Steve Winwood

In 1969 Steve Winwood used an RMI Rock-Si-Chord in Blind Faith through out the concert at Hyde Park. It can be seen on the youtube video labled "Blind Faith in Hyde Park, 1969." It can be clearly seen as a close up when he starts the song "Had To Cry Today" (39:47)

He also told Musician magazine in October 1982, “the Multimoog is where I get the effect that everybody thinks is a saxophone.” That should put to rest any Internet chatter that it was a Minimoog, or even a Yamaha DX7, which he did use later in concert.

Keyboard Mag January 15, 2015 Jerry Kovarsky

"No, I played Kurzweil this time. As you say I often played Minimoog in the past. Or DX7."

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"No, I think it was one of the preset sounds on a copy of the ROM which was Kurzweil's accessory. Or maybe I used other sound module in the end. I can't remember how the patches were. But I don't dislike programming itself though I sometimes leave it to other people. Recently I use MARK OF THE UNICORN's Performer [a programming software for Macintosh] and a Macintosh as my main tools when I do it. However, as to the sounds of such vintage instruments as Wurlitzer's electric piano and Hammond organ or of such effects as wah wah, I use real ones more often than programmed ones. But this does not mean that I defy sound modules and sampled sounds." - Charles Shimiz, Keyboard Magazine May 1997, interview talking to Steve Winwood's upcoming Junction Seven album - http://www.stevewinwood.com/news/6052

"On this last album, I used the Prophet 5 exclusively, which is very limiting; I would never have dreamed that I would have found myself doing that. I just never found the need for any sound I couldn't get out of the Prophet 5."

"As the band exploded into the opening notes, Steve Winwood, seated behind his famous Hammond B3 organ"

Steven Dandick The Space at Westbury / Westbury, NY Live Show Reviews | May 29th, 2015

• "The Nord C2D is the most adaptable keyboard I’ve ever come across." he says. "It can be a tone-wheel organ, a vintage euro organ, a pipe organ or two attached, programable midi keyboards, all of which I make use of at various times, and its internal sounds are infinitely useable". Steve Winwood in an interview in preparation for tour with Steely Dan

Steve Winwood programmed The Fairlight through out the whole "Roll With It" 1988 album.

...But reading interviews from that time (like the June ’81 Keyboard), Winwood stated that he used a Multimoog for the solo in “While You See A Chance.” He also told Musician magazine in October 1982, “the Multimoog is where I get the effect that everybody thinks is a saxophone.”

January 15, 2015 Jerry Kovarsky

"For the last 2 albums I've used a Multimoog for bass and some lead lines, and a Prophet 5, a polysynthesizer made by Sequential Circuits, for most leads on Arc of a Diver. I also used a Steinway piano and a Yamaha CS-80, too" Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood has used the Yamaha DX7-IIFD live for two tours in the late 80's. It can be seen on "STEVE WINWOOD At The Royal Albert Hall" DVD

Steve Winwood mentions the Korg DSS-1 in a Korg advertisement, highlighting its flexibility and responsiveness, which he values for quickly accessing sounds and creating new patches while on tour.

A picture of Winwood in the early 80's playing a Moog Liberator in concert

Clavia Nord Lead 2 Rack can be seen in his home studio (48:20) on youtube English Soul (BBC 4 Documentary)

In addition to an RMI 300A Electra-piano, Steve Winwood also played a Hammond C3 at Blind Faith’s famous concert at Hyde Park.

Steve Winwood played a Hammond M-102 with the Spencer Davis Group.

Steve Winwood played a RMI Electra-piano 300A with both Blind Faith and Traffic. It was Winwood's primary on-stage keyboard with Blind Faith, and he can be seen playing it at the band's famous 1969 concert in Hyde Park. The photo above comes from a recording session at Olympic Studios in London. Interestingly, I do not think the Electra-piano was played on any songs from the band’s first and only studio album. Additional photos of Winwood with Blind Faith here, here, here, here, here, and here.

With Traffic, Winwood’s Electra-piano was featured on "Empty Pages" from the 1970 album John Barleycorn Must Die.