Steve Winwood was born on May 12, 1948 in Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Flight of the Phoenix (2004) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). He has been married to Eugenia Crafton since January 18, 1987. They have four children. He was previously married to Nicole Tacot Weir.
Had U.S. and U.K. solo hits with "Higher Love", "Valerie", "While You
See a Chance" and "Back in the High Life Again".
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Traffic,
in March 2004.
Is the youngest member of Traffic.
Founding member of the critically and commercially acclaimed band
Traffic.
When Crosby Stills & Nash were looking for another musician to help them beef up
their sound in concert, they asked Winwood if he would be interested in
joining. Winwood declined due to the fact that he was already committed
to his current band Blind Faith with Eric Clapton. Ironically, Clapton was also
asked to join C.S.N..
I really love Americans and American musical roots. It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
I went straight from Boy Scouts to rock 'n' roll. Fancy that!
I smoked far too much dope and wasted a lot of my life.