Fact #102694
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Short story:
While Island Records' boss Chris Blackwell is in Birmingham, UK, accompanying pop hitmaker Millie to tv show Top Of The Pops, he goes to see The Spencer Davis Group in a local club.
Full article:
Chris Blackwell : When I walked in, Spencer Davis was singing, and I really loved that. Then Steve sang and I couldn't believe it. It was like Ray Charles on helium. Unbelievable.
Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis group) : We auditioned for him in a hair-dressing salon. We moved the dryers out of the way, and played for him sitting in a chair. I think we did John Lee Hooker's Dimples.
Spencer Davis : He signed himself on as our record company, our agent, our publisher, everything. If we'd known anything about conflict of interest, we'd have seen trouble brewing right then.
Muff Winwood (Spencer Davis Group) : Blackwell wanted to call us The Vipers or The Crawling Snakes or some outlandish thing. Spencer was the only one who enjoyed doing interviews, so I pointed out that if we called it The Spencer Davis Group, the rest of us could stay in bed and let him do them.
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Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis group) : We auditioned for him in a hair-dressing salon. We moved the dryers out of the way, and played for him sitting in a chair. I think we did John Lee Hooker's Dimples.
Spencer Davis : He signed himself on as our record company, our agent, our publisher, everything. If we'd known anything about conflict of interest, we'd have seen trouble brewing right then.
Muff Winwood (Spencer Davis Group) : Blackwell wanted to call us The Vipers or The Crawling Snakes or some outlandish thing. Spencer was the only one who enjoyed doing interviews, so I pointed out that if we called it The Spencer Davis Group, the rest of us could stay in bed and let him do them.
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