The singer Steve Winwood was also part of a group called Traffic in the late '60s and early '70s. Traffic was one of those unique groups that sound like no one else--a blend of rock, blues, jazz, soul, folk, and probably more genres. I recommend their long song "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys."
This is such an incredible band. I think their album is surely among the 10 greatest rock albums of all time. Eric Clapton on guitar, Steve Winwood on vocals, organg and guitar, Ginger Baker on the drums and Rick Grech on bass. Doesn't get much better than this 😍
There are some albums that were is every music enthusiast's collection in the 60s and 70s. This was one of them. A few others were Ten Years After's "SSSSH", King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" and Crosby Stills Nash's first album.
Steve Winwood was so essential to so many bands and hits. He does an acoustic solo version of this on his TH-cam channel and it's so damn perfect down to the popping firewood and his smile at the end!
Steve Winwood is an absolute one in a lifetime artist. He can play any instrument, and play it well, and he has one of the most soulful voices ever. He started at age 17 in England, where he was born. Eric Clapton is in this Band as well. Talk about 2 of the most famous Rock/Blues artists of all time, they fit the bill. This is a great song.
Lex, as usual is spot on. She has a gift. British bands of the 60s, Stones, Animals, Blind Faith, Cream, etc. All were experimenting with American blues at the time. It made for some wonderful music and was a great time to be growing up.
"Home" in this song is a state of mind. He's lost in life and doesn't have anywhere that feels like home. It's not literal, it's metaphorical and an emotional expression of where he is existentially. "Wasted" is the same in this context as well. Feel the mood and the atmosphere of the song, the emotional resonance. Does it sound like it's just some random night where he may have taken a wrong turn after one too many pints at the pub - but other than that, his life is fine? Naw, not at all. That would be a far more lighthearted tune. The music, the vocals and the lyrical choices all have a more soulful (you even said so yourselves) sound and a deeper, almost mystical vibe. It all feels very heartfelt, grave and even mournful. I was kinda surprised though that y'all took the lyrics so literally, when you're usually really good at finding the more poetic, symbolic meanings in songs, as well as identifying the emotions they are speaking from. Hmm, maybe this one just didn't hit as hard for y'all as it does for me. I wasn't alive yet when it came out, but ever since I heard it for the first time, this beautiful song has always been one of the most meaningful to me.
Excellent comment! I agree and I think you've articulated the truer meaning of the lyrics as conveyed by Steve's haunting voice and the wonderful music. I never felt it was about drinking as you mentioned the vibe of the song doesn't at all convey someone lamenting about drinking too much (or taking to many drugs) but symbolizes a deeper emotional cry about the state of his life perhaps an existential crisis. You prove that you didn't have to be alive, like I was, when this song came out to recognize that this is such a moving, powerful and special song.
@@steveullrich7737 Thanks, I appreciate that! I appreciate your thoughtful and insightful comment as well. Funny thing is, I've seen a few other reactors and people in the comments who focus on those particular lyrics in a literal way as well, while also missing the emotional tone of the song. It seems like this is one of those songs that people will either have a deep connection to immediately and get it or they won't. And that's okay, of course! Part of the beauty of music is the individual relationship with it. And yeah, really cool how that can transcend generations, eras and time itself :)
I agree, excellent comment. The late '60s culture was such an experimental and creative era, which at times could be overwhelming. You had extremes like the hippie movement, the anti-war movement vs. the establishment, the man. It is like the country lost it's mooring and had to reinvent itself. And there was also a lot of stress and confusion, which led to many casualties. This song so epitomizes those lost along the way.
I was a teenager when I first heard this (I'm old, like Methuselah), and I thought, "Well' he's high/drunk and he just wants to go home and get some sleep". Now that I'm old (see previous statement), it resonates much differently. What the writer meant hasn't changed, of course, but the way I feel when I hear it has now changed. It evokes very different emotions now that I am in my late sixties. "I'm wasted" now means my body is wasted and I'm slowly breaking down physically, and so many things that I put off doing are no longer possible, and "I can't find my way home" means I waited too long to find my spiritual home, my calm and contented place, the emotional place I was meant to be. Now, it's a beautiful but melancholy song to me. Age may not always bring wisdom, but it does change your perception of things.
Wow! I thought I was the only one who saw it this way. I feel like my body is against me. My mind is still young and willing and still looking for home.
