Liberal England (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
David McNamee had a piece on "the most iconic and greatest of all organs" in the Guardian on Monday: What's the best ever Hammond organ song? There are just too many. But let's just say that if you don't get Winwood's work on Gimme Some Loving by the Spencer Davis Group, then you'll never get the Hammond. Take it away , Steve.
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Growing up as a teenager from 1994-2001, I felt jipped with the music of my generation. Rap and Hip Hop were the prominent genres, Grunge and Alt Rock were the main rock scenes, and all music I couldn’t relate to. I spent my musical upbringing in my father’s records: The Beatles, The Stones, Zeppelin, Van [...]
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
This is a vehicle for Richard Norris (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve, The Grid) to create a groovy acid-fried psychedelic rock. 'Children of the Sun' mixes hippy sentiment - "we are children of the sun/ and we'll light up the sky for you" - with up-to-the-moment beats, sounding like it should be pumping out of a quadrophonic system. 'Zeitgeist' reinforces the dance/psych crossover, with Norris...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Island Records' founder, Chris Blackwell, says there is little chance of him returning to the music business full-time, pointing out that the contemporary scene's instant-sales regime does not mesh with his policy of artist development.
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
A little over a month ago I mentioned that at the station I do my show from in Vancouver, we do an annual "show swap" in which a programmer of one show tries their hand at another, usually in a...
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
I have just got back from seeing the Animals and Spencer Davis, so here is the obligatory indistinct snatched concert photograph. I went out of curiosity but enjoyed it far more than I expected. It was every bit as much a Spencer Davis Group show as an Animals show. We got Keep on Running, When I Come Home, Somebody Help Me, I'm a Man and - as the encore even after House of the Rising Sun - Gimme Some...
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
I'm Sunday Stealing again: 1. When you go to Wowmart, what one thing do you get every single time, besides a funky-wheeled squeaking cart full of frustration? The heebie-jeebies. Since I never go there on my own, only with other people, usually those with whom I am related, I find that it's almost like suffocating. 2. What is something that people are currently “into” that you just don’t...
The Girl Can't Help It (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Just wanted to say a quick howdy-do to my new followers! I'm up to a whopping 69 new followers....You know I really wanna make a Beavis & Butthead-ian joke about that, but for the sake of retaining an iota of class and dignity, I will refrain. I'm just sayin', 69 is a funny number. The joke could write itself, people! Just so you know: if you follow me, I will follow you right back! I'm all for...
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
- Steve Winwood began making rock and roll history at the age of 15. He was the high pitched singing star and keyboard player of the Spencer Davis Group. Once the '60s arrived and swept over England, he started the band, Traffic, and continued with Blind Faith – a super group consisting of Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker (both of Cream). It is clear that Winwood always had an open mind to music....
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
It is some time since I inflicted by obsession with the Spencer Davis Group on you, so here goes. While I was at the launch of The Gates of Troy on Thursday I bought another book. (Waterstone's are no fools.) It was Keep on Running: The Story of Island Records . In his contribution Joe Boyd recalls: I was taken to a Birmingham pub where Steve Winwood and the Spencer Davis Group (managed by Chris Blackwell)...
Rough Version (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
See Dazed Digital for the run down of The Boathouse at Port E. I did a show on the pirate radio station while I was there - Boat Sounds - a selection of music all about water, the sea, boats, river - you get the idea. Here's the playlist: Let's Wade in the Water -Marlena Shaw Jesus Gave Me Water - BB King Beyond The Sea - Stevie Wonder La Mer - Charles Trenet Cry Me a River - Julie London You Left...
Political Byline (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
These come via The H2: (H/T to Ace of Spades) I actually like Chicago’s version of this better. But here is the original:
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
The Zombies, The Yardbirds and The Spencer Davis Group The Fillmore At Irving PlazaNew York, NYJuly 10, 2009 "I'm A Man," "Over Under Sideways Down," "Heart Full of Soul," "For Your Love," "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" were but a few of the huge hits served up to a very happy and attentive crowd at The Fillmore At Irving...
Birmingham: It's Not Shit Blog (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Not another Brum Music Month thing, but again something I found while looking for stuff. It’s from The Ghost Goes Gear: “This 60’s film surrounding the music of the Spencer Davis Group is absolutely dreadful. I loved this band and how Steve Winwood must cringe at the thought of how ‘uncool’ it was to be singing [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, The Poets had a lot of things going for them in the mid-’60s: a unique sound, a cool look (high-necked jackets and ruffled fronted shirts – hey, it was cool for the time!), some great songs, huge local popularity and being signed and managed by Andrew Loog-Oldham, who happened to be [...]
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