Musician who left Pink Floyd member in ecstasy was two years younger than him: “I wanted to hit that little son of P#ta, he was so good!”
The musical roots of David Gilmour concentrate in the 1950s and 1960s. The guitarist of the Pink Floyd is a declared fan of Elvis Presley, Beatles, Beach Boys, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, BB Kingamong several other names that made history in the periods mentioned.
Amid such consecrated artists and bands, there is a less remembered musician who made Gilmour’s mind still in his youth. It is about Steve Winwoodguitarist and keyboardist who went through Spencer Davis Group (1964 to 1967), Traffic (1967 to 1969, 1970 to 1974) and Blind Faith (1969), in this last project alongside Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker (bothCream). In the 1980s, he launched multiplastinated work and less distant from rock, which may have a little overshadowed his image on the quoted instrument.
In an interview with Q Magazine (via Pink-floyd.org), Gilmour celebrated Winwood’s work with the Spencer Davis Group. For the Pink Floyd musician, the idol seemed to have too much talent for one person.
He said:
“I always loved Stevie Winwood. I used to go to Spencer Davis Group when she was 18. He was about 16. He used to play guitar very well, just like piano.”
Steve aroused curious sensations in the young David. It was to the point of being almost aggressive, as it admits:
“I really wanted to hit that little son of P#ta, he was so good!”
A little more about Steve Winwood, idol of David Gilmour
Although his most commercial work came out in the 1980s, already in a solo career, Steve Winwood created his most acclaimed works in the 1960s and 1970s. For example, his first two albums with Traffic, Mr. Fantasy (1967) and the namesake of 1968, are extremely influential.
The group went into hiatus in 1969 and Winwood soon linked to Blind Faith, full spuergroup by Eric Clapton on guitar, Ginger Baker on drums and his previous project colleague Ric Grech in the bass. The initiative yielded only one album, the same name, also quite acclaimed.
With the return of Traffic in 1970, came the most successful work of the band in the United States: John BarleyCorn Must Diein the same year of the meeting. The curious success in American territory was repeated with the next material, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971), and so the group remained until 1974.
In addition to Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Solo Career, Steve Winwood recorded with Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Go, Jimi Hendrix Experience (more specifically, Hammond organ in “Voodoo Chile”), Joe Cocker, Howlin ‘Wolf, Lou Reed, Robert Palmer, Sandy Denny, Billy Joelamong many others. An odd discography, which only reflects the talent of a guitarist and keyboardist who has not become as remembered as some more consolidated names in the Pantheon of Rock.
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