Talk:Steve Winwood

I feel S Winwood is the best pure musician of my generation along with J Lenin and Ian Anderson. Just my opinion but I’ve been around a long time and listened to a lot of music.

Recent edits
Please do not describe my recent edits as "damage". I have removed, more than once, a link to what appears to be your own website; which is, frankly, not of sufficient quality for a link from Wikipedipedia - WP is not a link repository. I have also removed your deprecated HTML, and links to audio files which do not belong in picture captions. Andy Mabbett 10:59, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Andy,
 * There is nothing wrong with any of these edits, so why not leave them alone, and yes you have deleted several times.
 * There is nothing tied to my website, don't know what you are talking about, other than the original pictures of which I took.

Who says someone can't tie audio links or any links to a picture? There are no rules about this. Scott 11:06, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


 * There is nothing wrong with any of these edits there is, as I have described.
 * There is nothing tied to my website Are you not the Scott Fisher in http://groups.msn.com/scottfisher/stevewinwood.msnw ?
 * Andy Mabbett 11:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Andy, Quit destroying data and information added on Wikipedia. Please keep in focus, We are building an encyclopedia here not destroying by deleting. Try adding something....Yes I added the external link of my pictures, What is the problem? It's not a problem to refer external links for more information? Scott 11:48, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not "destroying" anything. Andy Mabbett 14:20, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I've just moved all the audio links down to the bottom where they belong, and removed all the HTML from the image templates so they behave as they should. --CBRN 10:39, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Not bad, in the Multimedia section, A home that will work. Scott 12:00, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Note there's a bad link that makes STEVE WINWOOD's "Roll With It" LP link to an OASIS page with the same coincidental title!

Couldn't we find some better pics of him? The pic on the article makes him look like a Hippy-Flower-Power freak, which he certainly is not. Carter Zoll 19:31, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Christina Aguilera
Why no mention of his involvment on her new album Back to Basics and on the song Makes me Wanna Pray??

Black voice
Of all that I would say about the voice is that it is far removed from anything 'black'(as in American, black people). 'Deep' is also a distantly applicable description. He absolutely has one of the most piercing voices that arise from extraordinarily high contribution of certain harmonic overtones: the patterns that make each voice unique. Piercing; very piercing. And it seems to go on as such. Cisum.ili.dilm (talk) 14:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

He is frequently assumed to be a black musician by people that are unfamiliar with his work and are only hearing his music on the radio. He is also widely compared to black soul musicians, I think it's highly notable to have this in the opening paragraph as Wikipedia is partly about dispelling myths and misconceptions. Tom Green (talk) 23:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

The line is a little odd, though-- Steve Winwood really does not have a "deep voice," first of all (he's a tenor), and being occasionally mistaken for a black musician is hardly one of the most notable things about him. It seems like a very minor detail to be in the intro to the article. 96.252.89.97 (talk) 03:50, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Well the information is referenced so I don't see the problem. TheRetroGuy (talk) 13:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * A single published opinion does not justify describing Winwood's voice as "deep" when one only has to listen to any of his performances to demonstrate that the opposite is true. Therefore I have removed that reference, replacing it with one from RS that retains the comparison to black musicians (Ray Charles) without the incorrect description of Winwood's voice. Chris Loosley (talk) 09:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm not an expert on Steve Windwood (which is to say I only know a subset of his extensive recorded work), but I have the impression he used different parts of his range at different times in his career. During his solo period in the eighties he certainly seems (at least on the many hits) to have abandoned those very high notes which were a sort of signature of his in Blind Faith (think of "Sea of Joy": "and I'm feeling close to where the race is run") and post-Blind Faith Traffic. TheScotch (talk) 02:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

With a Little Help from My Friends
The article says:

"In 1969, Winwood performed on organ for Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from My Friends". The song was originally written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album. "

However, the page for Joe Cocker's album of the same name says Winwood played on two of the album's tracks, but not that song. I don't have any way to check the authenticity of the album credits listed on that page, but it seems obvious to me that there's just been some confusion about Winwood playing on "Joe Cocker's With a Little Help from My Friends". I suggest this article is updated to say:

"In 1969, Winwood performed on organ for two tracks on Joe Cocker's album "With a Little Help from My Friends". "

(adding the word 'album', changing the link to the album, and removing the Beatles sentence). --82.25.111.182 (talk) 20:23, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Steve or Stevie
When did Steve Winwood stop being Stevie Winwood? He's credited as Stevie Winwood on his early work like with the Spencer Davies Group Best of album cover -- SteveCrook (talk) 22:22, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Between SDG and Traffic. I'm not sure he was ever known as "Stevie" to family and friends, there was a music biz thing to call him "little Stevie Winwood" like "little Stevie Wonder" just to attract attention. When he left the SDG he made an effort to drop the name, I seem to recall from reading about them at the time. Reader, September 2011.

