Steve Winwood is a magical force. I lost my wife in May 1987 due to a car wreck. Just a few weeks before we bought this album and love to dance to Higher Lover. After her death, I played this song untold amount of times. Every time now when I hear this song I smile at the times we had. Nine great years.
@@Slammy555 This! I love telling the "young'ins" these days how old he was after I first play them the song. My niece said,"He sounds like a grown ass man."
My number 1 Steve Winwood song is "Can't Find My Way Home" when he was with Blind Faith. Succinct lyrics that say a lot more than what many songs struggle to say and with a vocal performance that's just goosebump inducing.
+1 - especially love the acoustic version in the castle as shown in this video. Blind Faith and Cream (I know Steve wasn’t in Cream) put out some amazing songs.
Without a doubt the number 1 song that Steve Winwood preformed, for me - Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith. Just an AMAZING band, wish they'd stayed together for at least a follow up album.
🎵 "I'll be back in the high life again ..."🎵 - Life has knocked me down a number of times. I play that song when I need a reminder that things will get better again. 🙃
The Blues Brothers soundtrack is what got me into SDG, then Traffic, Cream, Blind Faith etc. Crazy how having 1 oddball soundtrack in the '80's (13yrs old at that time) can take you on a life long journey not for just tracking down the originators of covered songs but also new artists too you that weren't played on the radio.
I saw Steve Winwood in concert in San Jose, CA back in 2014 when he was the opening act for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on their Hypnotic Eye tour. Can you imagine? One Rock n Roll Hall of Fame act opening up for one Rock n Roll Mt. Rushmore act... unbelievable! That was a great night. Sadly, Petty would pass away just three years later. Glad I decided to drive the hour down from San Francisco to catch this concert.
His best work of all time. I don't care about pop hits, chart ratings or Grammys, Low Spark was his best work of all time. Followed by Can't Find My Way Home and Mr. Fantasy. I'm separated generationally from The Professor and didn't really care for much of the music produced in the 80s and my son who is 49 loves the 80s but he was born in 72. So I understand the differences The Professor has in his taste and opinions of what is great and what's not so great or maybe not as great would be more appropriate. And Jackson Browne actually wrote 2 songs about Valerie Carter, who he credits with pulling him from a very dark place emotionally. She also broke his heart but was never dishonest so they remained friends and close until the day that she died. He has done interviews where he talks openly and honestly about her. And speaking of Jackson Browne, if you highlighted his career I guess I missed it. He was at his best when David Lindley was playing with him but he is great when playing with anybody. IMNSHO
If I remember reading Steve Windwood was born in 1948.. " Don't You Know What the Night 🌃🌉 Can Do" was the song that grabbed me! He has a beautiful voice 😍 and Higher Love 😘 was a pretty good song by him .. I think he gross over 200 million total .. Good job bro!!!
Back in the High Life is my guiding light. It's a song that has always reminded me to keep the faith, and whenever I hear it I know that someone up there is looking out for me.
For me it's a tie between "Back in the High Life Again" and "The Finer Things" they both make me feel a way that only a few other songs do. I also love "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do" even if it was used in a beer commercial.
@@ProfessorofRock Yeah Adam, I saw your shirt. 🙂 Nice. By the way... you're doing a great job on these vids. I enjoy them very much. I'm a little older than you, (59), but I like that you highlight music from the 60's, 70's and 80's. And I love all of it. But to me, becoming a teenager in 1975, nothing comes close to the 70's music for evoking real emotion. As you like to say, for me it truly was the soundtrack of my life. And to this day that music still evokes so many different emotions. Something I know you strive for in your videos. You obviously are extremely passionate about music and your father was apparently a big influence on you in that way. As was mine. My father was a country/western guitar/mandolin player in the 1950's and taught me to play before I was a teen. I went on to play bass mainly and moved from South Florida to L.A. and played in several bands through the mid 80's. Mostly blues. I tried to make it my profession but like so many others... it just didn't happen. Anyway, sorry for the long winded reply. This is actually the first time I've ever commented on any TH-cam video. Keep the faith brother! 😎
my top 5 is always changing but lately i'd say: vacant chair. walking in the wind. there's a river. reach for the light. and no time to live. chris wood's flute is amazing there.