Wise words on perception.. Very wise. I feel the same way about the song. I was out of the country for almost 10 years and while I was away all I wanted was to come back home. Now that I'm back everything is different. People passed away, the environment isn't as green... My parents are getting older, my friends have moved on and yeah. I also can't quite find my way home again because home isn't the same. It never will be.
ditto on all that, also this came out not long after I had my first concussion - and this song still hits my soul deeply, reminding me of that time I couldn't recognize anything familiar and didn't know what happened - searching for 'the key' to unlock a waking nightmare, literally looking for my way home, not knowing what home looked like ... Pray we don't get full blown Alzheimer's, as I imagine it's rather like that, too.
Thank you - all good additions to my (probably clumsy) explanation of how this song affects me now. Jeez, it seems like a couple of lifetimes ago these days, but I was once young and strong and a genuine world-beater. And now? Now, if I grab the wrong pillow when I go to sleep, when I wake up, I feel like I've been in a bad car accident for the next three days. Everything hurts. It's pitiful, but that's how it is. My physical being is wasting away and breaking down, and no matter how much I try to slow that process down, every year sees a little more destruction. And there is so much more I wanted to do. So much more. And I still have not found my home, the literal or figurative place where my soul is content. Still looking. All any of us can do is live as gracefully and as happily as possible.
I'm surprised you didn't hear Traffic and Spencer Davis Group, because it's the same vocalist, Steve Winwood. The band Blind Faith also included Ginger Baker, Rick Gretch and Eric Clapton. Just another Supergroup from the late 60's. Brad found the key lyric, "I'm wasted and I can't find my way home."" Dude was sloppy drunk.
Absolutely. Steve himself has approved of Billy Strings' cover of Dear Mr. Fantasy if you want a more recent version, but check out the original first.
Great, great tune, great album. "Had to Cry Today" and "Presence of the Lord" are two more of my favorites off that album, fun to jam with, especially the first one. My favorite playing by Eric Clapton, too bad he didn't do more stuff with Steve Winwood.
I started smiling even before the music started, knowing Brad would misinterpret the lyrics and Lex would go on a mystical journey. I love this song! (And I love The Couch Gang)!
Listen to the lyrics,.” Come down off your throne and leave your body alone, somebody must change”. “You are the reasons I’ve been waiting so long, somebody holds the key”. Of course it’s about a woman! Blind faith was a super group, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, from cream, Steve Winwood, Ric Greco, from traffic.
One of the things I love about this channel is knowing the song and knowing that a blue note is coming, and then seeing Lex react exactly like you would expect when it hits.
Many have speculated about the true meaning behind the lyrics of the song. Some say this Steve is singing about break-up or the meaning of life while others claim that it’s about war and death. The most well-known interpretation of the “Can’t Find My Way Home” is that it’s merely a song about drugs. I am inclined to agree. If you look carefully, “Come down off your throne and leave your body alone” might be saying “get down from that grand illusion and just stop taking drugs and doing this to your body!”. The following lines, “You are the reason I’ve been waiting all these years, somebody holds the key” can be interpreted as “drugs were the reason why I can’t move on and I need someone to help me!” The again, who really knows? It might as well be a track about self-rediscovery and trying to change your life after you made a series of bad choices. Drugs might be just one small part of it. We all make mistakes, take wrong turns and as a result, can’t find our way back home; the important thing is to be sane, realize what is wrong and try to seek help.
I agree with the many interpretations! I always took it as the meaning of life. It’s a metaphor for stumbling home drunk. We all navigate thru life with no clue where we’re really headed. And somebody holding the key to enlightenment , the key to love, or peace or all of the above! The key to LIFE. I’ve been on drugs while seeing covers of this song by widespread panic and always interpreted “come down off your throne, leave your body alone “ as let go of the ego, and leave your body thru the third eye! Enjoy the trip, if you will…. Enjoy life. Similar to Panics own lyric “come down, if you want to , you can unhook your safety line “
Steve Winwood is one of the great geniuses of the Rock era. He wrote and recorded his first hit songs at age 16, while with the Spencer David Group. Blind Faith also had Eric Clapton, of whom it was widely claimed that he was G-d.
