15y old Steve Winwood - Nobody knows you when you're down and out | Reaction

[@robertacolarette1594]

Steve Winwood started very young. He was a child prodigy musically.

[@paulcalder2792]

Steve Winwood was a freak of nature. Unbelievable voice and musical talent in his early teens. Check out “Gimme Some Loving” by The Spencer Davis group featuring Steve Winwood on vocals. It was recorded around that same time when he was 15 or 16. He still sounds great in his mid 70’s.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

He was a child prodigy, used to play UK pubs playing the piano since he was 8 years old. Joined his first professional rock band at 14!! He played, sang and wrote some very famous songs, including Gimme Some Lovin, when he was a teen. He had hits in the 60s/70s/80s...in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame & worked with the best of the best musicians. Total icon.

[@keithrandall1492]

He was 18 by the time of Gimme Some Lovin'. I saw him live around his 16th birthday in 1964.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

@@keithrandall1492 Very cool you got to see him at such a young age.

[@keithrandall1492]

@@jenniferfoster1692 Very... I'd just turned 14 and shouldn't have been in a night club, even @ 7 p.m. for the band's first set of the evening, haha. But my companion had influence :-)

[@jenniferfoster1692]

@@keithrandall1492 Very cool, lol! Those are the things we remember, very special to have experienced that.

[@JettRink5131947]

He’s been in so many different groups it’s hard to keep count. I became aware of him when he joined his older brother in the Spencer Davis Group. He wrote and sang several hits with them. He and Eric Clapton had an early collaboration called Powerhouse. He formed Traffic with Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason, which had enormous success all over the world. Then on to Blind Faith with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Rick Gretch. When they broke up, he teamed up with Baker in Ginger Baker’s Air Force. He’s made several solo albums and revived Traffic a couple of times. He’s a mega star, a genius song writer and one of the most soulful singers out there. BTW, Smiley Lewis is responsible for the song you’re listening to Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.

[@rowaineboyd1536]

'Higher Love', 'Roll with It', and 'Back in the High Life' are my favorites from his solo career (80s), but he's phenomenal regardless of who he sings with, what genre, or what type of audience. And yes, he was that good from a terribly young age. That voice? Pure gold that only got better!

[@seanbarry7378]

You are sooo right. And even more amazing is all those later albums have one personnel credit. He played all the instruments. An underestimated musical genius.

[@epistte]

Dear Mr Fantasy, and Cant Find My Way Home. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys is his magnum Opus.

[@lancerx1759]

You aint being played Steve Winwood is the Real Deal his catalogue is his testament to Greatness

[@anotheryou218]

Winwood was a genius right out of the gate. One of the greats in contemporary music for several decades now. We are blessed to have witnessed it.

[@cindyellis765]

I’ve been listening to Steve Winwood since he first hit the airwaves and I’ve never heard him do this type of song. It gave me goose bumps. And yes, he sounded like and (forgive me Ray) Ray Charles. He’s always been a major favorite.

[@dianel222]

In the 60’s, he was with The Spencer Davis Group (Gimme Some Lovin’), then late 60’s/70’s with Traffic (Low Spark of High Heeled Boys), Blind Faith (Can’t find My Way Home) & finally solo (Roll With It). Long career & still active with too many great hits to list so I picked a few. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriter, Grammys, etc…

[@lolomim1]

Stevie Wijnrood- Traffic. English band from the 70's. Love Stevie!!!

[@louisVAogden]

This video is Steve Winwood playing with the "Spencer Davis Group" several years b4 Traffic.

[@nyclion13]

You’ve met the British prodigy.

[@Charlie-qe6lv]

We Solieri's just have to stare through those meticulous inkstrokes at genius.

[@louispaulter8733]

As a singer, I believe you value true God given / natural talent followed by doubling down on that to make it happen without any drama and tragedy that caused too many talented souls to depart this world too early. He has truly looked after himself and maybe something very special was looking after him too because of the fruits he cultivated and harvested thru out his life for himself & everyone,- check out “Higher Love” for perhaps the answer why…😎👍

[@ChrisHelms-xm4fm]

Look what he was doing at 15. This isn't once in a lifetime talent. This is a once in the Universe talent. Steve Windwood has been part of my life for 35 yrs and will be with me till the end.

