Check out this exclusive video montage from the February 2010 US Tour, backstage photoblog, and blog from the tour crew.
Were you at the shows? Share your experiences here!
Check out this exclusive video montage from the February 2010 US Tour, backstage photoblog, and blog from the tour crew.
Were you at the shows? Share your experiences here!
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Thank you Steve for this great concert in Paris Bercy !
Maybe you remember me : I was the boy with the sign "Please let me play a blues with you"!
Well I was a bit disappointed that my dream has not been realized, but I've forgotten quickly thanks to your great performance ! ; )
On the heels of a stunning Super Bowl performance at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida before an estimated audience of more than 100 million viewers, Steve Winwood and his band embarked on a five-date US tour across the East Coast of the US. Despite a major blizzard, the band pressed on and played their hearts out in front of sold-out crowds eager to catch a glimpse of the rock legend during this rare solo US appearance.
Which brings us to the present. I write this from a dressing room backstage at the Mayo Center for the performing arts in Morristown, NJ on the second to last night of the tour. We are moments away from doing a full-band soundcheck, and the crew is busy hammering out the last technical details before they take the stage to test out the gear. Steve is getting ready in his dressing room, checking out some 70s afrobeat records. Paul Booth is priming his sax and Karl Vanden Bossche is assembling percussion world onstage. I hear the first mellifluous guitar lines from Jose Neto, while Richard Bailey lays down a solid latin groove to get the levels right. The Leslie rotor spins up and vintage b3 magic fills the auditorium.
The band plays 'Fly,' 'Glad/Freedom Rider'and 'Can't Find My Way Home'....tight and refined straight out of the gate.
It requires a remarkable amount of energy and coordination to pull off a tour. Lighting crew, engineers, stage managers; not to mention the challenging load-in and load-out with no time to spare. Hard to imagine all the work that goes into these productions.
But for now, I'm packing up the laptop and heading into the auditorium- the show starts in nearly 30 minutes. I have loved Steve's music since I was a child, and it's a profound honor to witness this from the inside.
UPDATE: check out the video montage here:
http://www.stevewinwood.com/media/videos/1368
Check out the updated Photoblog here:
http://www.stevewinwood.com/media/photos/1701