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Spencer Davis, hitmaker dies aged 81
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Quite a few hits. RIP!
The obit didn't have a quote from Winwood, so here's a link to it:
https://www.stevewinwood.com/news/299410
At the time, I'm sure some thought Davis was the lead singer, but that was Winwood, who also played the organ. Steve's brother Muff played those amazing bass licks. Spencer was lead guitar. Steve wrote Gimme Some Lovin,' although he also credits Spencer and Muff. Steve also wrote their second Top 10, I'm A Man, with their producer Jimmy Miller. He was a teenager when the band had their first success. Winwood left to form Traffic a few years later, and continued to work with Miller.
https://www.stevewinwood.com/news/299410
I’ve known Spencer since I was about 13–he would have been about 22. I was playing a show at Birmingham University with my brother and his band. Spencer who was a student at Birmingham, was playing with a small group of musicians. We met and the the seeds of The Spencer Davis Group were sown.
Spencer was an early pioneer of the British folk scene, which, in his case embraced folk blues, and eventually what was then called “Rhythm and Blues”. He influenced my tastes in music, he owned the first 12-string guitar I ever saw, and he was taken with the music of Huddie “Lead belly” Ledbetter, and Big Bill Broonzy. I’d already got a big brother who influenced me greatly, and Spencer became like a big brother to me at the time.
He was definitely a man with a vision, and one of the pioneers of the British invasion of America in the sixties. I never went to the U.S. with Spencer, but he later embraced America, and America embraced him.
I feel that he was influential in setting me on the road to becoming a professional musician, and I thank him for that.
Thank you, Spencer.
- Steve Winwood
At the time, I'm sure some thought Davis was the lead singer, but that was Winwood, who also played the organ. Steve's brother Muff played those amazing bass licks. Spencer was lead guitar. Steve wrote Gimme Some Lovin,' although he also credits Spencer and Muff. Steve also wrote their second Top 10, I'm A Man, with their producer Jimmy Miller. He was a teenager when the band had their first success. Winwood left to form Traffic a few years later, and continued to work with Miller.
The obit didn't have a quote from Winwood, so here's a link to it:
https://www.stevewinwood.com/news/299410
At the time, I'm sure some thought Davis was the lead singer, but that was Winwood, who also played the organ. Steve's brother Muff played those amazing bass licks. Spencer was lead guitar. Steve wrote Gimme Some Lovin,' although he also credits Spencer and Muff. Steve also wrote their second Top 10, I'm A Man, with their producer Jimmy Miller. He was a teenager when the band had their first success. Winwood left to form Traffic a few years later, and continued to work with Miller.
Was Muff the bass player on "Keep On Running?" That was one heck of a bass.
Was Muff the bass player on "Keep On Running?" That was one heck of a bass.
Yes sir. That's also him at the start of I'm A Man. Muff went on to produce Dire Straits.
That bass on "Keep on Running" is terrific.
That bass on "Keep on Running" is terrific.
Reminds me a lot of James Jamerson. Brother Steve plays lead guitar on that song. Spencer played rhythm.
Reminds me a lot of James Jamerson. Brother Steve plays lead guitar on that song. Spencer played rhythm.
I was surprised that the single wasn't big in the US. It reached #1 in the UK.
I was surprised that the single wasn't big in the US. It reached #1 in the UK.
That's what the band said. The song was #1 in UK and #76 in the US. Their US label was Atco. So the next single, they changed labels and went to United Artists. That song did a little better peaking in the 40s. And then the next single was Gimme Some Lovin,' and it was Top 10. They also changed producers, from Chris Blackwell to Jimmy Miller. Jimmy was also producing the Rolling Stones. Maybe that helped.
That's what the band said. The song was #1 in UK and #76 in the US. Their US label was Atco. So the next single, they changed labels and went to United Artists. That song did a little better peaking in the 40s. And then the next single was Gimme Some Lovin,' and it was Top 10. They also changed producers, from Chris Blackwell to Jimmy Miller. Jimmy was also producing the Rolling Stones. Maybe that helped.
Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
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