Steve Winwood (5,409 views)

[Alex61]

Stephen Lawrence Winwood
Vocal Range: B♭2 – G♯5

Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("I'm a Man")
G5 ("Keep on Running")
F♯5 ("Well All Right")
F5 ("Coloured Rain")
E5 ("Can't Find My Way Home", "Gimme Some Lovin'", "Heaven is in Your Mind", "Sea of Joy", "I'll Drown In My Own Tears")
E♭5 ("Look Away", "Mean Woman Blues")
D5 ("Dealer", "Dimples", "Gimme Some Lovin'", "Goodbye Stevie", "Had to Cry Today", "Here Right Now", "Mean Woman Blues", "Midnight Train", "My Babe", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", "Presence of the Lord", "Watch Your Step")
C♯5 ("Dear Mr. Fantasy", "Had to Cry Today", "Heaven is in Your Mind", "I Can't Stand It", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Sea of Joy", "Strong Love", "You Must Believe Me")
C5 ("Berkshire Poppies", "Do What You Like", "Georgia on My Mind", "Had to Cry Today", "High Time Baby", "I Can't Get Enough of It", "I'll Drown In My Own Tears", "It Hurts Me So", "Jump Back", "Keep on Running", "Let Me Down Easy", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", "Presence of the Lord", "Searchin'", "She Put the Hurt on Me", "Together 'Til the End of Time")
B4 ("Can't Find My Way Home", "Dealer", "Georgia on My Mind", "Gimme Some Lovin'", "Hey Darling", "High Time Baby", "Hope I Never Find Me There", "I'm a Man", "Look Away", "Mean Woman Blues", "Sea of Joy", "This Hammer", "Under My Thumb" live London Hyde Park 1969, "Well All Right")
B♭4 ("Berkshire Poppies", "Every Little Bit Hurts", "Goodbye Stevie", "Here Right Now", "I Can't Get Enough of It", "I Can't Stand It", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Midnight Train", "Please Do Something", "Somebody Help Me", "Together 'Til the End of Time", "When I Come Home")
A4 ("Can't Find My Way Home", "Coloured Rain", "Dear Mr. Fantasy", "Do What You Like", "Georgia on My Mind", "Heaven is in Your Mind", "Hope I Never Find Me There", "I Can't Get Enough of It", "I'm Getting Better", "It Hurts Me So", "Jump Back", "Keep on Running", "Let Me Down Easy", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", "Paper Sun", "Please Do Something", "Sea of Joy", "Searchin'", "She Put the Hurt on Me", "Somebody Help Me", "Strong Love", "Take This Hurt Off Me", "Well All Right", "When a Man Loves a Woman", "When I Come Home")
G♯4 ("Dealer", "Had to Cry Today", "Mean Woman Blues", "No Face, No Name, No Number", "This Hammer", "Under My Thumb" live London Hyde Park 1969, "Watch Your Step")
G4 ("Berkshire Poppies", "Coloured Rain", "Dimples", "Do What You Like", "Every Little Bit Hurts", "Goodbye Stevie", "Here Right Now", "Hey Darling", "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water", "I'll Drown In My Own Tears", "I'm a Man", "I'm Getting Better", "Look Away", "My Babe", "Paper Sun", "Please Do Something", "Presence of the Lord", "Searchin'", "Together 'Til the End of Time")

Significant Low Notes:
F♯3 ("Keep on Running", "No Face, No Name, No Number", "Strong Love", "Take This Hurt Off Me", "Under My Thumb" live London Hyde Park 1969, "When I Come Home")
F3 ("Berkshire Poppies", "Dimples", "Here Right Now", "I'm Blue (Gong Gong Song)", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Somebody Help Me")
E3 ("Heaven is in Your Mind", "It Hurts Me So", "This Hammer", "Watch Your Step","When a Man Loves a Woman", "You Must Believe Me")
E♭3 ("Every Little Bit Hurts", "Hey Darling", "Searchin'", "Together 'Til the End of Time")
D3 ("Dimples", "Look Away", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out")
C♯3 ("Let Me Down Easy")
C3 ("Hey Darling", "Together 'Til the End of Time")
B♭2 ("Hey Darling")
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• Blue marks high falsetto or whistle register notes.
• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.

An incredibly prolific and versatile musician, Steve Winwood is as talented a songwriter as he is a singer. His eclectic repertoire, ranging from soul classics like "Gimme Some Lovin'" to new wave hits like "Higher Love", can be defined only by one consistent feature - Steve's immaculate voice. A quintessential tenor, Steve's voice shines in its upper register, with his belting confident (and soulful) in the upper fourth and lower fifth octaves. His lower register is less confident by comparison, less confident, though Steve's voice as a whole is an incredibly distinctive one, boasting both impressive agility and plenty of emotion.

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{A Few Examples of His Voice}
The man got soul.


A complete contrast - some much softer singing from Steve here.

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{Questionable Notes}
D6 ("Heaven is in Your Mind"^[1][2])
F2 ("Dimples"^[3])
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1. Questionable control.
2. Questionable identity.
3. Questionable quality.
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.

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{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Solo:
Steve Winwood (1977): –
Arc of a Diver (1980): –
Talking Back to the Night (1982): –
Back in the High Life (1986): –
Roll with It (1988): –
Refugees of the Heart (1990): –
Junction Seven (1997): –
About Time (2003): –
Nine Lives (2008): –

The Spencer Davis Group:
Their First LP (1965): D3 – D5
The Second Album (1966): B♭2 – G5
Autumn '66 (1966): C3 – D5 – E♭5

Traffic:
Mr. Fantasy/Heaven Is In Your Mind/Reaping (1967): E3 – C♯5 – F5
Traffic (1968): –
Last Exit (1969): – ^[1]
John Barleycorn Must Die (1970): –
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971): –
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory (1973): –
When the Eagle Flies (1974): –
Far from Home (1994): –

Blind Faith:
Blind Faith (1969): G3 – E5 – F♯5

Ginger Baker's Air Force:
Ginger Baker's Air Force (1970): – ^[1]

Third World:
Aiye-Keta (1970): –

Go:
Go (1976): –
Go Live from Paris (1976): –

With Eric Clapton:
Live from Madison Square Garden (1976): –
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1. Partly or wholly live albums.
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Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61

[Macca]

i honestly think that F2 in Dimples Should be put in the questionable notes it sounds way too fried to be count also it sounds like it goes down to D2 which is too brief

[Henny Macc]

I'm hearing like...some E3s trailing down to brief cracklefry at the timestamp where the "F2" is supposed to be.

[glo]

Where are his biggest hits?

[Macca]

Don’t forget valerie