Steve Winwood Tickets

The sound started out a little muffled (not bad) but by the third song or so it was like everything went into sonic focus. Since this was the first stop on the tour, that is pretty impressive work by the sound guys. As to the band, this is a great group, capable of powerful rock and roll one minute and subtle interwoven jams the next. These guys aren't just virtuoso musicians: they thrive on playing together and jamming in a framework of subtle textures. Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi would have loved it. Intimate venue was excellent and an added plus: they started on time and didn't let up for 2 hours!

1. The performance was virtuoso, incredibly rich and textured. The group assembled for this tour is musically superb. 2. The mixing was problematical. It did not weight Steve Winwood's voice sufficiently. 3. The volume was, overall, about twice that needed. The end result was that because the volume was too high the nuances of the various instruments (including Steve Winwood's voice) were blurred and smeared. An unnecessary and aggravating dilution of a superb performance. 4. Rule #1 about iconic songs--here--Higher Life. Don't mess with them!! Higher Life has been re-arranged, and not for the better; the group should remember the cardinal rule that lifelong fans of a song want it played the way they remember it. The dissonant chords introduced by the lead guitar destroyed the song.

The show was awesome! The venue was wonderful. Upon arriving at the Durham Performing Arts Center., we were welcomed and treated as invited guests. We've attended several concerts during the past year, and I will have to say that this was the best venue of all! I've never been to a venue and felt as welcome. Steve Winwood and those who played with him are truly awesome performers!

I bought these tickets as a birthday gift for my husband, who has been a Steve Winwood fan for many years. I often heard him play his Steve Winwood CDs in our home . He said it was the best concert he has ever gone to. He was a little disappointed in the sound system - said it was muddy - not clear, but the musicians were right on. I have never seen him so engrossed as he was last night. I couldn't have gotten him a better birthday gift.

Steve is a great musician. He played numerous instruments and did and outstanding job. He opened with "I'm a man" and closed with "Give me so lovin" Both sounded as great and fresh as ever. I would have liked to have heard more of the hits. He did a lot of Traffic and some new stuff. One new song was great. Will have to find it on itunes.

Great venue, audience, and band!! He still has a great voice and was surrounded by a group of fine musicians. They played most of the new album and a lot of oldies.

Steve and his band put on a grade 'A' performance. The supporting musicians are all top notch and showed with the 'Light It Up' tune. His song selection showcased all greatest hits. Just superb !

Solid start and finish (both his Spencer Davis Group hits, incidentally), but the hits were too few, and the songs were too long. I dropped $100 for what amounted to an extended jam session. Talented man with a talented band, but the set was very thin. Even "Higher Love" was mutilated beyond recognition. Still like SW but will never drop $$$ to see him live again.

Absolutely one of the best shows I have ever seen!

Great show. Great venue. His voice is still the same after all these years. Excellent supporting band members

Steve Winwood and the musicians accompanying him were absolute fantastic. The man is a keyboard master, and it was WONDERFUL to hear the incredible sound of a perfectly played Hammond B3 organ! The show was tight and beautifully orchestrated, and the band totally captured the audience. I've been to a LOT of concerts, but this one really pulled me - was so mesmerized and "one with the music", and that is attributable to the exceptional talent and performance skills of Winwood and company. Winwood was fantastic on guitar, too! I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to see this rock legend in person - and to hear the pure sheer power of a Hammond B3 again. The DPAC venue was great, too. The only thing I would say is "allow pictures" sometimes. As it was, people were using their cell phones to take photos, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to get some photos. Also - it would have been really nice to have a playbill or something from the performance to add to my collection. Overall, this Winwood performance was beyond A+. The only song missing from the program which I would really wanted to hear was, "The Finer Things".

He played mostly old stuff from Traffic, and some Blind Faith and Spencer Davis. A couple of tunes from solo career. His voice is still amazing! He and the other 4 musicians were incredible and added a little funky to a lot of old favorites!

This show was great.. Mr. Winwood still has it... BIG. The percussion guy was OUTSTANDING.

It was a little too jazy to show off the amazing talents of the band. I would prefer a better mix of what was offered and the softer side of their work.

Too damn loud. I've been to other events at DPAC and thought they had controlled this issue. The acoustics at DPAC are too good to have music ruined by high decibels.

I loved the Winwood show. Both guitarists (Steve was one of them) sounded great. The two percussionists were outstanding. An excellent show and it looked great from my 3rd row seat.

The venue was great. The concert, no so much. I felt like I had traveled back in time to the 70's. Winwood played lots of extended jams on songs that were vaguely familiar. He played all the songs on a B3, no piano, synths, etc. No bass player, all bass lines were played on the foot pedals of the B3. All in all I felt like I was watching a jam session in someones garage with a few buddies that were all mediocre and forgettable musicians, including SW.

How Steve Winwood keeps his high voice in such good shape is a mystery of the universe. I couldn't hear a missed note. Truly amazing. This show was the first stop on a limited US tour, which appears to be warm up for the tour of Europe with Clapton in summer. There was no stage set and no opening act - just five musicians and their instruments. I saw the show in the Durham (NC) Performing Arts Center, which is reasonably small for a concert hall, so it was almost a clublike setting. Very little performer chatter between songs. They just got up there and played, and the highlights were extended solos from each of the band members. These guys are good. The music was more rythmic than I expected - I'd seen Traffic years ago and expected some moody, textural pieces, but apparently SW has been on a world music kick, and even the old tunes had a polyrythmic kick to them this time around. This limited tour is good chance to see and hear Winwood without the distraction of a big stage. if you're into spectacle, pass on this one, but if you'd like to see and hear a group of really fine musicians in their living room, go.

Unbelievable acoustics. Stevie and his entire band are amazing. I closed my eyes and thought I was 20 years younger. Please have him come back!!!!!

Great evening to relive some of Winwoods early work. Blind Faith and Traffic were the mainstay of the evening. I had no idea Winwood was such a good guitarist. I had always thought of him as a keyboard man.