Editing Steve Winwood
Notice about sources
This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Take extra care to use high-quality sources. Material about living persons should not be added when the only sourcing is tabloid journalism; see more information on sources. Never use self-published sources about a living person unless written or published by the subject; see Wikipedia's guidelines on self-published sources and using the subject as a self-published source. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard. If you are connected to one of the subjects of this article and need help, see this page. |
Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable through citations to reliable sources.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 55: | Line 55: | ||
Winwood met drummer [[Jim Capaldi]], guitarist [[Dave Mason]], and multi-instrumentalist [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]] when they jammed together at [[The Elbow Room]], a club in [[Aston, Birmingham|Aston]], Birmingham.<ref name="brumbeat">{{cite web|url=http://www.brumbeat.net/traffic.htm|title=Traffic|access-date=4 March 2008|website=Brumbeat.net|archive-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319095312/http://www.brumbeat.net/traffic.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite AV media notes|title= Traffic Mr. Fantasy 1999 CD liner notes}}</ref> After Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967, the quartet formed [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]].<ref name=AMG>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5681/biography|pure_url=yes}} Traffic Biography] [[AllMusic]]</ref> Soon thereafter, they rented a cottage near the rural village of [[Aston Tirrold]], Berkshire (now [[Oxfordshire]]), to write and rehearse new music.<ref name="brumbeat"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srj7k |title="Steve Winwood: English Soul", BBC4, broadcast 25 February 2011 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2011-09-13}}</ref> This allowed them to escape the city and develop their music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winwoodfans.com/aston.htm|title=The Traffic Cottage at Aston-Tirrold at winwoodfans.com|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928000557/http://www.winwoodfans.com/aston.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> |
Winwood met drummer [[Jim Capaldi]], guitarist [[Dave Mason]], and multi-instrumentalist [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]] when they jammed together at [[The Elbow Room]], a club in [[Aston, Birmingham|Aston]], Birmingham.<ref name="brumbeat">{{cite web|url=http://www.brumbeat.net/traffic.htm|title=Traffic|access-date=4 March 2008|website=Brumbeat.net|archive-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319095312/http://www.brumbeat.net/traffic.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite AV media notes|title= Traffic Mr. Fantasy 1999 CD liner notes}}</ref> After Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967, the quartet formed [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]].<ref name=AMG>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5681/biography|pure_url=yes}} Traffic Biography] [[AllMusic]]</ref> Soon thereafter, they rented a cottage near the rural village of [[Aston Tirrold]], Berkshire (now [[Oxfordshire]]), to write and rehearse new music.<ref name="brumbeat"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srj7k |title="Steve Winwood: English Soul", BBC4, broadcast 25 February 2011 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2011-09-13}}</ref> This allowed them to escape the city and develop their music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winwoodfans.com/aston.htm|title=The Traffic Cottage at Aston-Tirrold at winwoodfans.com|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928000557/http://www.winwoodfans.com/aston.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> |
||
Early in Traffic's formation, Winwood and Capaldi formed a songwriting partnership, with Winwood writing music to match Capaldi's lyrics. This partnership was the source of most of Traffic's material, including popular songs such as "[[Paper Sun]]", "No Face, No Name, No Number", "Dear Mr. Fantasy" |
Early in Traffic's formation, Winwood and Capaldi formed a songwriting partnership, with Winwood writing music to match Capaldi's lyrics. This partnership was the source of most of Traffic's material, including popular songs such as "[[Paper Sun]]", "No Face, No Name, No Number", "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "[[The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (song)|The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys]]", and outlived the band, producing several songs for Winwood and Capaldi's solo albums. Over the band's history, Winwood performed the majority of their lead vocals, keyboard instruments, and guitars (the latter more so after Mason's departure in 1968). Traffic disbanded in early 1969 after two albums, ''[[Mr. Fantasy]]'' (1967) and ''[[Traffic (Traffic album)|Traffic]]'' (1968), with a third album, ''[[Last Exit (Traffic album)|Last Exit]]'', being issued later that year. |
||
[[File:Blind Faith (1969).jpg|thumb|left|Winwood with Blind Faith (1969)]] |
[[File:Blind Faith (1969).jpg|thumb|left|Winwood with Blind Faith (1969)]] |