be
Bring me a higher love
Bring me a higher love
Bring me a higher love
Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
Worlds are turning and we're just hanging on
Facing our fear and standing out there alone
A yearning, and it's real to me
There must be someone who's feeling for me
Things look so bad everywhere
In this whole world, what is fair?
We walk blind and we try to see
Falling behind in what could be
--------------------------------------
He is speaking of God's Son, Jesus Christ who loved us, John 3:16 and 1 Peter 2:24. Both speaking of the same "Higher Love".
The interviewer is a tool. .." pretty good " guitar player?? Winwood is - as he said- a jack of all trades - and brilliant. Ive always loved the guy. Seems as sweet as he looks in the old Traffic footage. A gentlman- as someone has said here. Love whatever he does. Cant say enough. And Traffic,,,,oh my goodness...*sigh* ♥
Going to see Stevie at an opera house (McCaw Hall) in Seattle on Nov. 12
4th row center !
King of all trades
Nothing strange about his accent, it's perfectly ordinary mild central England.
I believe he actually started with Spencer Davis at at 16.
so many stupid comments....."Brummie or not"....."technique".....he's the Mozart of his time !
He was sexy then and he's matured with age. Keep on running, Steve. I'll catch you up on me zimmer.
He owns a farm in Worcester and his friend and neighbouring farmer didn’t know that Steve was also a rock star. He just thought he was the bloke next door. Well, I suppose he was really.
Yes, a really fantastic bloke!
The farm is in Gloucestershire.
Well, we have all heard of Steve Winwood but never have heard of you!
sooo underrated. i think anyway.
Listen to "Glad" from John Barleycorn and tell me he cannot play.
Yes. It sounds so effortless. Go buy the music and try to sound that way.
@MrKenhumphrey: Steve Winwood was born in Birmingham. His English is perfectly all right but he's never really lost his accent
Gabriele 95 seeing I'm a freelance editor and transcriptionist myself I'm used to hearing all kinds of different accents
Steve has a 'second' home in Nashville. If you're international you develop traits in your accent, some things remain, some get lost and come back. Keith Emerson lived in LA for years, but still referred to 'the store' as 'the shops'.
Why does the Queen have so many children? Because she's got "E R" on her knickers. Get it... ee are.
@MrKenhumphrey What strange accent? He's sounds perfectly English to me.
Geez, were are all getting old.
Watch the DVD of Bonnaroo from 2005 or 06 - Winwood takes the guitar for a 'Fantasy' and wails/plays harder and with more talent than anyone who appeared on that DVD (including Warren Haynes) Frickin amazing!!
@anthonythirteen He's a Brummie, a posh Brummie now... the vowels are really Brummie expect for "u", which he now pronounces less "oo" than the Brummie way... listen to how he says the word "band": it is very Midlands...
I don't like the interviewers attitude at all, he is basically answering his own questions. i don't like that style of interview. you have to wait for the answer, you don't put words in someones mouth. but with that being said, winwood a class act. he sounds SO british. SO elitist and yet he has always been a humble, down to earth guy. he sings so different to how he speaks. funny when you think about it..
He grew up 3 miles away from Ozzy Osbourne. He's from what is equivalent to south central LA
@scriltist He's a Brummie, a posh Brummie now... the vowels are really Brummie expect for "u", which he now pronounces less "oo" than the Brummie way...
@freedomrider1 Oohhhh and he plays piano!!!!!!
The footage Steve talks about here at 3:30 of seeing Jimi Hendrix on local Nashville TV I showed him in 1990. In 1995 I interviewed Steve and Jim Capaldi and they spoke at length on their memories of Hendrix. It's pretty compelling stuff. You can check it out here : czcams.com/video/CUcupwMwouw/video.html
limited on keys??? have u heard the hammond solo on Do WHat YOu LIke?
My dood!
I didn't know he was from Birmingham!
Glad U're not criticizing his music. I think U see, though that most are puzzled by Ur comment. If U came to enjoy & share on Winwood, why do U look to criticize ? I don't understand. U want to criticize his accent when most of us are talking about WHAT he says & his respectful nature. U want to attack him for the jacket he's wearing ? It's just so empty & irrelevant. Guy IS one of the greats. History will identify that - not his choice of jacket. Sorry - Ur post is just too silly for words.
Steve and Dave cant stand the sight of each other, they have never hidden that.
@adindin He's a Brummie, a posh Brummie now... the vowels are really Brummie expect for "u", which he now pronounces less "oo" than the Brummie way...
notice the significant delay in his responses - clearly a lot going on upstairs. or perhaps the aftermath of many, many drugs when he had long hair. i will let the fans decide. i want to see him and ozzy in a debate. but in all seriousness, i love his 80's synth music. love it.
Hes older now. Hello. 60s was a drug fest but he came out of it really good. He looks really good for almost seventy something. Compare him to other musicians his age.
Nothing to do with drugs etc. He thinks before he speaks not speaks and then think what a stupid thing I've just said and that is how we english speek. He's a clever gentleman.
Paper sun is very poppish don't u think? So they did
I've met people who have had piano lessons for 5 years and can't play half as good.
Always nice to see people like humpphrey make asses of themselves to the entire internet planet.
Yeah, look..I'm a BIG Winwood fan but I think U may have gone a bit overboard here. I'm not sayin' You did - just that MAYBE you did.
Yes, it's amusing - there's always something at the root of it with guys like this. LOL - I did catch your "humpphrey" reference. I think it is quite likely right on. It is the case with a lot of these types. Complete lack of interest from the opposite sex is probably pretty tough to deal with.
listening to him talk you wouldn't think he was one heck of a soul singer - how classy english people are! Imagine some american singer sounding like noel coward!haha
Once a Brummie - always a Brummie.
Mr W. Should not talk about Dave Mason like that. Mason is a great musician in his own right and Mr. Fantasy is the one great Traffic album there is. Mr W. has probably lost Stevie Winwood.
Thought this was Dudley More.
the interviewer is not bright this is a terrible interview. what is he talking about? All star band? is he confusingTraffic with Blind Faith?
That´s a very silly and out of the point comment
If you hear him talk it is right away clear why he didn't become a real star. He is an uninteresting, whiny guy. The real stars are intelligent, articulate and funny. Stunning musician and singer though.
I've listened to the interview and can't seem to find where he's been whiney???. JACK BRUCE, CLAPTON AND JEFF BECK, along with GINGER BAKER, have said that he was miles ahead of the lot of them at the time, and getting a compliment from GINGER BAKER, is more or less unheard of. 👍👍👍
He's a gentleman who's interested I making music not making himself famous. His music talks for him. Dosent need anything else. A totally un affected by fame and fortune man.
LMAO ... Mr Humphrey, do you have a long history of having your wonderful music rejected by producers and record companies ? Otherwise, what is it that has put a chip on each of your shoulders ?
I never said he can´t play. I only said that technically he is very limited on keys. And sorry - "Glad" - I just listened to it - could be played by every piano student after three or four years of good lessons. Nothing special about it, just standard riff work.
He wanted to bring classical components into Traffic´s music. That´s a nice joke - as if he would have been able to do so. Even today his keyboard technique is lousy.