After Avengers: Endgame, I can’t hear the song anymore without getting goosebumps. Its placement between the cold open with Hawkeye’s family picnic (OMG ☹️) on Snap Day then Tony and Nebula marooned in deep space was a comforting bridge… until you realized that they were listening to one of Quill’s mixtapes 😞
My favorite song, period, is Can't Find My Way Home . I can't tell you how many times and different covers I've listened to over the years, but the original Blind Faith recording with his plaintive story still gets me every time.
Takes me back...kind of found Mr. Winwood through Roll With It and worked backwards through his discography, including Traffic, Blind Faith and SPD...it helped that I had a great classic rock station I used to listen to (RIP KRXO...You are sorely missed). Keep on rocking Prof!🤟
Higher Love, and the whole Back In The High Life album, will always remind me of my dad. He wasn't really into music, but he *loved* 80s Steve Winwood. I blew his mind when I told him a teenage Winwood sang Gimme Some Lovin' and Dear Mr. Fantasy was the same dude only a few years later. Also, the biggest music snob I've ever met would inevitably put on Roll With It and earnestly dance to it whenever he was drunk. He was a 5'2 elf that pretty much only listened to stoner rock but once Roll With It came on he turned into a dad that was born in 1965.
I'm officially starting a Professor of Rock interviews Daryl Hall campaign - who's with me ? He got to interview John Oates recently maybe John Oates will help recommend him to Daryl !! Not bad for i kid from IOWA , you really ARE the Professor of Rock !! - Bill " Doc Rock " Bowers
I love “Arc Of A Diver,” “While You See A Chance” and “ There’s a River,” but I think I agree there’s something very special about “Can’t Find My Way Home.”
Loved this segment Adam, great content as always. My Steve Winwood 5er is: Valerie (1987 version), Higher Love, Freedom Overspill, Roll With It, and Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do. 😎🎶
We really thought that FM radio was the bomb.... But I'm guessing now that I know less actual lyrics than I thought. Valerie, huh? Thought it was Call on me... Never knew it was Valerie until now. 🤦🏻♀️ I'm keeping my RocknRoll card with no guilt.... Not my fault!!! 😂🤣😂☮️✌🏻💜😎
John Barleycorn Must Die (Traffic), It Hurts Me So & Every Little Bit Hurts (SDG), Just Had To Cry Today & Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith), Roll With It (solo). Check out some exemplary Winwood guitar on Sittin' And Thinkin' with S. Davis on vocal.
Sea of Joy - Blind Faith Valarie - Steve Winwood Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys - Traffic Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group Can't Find My Way Back Home - Blind Faith
It is simple. Try to sing like him, and you realize. You can't. He nails it. Roll with it, I had a teacher, Frank, who had a band, the Franks, and his voice could cut metal. He sang this song. When he opened his mouth, you couldn't hear the electric guitar.Power voice. While Winwood could cut titanium and diamonds with his. Just take a bow.
I bet you know allready,but check out the 2009 live perfomance and guitar work of Steve,with the gredits of Eric Clapton in that solo!?I repeat 2009 the man is Big!Greetings from Greece "Soul food"
That was back when the Grammy's meant something. You had friggin Steve Winwood (Back in the High Life) going up against Peter Gabriel (So) for album of the year. Bruce Hornsby won best new artist. Now we have Cardi B, mumble rap, and fat girls twerking at the Grammy's.
I've grown to appreciate the man more and more over the years. When his stuff hit the charts in the 80's, I liked it well enough but was never really taken by it. Not enough to warrant a purchase, at least. Maybe it was the way his voice sounds like he has something caught in his throat. ;) Even so, I've since grown to like his stuff. Especially the things he did with Clapton in "Blind Faith" and his stuff with the "Spencer Davis Group". The man's voice still grinds on me, only because I'm waiting for him to eventually clear his throat, but he's worth every bit of the accolades he's been given, and deserves more recognition from fans of the genre.
Steve Perry David Bowie Marvin Gaye Paul McCartney Tina Freakin' Turner! Can't forget Tina. Stevie Wonder Linda Ronstadt Steve Winwood of course. Dang it, I knew I couldn't do just five! Ha ha. Plus many many more.
