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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1965 - August: The Spencer Davis Group “Their First LP”
Description: Before his solo work, before Blind Faith, before Traffic, a 14-year old known then as Stevie Winwood joined The Spencer Davis Group as a guitarist and lead singer. This blues-oriented British band released their first LP, conveniently called Their First LP in June of 1965 to British and European audiences. We are covering it in August 1965, but the album itself was not released in the United States at the time. Most of the songs would make it to the US market in compilation albums released years later.
The Spencer Davis Group was Spencer Davis on vocals, guitar, and har...