# Spencer Davis has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 20, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-davis-has-died/923424 "2020-10-20T18:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-davis-has-died/923424/1 "2020-10-20T18:08:19Z")
At 81 years old. I always like their sound, but never knew until now that the lead singer was Steve Winwood. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-davis-has-died/923424/2 "2020-10-20T18:32:01Z")
It was a really excellent Blues-Rock group. > **[Spencer Davis, one of rock's elder statesmen, dies aged 81](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54619718)** > > The Welsh musician was behind transatlantic hits such as Keep On Running and Somebody Help Me. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-davis-has-died/923424/3 "2020-10-20T22:41:08Z")
Winwood was so young that he was called Stevie Winwood, like Stevie Wonder. Except that Winwood got to grow up and become a Steve. Only one rock station in town played British Invasion songs that weren’t big hits, and the Spencer Davis Group was one of my favorites along with The Who and the Kinks whenever I got to hear them. They could really rock. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-davis-has-died/923424/4 "2020-10-20T22:45:49Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ko3m0NBbq1o/maxresdefault.jpg "The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'. Stereo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3m0NBbq1o) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-davis-has-died/923424/5 "2020-10-20T22:48:51Z")
Yeah The Spencer Davis group featuring a teenaged Steve Winwood who sounded more like Ray Charles than some teenaged kid. In the 80’s I was a teenager, and all I knew about Steve Winwood was “Higher Love” and stuff like that, which didn’t move me. I didn’t know. How could I know? I know now. Spencer Davis, RIP [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xcxYX8KPhGk/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGGYgZihmMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAvU869LYntxb0_ssA9z9LkxGG6Xw "Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxYX8KPhGk) and [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WQEZQDKGLh4/hqdefault.jpg "The Spencer Davis Group - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQEZQDKGLh4) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-davis-has-died/923424/6 "2020-10-20T23:57:14Z")
Wow, he really was channeling Ray Charles on that second cut.