It's hard to pick a top 5. HIgher Love is defintely my #1. I would've slid Roll With It and Valerie down into the honorable mentions, and replaced them When You See a Chance and Back in the High Life.
Steve winwood was a 1000 times more interesting in traffic in blind faith than his solo effort, shows how dumbed down the masses are. I cant stomach any of his solo pop effort, his traffic effort blind faith was totally brilliant
great segment, everyone likes Steves' soul-filled voice. My five picks: 1. Steve Winwood. 2. John Kay. 3. Steve Perry. 4. Jim Morrison. 5. Blaine Staley.
For me there just is no comparison to "Gimme Some Lovin'" .That much talent in someone so young is almost unimaginable. The only combination of youth and talent I can think of in the same way might be a young Michael Jackson.
Favorite vocalist: Freddy Mercury of Queen, Steve Perry of Journey, Jimi Jaminson of Survivor, Andy Bell of Erasure, and John Denver. Honable mention: Jim Kerr of Simle Minds, and Bono of U2. So many greats hard to pick 5.
When I think of all the videos ive ever watched and enjoyed, 2 are remarkable in their being done in Black and White. Rhapsody in Blue, Paul Whitman ? and Steve Winwood , Roll with it baby the photography is stunning , from the mashed potatoes on the left over plate, to the note stuck on the shoe . Mix in the brass sounds, him playing, and the multicultural dancers is just too much to not enjoy. The bald headed guy with shades, the woman with a rag on her head, not pretty but sultry I can listen and watch both of them every day
“Higher Love” was easily his best. The addition of Chaka Khan was icing on the cake, my friend. Myself, if I could squeeze “Finer Things’ in there as well, I would. Winwood’s keyboards in those two songs, as well as “Valerie” absolutely force me to blow the dust off of my air keyboards and pretend to play along.
@Jay Trace. May I say that Steve Winwood is one of the few keyboard players who really knows how to incorporate the synthesiser into his songs. Check out "While You See A Chance" and "Help Me Angel". I am sure I read that the Roland keyboard company used a Steve Winwood "patch" on their production models after they heard his work on "Arc Of A Diver". Apparently Steve Winwood (aged around 14 years old) used to practice on the local church organ where he grew up in Great Barr, Birmingham U.K. Stay safe and well.
My dad sang in a band when he was in high school, and I asked my mom what dad sounded like when he sang. She said he sounded like Steve Winwood! I heard my dad singing once, singing along to the radio while working in his garage, and he does sound like Steve Winwood!
Adam, thank you so much for doing this one on Steve Winwood. He is one of my all time favorite singers. Love his voice and his style. I live in Nashville, TN and Steve has a home here, as well as London. I was blessed to do some work for him at his house for a couple years back in 2002-03. He is such a genuinely nice person. His little girl was about 5 at the time and always had me sit down and have “tea” with her. She was such a sweetheart. Now, Lily is on her way to having a music career of her own and she is very talented. Love her version of Higher Love. Wonderful people. Blessed by God.
Stars aligned just right to give us Steve! My five favs. 5 Mr. Fantasy 4 can't find my way home 3 gimme some lovin 2 higher love 1 when you see a chance That's was a tough one professor, so many fantastic songs, great installment!!
I have always enjoyed Steve Winwood's music. He had success when he was very young, made an impact in several great bands, and then re-invented himself with a great solo career. His longevity in the music business has been very impressive. From the 60s through the 80s, he has consistently recorded quality songs.
It's such a shame that the only/ most common live video of it is from the Finnish TV show. Their voices were worn out and cracking and it was a very low energy, lack luster performance.
One of my earliest memories with buying music is being in downtown Pittsburgh with my mom when I was a kid and going past National Record Mart. I begged her to buy me one thing in NRM and I picked the Roll with It cassette by Steve Winwood, which I listened to endlessly ("Shining Song" and "One More Morning" should have been U.S. singles and hits). Later on, I developed a true appreciation for Steve Winwood as an artist when I learned more about his impressive career.
Definitely one of the most underrated rock legend, I'm simply shocked at why he hasn't been inducted into the Rock and roll Hall. He has such an unique voice. I'm totally in agreement in Higher Love as his no. 1 song. You missed Don't you know what the night can do, love this song. Thanks for doing a video on my favourite solo artist. Get Stevie into the hall as a solo artist!!!!
