STEVE WINWOOD: DON'T CALL HIM STEVIE!
When Steve Winwood was 15 years old he was the child prodigy/focal point of the Spencer Davis Group. Singing with a soul voice experienced beyond its years and playing keyboard and guitar with absolute assurance, his talents were never questioned.
STEVE WINWOOD: DON'T CALL HIM STEVIE!
by Penny Valentine
When Steve Winwood was 15 years old he was the child prodigy/focal point of the Spencer Davis Group. Singing with a soul voice experienced beyond its years and playing keyboard and guitar with absolute assurance, his talents were never questioned. Propelled to stardom in a bewildering welter of superlatives, he suffered the problems that are inherent in such a meteoric youthful rise. Shy, retiring, intensely involved in his music; Winwood's introverted persona gave rise to a series of projected images that conspired to create a portrait of the artist as a fragile victim of rock's uglier side.
You trod on glass to interview him, careful always to wait as he hovered mid-sentence, not rushing to fill in the gaps that occurred for fear of silencing him completely.