When this interview was recorded, the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood was three albums deep into his solo career. Talking Back to the Night had been recently released on which Winwood played every instrument, a method he had started on his successful Arc of a Diver. While Lisa Robinson and Winwood discuss these more current albums here, the focus is mostly on his past, resulting in a few great sound bites about his time with Traffic and Blind Faith.

00:00 – Why people consider Winwood a recluse / trying to stay off the road 01:37 – Finding more to life than a rock n’ roll tour 02:17 – Living the life of a rock star back in the day (sort of) 03:15 – Aging more gracefully than his peers 03:41 – Stephen, Steve, Stevie 04:18 – Starting young with the Spencer Davis Group / finding his voice 04:53 – Original intentions for Traffic / accomplishing those goals 06:24 – Self-deprecation of his voice 06:58 – Rock stars with great voices 07:31 – Not wanting to work with other musicians 08:53 – Thoughts on people buying his albums that don’t know his past 09:26 – Favorite songs from the Traffic days 10:26 – Why Blind Faith didn’t last 12:08 – Feeling like a relic of the 60’s 12:31 – What rock n’ roll means to Steve 13:17 – What instruments Steve played on Talking Back to the Night 14:26 – Making a record without a band (again) 15:53 – Plans for touring in the US