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STEVE WINWOOD English Soul BBC Documentary 2011 TIME 60min RANK A PRO SHOT



SINOPSIS:

From childhood prodigy to veteran master,

Birmingham-born Steve Winwood’s extraordinary

career is like a map of the major changes in

British rock ‘n Eroll and rhythm and blues from

the 1960s to the present. This in-depth profile

traces that journey and reveals a master musician

blending Ray Charles and English hymnody into

a unique brand of English soul.

From the blues-boom-meets-beat-group chart

hits of the Spencer Davis Group, through the

psychedelic pop of early Traffic and into

Berkshire as Traffic become the first band to

‘get their heads together in a country cottage E

then via a brief sojourn in supergroup Blind Faith

and back to Traffic as a jam band who conquer the

emerging American rock scene, Winwood’s first ten

years on the boards were extraordinary.

As the 80s dawned he reinvented himself as a

solo artist and became a major star in the US

with hits like Higher Love and Back in the High

Life. These days he’s back in arenas, touring

with old friend Eric Clapton.

Paul Bernay’s film blends extensive interviews

with Winwood in his Gloucestershire home and

film of Winwood’s first return to that Berkshire

cottage since 1969 with rare archive footage and

contributing interviews with Eric Clapton,

Paul Rodgers, Paul Jones, Paul Weller,

Muff Winwood, Dave Mason and more.