One of my favorite teachers from high school caught me off guard once when I asked her "How was traffic?" to which she replied, "Better with Steve Winwood." I never forgot that clever come back and The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys became one of my go to albums. I quickly became consumed with Steve Winwood's music and have many great memories growing up listening to his pop era along with the progressive rock of Traffic and the supergroups he helped anchor. Thank you for cataloging the sound track of our youth.
Poll: Steve Winwood has one of the all time great voices, having said that, who are your top five choices for greatest voices in rock and pop history?
Here are my top 5.
1. Paul Rodgers...so underrated
2. Ann Wilson
3. Rod Stewart
4. Steve Perry
5. David Coverdale
Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry, Prince & Lou Gramm
David Lee Roth
Richard Page
Paul Carrack
Lou Gramm
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury
Rob Halford
Roger Daltry
Paul Rodgers
Sade
Tori Amos
Stevie Nicks
Chrissie Hynde
Peter Gabriel
Freddie Mercury
Steve Winwood is a magical force. I lost my wife in May 1987 due to a car wreck. Just a few weeks before we bought this album and love to dance to Higher Lover. After her death, I played this song untold amount of times. Every time now when I hear this song I smile at the times we had. Nine great years.
Sory man, great song to remember someone by
I think "Can't find my way back home " is my favorite song.
Steve Winwood has given us a lot to love.
It's amazing Gimme Some Lovin' was sung by a teenager. Dude's voice sounded the same in his 40's and 50's.
A friend described his voice as a "an old man's voice".
I know! Right?
The emotions and inflictions in his voice here are amazing for anyone at any age, and to have mastered this at 16 he was truly a prodigy.
Alex Chilton gave me that impression, too.
@@Slammy555 This! I love telling the "young'ins" these days how old he was after I first play them the song. My niece said,"He sounds like a grown ass man."
My number 1 Steve Winwood song is "Can't Find My Way Home" when he was with Blind Faith. Succinct lyrics that say a lot more than what many songs struggle to say and with a vocal performance that's just goosebump inducing.
I love it as well. It's definitely in my top 10.
Blind faith was a legendary group for sure
yep.
great song!
saw Clapton play it live in1990 with Nathan east on lead vocal! the vocal is s bit high for Clapton...
+1 - especially love the acoustic version in the castle as shown in this video. Blind Faith and Cream (I know Steve wasn’t in Cream) put out some amazing songs.
I'd go for the Hyde Park version which features the most amazing lyrical drumming from Ginger.
"Valerie" has always been a favorite of mine, but I had never heard the backstory. Thanks, Professor!
Have you heard “Valerie Loves Me” by Material Issue? Total jam big time!
I'm learning "While You See a Chance" now and it is remarkable. The first to second verse/chord change... what? A genius at work.
Without a doubt the number 1 song that Steve Winwood preformed, for me - Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith.
Just an AMAZING band, wish they'd stayed together for at least a follow up album.
🎵 "I'll be back in the high life again ..."🎵 - Life has knocked me down a number of times. I play that song when I need a reminder that things will get better again. 🙃
The Blues Brothers soundtrack is what got me into SDG, then Traffic, Cream, Blind Faith etc.
Crazy how having 1 oddball soundtrack in the '80's (13yrs old at that time) can take you on a life long journey not for just tracking down the originators of covered songs but also new artists too you that weren't played on the radio.
Pretty sure he wasn't in Cream, but that's just a minor quibble. did he do anything with them that I don't know about?
@@shoogerkane well traffic intros Eric Clapton then onto cream,
I can't have just one Steve Winwood Favorite. Impossible - I have too many moods and Winwood classics to soothe those moods.
I saw Steve Winwood in concert in San Jose, CA back in 2014 when he was the opening act for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on their Hypnotic Eye tour. Can you imagine? One Rock n Roll Hall of Fame act opening up for one Rock n Roll Mt. Rushmore act... unbelievable! That was a great night. Sadly, Petty would pass away just three years later. Glad I decided to drive the hour down from San Francisco to catch this concert.
Steve Winwoods voice is unmistakable!
One of the all time Best rock singers!!
"The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" by Traffic is a classic.
I agree 100%
Hole in my Shoe is my Favourite.
