Also known as: Spencer Davis Group, The
Origin: Birmingham, England
This British R&B outfit formed in 1963 when Spencer Davis (guitar, vocals) joined forces with brothers Stevie (keyboards, guitar, vocals) and Muff Winwood (bass, vocals), and Peter York (drums), who were playing as separate acts at the Golden Eagle pub in Birmingham. Davis was playing acoustic country blues while the other three were honing their chops as the Muff-Woody Jazz Band. They were originally generically called the Rhythm And Blues Quartette until Muff came up with the Spencer Davis Group because Davis like doing press interviews that the other members preferred not to take part in, s…