Ah, but I think that's the vague soundworld of (earlyish) Gabriel, as well - English soul crooner wannabe (nowhere near as skilled as Winwood) who, because he can't nail the holler of heroes, ends up settling into his own inimitable weirdo groove
Winwood is two years and a whole musical generation older than Gabriel. He was jamming with Jamaican musicians in Birmingham in 1961 when he was 13, and played with some of the American blues greats when they toured Britain a couple of years later.
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