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b. Andrew De Jong Cleyndert, 8 January 1963, Birmingham, Western Midlands, Britain. Cleyndert started playing bass while still at college and, on completing his research in 1981, instantly became a specialist musician. His 1st engagements had been at a Manchester golf club where he was an associate from the Tony …

His ferocious soul-drenched vocals belying his sensitive teenage years, Stevie Winwood powered the Spencer Davis Group’s three biggest U.S. strikes during their short life span among the English Invasion’s most convincing R&B-based combos. Guitarist Davis created the music group with Winwood on body organ, his sibling Muff Winwood on bass, …