29-522: The New Basement Tapes is a British-American musical supergroup made up of members Jim James , Elvis Costello , Marcus Mumford , Taylor Goldsmith , and Rhiannon Giddens . The group is best known for their 2014 album Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes , which consists of tracks based on newly uncovered lyrics handwritten by Bob Dylan in 1967 during the recording of his 1975 album with The Band , The Basement Tapes . The group
58-453: A side project for a single recording project or other ad hoc purposes, with no intention that the group will remain together afterwards. In other instances, the group may become the primary focus of the members' career. Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner credited British rock band Cream , which came together in 1966, as the first supergroup. Eric Clapton , formerly of rock band The Yardbirds and blues rock band John Mayall &
87-456: A supergroup hinges on the members already having been "successful". This itself is a subjective term, though metrics such as career earnings, records sold, number of commercial hit songs written and musician longevity can all be used to establish the objective success of a musical band and its individual members. Tyler Golsen in Far Out writes that "Today, the term “supergroup” has something of
116-508: A negative connotation. It usually signifies a short-term vanity project that attempts to profit off members’ reputations with their past works". In 1974, a Time magazine article titled "Return of a Supergroup" quipped that the supergroup was a "potent but short-lived rock phenomenon" which was an "amalgam formed by the talented malcontents of other bands". The article acknowledged that groups such as Cream and Blind Faith "played enormous arenas and made megabucks, and sometimes megamusic", with
145-534: A particular cause, have been common since the 1980s. The term is most common in the context of rock and pop music , but it has occasionally been applied to other musical genres . For example, opera stars the Three Tenors ( José Carreras , Plácido Domingo , and Luciano Pavarotti ) and hip hop duos Kids See Ghosts ( Kanye West and Kid Cudi ) and Bad Meets Evil ( Eminem and Royce da 5'9" ) all have been called supergroups. A supergroup sometimes forms as
174-647: A touring act. Davis died on 19 October 2020, effectively ending the band. The Spencer Davis Group was formed in 1963 in Birmingham after the Welsh guitarist Spencer Davis encountered vocalist and organist Steve Winwood (then aged 14 and still at school), and his bass playing brother Muff Winwood performing at a pub, the Golden Eagle , as the Muff Woody Jazz Band. He recruited them and Pete York on drums to form
203-549: A year after formation. Also in 1968 Jack Bruce joined the Tony Williams Lifetime , composed of bassist and vocalist Bruce, and three famous Miles Davis alumni: drummer Tony Williams , guitarist John McLaughlin, and keyboardist Khalid Yasin (né Larry Young ). The term may have come from the 1968 album Super Session with Al Kooper , Mike Bloomfield , and Stephen Stills . The coalition of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (formerly Crosby, Stills & Nash) in 1969
232-536: Is a time when supergroups were experiencing a revival; established musicians looked for new platforms to express themselves, as they brought their different genres closer through collaborations that utilized their shared popularity so as to build something fresh and thrilling A contemporary example of a supergroup is FFS , a collaboration between Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand and American art rock band Sparks , Other prominent examples include Atoms for Peace and Boygenius . The very definition of
261-531: Is also featured in the 2014 Showtime documentary Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued . The New Basement Tapes were brought together in March 2014 to work with producer T Bone Burnett on putting together a new album with song lyrics penned by Bob Dylan in 1967. The group recorded dozens of songs over a two-week period in Capitol Records studio, with members of the group swapping instrumental and vocal roles on
290-508: Is another early example, given the success of their prior bands ( the Byrds , Buffalo Springfield , and the Hollies respectively). While the practice had declined by the 80s, in 1985 country superstars Johnny Cash , Willie Nelson , Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings formed the first country supergroup, Highwaymen , going on to achieve three chart singles. Perhaps the most decorated line-up,
319-479: Is from a 1913 Berlin operetta , the second is a Swabian traditional) as a tribute single for that audience, Davis having studied in West Berlin in the early 1960s. During late 1966 and early 1967, the group achieved two more hits with " Gimme Some Lovin' ", which went Top 5, and " I'm a Man ", which went Top 10. Both of them sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold record status . "Gimme Some Lovin'"
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#1732868914541348-743: The Bluesbreakers ; Jack Bruce , formerly of jazz / rhythm and blues band the Graham Bond Organisation (GBO) and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers; and Ginger Baker , formerly of the GBO, formed the band in 1966, recorded four albums, and disbanded in 1968. Guitarist Clapton and drummer Baker went on to form Blind Faith , another blues rock supergroup which recruited former Spencer Davis Group and Traffic singer, keyboardist, and guitarist Steve Winwood and Family bassist Ric Grech . The group recorded one studio album before disbanding less than
377-454: The Rhythm and Blues Quartette, which performed regularly in the city. In 1964, they signed their first recording contract after Chris Blackwell of Island Records saw them at an appearance in a local club; Blackwell also became their producer . (Island was then a small independent label with UK Fontana contracted for distribution.) Muff Winwood came up with the band's name, reasoning, "Spencer
406-685: The Top 20 hit " When I Come Home ", this song a collaboration between Edwards and Steve Winwood. "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me" were issued as singles in the US on Atco during 1966, but due to lack of promotion, neither of them gained airplay or entered the American charts. For the German market, the group released a medley of "Det war in Schöneberg, im Monat Mai" and "Mädel ruck ruck ruck an meine grüne Seite" (the first
435-604: The UK No. 1 hits " Keep On Running " and " Somebody Help Me " and the UK and US Top 10 hits " Gimme Some Lovin' " and " I'm a Man ". Steve Winwood left in 1967 to form rock band Traffic . After releasing a few more singles, the band ceased to be active in 1969. Davis revived the group on two more occasions, without the involvement of the Winwood brothers, first in 1973–1974 for two more albums, and again from 2006, since when they had primarily been
