Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man

Steve Winwood with Spencer Davis

[@MiTmite9]

Winwood was 19. Does that blow your mind? This is one of the most awesome performances EVER. Thank you to all those responsible for preserving it and sharing it.

[@terranceanderson7715]

16 when I FIRST. heard Winwood. 71 now still simply awesome

[@bmunzz]

Winwood was 14 when the Spencer Davis Group was formed! That blows my mind.!

[@kenmanx1298]

​@@bmunzz Exactly! Ding-ding-ding... the winner! 14 y.o when he started out. Truly Amazing. 😎

[@tonystewart4113]

wOW, 19 YEARS OLD. DAMN THAT BOY HAD SOME SERIOUS SOUL IN HIM BACK IN THE DAY. THE BACK UP BAND WERE NO SLOUCHES EITHER.

[@kenmanx1298]

@@tonystewart4113 He was 15 years old when he played this... (maybe not this particular video) Look up his history, you may be surprised. 🎶👍

[@bozire]

Look at his age, then listen to his voice. He sings like a seasoned veteran. Awesome dynamic, tone, clean/dirty vocals. Badassery.

[@BlueSkyFalling]

For sure… You said it best and couldn’t agree with you more!✌🏼

[@mindsigh4]

all that practice in past lives

[@hak4890]

Like Eric Burdon.

[@sonjagjokas381]

He does, it's my 1st time watching his video.i didn't know he was so young.such talent

[@donotoole3415]

When Clapton first saw Winwood around this time he said he was blown away by this "spotty-faced kid who sounded like Ray Charles". Incredible talent then and now.

[@JasonFlyBoy]

I saw Winwood live 11 years ago, and he still very much had the chops - voice and playing. Huge huge talent

[@davide.waterbury6295]

I heard that story from an interview with Peter Townshend, who apparently was with EC. I think he said "we drove out to the country and there was this spotty-faced English schoolboy singing just like Ready Charles." Great story. Thanks for reminding me!

[@ronaldgall1244]

You are so right. At that age, Steve Winwood was a genius or is

[@jamestateIII]

Wow.....dude is goooood

[@ronaldgall1244]

At that age, he's a pure genius.

[@misst.e.a.187]

Steve Winwood's voice is something else. He was just a youngster from Birmingham but had the maturity of a seasoned blues singer. The brilliant SDG.

[@Bobo-jv4xk]

A lot of great vocalist from that area including 1 of my favs, John Ozzy Osbourne !

[@strattuner]

STEVIE WINWOOD IS A GENIUS,we've had a few like him and they were young,genius comes out at any age,what a song

[@strattuner]

@Pablo Lopez lol there's one opinion

[@boomerguy9935]

Yes! "Stevie" is how he was first known back in the days when this came out, along with "Gimme Some Lovin". Very few artists used the Hammond B3 back then. A truly unique sound.

[@Gmmaika]

@@boomerguy9935 wenn jemand eine markante Stimme hat, ist er noch lange kein Genie...

[@lcole8849]

June 2022 and I still can't help but dance to the genius of Steve Winwood. ♥

[@robertcooley9322]

Man, what a seriously “groovin” song! Can’t help yourself, you just got to move... He is truly one of the greatest of all time... and still going strong!!!

[@boomerguy9935]

This song was good enough for the Chicago Transit Authority to cover in their first album. I saw them open with this song in 1969 which I already loved from three years prior by the Spencer Davis Group. Back then, Winwood was known as "Stevie" Winwood. Great days and great music!!!!!

[@poppyorsini9175]

"Little Stevie Winwood"

[@catmadwoman6317]

​@@poppyorsini9175Yes he was Little Stevie Winwood to me all those years ago. I remember dancing in front of them right up close at Dreamland, Margate August 1965. Fantastic. Saw them loads in those days. So many groups doing the rounds locally. Entrance fee about five bob everywhere. Loved the 60s.

[@nancyfilingeri414]

Eric Clapton called him " Little Steveie Winwood 😊

[@nancyfilingeri414]

​@@poppyorsini9175Yesssss.. that's what Eric Clapton called Steve

[@JimMorrison-ld2zh]

Stevie Winwood = one of the best male rock n.soul singers of the 1960's.

[@charlesware5767]

He was born a music legend. Prodigy and epic from the beginning.

[@danjones5561]

The song, the era… ICONIC

[@llkoolbean4935]

That was a jam. The energy!

[@jefflivengood1860]

One of the best bands of the time Winwood is legend

[@stephanegenilloud1139]

One of the most amazing songs at the time of its release ! RIP Spencer Davis

[@CARVEDSPINES]

he lives on in me

[@stevenstewardson8613]

Oh yeah the great steve winwood has a whole lot of soul in his epic voice thanks for the top upload ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

[@jamievidd775]

Young Steve bringing it big time in an awesome song.