This used to be my song when the weekend rolled around and it was time to go get hammered. Shout out to any mates from hq meddac ft. sill 88-90 seeing this
Ginger Baker, the drummer on this, also played with Clapton, who is also on this, with the great band Cream. Ginger doesn't get near the recognition that others like Winwood or Clapton got. When you mentioned the beat Brad I just needed to say that Ginger was a rare breed. He was an eminently gifted jazz drummer. Incredible in everything he played on. There's an album to check out, Sunrise on the Sufferbus by Masters of Reality.
Memories,. thank you. Sitting in my trailer as a young man with the windows open,. a storm pouring rain outside and candles lit all over the living room with this song cranked up. Wasted,.. but already home,. lol
I've always loved this song. In 1969, if someone said you were wasted, they meant from drugs and not alcohol. I went to the Atlanta Pop Festival in July of 1970, got wasted, and didn't find my way home for a year. So I can relate. 🙃♥
I don’t really think ‘wasted’ is used like that here. I grew up in the 70’s & 80’s, but always thought his reference to being wasted were, in this case, either spiritual or emotional.
Steve Winwood is a legend along with Clapton. Really would suggest doing some song from Winwood's other band, Traffic. His solo stuff is grand from "Higher Love". "Roll With It", "While You See a Chance" and "Valerie", Also, can't forget his work with Spencer Davis Group, "Gimme Gimme Some Lovin" and "I'm a Man".
The supergroup Blind Faith (Eric Clapton, formerly from Cream, as guitarist: Steve Winwood, formerly from Traffic, as organist and singer; Ginger Baker, formerly from Cream, as drummer; and an excellent bassist/violinist) had a short U.S. tour (14 concerts or so) in July and August of 1969, and my then-17-year-old brother and my then-almost-14-year-old self were fortunate to win tickets to see Blind Faith from a radio contest held by the FM-100 rock radio station in our hometown of Memphis - the tickets were to the tour stop which was geographically "closest" to Memphis, which was the Sunday August 3, 1969 concert at Kiel Auditorium, in St. Louis. My brother and I flew up from Memphis on Delta Airlines, saw a (then-brand-new, premiering) film "2001: A Space Odyssey" in the afternoon, saw the wonderful Blind Faith concert at Kiel, that evening; however, it had some unexpectedly lengthy encores; this caused us to miss our late-night ticketed Delta return flight to Memphis. We tried to hitch-hike (as was mostly quite safe and quite customary, in those years) on the nearby I-55 expressway for a ride to the airport in St. Louis, to call our parents and ask them to wire funds for a new return-flight airline ticket; however, co-incidentally, a trucker who gave us a ride was going not to or near that airport, but was going straight through (in the wee hours of the morning of Monday the 4th) a truck stop in West Memphis, Arkansas, before heading on I-40 south to Little Rock in Arkansas; of course, from our perspectives, it was a thousand times better and cheaper to do this, than to have gone to the St. Louis airport. We could then call our parents in Memphis from the truck stop in West Memphis, and explain the situation (there were no cellphones back then which would have allowed for an earlier call), and they were so delighted that we were both still alive and well that my father (a self-employed artist) left his office and picked us both us from the truck stop in West Memphis -- with NO questions asked !!!!! GREAT Memories -- except for the worries of my parents !!!!!
One of my favorite songs. There is a killer electric version of this song on the Live from Hyde Park DVD and also on the deluxe version of the only Blind Faith studio album. This is such a great song, even live versions by Clapton without Stevie Winwood on vocals are outstanding. There is even a more current cover by former American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart with her dad on guitar on TH-cam. She also recorded it for her album "What's That Sound". Haley has rock roots since she performed with her parents rock band at a young age and now they accompany her. This is one of her favorite songs too.
Talk about talent! Steve Winwood on vocals, Eric Clapton on guitar, Ric Grech playing the bass and the great Ginger Baker on drums...two thirds of the band Cream were in this band
Steve Winwood is talking about Eric Clapton's worsening heroin addiction. One of the reasons Blind Faith only recorded one album is because Clapton's drug problems made him almost house-bound for 3 years. He rarely played live and went from one-off project to another.
Spent many a night sitting cross-legged on the floor with friends jamming to this album. A large old wire spool as a coffee table and an empty wine bottle for a candle holder...
After many years , a film was finally released of this band live . Winwood from TRAFFIC , Clapton and Baker from the CREAM , and their bass playing pal , and 100 thousand other friends grooving in the park .
