His first solo record album was published in 1977. He formed Blind Faith in 1969 with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech. Winwood has won numerous Grammy Awards in the United States of America.In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Winwood #33 in its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.In 2005, Winwood was honored as a BMI Icon at the annual BMI London Awards for his "enduring influence on generations of music makers."ĭuring his teens, Winwood played Hammond B-3 organ and guitar in "pick-up" bands that backed up well-known US blues performers. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Go. His trademark style is singing in a tenor voice and playing the Hammond organ. Winwood is a multi-instrumentalist who plays the electric organ, synthesizers, bass, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin and other stringed instruments. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music (blue-eyed soul), R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz. Steve Winwood (born in Birmingham) is an English international recording artist whose career spans more than 40 years.
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