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Muff Winwood

 
Artist: Muff Winwood
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Worked With:

Spencer Davis, Pete York, Steve Winwood
  • Born: August 15, 1943, Birmingham, AL
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Producer, Bass

Biography

The older brother of Steve, Muff Winwood has been a success as a musician, a producer and as an A&R man, yet he has always been overshadowed by the phenomonal talent of his younger sibling. As a bass player for the Spencer Davis Group, whose classic "Gimme Some Lovin'" is still regarded as one of the finest examples of white soul music ever put to wax, Muff tasted success as a musician, but soon realized that he lacked the natural gifts of his brother. After the Davis Group's demise in 1967, Muff then accepted a job as an A&R man for Chris Blackwell's newly formed Island Records. The first signing was brother Steve's new group, Traffic, but Muff had a penchant for bringing his boss offbeat, commercially questionable groups like Patto and Sparks. After Winwood convinced Blackwell to sign the latter, Muff enlisted himself as producer for the successful Kimono My House album which contained the hit "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us." Winwood spent the rest of the '70s producing such fine groups as Dire Straits before moving into A&R full time. He has since joined CBS where he's signed Terence Trent D'Arby, Sade and the Psychadelic Furs, among others. ~ Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide
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Muff Winwood (born Mervyn Winwood, 15 June 1943, Erdington, Birmingham[1]) is an English songwriter and record producer, and the older brother of Steve Winwood. Both were formerly members of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s, in which Muff Winwood played bass guitar.[2] He produced the first Dire Straits album, Dire Straits (1978).[2]

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Early life

His father Lawrence was a motorcycle engine fitter who also played tenor saxophone in dance bands and had a collection of jazz and blues records. He attended the Cranbourne Road Primary School and the new Great Barr School which was one of the first comprehensive schools. He was a choir boy at St John's Church, Perry Barr and became interested in the guitar and then the bass.

Spencer Davis Group

See main article Spencer Davis Group

Record producer

After the Spencer Davis Group's demise in 1967, Winwood moved within the music industry to a position as A&R man at Island Records.[2] He was there until 1978, when he became an executive at Columbia Records (ultimately EMI Records) until well into the 1990s. Besides Dire Straits, Winwood had earlier produced the hit album, Kimono My House (1974), and attaching hit single, "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" for Sparks.[2] He also produced their other 1974 album, Propaganda (which included the "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" single). As part of his A&R duties, Winwood signed Terence Trent D'Arby, Sade and The Psychedelic Furs amongst others.[2]

His other work included production with Nirvana, Traffic, Mott the Hoople, Love Affair, Kevin Ayers, After the Fire and The Noel Redding Band.

Winwood's wife is from India, where they maintain a residence.

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References

  1. ^ IMDb.com - accessed October 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e "Biography by Steve Kurutz". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll. Retrieved 5 October 2009. 

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The Spencer Davis Group
Spencer Davis • Steve Winwood • Muff Winwood • Pete York
Eddie Hardin • Ray Fenwick • Phil Sawyer • Nigel Olsson • Dee Murray • Colin Hodgkinson
Studio albums (UK)
Their 1st LP • The 2nd LP • Autumn '66 • With Their New Face On •
Singles (UK)
"Dimples" • "I Can't Stand It" • "Every Little Bit Hurts" • "Strong Love" • "Keep On Running" • "Somebody Help Me" • "When I Come Home" • "Gimme Some Lovin'" • "I'm a Man" • "Time Seller" • "Mr Second Class" • "After Tea" • "Short Change"

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