MUSIC LEGEND TO PERFORM CHICAGO SHOW FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS
New York, N.Y. - Steve Winwood and House of Blues announce their plans for a concert to benefit hurricane relief. Tickets for the music legend's show in Chicago at House of Blues on October 8 will go toward American Red Cross in support of the organization's efforts toward assisting victims of Hurricane Katrina.
On November 1st, 2005, Epic Records will re-issue Steve Winwood's solo album About Time as a deluxe Dual Disc.
Included in this Dual Disc release are three limited edition live tracks on the audio side ("Why Can't We Live Together," "Dear Mr. Fantasy," and "Voodoo Chile," from the Expanded Edition) as well as, on the video side, live concert performances of "Dear Mr. Fantasy" from the Austin City Limits Festival, as well as "Take It To The Final Hour" and "Different Light" from the Sonoma Jazz Fest.
New York, N.Y. - When sixties rock heroes Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi re-formed Traffic in 1994 for more than 75 unforgettable performances, a camera crew was right by their side, shadowing the group on its historic tour of the U.S. Eleven years later, that footage-shot on the tour bus, in the dressing room, and on the stage-has been combined to form the band's first ever live DVD: The Last Great Traffic Jam.
To be released on September 20th on Epic Records, The Last Great Traffic Jam follows band founders Winwood, Capaldi, and their four-piece backing band on Traffic's first tour of the U.S. in two decades.
On what inspires the eternally youthful rocker to continue to record and tour, Mr. Winwood offers: "I'm inspired by playing live and playing with great musicians. I'm (also) inspired by what goes on in the world and I feel that I have a roll to play to bring music to people and perhaps, albeit briefly, to transport them from more mundane issues of the times that we live in."