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Brummie Muso
Golden Eagle
Hill Street
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With special thanks to pmc1947 ......... ...1976. And Special thanks to Barr Beacon
for the photographs.
The Golden Eagle, Probably the best pub venue in the City.
Many local bands, made their name there,
including the Spencer Davis Group
Spencer Davis played solo guitar spots
at the Golden Eagle pub on Hill Street in Birmingham
which was at that time a hangout for the city's rhythm and blues enthusiasts.
It was there where he met the Winwood brothers
while they were performing on stage
as the Muff-Woody Jazz Band in early 1963.
Steve Winwood was aged 15 at the time
but he posessed a vocal style that was way beyond his years
and was also talented as an instrumentalist
and alternated between guitar and piano on stage.
Finding common musical ground, Davis joined them
and brought in accomplished jazz drummer
Pete York (born August 15, 1942 in Nottingham),
a Birmingham University student, and the group became known as the Rhythm and Blues Quartette.
A regular visitor to the Golden Eagle R&B nights was future
Slade star Noddy Holder
Hill Street
With special thanks to pmc1947 ......... ...1976. And Special thanks to Barr Beacon
for the photographs.
The Golden Eagle, Probably the best pub venue in the City.
Many local bands, made their name there,
including the Spencer Davis Group
Spencer Davis played solo guitar spots
at the Golden Eagle pub on Hill Street in Birmingham
which was at that time a hangout for the city's rhythm and blues enthusiasts.
It was there where he met the Winwood brothers
while they were performing on stage
as the Muff-Woody Jazz Band in early 1963.
Steve Winwood was aged 15 at the time
but he posessed a vocal style that was way beyond his years
and was also talented as an instrumentalist
and alternated between guitar and piano on stage.
Finding common musical ground, Davis joined them
and brought in accomplished jazz drummer
Pete York (born August 15, 1942 in Nottingham),
a Birmingham University student, and the group became known as the Rhythm and Blues Quartette.
A regular visitor to the Golden Eagle R&B nights was future
Slade star Noddy Holder