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Keith Winter is a professional session player and a founder member of the jazz funk band Shakatak. He recovered from a rare condition that disabled him for 21 years and is now back playing guitar and composing with Tracks and other projects.
Shakatak is an English jazz-funk band founded in 1980 [3] by Bill Sharpe, Nigel Wright, Roger Odell and Keith Winter.
Sep 16, 2009 · A CHART-TOPPING musician – struck by illness at the height of his fame and told by doctors that he would never play the guitar again – is preparing for a reunion gig in Saffron Walden. Founding member of 80s pop group Shakatak, Keith Winter from Littlebur.
Jan 22, 2024 · Guitarist Keith Winter was in the original line-up of the Bishop’s Stortford band that in the early 1980s enjoyed chart success with top 20 singles Easier Said Than Done, Nightbirds – the album of the same name gave them their first gold LP, charting for 28 weeks – and Down on the Street.
Keith Winter. A CHART-TOPPING musician – struck by illness at the height of his fame and told by doctors that he would never play the guitar again. Founding member of 80s pop group Shakatak, could not play a chord for almost 20 years because of a rare nerve disease, but following an “inexplicable” recovery he is now back on stage.
This success was repeated with the top-ten hit “Down on the Street and the award-winning video established the band’s personnel of Jill Saward (lead vocs), Bill Sharpe (keys),Keith Winter (gtr), George Anderson (bass) and Roger Odell (drums).
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Dr Keith Winter is the Leader of the Visual Arts at UEL including Fine Art, Photography, Graphics, Illustration, MFA and Prof Doc. He is also the leader for both BA (Hons) Interior Design and BA (Hons) Interior Architecture at UEL.