464-584: The Winwoods' departures, the Spencer Davis Group continued with the addition of guitarist Phil Sawyer (ex- Les Fleur de Lys ) and keyboardist/vocalist Eddie Hardin (ex-A Wild Uncertainty). This line-up recorded several tunes for Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush and released the psychedelia-sounding "Time Seller" single in July 1967; the b-side , "Don't Want You No More", also received radio airplay . This
493-637: The age of 81, while being treated for pneumonia. The Spencer Davis Group – particularly its incarnation with Steve Winwood – proved to be influential, with many of the band's songs being recorded by other artists over the years. Among them are Chicago 's cover of "I'm a Man"; The Allman Brothers Band 's version of Davis's and Hardin's "Don't Want You No More" (both 1969); Three Dog Night 's recording of "Can't Get Enough of It" (1970); and The Blues Brothers ' "Gimme Some Lovin'" (1980). The Grateful Dead also covered Spencer Davis Group material in live performance on occasion, and Spencer Davis himself performed "I'm
522-457: The album Funky in 1969 (only released in the USA on Date Records, a subsidiary of CBS, in 1970) before splintering. Fenwick wrote all the songs and his 1971 solo album Keep America Beautiful, Get a Haircut also featured Murray and Olsson. The group broke up on 19 July 1969. The group reunited in 1973 with Davis, Fenwick, Hardin and York, and newcomer Charlie McCracken on bass. The group released
551-622: The albums Gluggo (1973) and Living in a Back Street (1974) before once again disbanding. Davis continued working, however, producing some jazz -oriented albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s. On 7th July 1988 Spencer Davies appeared with Peter York (Drums), Colin Hodgkinson (Bass), Zoot Money (Keyboards) and Miller Anderson (guitar) for an "R & B Reunion" at Birmingham Town Hall, introduced by Robin Valk and recorded for broadcast on BRMB Radio, Birmingham's independent local radio station. For
580-491: The band. The song was originally recorded by the Dutch group After Tea , which included guitarist/singer Fenwick among its members. After one further single ("Short Change"), Eddie Hardin and Pete York left to form the duo Hardin & York. They were replaced by future Elton John band member Dee Murray on bass and Dave Hynes on drums. Nigel Olsson , another future Elton John band member, replaced Hynes, and this line-up produced
609-478: The different album tracks. The album was released in November 2014 by Electromagnetic Recordings via Harvest Records . During the recording sessions, the group was filmed for a documentary for Showtime . Titled Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued , the documentary is directed by Sam Jones and also contains an exclusive interview with Bob Dylan. It goes behind the scenes of the recording process and also discusses
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#1732868914541638-476: The performances "fueled by dueling egos". However, while this "musical infighting built up the excitement ... it also made breakups inevitable." The Spencer Davis Group The Spencer Davis Group were a British blues and R&B influenced rock band formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood (vocals, keyboards, guitar) and Muff Winwood (bass guitar), and Pete York (drums). Their best known songs include
667-508: The second half of the concert Chris Farlow joined the group. The band re-formed in 2006, although only Davis and Hardin remained from the 1960s group line-ups. The Spencer Davis Group continued to tour the US and Europe, but with two differing line-ups; only Spencer Davis himself was present in both formations of the band. Hardin remained with the UK version of the band until his death in 2015. Davis died in California on 19 October 2020, at
696-587: The story behind the discovery of the lost lyrics. Johnny Depp also appears in the documentary, having stopped by the studio to play guitar on the song "Kansas City". Supergroup (music) A supergroup is a musical group formed of members who are already successful as solo artists or as members of other successful groups. The term became popular in the late 1960s when members of already successful rock groups recorded albums together , after which they normally disbanded. Charity supergroups , in which prominent musicians perform or record together in support of
725-547: The supergroup Traveling Wilburys was formed in 1988, consisting of Bob Dylan , George Harrison , Jeff Lynne , Roy Orbison and Tom Petty . In the early 2000s, supergroups such as Audioslave and Velvet Revolver made their mark. Audioslave was created in 2001, composed of ex-members of Rage Against the Machine and Chris Cornell from Soundgarden . The members of Guns N’ Roses and Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots came together to form Velvet Revolver in 2002. This
754-481: Was followed by "Mr. Second-Class" in late 1967, which received heavy airplay on Radio Caroline (a pirate radio ship off the British coast), and the album With Their New Face On in 1968. At that time Ray Fenwick had replaced Phil Sawyer. The group's last minor hit, "After Tea", was released at the same time by the German band The Rattles , providing competition that led finally to a temporary stop to all activities of
783-526: Was not well received and Winwood later considered it a career mistake. Steve Winwood left the group in April 1967 to form Traffic ; his brother, Muff, moved into the music industry working in artists and repertoire (A&R) at Island Records. In the same period, both the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic featured on the soundtrack of the film Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush released in that year. After
812-502: Was the only one who enjoyed doing interviews, so I pointed out that if we called it the Spencer Davis Group, the rest of us could stay in bed and let him do them." The group's first professional recording was a cover version of " Dimples ", released as a single in 1964. In late 1965, they gained their first No. 1 single with " Keep On Running ", written by reggae musician Jackie Edwards . In 1966, they followed this with another Jackie Edwards-written No. 1 hit " Somebody Help Me " and
841-516: Was written by Davis and the Winwood brothers, while "I'm a Man" was written by Steve Winwood and the group's producer Jimmy Miller . These tracks proved to be their breakthrough in the US, where they were now signed to United Artists Records , both going Top 10 there. In 1966, the group starred in The Ghost Goes Gear , a British musical comedy film , directed by Hugh Gladwish, and also featuring Sheila White and Nicholas Parsons . It
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