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He became a member of the Spencer Davis Group at 15 with his older brother ' Muff ' (who later had much success as a record producer) and had hit singles with "Keep On Runnin'", "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm A Man" before leaving to form Traffic with Chris Wood , Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason.

He formed Blind Faith in 1969 but the band was short-lived, breaking up in August after completing its US tour. Traffic re-formed when Winwood stalled while recording his "solo" album and enlisted the help of Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi again. The solo album became Traffic's John Barleycorn Must Die.

Constant artistic differences and personnel changes led to the final break-up of Traffic and Winwood releasing his eponymous first solo album in 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar. This was followed by his 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He hit Arc Of A Diver and Talking Back To The Night ( 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du) (both albums recorded at his home in Gloucestershire with Winwood playing all instruments). He enlisted the help of a coterie of stars to record Back In The High Life ( 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa) in the US and was rewarded with a hit album. All released on Island Records.

At the peak of his commercial success, he moved to Virgin Records and released Roll With It and Refugees Of The Heart. He recorded another album with Jim Capaldi released under the Traffic name, Far From Home, then resumed his solo career with his final Virgin album Junction Seven. In 2003 he released a new studio album About Time on his new record label, Wincraft Music.

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