DER WALISISCHE BLUES-, ROCK- UND BEAT-MUSIKER SPENCER DAVIS IST GESTORBEN

20.10.2020 Der am 17. Juli 1939 in Swansea (Wales) geborene Musiker, Multiinstrumentalist und Komponist Spencer Davis (Bild) ist am 19. Oktober 2020 in Los Angeles (Kalifornien) gestorben. Er war der Gründer der Blues-, R&B-, Rock- und Beat-Band The Spencer Davis Group, die in den 1960er-Jahren grosse Erfolge feierte mit Hits wie "Gimme Some Lovin", "Keep On Running", "Somebody Help Me" und "I'm A Man". In der Gründungsformation gehörten der Band neben Davis die Musiker Steve Winwood (git, org, voc), Muff Winwood (b) und Pete York (dr) an. Später startete Davis eine Solokarriere und initiierte Projekte wie die Class Rock All-Stars und die World Classic Rockers.

Foto: Joachim Köhler, 2006 - Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en - Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spencer_Davis_08072006_NSU_01.JPG

Welsh-born musician enjoyed a string of hits

In his later years, Davis became an honorary member of the Wales nationalist party Plaid Cymru. He continued to support the party after moving to the Catalina Island, a small island off the coast of Southern California.

Lucy Needham & Daniel Smith

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sixties-music-star-spencer-davis-19136428

Spencer Davis, Founder of the Spencer Davis Group, Dead at 81

Welsh musician, who formed the band with Steve Winwood, scored hits like "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "Keep on Running"

Angie Martoccio

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/spencer-davis-group-obituary-1078226/

Spencer Davis, Whose Band Helped Power the Sound of the '60s, Dies at 81

Hits like "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man" made the Spencer Davis Group, based in Britain, famous worldwide and launched the career of its lead singer, Steve Winwood.

Jim Farber

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/arts/spencer-davis-whose-band-was-a-hitmaker-in-the-60s-dies-at-81.html

Spencer Davis, one of rock's elder statesmen, dies aged 81

Mark Savage

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54619718

Guitarist who helped popularise blues and R&B in the UK died while being treated for pneumonia in hospital

Like the Stones, the Dave Clark Five, the Kinks and others, the Spencer Davis Group were part of the flourishing "beat" scene in the mid-60s, playing music influenced by American rhythm and blues. They, along with another Birmingham band the Moody Blues, were dubbed "Brum beat" to differentiate them from the vibrant scenes in London and Liverpool, though their popularity grew with a residency at London's Marquee club.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/20/spencer-davis-frontman-spencer-davis-group-dies-aged-81

Spencer Davis, founder and frontman of the Spencer Davis Group - obituary

Their first hit Keep On Running, kept the Beatles off the No 1 spot and their follow-up Somebody Help Me dislodged the Walker Brothers

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/10/20/spencer-davis-founder-frontman-spencer-davis-group-obituary/

Rockband-Gründer Spencer Davis gestorben

Seine Band prägte mit Hits wie "Gimme Some Lovin" und "Keep on Running" den Sound der Sixties. Spencer Davis war zwar Gründer und Namensgeber der Spencer Davis Group, aber nicht ihr Frontmann.

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/rockband-gruender-spencer-davis-gestorben-589749707561

Er liebte Interviews: Rockmusiker Spencer Davis gestorben

Er gab seiner Band den Namen, angeblich, weil er so gern mit Journalisten sprach. Doch die Hits der "Spencer Davis Group" sang Steve Winwood. Jetzt ist der gebürtige Waliser Davis, der "Gimme Some Lovin" schrieb, im Alter von 81 Jahren gestorben.

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/er-liebte-interviews-rockmusiker-spencer-davis-gestorben,SDzF4In

Audios / Videos:

NAMM Oral History Program

https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/spencer-davis

Spencer Davis Group - 'Gimme Some Lovin' Stereo Music Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxA3atHD2QM&feature=emb_logo

Spencer Davis Group -- (1965) Keep on Running [High Quality Sound, Subtitled]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kamXvqoL_JA

The Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running (live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyZrK9meebo

The Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me (Beat Beat Beat - 1966)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlLRgcjUkvw