After a gap of thirty years or so I was delighted to see Steve Winwood again in 2003 when he seemed to restart touring. Ever since I have caught up with him once a year or so as he wends his way round the smaller provincial venues of the midlands. This was the 2008 version and it was at the Wulfrun Hall in Wolverhampton.
Steve generally mixes up a set from the 60s to the present day and he has a back catalogue of such quality and of such depth that the show is always filled with great songs. The line-ups often change year to year and this gig saw Jose Neto on guitar, Paul Booth on sax and Richard Baily on drums.
Much as I rate Steve Winwood as an organ player and a singer and basically I think he's pretty much as good as it gets I have a deep love of his guitar playing and at most gigs he delivers two or three tracks on guitar. This time he picked up the guitar early on to play 'Can't find my way home' and stayed with it for a memorable 'Dirty City'. If anything this was a slower-paced gig than some of the Winwood shows. He started out with 'Different Light'and also did 'Fly' and 'At Times We Do Forget' from Nine Lives - all atmospheric and thoughtful tracks. 'Low Spark' was another classic track in the same mould and as usual he also did 'Higher Love' which I reckon is played at all of his shows. For the encore he ripped it up with 'Dear Mr Fantasy' with Steve playing mesmeric guitar and then 'Gimme Some Lovin' ' to end the show.
Another great Winwood show - what more is there to say.
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