Brad, you are hilarious! Love you, bro. You are SO literal!!! A lot of art is about metaphors and symbology, but it's all good. Hilarious, man, keep being you!
Blind Faith was formed as a super group with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker of Cream, Steve Winwood of Traffic, and Rich Gretch from various groups. They were short lived, made one album, and had an abbreviated tour.
Damn about freaking time! Love this song 2 death it was my drinking song, I'm sober now tho. Knew u would like it 🌹Lex. Thank You 4 playing this song, I think imma bout to cry now. 🤘💀✌
The Title is "Blind Faith". The songs are "Presence of the Lord", "Sea of Joy", "Had to Cry Today". If there's 1 theme it's getting back to faith, though they were smart enough not to be specific. Beyond that, just another great superband risen from the ashes of Cream.
The singer Steve Winwood was also part of a group called Traffic in the late '60s and early '70s. Traffic was one of those unique groups that sound like no one else--a blend of rock, blues, jazz, soul, folk, and probably more genres. I recommend their long song "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys."
I think that Steve Winwood solo acoustic version of John Barleycorn Must Die is much better than Traffic
Before Traffic, he was the singer at age 16 for the Spencer Davis Group.
@@ericwagner1824 Yeah, but The Traffic one was really good too, no?
He had an even longer and highly successful career solo artist.
John Barleycorn Must Die is one of the best storytelling songs ever written.
One of most beautiful songs ever written.
absolutly
Indeed so.
agreed
This is such an incredible band. I think their album is surely among the 10 greatest rock albums of all time. Eric Clapton on guitar, Steve Winwood on vocals, organg and guitar, Ginger Baker on the drums and Rick Grech on bass. Doesn't get much better than this 😍
There are some albums that were is every music enthusiast's collection in the 60s and 70s. This was one of them. A few others were Ten Years After's "SSSSH", King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" and Crosby Stills Nash's first album.
@@graybeard1952 and Santana's Abraxas.
Stefan, good morning. I can't think of a better way to start off the day to Blind Faith and to find someone who I agree with.Jam
Steve Winwood was so essential to so many bands and hits. He does an acoustic solo version of this on his TH-cam channel and it's so damn perfect down to the popping firewood and his smile at the end!
Just one of the many legends !! 😎
Ginger, Ric, & Eric contributed a little bit too. ;^}
That version by the fire is fire!
I visit that vid a few times a year. It's unreal.
Meant to add. On his channel there is a new live version he put on there a few months ago from 2020. Also brilliant.
Steve Winwood is an absolute one in a lifetime artist. He can play any instrument, and play it well, and he has one of the most soulful voices ever. He started at age 17 in England, where he was born. Eric Clapton is in this Band as well. Talk about 2 of the most famous Rock/Blues artists of all time, they fit the bill.
This is a great song.
i believe he started age 14 they have some videos on utube
Don't forget Ginger Baker on drums!
And after all that he had a successful solo career too.
He started playing in pubs with his dad and brother aged 8,
@@toerag572 Didnt he have to hide behind the band as he was so young?
I was there at the Biind Faith concert at Hyde Park London in 1969. This song brings it all back. Good times.
I love the footage of that and watch it often ❤ such a perfect summer vibe
You can't imagine how much i envy you for this experience :)
Tell me if i could see you in that footage or were you hanging around in a tree or on a boat or something?😅
Lex, as usual is spot on. She has a gift. British bands of the 60s, Stones, Animals, Blind Faith, Cream, etc. All were experimenting with American blues at the time. It made for some wonderful music and was a great time to be growing up.
"Home" in this song is a state of mind. He's lost in life and doesn't have anywhere that feels like home. It's not literal, it's metaphorical and an emotional expression of where he is existentially. "Wasted" is the same in this context as well. Feel the mood and the atmosphere of the song, the emotional resonance. Does it sound like it's just some random night where he may have taken a wrong turn after one too many pints at the pub - but other than that, his life is fine? Naw, not at all. That would be a far more lighthearted tune. The music, the vocals and the lyrical choices all have a more soulful (you even said so yourselves) sound and a deeper, almost mystical vibe. It all feels very heartfelt, grave and even mournful. I was kinda surprised though that y'all took the lyrics so literally, when you're usually really good at finding the more poetic, symbolic meanings in songs, as well as identifying the emotions they are speaking from. Hmm, maybe this one just didn't hit as hard for y'all as it does for me. I wasn't alive yet when it came out, but ever since I heard it for the first time, this beautiful song has always been one of the most meaningful to me.
