LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 20, 2019… IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 1967 THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘I’M A MAN’. IT WAS THE FINAL SPENCER DAVIS GROUP SONG TO FEATURE STEVIE WINWOOD.
WINWOOD LEFT THE GROUP TO FORM TRAFFIC. THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR A DOCUMENTARY CALLED ‘SWINGING LONDON’, BUT THE BAND LIKED IT SO MUCH THEY HELD IT BACK FOR A SINGLE.
HERE’S SOME CRAZY TRIVIA, STEVIE WINWOOD WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FRONTED THE BAND.
NOT ONLY WAS THE SONG A HUGE HIT FOR THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP, BUT 2 YEARS LATER ‘CHICAGO’ RELEASE A 7 MINUTE 40 SECOND VERSION ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY’, AND THEY ENJOYED HUGE SUCCESS WITH THEIR INTERPRETATION.
HERE’S A LIVE VERSION I THINK YOU’LL ENJOY
