Spencer Davis Group - Dust My Blues

[girlfemalewoman]

Interesting.....the lyrics are in Finnish!

[AURORA4105]

Steve Winwood sempre molto bravo.

[BiggousDickous]

Unbelievable tone from that Strat. What do you think Steve's playing through?

[stoker20]

Hot chicks think they're ugly and go out with losers and Spencer must have thought he couldn't sing??????????

[dogma123l]

Every band I have played with covered this song...it is a blast to play and every audience loved it

[MrBossninja17]

The Australian band "Chain" did a great version of this number in the 70s.

[jjamo5]

Dust that Bitch!

[lahamttt123]

YESSS!

[yanis3]

Steve Winwood has more talent than I'll ever have. I strangely enough don't feel any jealousy, I'm just so happy with all the music he makes. He's no show off, and just plays his best.

[TheSmokey815]

4 persons they was so blown away by this, they couldnt keep there hand steady and clicked the dislike button :D

[RayManzarekGod]

THAT BOY CAN PLAY

[GuyWithNoName67]

Why did Spencer Davis need to find a replacement for lead vocalist after Steve left? He could sing almost as good as him. He would just need a new keyboardist who could sing backup or something. I'm sure he's no slouch on guitar either.

[Mookie78735]

Steve Winwood: Guitar, keyboards.......and that voice.

[Mryorkshirepudngravy]

@Mookie78735 definitely that voice. wonder how many souls Steve Winwood had to sell to the devil to get that? O.o

[express49]

@Mryorkshirepudngravy To make it clear , this is not SW singing here , that's Spencer .

[Mryorkshirepudngravy]

@express49 I was aware of that, but regardless Steve Winwood still has an awesome voice and so does Spencer Davis for that matter.

[express49]

@Mryorkshirepudngravy  100% AGREED !

[AnnHattieAnn]

From the perspective of someone just about Stevie's age (in real time), the thing about him (in this vid) that makes me smile like his mom might ... is that little bedhead-sparked cowlick he's sportin' -- and the fact that it's sittin' right on top o' some of the best guitar work I think I've ever heard. Just wow.

[mysterychemistry]

@AnnHattieAnn

haha

well, astrologically speaking, his sunsign is taurus, so the cowlick is kind of a defining trait teehee

[AnnHattieAnn]

@mysterychemistry Who knew!? Thanks for that little tidbit. It's all clear to me now. *heehee* ;o]. AHA

[bakshay]

@Tradamart

song was commonly also known as Dust My Blues including by groups like John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Yardbirds andother...

[ingeniousblues]

That is an Elmore James song all the way through IMO.

[ingeniousblues]

Oh my God how wasn't this band bigger...their range was sickening.

[neilsoiland21]

I didn't realize how good of a guitar player Steve was. Wow!

[8aPeach2]

@Tradamart how could you make the mistake of thinking they made a mistake?

[wootoodoo]

@Tradamart I think its more likely they were covering Elmore Jame's Version

[TALIE92300]

Easy when your a farmer.......... beleive me..

[lesmiralha]

@Tradamart The lyrics are not the same. It is more like a remake of the original song.

[NADYAKOST]

Thank you!!!

[RobertPaulGoode]

Love to see Spencer jam with Eric Clapton,

[MyGirassol]

@RobertPaulGoode i was just thinking that at i was watching the video!

[taylormade2go]

@fnj6 If I had to guess......, I'd go with Elmore James.

[rayjoiner]

Here's a gem. The Spencer Davis Group's take on the Elmore James classic "Dust My Broom". Steve Winwood this time on guitar. Where would modern music be today had the Brits not gravitated to American Blues they way they dig. Eric Burdon once said it best, "we took in America's trash". Now that's a re-cycling story of a different colour.

[rudyfatpants]

@rayjoiner Couldnt have said it better myself!!

[Guitarguy83838]

@rayjoiner I definitely wouldn't say that American blues was trash. It was just early and not well explored. Thats what bands like this did explored further into the genre without straying too far from the early american greats.

[bethariana]

@rayjoiner I completely agree with you, but I think this was originally a Robert Johnson song, not Elmore James'.

[fairlyfast]

Not only can he sing like no one else, but he plays the organ and the guitar! Eric Clapton invited him to play on one of his "guitar player" specials and I think surprised everyone by just how good he is on guitar.