Excellent comment! I agree and I think you've articulated the truer meaning of the lyrics as conveyed by Steve's haunting voice and the wonderful music. I never felt it was about drinking as you mentioned the vibe of the song doesn't at all convey someone lamenting about drinking too much (or taking to many drugs) but symbolizes a deeper emotional cry about the state of his life perhaps an existential crisis. You prove that you didn't have to be alive, like I was, when this song came out to recognize that this is such a moving, powerful and special song.
@@steveullrich7737 Thanks, I appreciate that! I appreciate your thoughtful and insightful comment as well. Funny thing is, I've seen a few other reactors and people in the comments who focus on those particular lyrics in a literal way as well, while also missing the emotional tone of the song. It seems like this is one of those songs that people will either have a deep connection to immediately and get it or they won't. And that's okay, of course! Part of the beauty of music is the individual relationship with it. And yeah, really cool how that can transcend generations, eras and time itself :)
I agree, excellent comment. The late '60s culture was such an experimental and creative era, which at times could be overwhelming. You had extremes like the hippie movement, the anti-war movement vs. the establishment, the man. It is like the country lost it's mooring and had to reinvent itself. And there was also a lot of stress and confusion, which led to many casualties. This song so epitomizes those lost along the way.
@@b00jen81 Great art and music stands the test of time.
Spot on interpretation of the song, at least in my book.
I was a teenager when I first heard this (I'm old, like Methuselah), and I thought, "Well' he's high/drunk and he just wants to go home and get some sleep". Now that I'm old (see previous statement), it resonates much differently. What the writer meant hasn't changed, of course, but the way I feel when I hear it has now changed. It evokes very different emotions now that I am in my late sixties. "I'm wasted" now means my body is wasted and I'm slowly breaking down physically, and so many things that I put off doing are no longer possible, and "I can't find my way home" means I waited too long to find my spiritual home, my calm and contented place, the emotional place I was meant to be. Now, it's a beautiful but melancholy song to me.
Age may not always bring wisdom, but it does change your perception of things.
Wow! I thought I was the only one who saw it this way. I feel like my body is against me. My mind is still young and willing and still looking for home.
Beautiful!
Wise words on perception.. Very wise. I feel the same way about the song. I was out of the country for almost 10 years and while I was away all I wanted was to come back home. Now that I'm back everything is different. People passed away, the environment isn't as green... My parents are getting older, my friends have moved on and yeah. I also can't quite find my way home again because home isn't the same. It never will be.
ditto on all that, also this came out not long after I had my first concussion - and this song still hits my soul deeply, reminding me of that time I couldn't recognize anything familiar and didn't know what happened - searching for 'the key' to unlock a waking nightmare, literally looking for my way home, not knowing what home looked like ... Pray we don't get full blown Alzheimer's, as I imagine it's rather like that, too.
Thank you - all good additions to my (probably clumsy) explanation of how this song affects me now.
Jeez, it seems like a couple of lifetimes ago these days, but I was once young and strong and a genuine world-beater. And now? Now, if I grab the wrong pillow when I go to sleep, when I wake up, I feel like I've been in a bad car accident for the next three days. Everything hurts. It's pitiful, but that's how it is. My physical being is wasting away and breaking down, and no matter how much I try to slow that process down, every year sees a little more destruction. And there is so much more I wanted to do. So much more. And I still have not found my home, the literal or figurative place where my soul is content. Still looking.
All any of us can do is live as gracefully and as happily as possible.
I'm surprised you didn't hear Traffic and Spencer Davis Group, because it's the same vocalist, Steve Winwood. The band Blind Faith also included Ginger Baker, Rick Gretch and Eric Clapton. Just another Supergroup from the late 60's. Brad found the key lyric, "I'm wasted and I can't find my way home."" Dude was sloppy drunk.
Also, Winwood’s Dear Mr Fantasy from his time in Traffic is worth hearing
Excellent song!!
Or watch Marvel's last Avengers movie because it's right at the beginning.
Absolutely.
