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About Face is the second solo studio album by English singer and musician David Gilmour, released on 5 March 1984 by Harvest in the UK and Columbia in the United States, a day before Gilmour's 38th birthday. Co-produced by Bob Ezrin and Gilmour, the album was recorded in 1983 at Pathé Marconi Studio, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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- The Cry of Love – Jimi Hendrix. Winwood makes an appearance as a backing vocalist on Jimi Hendrix’s 1971 posthumous release, The Cry of Love. He lends his voice to the track “Ezy Ryder.”
- Christine McVie – Christine McVie. He is featured on Christine McVie’s 1984 self-titled sophomore solo album. He offers up some vocals, synthesizer, and piano to tracks like “One in a Million,” “Ask Anybody,” “Got a Hold on Me,” and “The Smile I Live For.”
- George Harrison – George Harrison. Winwood can be heard on Polymoog, harmonium, Minimoog, and provided some backing vocals throughout George Harrison’s 1979 self-titled album.
- With a Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker. Winwood shows off his skills on the organ in “Do I Still Figure in Your Life?” and “I Shall Be Released” from Joe Cocker’s 1969 debut, With a Little Help From My Friends.
- The mandolin paved the way for Steve Winwood’s ’80s comeback. As we mentioned earlier, 1986′s ‘Back in the High Life’ cemented Winwood’s position as an ’80s chart superstar.
- That organ intro on ‘While You See a Chance’ was accidental. While it is probably one of the best known song intros from the ’80s, the organ intro for ‘Chance,’ is devoid of any other instrumentation by mistake.
- Some famous friends helped him get ‘Back in the High Life Again’ James Taylor can be heard adding background vocals to ‘Back in the High Life Again,’ and soul diva Chaka Khan also adds her pipes to Winwood’s comeback and signature hit ‘Higher Love’ from that same album, which re-invigorated Winwood’s career back in 1986.
- Steve’s early roots were planted in the solid belly of the blues. Winwood paid his dues with impressive sideman gigs before making his own history. Alternating between B-3 and guitar, he backed up a slew of blues legends, including B.B.
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock and pop rock.
May 13, 2024 · Steve Winwood (born May 12, 1948, Birmingham, England) is a British singer and songwriter, considered one of Britain’s foremost rhythm and blues vocalists. Beginning in the mid-1960s, Winwood wrote and performed a wide array of hits that combined blues, folk, rock, pop, and jazz.
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Oct 26, 2014 · Both Pete Townsend (lyrics) and Steve Winwood (organ) worked on the third song, “Love On the Air”. Its opening is reminiscent of Townsend’s own solo work, while most of the song sounds a bit more like a Townsend song viewed through a Gilmour prism as a great combination of the two artists’ work.
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Mar 6, 2015 · David Gilmour released 'About Face,' his long-awaited second solo album, in March 1984.
