Title: Talking Back to the Night ~ Steve Winwood
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Talking Back to the Night ~
High above the heat of a summer New York street
An out-of-work musician plays a solo saxophone
He's a preacher and a teacher
And he stands up all alone
Stranded in the dark of a vision in the park
A poet in his madness tries to find another line
And he's losing and he's using
And he says he's doing fine
And they look from such a height
That somehow it's all right
They're talking back to the night
It's all that they can do
Talking back to the night
It's how they make it through
If you listen you can hear them
Their voices draw you near them
They're talking back to the night for you
Something seems to take every dime the man can make
His dream is getting smaller and he wonders where to turn
And he's trying hard to make it
And he's trying not to burn
Woman never minds, pulls the shade and draws the blinds
She takes him in the darkness where the loneliest can feed
She gives him all she has to
And it's no more than he needs
~~~
The amazing talent of Steve Winwood has been reflected by his many years of quailty singing and song writing. At the age of 15 Steve became a member of the Spencer Davis Group, and he co-wrote and recorded "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man" before leaving to form Traffic with Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason. During the late-1960s, Winwood and Mason became close friends of Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix first heard "All Along the Watchtower" at a party he was invited to by Mason; they recorded the Hendrix version later that night in a London recording studio.
Steve formed Blind Faith in 1969 with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Rick Grech. The band was short-lived, due to Clapton's greater interest in Blind Faith's opening act Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Clapton left the band after the tour had ended. However, Baker, Winwood and Grech stayed together to form Ginger Baker's Air Force.
With a number of amazing solo albums and wonderful musical relationships including working with: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Eddie Boyd, Otis Spann, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, just to name a few...he continues bringing us wonderful new music. Watch for the release of a new studio album, "Nine Lives," which is scheduled for release on April 29, 2008.
Title: The Next Minute
Description: Dirk Beck music video for a track from his upcoming CD, titled Insomnia, to be released January '09. Directed by David Rendall.Music & lyrics by Dirk Beck
Musicians:
Dirk Beck: acoustic and electric rythm guitars, lead vocals.
Wendell Ferguson: lead guitar
Alec Fraser: bass guitar, vocals
Al Cross: drums
Dennis Keldie: keyboards
Colleen Hodgson: vocals
Produced & mixed by Alec Fraser
My musical godfathers include: Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, the three Neil's (Diamond, Young and Finn), two Nick's (Cave & Lowe) Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash & Leonard Cohen, Lee Hazelwood
Also: REM, Steve Earle, The Rolling Stones, Chris Isaak, Los Lobos, Dave Alvin, Tom Petty, Tom Jones, Tommy Hunter, Tennesse Ernie Ford, Jackie Leven, T-Bone Burnett, Jimmy Webb, Glenn Campbell, The Monkees, The Call, The Jam, The Clash, The The, The Talking Heads, The Doors, The Neville Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Big Brother & the Holding Co., The Mamas & Papas, Steve Winwood, Al Stewart. Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
The Band, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Louis Jordan, Bo Diddley, Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Beach Boys, David Bowie, Steve Miller, Elton John, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, Jackie Wilson, The Hollies, Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers, Dion & the Belmonts, Booker T. & the MGs
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Little Feat, Van Morrison, The Pretenders, BTO, April Wine, The Guess Who, The Stampeders, Edward Bear, The Who, The Association, Tommy James and The Shondells, Harry Belafonte, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Crowded House, The Pogues, Paul Simon, ( with & w/o Garfunkle), Edith Piaf, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Roxy Music, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis,Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin,The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Bob Seger, The Moody Blues, Al Stewart, America , Ozark Mtn. Daredevils, ELO, OMD, DOA, Ennio Morricone, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon,Serge Gainsbourough, Patti Smith
And more recently: American Music Club, Allison Krauss & Robert Plant, The Drive-By Truckers, Gary Louris, Wilco, Cat Power, Calexico, Ryan Adams
Not to mention: Batman, Bugs Bunny, & Buster Keaton
And let's not forget: Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus, & Milan Kundera....oh, and Sigmund Freud