Low Spark
Can someone contribute something substantive RE: Traffic's "The Low Spark of High-heeled Boys?" As a track, as an album follow-up to "Barleycorn", as novel album packaging, "Low Spark..." is noteworthy. Thanks! 50.129.220.98 (talk) 08:06, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Claim of illegitimate daughter
Under "Personal life". The remark, "Winwood is also said to have a daughter from a relationship in the 1960s, who was placed for adoption.[25]" is an unsubstantiated claim, and places a derogatory spin on the article and obviously attempts to defame the moral character of subject Steve Winwood. The link refers to a claim made in 2007, and nothing has been since found (2012) to indicate the claim was ever true. Such an invalid dimunitive claim has no basis for inclusion in a supposedly factual accounting. Unless reference to genetic proof of the validity of said claim can be produced, the line should be removed - unless Wikipedia is now to be a site taking notes from the National Inquirer on sensationalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.90.90.116 (talk) 21:17, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, looking over the cited article, it's obvious that the publication's notability/reliability is dubious at best: they claim the girl's musical inclinations as evidence that she is Winwood's biological daughter. Wow, talk about failing Genetics 101. And Common Sense 101, really, since you just need to step outside the house to meet children of musicians who aren't musicians, children of chemists who aren't chemists, etc.--Martin IIIa (talk) 17:30, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Usubstantiated, maybe, but derogatory? That's POV. Also, it maybe true, it may be false but it’s just original research to say that a story should be dismissed because of where it first appeared, without acknowledging the fact that a journalist may have invested more time in checking the story than a Wikipedia editor takes to dimiss it without even taking a look at the evidence. By all means say that more evidence is needed, but don’t condemn what you see as lazy journalism (and I’m not saying it is) with even lazier journalism. As it happens, Mr. Winwood has subsequently addressed the matter (if not come down on one side or the other of the question or the other) in comments made here http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket/2010/06/a-new-box-set-celebrates-steve.html. Jock123 (talk) 14:52, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Late 70s to Early 80s of his career
I feel the Section labelled as Blind Faith and Traffic is run on - the last paragraph is two sentences- should move to a new section - and the pull from the first parargraphs of Solo Career to this section. His Self titled first album of 1977 has all music of it done by him, then mixed together in the studio. Actually article states this fact also applies - worded differently for Arc of Diver and Talking back to the Night. This is not usual way records are recorded. Why be that way with recording and music? I have some suspected reason from my perspective, but will leave it to reader to come up with their own - or someone to find a reliable source of why this done. Wfoj3 (talk) 22:19, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Instruments?
The Wikipedia page about Traffic's 1994 reunion album says Windwood played saxophone and flute on it. So why aren't these listed here as instruments he plays? TheScotch (talk) 02:03, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Go ahead. And perhaps refer to talk page in your edit summary. - DVdm (talk) 05:12, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Your reply is a non-sequitur. "Go ahead" and do what? Add saxophone and flute to the list of instruments? I don't know that Windwood plays or has ever played saxophone and flute; I only know that the Wikipedia page about Traffic's reunion album says he plays them on that album. Wikipedia is often wrong, and one Wikipedia article is not a valid source for another. TheScotch (talk) 07:59, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Good point. Go ahead means "go ahead, if you like". If someone objects because it is unsourced (or wrong), they can remove it. Alternatively, if you have serious doubts about what you find in the article Far from Home, you can put a cn tag next to the instruments, so someone can go and get a source. I google-tried to find something, but failed, so I guess we will need the liner notes. According to Discogs.com the notes contain 10 pages, and in the credits section they say: "Performer [All Other Instruments], Programmed By – Steve Winwood". The phrase "Performer [All Other Instruments]" seems to indicate that he played the sax and the flute, but "Programmed by" could of course refer to Winwood merely having sampled some of the woodwinds[pun intended], as originally played by Chris Wood. Does anyone have access to the liner notes? - DVdm (talk) 10:20, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Any legitimate source that says whether Winwood plays or has played saxophone or flute would be appreciated. (Not just for the article's sake. I'm curious.) Thanks. TheScotch (talk)

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Wrong Ron Atkinson!
The link to Ron Atkinson is to the football manger, not the musician who seems not to have a Wikipedia page. 86.168.110.73 (talk) 14:56, 22 October 2020 (UTC)


 * This poster is correct. I have severed the link to the athlete / manager Ron Atkinson. And like the above person, I do not find a musician here by that name. When somebody is correct, you can go ahead and make the change without waiting for more than 3 years. ^_^
 * Thank you for your attention, Wordreader (talk) 05:05, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Winwood album
I was surprised the UA double compilation album entitled 'Winwood' is not listed in the discography. I bought the album back in the early 70s. The shop had several copies still in shrink. I vaguely remember something along the lines of 'it was pulled by UA due to objections by the artist'. I am guessing these in the shop were copies that were not returned to the distributor if what I heard is correct. It contained tunes from SDG, Traffic, Blind Faith and a cut from the Powerhouse album (Crossroads, interestingly enough). Anyone know the 'why' of this not being included in the discography? I'd put it in, but thought there may be some legal reason it can't be included. Thanks! THX1136 (talk) 02:01, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Window's ageSteve Winwood's age.
Folks somebody didn't do well in math. Ha ha. Winwood has his *74th* birthday coming in a couple months. His birth year (1948) makes his age 73 presently. In May he will turn 74.

I only know this as my wife's birth year is also 1948. - And as any husband knows - get the age right (or err to the lesser! 😜) or you WILL pay for it!

Hope this is helpful. Terry themusiclover (talk) 19:42, 7 March 2024 (UTC)