His best work of all time. I don't care about pop hits, chart ratings or Grammys, Low Spark was his best work of all time. Followed by Can't Find My Way Home and Mr. Fantasy. I'm separated generationally from The Professor and didn't really care for much of the music produced in the 80s and my son who is 49 loves the 80s but he was born in 72. So I understand the differences The Professor has in his taste and opinions of what is great and what's not so great or maybe not as great would be more appropriate. And Jackson Browne actually wrote 2 songs about Valerie Carter, who he credits with pulling him from a very dark place emotionally. She also broke his heart but was never dishonest so they remained friends and close until the day that she died. He has done interviews where he talks openly and honestly about her. And speaking of Jackson Browne, if you highlighted his career I guess I missed it. He was at his best when David Lindley was playing with him but he is great when playing with anybody. IMNSHO
@@texasplumr I agree with you 100% on your take on the Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.
Dear Mr Fantasy is my favorite Traffic
If I remember reading Steve Windwood was born in 1948.. " Don't You Know What the Night 🌃🌉 Can Do" was the song that grabbed me! He has a beautiful voice 😍 and Higher Love 😘 was a pretty good song by him .. I think he gross over 200 million total .. Good job bro!!!
His work on the albums "Blind Faith" (1969) and "John Barleycorn" (1970) is among my favorite things ever.
You almost forget how good Steve Winwood is until you hear him sing again.
Steve Winwood is an awesome musician period. Keep up the great work my friend. Three chords and the truth.
Back in the High Life is my guiding light. It's a song that has always reminded me to keep the faith, and whenever I hear it I know that someone up there is looking out for me.
"While you see a chance, take it." Excellent advice!
Saw him at Bristol Colston Hall UK a few years ago... Absolutely brilliant... a Master of his Craft
Roll With It....one my favorite cruising tunes
That is a great cruising song. Great observation!
For me it's a tie between "Back in the High Life Again" and "The Finer Things" they both make me feel a way that only a few other songs do. I also love "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do" even if it was used in a beer commercial.
Roll with it has always been my favorite. Thank you for giving us a deeper look at this amazing artist.
His 'Valerie.' song, epic.
The 'Call on Me' remix video, *even better.*
My favorite album with Steve Winwood is Roll With It!!
LOL, I loaded in and helped setup the floor for the Higher Love music video. That was a long time ago... And i'm a big Steve Winwood fan!!!
Back in the high life & Valerie have always been my favorites.
Steve's one of my favorites. Wore out the "Arc of a Diver" album back in the day.
One of my favorites as well. Love the cover Thanks for watching.
@@ProfessorofRock Yeah Adam, I saw your shirt. 🙂 Nice. By the way... you're doing a great job on these vids. I enjoy them very much. I'm a little older than you, (59), but I like that you highlight music from the 60's, 70's and 80's. And I love all of it. But to me, becoming a teenager in 1975, nothing comes close to the 70's music for evoking real emotion. As you like to say, for me it truly was the soundtrack of my life. And to this day that music still evokes so many different emotions. Something I know you strive for in your videos. You obviously are extremely passionate about music and your father was apparently a big influence on you in that way. As was mine. My father was a country/western guitar/mandolin player in the 1950's and taught me to play before I was a teen. I went on to play bass mainly and moved from South Florida to L.A. and played in several bands through the mid 80's. Mostly blues. I tried to make it my profession but like so many others... it just didn't happen. Anyway, sorry for the long winded reply. This is actually the first time I've ever commented on any TH-cam video. Keep the faith brother! 😎
I have been waiting for this forEVER! Thank you,Professor of Rock!
Steve Winwood is awesome, my top 5
valerie
The Finer Things
Roll With It
Higher love
and.....One & Only Man
my top 5 is always changing but lately i'd say: vacant chair. walking in the wind. there's a river. reach for the light. and no time to live. chris wood's flute is amazing there.
Amazing explanation of Winwood, Professor...Great Passion
Dear Mr. Fantasy is my favorite.
After Avengers: Endgame, I can’t hear the song anymore without getting goosebumps. Its placement between the cold open with Hawkeye’s family picnic (OMG ☹️) on Snap Day then Tony and Nebula marooned in deep space was a comforting bridge… until you realized that they were listening to one of Quill’s mixtapes 😞
Incredible talent. Can't find my way home is a favorite. The video of just him playing guitar and singing fireside is great.