[@wolfeflambe]

In theory there were two musical prodigy’s back in the day. Stevie being one and Jimmy Page being the other. Both well known for their music at a very young age.

[@ChrisHelms-xm4fm]

@@wolfeflambeJimmy Paige is one of my rock n roll heros but Steve was a prodigy. Master on the electric/acoustic guitar, organ, keys and piano and a voice that shouldn't have came from his thin, white body. An incredible songwriter. Jimmy was phenomenal but Steve was on another level

[@lynette.]

He was just fabulous from the first time I heard him .Yes he sang like that Blues was very big with the youth back then we had many of greats visit and inspire us. Howling Wolf was my sisters favourite.

[@TheDivayenta]

Nick- he’s up there with all the 60’s masters of rock and blues. He was a child prodigy as you can see and loved soul. He’s still playing and performing. His groups were Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and supergroup , Blind Faith. He may be 17 here? He’s singing Nobody Loves You When You’re Down and Out by Josh White. Next song suggestion by him- I Can’t Find My Way Back Home. Check him out in his 70’s still killing it on CFMWBH by a roaring fire! Love seeing you always!!! ❤

[@MrVvulf]

Steve Winwood started playing at age 8 in pubs his father and elder brother Muff in the Ron Atkinson Band. Before he joined the Spencer Davis Group at age 15...he had already played (as session member) with... MUDDY WATERS, JOHN LEE HOOKER, HOWLIN' WOLF, B.B. KING, CHUCK BERRY, and BO DIDLEY on their United Kingdom tour.

[@brendamilloy2557]

Steve has played with everyone. From Howlin' Wolf to Jimi, Slash to B.B. King to Eddie Harris, Lou Reed, Robert Palmer, Clapton, George Harrison, it's quicker to list who he hasn't played with. Amazing catalog of music from all his different bands, collaborations and solo work. Truly a music Master.

[@WinwoodCompletist]

:)😊😊😊

[@ed.z.]

I’ve seen Steve Winwood several times at the Fillmore East. With his group, Traffic. It was a spiritual experience watching a rock band. No joke.

[@supasoulproductions]

Steve has an incredible resume, and yes, it's no accident that he sounds like Ray Charles here. This was The Spencer Davis Grpup. Steve went on to Blind Faith (with Eric Clapton), Traffic (with Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi) and an amazing solo career.

[@taragreenetarotastro]

Stevie Winwood a Bitish wunderkid, has to be a reincarnation of an American black blues singer, he was a child prodigy, an incredible organ player, lead singer since the 60's, headed super groups, and played English classic folk songs, and still singing fine now. Just Like Eric Clapton recognized he had to play the Blues the first time he heard Robert Johnson and i believe that is who he was. Soul can change into any race, culture, gender.

[@andyschnell58]

I love Steve Winwood but hadn't watched this video before. His work with Blind Faith and Traffic is my favorite, but he has put out a ton of awesome music. Here is what Wikipedia has, in part, to say about Stevie. While still a pupil at Great Barr School, Winwood was a part of the Birmingham blues rock scene, playing the Hammond C-3 organ and guitar, backing blues and rock legends such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley on their United Kingdom tours,[12] the custom at that time being for US singers to travel solo and be backed by pick-up bands. At this time, Winwood was living on Atlantic Road in Great Barr, close to the Birmingham music halls where he played. Winwood modelled his singing after Ray Charles.[7] The Spencer Davis Group At age 14, Winwood (then known as "Stevie" Winwood) joined the Spencer Davis Group[13] along with older brother Muff, who later had success as a record producer, after Davis saw them performing as the Muffy Wood Jazz Band at a Birmingham pub called the Golden Eagle.[14] The group made their debut at the Eagle and subsequently had a Monday-night residency there.[15] Winwood's distinctive high tenor singing voice and vocal style drew comparisons to Ray Charles.

[@TheRobibosco]

The year SDG released this song is 1966. Winwood is class '48 so he was 18 or at least 17

[@williamthelast1]

So what ?