[@LOLmusics]

Holy crap! This is raw talent, my goodness just listen to this!

[@runninrebel1520]

Stevie be killin’ on them vocals!!!

[@biscuitsmitchell7156]

......heard this song in my Uber to work this morning...havent heard it in years....has been stuck in my head for almost 12hrs.....yes. Thank you!🤗💜

[@yemixakin]

Laawddd. There is so much soul in his voice. You can really feel the powerful essence of this song through the instruments and the people too. All the musicians within this video are so talented 🔥 I can’t help but bust into a groovy mood when I hear this tune. 🕺

[@DJL3G3ND]

funny youd say that, I technically heard this song first sampled in an Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul remix, uses part of the music throughout

[@rickicoughlan8299]

The true sound of the 60's

[@Jay-rf5rh]

One of the best bass lines in rock

[@jefftron1504]

Yeah..I've played drums for 45 years and still prey for a Bass line as fat as this..

[@ReallyStrongGuy]

Sounds incredible, like the funkiest jam session ever!

[@WandasArtwork]

WLS Chicago, Ron Riley played the best music back in the late 60’s. Could only pick it up at night. Great variety of music on AM radio. Listened in W. Kentucky as a teen. We had the best music and hottest cars on the road at time. Great time to be alive as a teen.

[@mattanderson6336]

Listened to WLS in the 60’s up here in Wisconsin. Clear channel AM radio was great back then.

[@tonystewart4113]

LOVE THIS STUDIO VERSION OF THIS SONG. MAN, YOU CAN'T GET NO BETTER THAN THIS BABY!! THIS JAM WAS ALSO REDONE BY ANOTHER ARTIST IN THE DISCO DAYS, WHICH I MIGHT ADD COMPLIMENTED IT. BUT THIS ORIGINAL VERSION FROM STEVE WINWOOD KICKS YOU KNOW WHAT....

[@tonystewart4113]

There are three other versions but I never ever knew that Stevie Winwood was the original singer to this jam.

[@adg4697]

I remember the disco version 😊

[@BJSWRESTLINGTOYROOM]

i heard this on an amazon tv ad i think 4years ago, loved it ever since, may have been john lewis, either way its an awesome song and this is best version iv found.

[@jonasturklbach2705]

Thumbs up👍if you're watching this video in 2022. Why cant they make music like this anymore?

[@nancyfilingeri414]

U might as well 4get about that...

[@phantomblott1]

I had enlister in the Navy in 1965, we had been deployed over seas when this song, I'm a Man came out. We would listen to it as well as, Gimme Some Lovin over BBC London at the time. Just can't believe all those years have come and gone. When we came home to the States at Norfolk Va. We seen the battle ship, New Jersey getting ready to leave for Vietnam. What an awesome sight it was to see, there was nothing like it.

[@scottjackson163]

Almost every man can relate to this song. I’m 65 and I still listen to this recording and get inspiration from it.

[@StellarFella]

I was born in 1953. When this song came out, I was 13. The top pop AM radio station in El Paso, Texas was KELP. They played this song frequently. I really dug it.

[@AlannahRyane]

I was 14 and I can't help but busting out in a boogaloo in a soul circle !!

[@timfronimos459]

Nice to see/hear a live version.

[@MarkLeonTanner]

This is like the greatest f'n thing ever...

[@brianwells4589]

102.3 out of Wynn Arkansas just played this & I was like damn, that's quite a bit better than I realized. Gimme some loving as many times as I've heard still perks me up.

[@jdad6802]

Steve Winwood is f*cking awesome

[@johncrow2457]

great voice and song all at the age 19! amazing. classic song, same riff as coming home baby Quincy Jones. superb guitar player as well, saw him trade licks with Clapton, ridiculous talent..

[@JohnMacedoJr]

I feel like this would be a perfect song for a movie scene where someone overstepped their boundaries and abused a woman. The guy that's in love with that woman is now coming to teach them a lesson and this opening scene is showing that he is getting ready to do just that. That beating is coming... and this is the theme song to it.

[@laruedonna]

I'm 63 yrs old and I adore this man

[@ekat911]

Me too ☺️💖

[@kathyglass2922]

This song gets to me every time.

[@mvaught8003]

72 here, and movin' right alomg with ya 😎

[@tundrawomansays694]

@@mvaught8003 “Give Me Some Lovin’” is another great one with Spencer Davis. How the hell did we get so old?! ;-)

[@cozza819]

massively a head of its time

[@ppiper396]

Love this song and this group.

[@KamalSingh-wc4pw]

Pure gold

[@RicardoLanes100]

Muito bom. Spencer Davis é Rock

[@serendavies7375]

I love this song 🥰

[@elementalmetal1745]

Diggin in that groove like not many could.