My favorite song, period, is Can't Find My Way Home . I can't tell you how many times and different covers I've listened to over the years, but the original Blind Faith recording with his plaintive story still gets me every time.
Steve Winwood is truly talented,no doubt about it.
Takes me back...kind of found Mr. Winwood through Roll With It and worked backwards through his discography, including Traffic, Blind Faith and SPD...it helped that I had a great classic rock station I used to listen to (RIP KRXO...You are sorely missed).
Keep on rocking Prof!🤟
Higher Love, and the whole Back In The High Life album, will always remind me of my dad. He wasn't really into music, but he *loved* 80s Steve Winwood.
I blew his mind when I told him a teenage Winwood sang Gimme Some Lovin' and Dear Mr. Fantasy was the same dude only a few years later.
Also, the biggest music snob I've ever met would inevitably put on Roll With It and earnestly dance to it whenever he was drunk. He was a 5'2 elf that pretty much only listened to stoner rock but once Roll With It came on he turned into a dad that was born in 1965.
I'm officially starting a Professor of Rock interviews Daryl Hall campaign - who's with me ? He got to interview John Oates recently maybe John Oates will help recommend him to Daryl !! Not bad for i kid from IOWA , you really ARE the Professor of Rock !! - Bill " Doc Rock " Bowers
Valerie is awesome. Remember singing that song at the top of our lungs
I love “Arc Of A Diver,” “While You See A Chance” and “ There’s a River,” but I think I agree there’s something very special about “Can’t Find My Way Home.”
Mr Winwood is one of the best for sure. Great voice. Thank you for your 5'er, it is my 5'er as well.
Very cool.
Saw him and his band at Glastonbury in 2015.
What a show and what a band.
Loved this segment Adam, great content as always. My Steve Winwood 5er is: Valerie (1987 version), Higher Love, Freedom Overspill, Roll With It, and Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do. 😎🎶
Limiting a list to 5 favorites of Steve Winwood's is impossible. It can't be done. It simply can't be done.
I was today yrs old when I found out "can't find my way home" was Steve Winwood. That's my #1 road trip song, n has been for 20+ yrs. But by WASP
OMG ‘Gimme Some Loving Spencer Davis Group Bam ! Higher Love -Blessings on Us all by Will Jennings-
WOW, brilliant narration 11/10
Valerie is one of my favorites, both the Winwood version and Eric Prydez. Steve in the 80's was my first introduction to him, loved his sound.
Back on the High life is a super album! Period!
We really thought that FM radio was the bomb.... But I'm guessing now that I know less actual lyrics than I thought. Valerie, huh? Thought it was Call on me... Never knew it was Valerie until now. 🤦🏻♀️ I'm keeping my RocknRoll card with no guilt.... Not my fault!!! 😂🤣😂☮️✌🏻💜😎
Ha ha. We hear what we hear!
Very informative, Professor
There's a great performance by the headless, horsemen and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section at Santa Monica I Believe on DVD!
John Barleycorn Must Die (Traffic), It Hurts Me So & Every Little Bit Hurts (SDG), Just Had To Cry Today & Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith), Roll With It (solo). Check out some exemplary Winwood guitar on Sittin' And Thinkin' with S. Davis on vocal.
Dune in the background. Awesome. Thanks mate, great effort by Gordon Sumner in that movie!
Valerie is my favorite Winwood song. I loved it as a lost 80s gem until it was miraculously resurrected in '87 and became a hit. I was ecstatic.
Me too!
Dear Mr Fantasy and I'm winning are two of his greatest
Presence Of The Lord
Sea of Joy - Blind Faith
Valarie - Steve Winwood
Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys - Traffic
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
Can't Find My Way Back Home - Blind Faith
No one has mentioned "Talking Back to the Night!"
It is simple. Try to sing like him, and you realize. You can't. He nails it. Roll with it, I had a teacher, Frank, who had a band, the Franks, and his voice could cut metal. He sang this song. When he opened his mouth, you couldn't hear the electric guitar.Power voice. While Winwood could cut titanium and diamonds with his. Just take a bow.
