Do you love Stevie Winwood?

Well, if you don't, that's fine because I do.

This guy is awesome and not only because I would get an occasional wistful smile from behind his keys. With that smile though, comes a history book of rock'n'roll from his start with the Spencer Davis Group to Traffic to Blind Faith to thirty-some years of collaborations and solo ventures.

For a kid that grew up with all that, it was wonderful to be standing two feet from a legend. The unusually fun part about all this too is that he was opening for Tom Petty. Petty certainly has a much larger and obviously younger following, but lacks in musically dynamic range when compared to Winwood.

Ah well, Petty's a legend too, but the difference is... he knows it. Stevie just kinda plays to play, his unforgettable voice cutting the bustle of the crowd, most of which probably clueless as to who they are talking over.

"Often lost and forgotten
The vagueness and the mud
I've been thinking I'm working too hard
But I got something to show"

"Empty Pages" lyrics from Traffic's 1970 album,"John Barleycorn Must Die"