[@jefftron1504]

Groove,Harmonies and that voice...the world is a better place each time I listen to SDG

[@piercetheflesh9085]

So good

[@tomb9696]

This guy has soul blues chops when he rolled out of the crib.

[@secnbc]

Dude an Absolutely crushes it!

[@nashobasipokni3628]

Just the best in 66.

[@GabrielZullo-mf1cp]

Love this song

[@brickmanpictures6069]

What an amazing tune. Terry Kath then proceeded to take this thing to a whooooole new level.

[@Mephitz]

That chord progression in the chorus is wonderful, no wonder The Prodigy sampled it in Breathe

[@yolandajohnson8685]

I looooooove this group

[@jellyfish3333]

Lord, that pasty-faced white boy has SOUL! 😲

[@kanopie7390]

I heard this on EastEnders today and I don't even watch EastEnders. Good groove 🕺🏾

[@kathleendevaney6614]

RIP Spencer Davis

[@AztlanOz]

I just found the 7” Vinyl single for $4 today, then checked video on KZbin, I’d forgotten how great the original is over other versions

[@Gbonejohn1974]

what a voice

[@marylibcke7931]

Haven't heard this in a looooong time

[@Richycito]

Price Is Right absolutely ripped this riff off.

[@socrates1818]

The band is RAW!

[@user-rl2si5cl6e]

When Winwood spoke his first word the mountains wept.

[@redclay50]

Loved this band...his voice...

[@carlospascual104]

The one and only Steve Windwood. One of top vocalist of all times

[@markmaurer4597]

Before Chicago was Spencer Davis Group, with Steve Winwood

[@baronderochemont8556]

Jaw dropping!

[@rafe2787]

I had one of those Harmony basses for my first bass!

[@kennyhall2118]

Steve Winwood IS the MoST Underestimated Musician of All Time.

[@gangoffour6690]

Amazing, Winwood was just a kid !

[@monzermasri8141]

He was eighteen. I suppose

[@hankdixon2960]

This is one of the first albums I ever bought, and I bought it just for this song. He had one of the most soulful voices I had ever heard at that time. Someone in a previous post mentioned his voice was similar to that of Ray Charles. How true. His voice blew me away. With out having seen him I envisioned him as a black vocalist of advanced age with a seasoned voice. How wrong that was!

[@gabrielmendez2394]

impresionante!!!

[@autumndaze-1889]

Steve was 14 or 15 when he started playing with Spencer Davis Group. #Truth

[@1bigrowdy]

He co wrote this at 17//..

[@relic69]

Master of White Soul

[@cmcull987]

Thank you for sharing.

[@benjamin8011]

Where it all started for me...

[@sibionic]

so good...

[@doggyplays2110]

This was in Finland i think cause of the subtitles

[@ricardostauskas1634]

Una de las mejores bandas de rock de todos los tiempos.

[@monzermasri8141]

Excellent

[@1950Grendel]

Great sing to dance to.

[@Mumra2K]

First shock was Bobby Caldwell, now this 😮😊 Rock on lads.

[@baileyreport.]

These guys rock like an avalanche. They make "The Beatles" sound tame.

[@wayneelliott7011]

The Beatles were tame.

[@richardjames7382]

I turn this song up really loud

[@safffff1000]

When people knew what they were

[@dirtworm666]

RIP Spencer

[@ricardostauskas1634]

Que banda tan fantástica.

[@RichardQuirkmusic]

what gets better

[@markh3055]

Winwood wooooo

[@waspmeat]

Raw✊

[@arielsanz]

TEMAZO!

[@LOLmusics]

Doug Masters vibes here! Wish this song was in the movie.

[@dimsum9994]

Yes, please

[@CARVEDSPINES]

I approve!

[@ElfinMadness]

So Badass.

[@g5nationtonation]

U better believe it I'm a man says peter 80s flashback rocker

[@ljc6535]

Well I never knew ..he sang gimme some lovin..I knew of higher love knew the name but didn't know he sang that song or this one or keep on running ..

[@rustyshackleford6811]

Open with a hollow body bass thumb pick..like my Ibanez..👍

[@markduffy3717]

G O L D

[@vicomtedelomagne]

The syncopation makes it. Stevie Winwood has created a finer body of music than anyone of his era, with the possible exceptions of Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney.

[@mpicewe3023]

And Bee Gees

[@sylphofthewildwoods5518]

Killer. 😎

[@Nazzz65]

"Yes I am!!!

[@jimlucas3872]

What is he 17 18 yrs old here? Are you f$cling kidding me? Btw he plays like 5 instruments!! An absolute giant of music!!! He is on the mount Rushmore of rock music!!!