I bet you know allready,but check out the 2009 live perfomance and guitar work of Steve,with the gredits of Eric Clapton in that solo!?I repeat 2009 the man is Big!Greetings from Greece "Soul food"
Had no idea Steve Winwood was a child prodigy!
That was back when the Grammy's meant something. You had friggin Steve Winwood (Back in the High Life) going up against Peter Gabriel (So) for album of the year. Bruce Hornsby won best new artist. Now we have Cardi B, mumble rap, and fat girls twerking at the Grammy's.
I've grown to appreciate the man more and more over the years. When his stuff hit the charts in the 80's, I liked it well enough but was never really taken by it. Not enough to warrant a purchase, at least. Maybe it was the way his voice sounds like he has something caught in his throat. ;) Even so, I've since grown to like his stuff. Especially the things he did with Clapton in "Blind Faith" and his stuff with the "Spencer Davis Group".
The man's voice still grinds on me, only because I'm waiting for him to eventually clear his throat, but he's worth every bit of the accolades he's been given, and deserves more recognition from fans of the genre.
Roll with it…cmon!
Steve Perry
David Bowie
Marvin Gaye
Paul McCartney
Tina Freakin' Turner! Can't forget Tina.
Stevie Wonder
Linda Ronstadt
Steve Winwood of course.
Dang it, I knew I couldn't do just five! Ha ha.
Plus many many more.
It's hard to pick a top 5. HIgher Love is defintely my #1. I would've slid Roll With It and Valerie down into the honorable mentions, and replaced them When You See a Chance and Back in the High Life.
Steve winwood was a 1000 times more interesting in traffic in blind faith than his solo effort, shows how dumbed down the masses are. I cant stomach any of his solo pop effort, his traffic effort blind faith was totally brilliant
Mozart of Rock !!!
Go listen to Steve Winwood's Lord Of The Street. Maybe his most underrated tune....
great segment, everyone likes Steves' soul-filled voice. My five picks:
1. Steve Winwood.
2. John Kay.
3. Steve Perry.
4. Jim Morrison.
5. Blaine Staley.
Any relation to Layne Staley?
For me there just is no comparison to "Gimme Some Lovin'" .That much talent in someone so young is almost unimaginable. The only combination of youth and talent I can think of in the same way might be a young Michael Jackson.
Did you skip that Steve Winwood played with Grateful Dead live touch of grey tour
Love the early Winwood, Traffic, Blind Faith, but the later stuff - not so much...
Maybe the build-up on the intro would be a little better if your shirt didn't give it away, eh mate? haha
Favorite vocalist: Freddy Mercury of Queen, Steve Perry of Journey, Jimi Jaminson of Survivor, Andy Bell of Erasure, and John Denver. Honable mention: Jim Kerr of Simle Minds, and Bono of U2. So many greats hard to pick 5.
I don't think Ginger Baker was in Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse. I believe Jack Bruce was, though.
Spanish Dancer.
When I think of all the videos ive ever watched and enjoyed, 2 are remarkable in their being done in Black and White. Rhapsody in Blue, Paul Whitman ? and Steve Winwood , Roll with it baby
the photography is stunning , from the mashed potatoes on the left over plate, to the note stuck on the shoe . Mix in the brass sounds, him playing, and the multicultural dancers is just too much to not enjoy. The bald headed guy with shades, the woman with a rag on her head, not pretty but sultry I can listen and watch both of them every day
Please interview Mr Winwood while he is still with us.
Trying!
“Higher Love” was easily his best. The addition of Chaka Khan was icing on the cake, my friend. Myself, if I could squeeze “Finer Things’ in there as well, I would. Winwood’s keyboards in those two songs, as well as “Valerie” absolutely force me to blow the dust off of my air keyboards and pretend to play along.
@Jay Trace. May I say that Steve Winwood is one of the few keyboard players who really knows how to incorporate the synthesiser into his songs. Check out "While You See A Chance" and "Help Me Angel". I am sure I read that the Roland keyboard company used a Steve Winwood "patch" on their production models after they heard his work on "Arc Of A Diver". Apparently Steve Winwood (aged around 14 years old) used to practice on the local church organ where he grew up in Great Barr, Birmingham U.K. Stay safe and well.
Stevie Winwood is such a profound talent! It is impossible to overstate the career he has had.
