10 Things You May Not Know About Steve Winwood

As long as DVE has been around, Steve Winwood has been a rock and roll staple, an icon, and part of so many bands from the Spencer Davis group to Traffic to Blind Faith, and with his solo stuff...now, we get to see him when he comes to town with the Doobie Brothers Tuesday, August 20th at the Pavilion at Star Lake....in honor of his coming, here are 10 things you may not know about Winwood, originally posted online on his birthday a few years back--among the items: he's played on a lot of other artists' songs, like Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" and David Gilmour's solo album "About Face"...that his dad was a musician, that Steve's love of music got him in trouble in school, leading to his expulsion, and his dad wasn't too ripped up about it...that his famous keyboard intro on his solo song "While You See a Chance" was an accident,--they had erased the other musical parts.....here's more about the ten things you may not know about Steve Winwood: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-winwood-things-you-didnt-know/