Russ Smith

3 weeks ago | splicetoday.com | Eric Alterman |Russ Smith

It took about 10 minutes to consider, and then I told my son Nicky that the only “nostalgia” rock/pop concert I’d attend—if it were in Baltimore—was a show by Steve (but always “Stevie”) Winwood. Now 77, Winwood was an early favorite, with the Spencer Davis Group, two iterations of Traffic, the lone bright star in the short-lived Blind Faith (Winwood’s vocal on a live cover of “Under My Thumb” is a can’t miss), and then a successful solo career that I didn’t follow too closely.