[@TheRobibosco]

He wasn't 15

[@thastreetprophet]

Everybody in the London 60's - Clapton the Beatles etc.said the same thing. The kid sounds like Ray Charles

[@johnschaefer2238]

There are only in my opinion two other voices that sound like Steve Winwood, Ray Charles and Chicago’s Terry Kath!

[@lindafay6637]

Blew my mind. I'll be seeing him at Saratogs Performing Art Center this summer with the Doobie Brothers. Earth Wind and Fire too so far. Gonna be 🎉 summer.😎💣💣❣️

[@missmelody6185]

Prodigies like this don't come around very often. Like my ultimate favorite, Stevie Wonder. My favorites of Steve Winwood, from his various legendary bands, are Can't Find My Way Home and Dear Mr. Fantasy

[@jiordynclements839]

Steve of from the UK. That track was recorded in the ‘60’s when Eric Clapton used to sneak him in on his gigs because he underage. He was in groups like the Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith ( Gimme some Lovin’ yes the Blues Brothers performed that in their movie) and Traffic. You need to check out his Break out album“ Arc of a Diver”. You’ll probably know his song, “ Higher Love”. Featuring Chaka Khan! Definitely worth checking out!! My favorite track is “ Talking Back to the Night.” Steve is a performers performer!! You’re never disappointed! Another you should check out is the Bee Gees “Closer than Close” or “Jive Talking”

[@Charlie-qe6lv]

Yes--listen to his subsequent music---and YOU WILL HAVE NO DOUBT that this is Steve Winwood.

[@aquamarine_nz2296]

One of my favourite albums is Arc of a Diver by Steve Winwood. ❤

[@mackay4740]

We lurrrrrve Steve Winwood!!

[@robertstoner8244]

Ya Steve yes. He's amazing. People don't know who great this guy is

[@craig2493]

The cool on display, man.

[@azja6666]

Steve is amazing singer and artist. Please react to acoustic version of song "Can't find my way home". Only Steve, his guitarr and fireplace. One of the best acoustic i have ever heard!

[@chrisjohnson4165]

You should hear him play the Hammond organ - Try Gimme Some Lovin' . Or Guitar on Keep On Runnin' from the Spencer Davis Group.

[@TheMerseySound1]

3:03 “No way, I’ve never heard a 15 year old with that nature of a voice” You just did man

[@keithrandall1492]

No... Steve was late 17, maybe 18 when this was recorded. His 16th birthday was in May, 1964 and this was recorded sometime in 1966

[@vickilee7494]

I am very aware of Steve Winwood,but I have never heard this. Thank you

[@CraigSJ2020]

Saw him in summer 24 make no mistake he is the Goat

[@michaeldowson6988]

He was playing in his fathers' pub band at age 13. He's fairly experienced here already.

[@keithrandall1492]

I don't think his father's band played pubs. Dance halls, yes. Older brother Muff was in that band, also

[@natecorning]

More Winwood please!!! Spencer Davis Group - Georgia on my Mind, or Blind Faith - Presence of the Lord (Live at Hyde Park) are my recommendations

[@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052]

Man oh man, his “Presence of the Lord” video still gives me shivers.

[@254967conwell]

There is a live version of him singing this and you can tell by his face he was a teenager, he was in super group with ERic Clapton band called Traffic and Blind Faith . He play piano, organ guitar and harmonica. When you reacted to Blind Faith and asked who the singer was that was Steve Winwood. When he was with Spencer Davis Group singing I'm a man and Give me some lovin he was 19 or 20. He is British and is 75 years old now, has collaborated with a lot of stars from Jimi Hendrix all the way to Christina Aguilera!

[@roniboyd613]

What a fun reaction❤❤❤ Definitely need to explore this rabbit hole!!

[@midkingsteve]

Remember the song "can't find my way home"? The band was Blind Faith, and that was him singing!

[@williamthelast1]

You reacted to "blind faith" saying " who's singing " ? That was the gifted😊 Steve Winwood !!!

[@TheMarathonomahos]

I remember him back then. He was incredible. Even then we used to say that's NOT a 15 year old. Haha

[@keithrandall1492]

You were right. He was 17, maybe 18. His 16th birthday was in May, 1964 and this was recorded sometime in 1966

[@brendamilloy2557]

You are right! This is not a 15 year old. This is from a movie that was filmed in 1966, putting Steve at 18 years old when he sang this. He did join the Spencer Davis Group when he was 14. Ray Charles was Steve's vocal model when he was young, but he did find his own voice later. He's also a multi-instrumentalist with a list of instruments he plays, probably as long as your arm.

[@sharonbeautyforgooddotnet]

At that age, and younger, he was doing backing for the likes of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and Chuck Berry. SDG, Traffic, Blind Faith, solo career. Legend.

[@rosemurphy8296]

He is a fabulous singer thank you for introducing us to him he should be going places.❤️❤️⭐️⭐️👏🏻👏🏻💣💣🔥🔥

[@lesliedavis2185]

Was. Wonderful singer right for. The start. Hard to credit.

[@memorast]

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[@wthiem11]

I think you should review "Gimme Some Lovin'" another great Spencer Davis Group song with Steve Winwood on vocals and organ. I'm sure you've heard this one before, even if you didn't know the singer.

[@vincealessandro4386]

Pretty sure your reaction is exactly the same as people when they first heard SW in the 60s.❤

[@bobwallace9814]

He is with the Spencer Davis Group here. "Gimme Some Loving" and "Keep on Running" are even better.

[@brentlund2272]

THE SPENCER DAVIES GROUP !

[@sargoth37]

Look up his hits, Gimme Some Lovin, I'm a man, Higher love. etc.

[@Chlouless]

I'm ignorant af. I was sure he was a soulfull black man

[@JayyeStone]

Lee Ann Rhimes also had a mature voice at a young age. Check out "Blue" if you like

[@francesmarinapatarangawhik4702]

WOW!!!👊👍☝️✨🤓Love your reaction...15?

[@ryanewbank9271]

He was from England

[@TheMarathonomahos]

What tip would you give him now you know how good he was? Welcome to the world of Steve Winwood. Haha 😂

[@rosemaryabbott1020]

Steve Winwood played with Eric Clapton in a group named Blind Faith right after Eric left Cream. Then Winwood went on to play in a band named Traffick. He's got a different kind of voice that sticks out as different.

[@glennsuarez2170]

Dude! You have heard some of his music Guaranteed! Now go 50 years since and watch him perform Tell the Truth with Eric Clapton in their mid 60s.

[@Robotsausagemusic]

Yes 15 year old from birmingham UK, right by were i'm from

[@jenniferfoster1692]

He's British, this was the 60s during the British Invasion. All the famous British musicians, The Beatles, The Rolling Stone, The Who,.on and on, they all loved the American blues musicians, learned out to play and sing like them. Also they loved the early rockers like Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly etc. They didn't have much going on in the UK for inspiration at the time, so they really just absorbed all the early US blues/rock music, including, of course, Ray Charles, who was Steve's Idol.

[@JosephBrazzo]

I also was moved when i heard him do this song at 15 . Being 15 myself.

[@tylerhackner9731]

He’s an English blue eyed soul kinda guy

[@robertstoner8244]

Yes sounds like ray Charles ❤

[@JDigber]

he was in spencer davis group in the sixties--2 hits im a man and gimme some lovin. English Birmingham i think, maybe no. Then started traffic--prtty big, Mr. Fantasy. Then did an album with clapton--even had a hit in his forties. Higher Love.

[@Stannington]

The Spencer Davis Group are from Birmingham in the UK. Not sure about 15, but he made it big at 16 or 17

[@bluesguy6380]

Not only sounds like Ray ,but plays piano like him too.

[@robertstoner8244]

Yes he sounds like ray Charles ❤

[@paulmorris8762]

Steve Wmwppd os a master - listen to him with Spencer Davis Group, or with Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, or sol songs like Valerie, or anything from Arc of a Dover - or with Blind Faith doing Can't Find My Way Home

[@billdomitilli8125]

Now listen to Jonny Lang at 15 singing 'Lie to Me'.

[@lanceaxt7476]

YES. He WAS 15 at the time. Can you say "boy genius"?