Thank you POR for all that you do.
Thank you for watching!
My dad sang in a band when he was in high school, and I asked my mom what dad sounded like when he sang. She said he sounded like Steve Winwood! I heard my dad singing once, singing along to the radio while working in his garage, and he does sound like Steve Winwood!
Very cool! Thank you for sharing that!
"While you see Chance" came out in 1981 I think and I've loved it every year since. I never grow tired of that inspirational little piece of work.
Can't Find My Way Home is my favorite vocal of his.
It's amazingly poignant .
I was surprised only an Honorable Mention. Presence Of The Lord...not mentioned at all. :-O
No doubt! And he played everything on Night Train, another all-time great song.
My 3 top winwoods songs..
Roll with it
Valerie
Higher love
So fresh and timeless songs
You can't go wrong with those. Thanks for watching
Love Winwood’s acoustic version of John Barleycorn (Must Die).
Even Ray Charles said that no one could do "Georgia On My Mind" better than Steve Winwood.
Adam, thank you so much for doing this one on Steve Winwood. He is one of my all time favorite singers. Love his voice and his style. I live in Nashville, TN and Steve has a home here, as well as London. I was blessed to do some work for him at his house for a couple years back in 2002-03. He is such a genuinely nice person. His little girl was about 5 at the time and always had me sit down and have “tea” with her. She was such a sweetheart. Now, Lily is on her way to having a music career of her own and she is very talented. Love her version of Higher Love. Wonderful people. Blessed by God.
Stars aligned just right to give us Steve!
My five favs.
5 Mr. Fantasy
4 can't find my way home
3 gimme some lovin
2 higher love
1 when you see a chance
That's was a tough one professor, so many fantastic songs, great installment!!
I have always enjoyed Steve Winwood's music. He had success when he was very young, made an impact in several great bands, and then re-invented himself with a great solo career. His longevity in the music business has been very impressive. From the 60s through the 80s, he has consistently recorded quality songs.
Gimme Some Lovin' is on my shortlist for greatest rock 'n roll recordings of all time.
No kidding. It still sounds amazing.
It's such a shame that the only/ most common live video of it is from the Finnish TV show. Their voices were worn out and cracking and it was a very low energy, lack luster performance.
Adam, you're the modern day Casey Kasem. I see and hear the same energy when you talk about the music and artists.
One of my earliest memories with buying music is being in downtown Pittsburgh with my mom when I was a kid and going past National Record Mart. I begged her to buy me one thing in NRM and I picked the Roll with It cassette by Steve Winwood, which I listened to endlessly ("Shining Song" and "One More Morning" should have been U.S. singles and hits). Later on, I developed a true appreciation for Steve Winwood as an artist when I learned more about his impressive career.
Thank you for sharing!
Definitely one of the most underrated rock legend, I'm simply shocked at why he hasn't been inducted into the Rock and roll Hall. He has such an unique voice. I'm totally in agreement in Higher Love as his no. 1 song. You missed Don't you know what the night can do, love this song. Thanks for doing a video on my favourite solo artist. Get Stevie into the hall as a solo artist!!!!
RRHOF is a joke
The 70s music scene was so crowded, it was hard for new acts to break through. Many 70s artists could not break through until the early 80s.
@@kenperk9854 but Steve Winwood wasn't a 70s artist, he joined Spencer Davis Group as a teenager in the early 60s.
Winwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic in 2004.
@@Dee-x9f yes, but what I meant was he hasn't been inducted as a solo artist.
I saw Steve open up for Tom Petty about 7 or 8 years ago. What a show! Ive always been a fan. I'm a Man is a total jam!
Steve and Tom. Two of the greatest talents in the universe in my opinion.
Thank you! so appreciated!
I remember Casey Kasem's top 40 countdown, that was one of the highlights of my teen years and beyond 🎶
Thank you!
One of my favorite teachers from high school caught me off guard once when I asked her "How was traffic?" to which she replied, "Better with Steve Winwood." I never forgot that clever come back and The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys became one of my go to albums. I quickly became consumed with Steve Winwood's music and have many great memories growing up listening to his pop era along with the progressive rock of Traffic and the supergroups he helped anchor. Thank you for cataloging the sound track of our youth.