[strat63]

Here's what's happening on UTube with the older, popular music videos.

The owner of the copyright sees a few thousand views and does nothing since it would cost too nuch to bring the song to the retail level with marketing, packaging and distribution.

However, the owner sees 8,000,000 views he takes the video off UTube and sells it on line or at the retail level.

Alot of my favorite 60's groups are no longer free and have been removed, but the artists are making new $.

[gerherbel]

This is nothing near the original by Elmore James:/ go listen to the original and you will see what dust my blues is supposed to sound like

[shineondiamondeyes]

This song isn't by Robert Johnson, but by Elmore James. Elmore James based this song off of Johnson's "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom."

[Stephanjnj]

If I wasn't seeing the video I'd swear it was Steve singing this one. Spencer ceded most of the vocals to Steve but this proves he was no slouch himself in that dept. And even way back then Steve could certainly burn on guitar!

[hatleman2]

spencer davis had a great voice

[yoursatan]

Only 19 years old here... How could someone write such songs at such an age??

[OSCALETRAINGUY]

Best Band ...Love it..

[est3inb3rg]

Spencer Davis sounds like Stevie...kinda odd, but cool

[37terraplane]

@est3inb3rg All these English guys sound incredibly similar when they sing Blues....maybe it's the accent "blend"! Davis, Winwood, Clapton, Brooker, Dave Mason probably many more...they all sound alike!

[wisesatyr72]

super awesome and overly underrated

[sleddawg]

Of course Steve played a lot of guitar in Traffic as well.

Note that he's using a thumbpick to flatpick - so he can fingerpick too. WOW

[PageandPlant4Life]

stil haven't figured out why this was called the spencer davis group and not the steve winwood group. did spencer davis start the band?

[clotto58]

Maybe Spencer owned the PA and they practiced at his house (lol)

[robbanzana]

Me neither. I haven't really seen him do anything significant besides the singing here. His guitar is barely audible too. But yeah, he probably formed the band.

[anthonythirteen]

@PageandPlant4Life why do you think SW left & started Traffic? He was only 15 at the time he joined Spencer Davis: who was a school teacher! The amazing thing is that the group carried on after Winwood left...!

[stonerbudkap]

What was Winwood like 17 or 18 when this was filmed? Someone that young should not be able to play like that. DAMN!

[Quadromil]

born in May 1948 he must have been 19ish in 1967. Nevertheless I agree: wonderful performance! Sounds like a very very experienced player.

[stonerbudkap]

Very underrated guitar player.

[jexplink]

Perfect tone from Steve. Now THAT'S how you play a Strat ;-)

[GibsonKLO]

Wow !

I didn´t knew Winwood could play guitar like that. He´s really REALLY good : )

[jessiebesss]

Any die hard fans out there would maybe know he had a daughter adopted in 1966 - can you tell by my youtube pic we are related? (by the way I have no idea what he is famous for!) =/

[torpointboy]

Jessiebess....Its this....He is an amazing musician, If i only had a millionth of his talent, I would be doing well Winwood is a legend

[stoker20]

That's quite a Church Service. Looks like them is Pews they is sittn in.

[Tweekerhead]

Thought it was called "Dust My Broom"

Brits'....?

[eshewerethin]

maybe he thought the Blues needed dusting off as well!

[NES4life]

the very best was clapton and winwood in concert (i saw them in philadelphia). get the cds and dvd if you get a chance of their MSG show. amazing.

[wilsdude1]

OK, SPENCER is singing lead on this one, and he sounds GREAT!!!

STEVIE is playing lead guitar.

CASE CLOSED!

[schelter300]

Was Davis the guitarist

[dac10012]

Brilliant. What an incredible guitar player Steve Winwood was. [Originally posted by mooseontheloose and mistakenly removed by me...I wanted to reply that Steve still is a great guitarist. Oops!]

[Bernus46]

thank you DAC.....great sound

Bernard/Sweden-Poland

[filmnoir1967]

The Brits called Clapton god, but man listening to the Winwood Brothers play, I am dumbfounded. Their depth of soulful voice is bye far better than most British singers of that era. They sound more like an American home grown band than a British one. Man can they play the blues.I love them so much!

[gsk312]

by far , one of the very best!

[jkaaco]

thanks dac10012 for posting the Spencer Davis Finland videos