[@charleslloyd4253]

By this time Steve had already toured and played the Hamond organ with BB King, Chuck Berry, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker. And began playing and singing Ray Charles songs at eight years old. On stage in clubs where they had to turn the piano around so the audience could not see a boy playing piano. Ten years before he could legally be in the clubs.

[@ricksoto1025]

Dude....that was Little Stevie! Back in the day.

[@fidge54]

Windwood was amazing starting at a very young age. For me, the best version of this same song is from Derek and the Dominos "Layla" album, with Eric Clapton and Duane Allman on dueling guitars. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen

[@DeshMeister]

When I first heard the Spencer Davis Group back in high school in Detroit I really thought they were another black Motown group. They were really huge in the era.

[@jcforrester2]

Check out "Waltz for Lumumba" man. That kid could play!

[@brucecook2995]

hi mate there was story about when spencer davis started getting air play in australia around 1964-65 that steve windwood chewed minute broken glass particles to rough up his throat, i never saw or heard it confirmed. there was a story he had stoach issues later on in life again unconfirmed cheers, he was born in 1948 so he was pretty young when they hit the big time.

[@EightPieceBox]

It's cool to hear Steve Winwood at 15, but if you don't know who he his, go look up his hits. He was hugely popular from the 60s through the 80s. He is far more than a Ray Charles impersonator.

[@FionaEm]

Saying someone sounds like Ray Charles is a compliment.

[@jaccilowe3842]

He's great, isn't he! Have a listen to Paper Sun by Traffic or Gimme Some Lovin' by The Spencer Davis Group.

[@rogerbarrett8744]

Yeah 15 years old and on his second marriage. He knew pain as well as his way around a piano and a guitar doing gigs from the age of 8.

[@jnagarya519]

Steve Winwood is most famous as a founding member of "Traffic".

[@urmeemazher6319]

Rock Royalty

[@jenniferbabros1985]

Yes it is

[@olliegueret2963]

Back then, 15 year old's were considered men! Very different from today's generation.

[@moonriver3552]

The only other one I've heard that could sing like that, at 15, was Jonny Lang. Check out the Lie To Me and Wander This World albums.

[@jnagarya519]

More likely 16, when he joined "The Spencer Davis Group" -- this group. From the UK.

[@EugeneKobasic]

Yes way, Yes way

[@sargoth37]

I wonder what Ray Charles sounded like at 15?

[@andrewparker9569]

You reacted to Steve Winwood 4 months before this Blind Faith Cant find my way home the group with Eric Clapton in it

[@writebrain-zn2um]

Jonny Lang and Shannon Curfman were surprising, too.

[@kevinschiller1749]

He was 17 in Spencer Davis group

[@paulrose8967]

from Birmingham uk

[@bendbadgersteve]

Naw...if this is 1966, he's actually seventeen or eighteen (born May, 1948). Check him out singing "Georgia on my mind" w/Spencer Davis group

[@epistte]

Listen to Jonny Lang, "Lie to Me". He recorded that at 16. He sounds like he is 45.

[@SavedChampion]

Check him out with the Spencer Davis Group.

[@mapegatkinson92]

Winwood was going to turn 18 when his first album featuring this song came out. Not 15 or 16. He played in rock and roll bands before that, but not put out until 18.

[@1perfectpitch]

Ray Charles was one of his inspirations.

[@MelanieMaguire]

I don't think he's 15 here. Maybe 17 - 19... Please watch Spencer Davis Group live (in Finland?) track - "I'm a Man"... fantastic. :)

[@MrVvulf]

He would have been 18. The track was the third song on side 1 of the album "Autumn '66", released in August 1966. Winwood was born in May 1948, so he would have just turned 18 when they were doing promo work for this album. He must have been under 19, because he left the band in April 1967, before he turned 19.

[@cptight88]

As everyone said, the guy was crazy good from Day 1 and has never really stopped. He does Georgia On My Mind, here he is about 17, and he is the best baby Ray Charles you've ever heard, now or then kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXPWmaKepJumgrs

[@robertstoner8244]

Yes he was 15

[@cmsmhp]

Sorry, but he wasn't. He was born in 1948. This is from the film "The Ghost Goes Gear", released in September 1966. That would put him at 17 or 18 at time of filming. But that still doesn't take away from his prodigious talent right out of the gate.