Steve Winwood continued his mid-'80s comeback with 'Roll With It,' but both of its Top 10 hits made headlines for other reasons. BMI successfully sued Winwood on the grounds that the chart-topping title track was too close to Jr. Walker and the All-Stars' "(I'm a) Roadrunner," with...
Steve Winwood resurrected the broken-up Traffic during the recording of a solo album in 1970, and the music here, on their fourth LP, serves as the strongest link between their folkiest and proggiest moments. They also drift into jazz territory on 'John Barleycorn Must Die,' checking in w...
Steve Harley Steve Harley, best known as the vocalist for the British glam rock group Cockney Rebel, died in March at the age of 73. Among the band's hits was "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)," "Judy Teen," "Mr. Soft" and a cover of the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun." ...
Will Jennings, a collaborator of both Steve Winwood's and Eric Clapton's, died in September at 80 years old. Jennings co-wrote Winwood's "Back in the High Life" and Clapton's "Tears in Heaven," among other hits. Tio Jackson Marcus Ingram - ABA, Getty Images ...
Tom Petty and Steve Winwood prove American rock is alive and kickingSTEVE FEENEY
On that note, the Strat has been lit on fire and obliterated to splinters by Jimi Hendrix; bestowed upon George Harrison, Steve Winwood, and Pete Townshend by God…also known as Eric Clapton; and, its likeness has even been used and licensed for a music-oriented video game (Rock Band 3...
At some point on the trip, even though I knew the whole environment around me was alive, I suddenly became aware of its intelligence and it was as if I was surrounded by a sentient web of vegetation and felt not as the alien but as a symbiotic member of their world. I felt accepted...
Will Jennings, a collaborator of both Steve Winwood's and Eric Clapton's, died in September at 80 years old. Jennings co-wrote Winwood's "Back in the High Life" and Clapton's "Tears in Heaven," among other hits. Tio Jackson Marcus Ingram - ABA, Getty Images ...
Traffic began as a highly collaborative group, with soon-to-depart Dave Mason as a songwriting centerpiece. The band then basically became a vehicle for Steve Winwood as they blended rock and jazz in exciting new ways. 93: Thin Lizzy
Steve Winwood continued his mid-'80s comeback with 'Roll With It,' but both of its Top 10 hits made headlines for other reasons. BMI successfully sued Winwood on the grounds that the chart-topping title track was too close to Jr. Walker and the All-Stars' "(I'm a) Roadrunner," with...