Stephen Lawrence Winwood is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a keyboard player, guitarist, and vocal
Winwood in 2009
The Spencer Davis Group in 1966, L to R: Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis, Pete York, Steve Winwood
Traffic in 1968, clockwise from top left: Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Chris Wood, Winwood
Blind Faith in 1969, L to R: Winwood, Ric Grech, Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton
Traffic were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound throug
Steve Winwood
…flute, drums, and percussion. Winwood achieved fame during the 1960s and 1970s as an integral member of three successful bands: the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith. During the 1980s, his solo career flourished and he had a number of hit singles, including "While You See a Chance" (1980) from the…
Founding members from left to right: Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, Steve Winwood, Dave Mason
Traffic performing in Hamburg in 1973
Winwood and Capaldi in 1994