Steve himself has approved of Billy Strings' cover of Dear Mr. Fantasy if you want a more recent version, but check out the original first.
Steve Winwood wrote this song. This was a hit in 1969. Great reaction you guys 🌟🤩
Was a great year ✌️😎
But you had to buy it. Most Americans didn’t hear it on the radio.
1969 was a helluva of a year
Best year ever. Love that feel. Bring it back
Was it a hit? I can't find anywhere where the single got in the charts.
Not challenging, just asking
I'ma put chicken n dumplings on the menu.
I'll hum this tune making it.😁
Great, great tune, great album. "Had to Cry Today" and "Presence of the Lord" are two more of my favorites off that album, fun to jam with, especially the first one. My favorite playing by Eric Clapton, too bad he didn't do more stuff with Steve Winwood.
His singing voice is angelic!
We were, and are, blessed by having his music in our lives.
Thank you Steve.
I started smiling even before the music started, knowing Brad would misinterpret the lyrics and Lex would go on a mystical journey. I love this song! (And I love The Couch Gang)!
There is so much SOUL in Winwood's singing!
The companion piece to this song is, John Barleycorn Must Die, from the next Traffic album of the same name.
Another super-group with Clapton; everyone in Blind Faith was already established
Considered the first "Super Group" in rock music.
I absolutely love this song, my daughter's have been instructed to play this song at my funeral.
One of those existential songs that defy analysis.
Love how it says "Instrumental" ..... some of the greatest musicians of that time & maybe even today , playing those instruments.
“Lots o’chicken and dumplins” Miss Lex. I love that 👍
Brad and Lex, Sea of Joy should be next!
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood knock it out of the park!
☮️
YES!! My favorite Blind Faith song. In the Presence of the Lord is excellent also.
@@DSquareMusicBucketlist "Do What You Like" also cuz of the Ginger solo...🥁
This one speaks to my soul as if it speaks *from* my soul. So beautifully put, haunting, sobering, sweetly sad. A lament of absent love.
Listen to the lyrics,.” Come down off your throne and leave your body alone, somebody must change”. “You are the reasons I’ve been waiting so long, somebody holds the key”. Of course it’s about a woman! Blind faith was a super group, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, from cream, Steve Winwood, Ric Greco, from traffic.
Thank you
Classic Lex. She got the chicken and dumplin' vibe from this iconic song. Lex, you are a pure gem.
One of the things I love about this channel is knowing the song and knowing that a blue note is coming, and then seeing Lex react exactly like you would expect when it hits.
Man the music from when I was a kid was awesome. Great reaction keep up the great work. Love the channel, cute couple
They only released one album before breaking up, but that one album is a killer. Try The Presence of the Lord.
What a great album! Came out when I was in 8th grade and we listened to this, it seamed like, a hundred times!
The other great Steve Linwood led band is Traffic. Check out "Dear Mr fantasy" or " Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" .
Many have speculated about the true meaning behind the lyrics of the song. Some say this Steve is singing about break-up or the meaning of life while others claim that it’s about war and death. The most well-known interpretation of the “Can’t Find My Way Home” is that it’s merely a song about drugs. I am inclined to agree. If you look carefully, “Come down off your throne and leave your body alone” might be saying “get down from that grand illusion and just stop taking drugs and doing this to your body!”. The following lines, “You are the reason I’ve been waiting all these years, somebody holds the key” can be interpreted as “drugs were the reason why I can’t move on and I need someone to help me!” The again, who really knows? It might as well be a track about self-rediscovery and trying to change your life after you made a series of bad choices. Drugs might be just one small part of it. We all make mistakes, take wrong turns and as a result, can’t find our way back home; the important thing is to be sane, realize what is wrong and try to seek help.
I agree with the many interpretations! I always took it as the meaning of life. It’s a metaphor for stumbling home drunk. We all navigate thru life with no clue where we’re really headed. And somebody holding the key to enlightenment , the key to love, or peace or all of the above! The key to LIFE. I’ve been on drugs while seeing covers of this song by widespread panic and always interpreted “come down off your throne, leave your body alone “ as let go of the ego, and leave your body thru the third eye! Enjoy the trip, if you will…. Enjoy life. Similar to Panics own lyric “come down, if you want to , you can unhook your safety line “
Now that sounds logical.
That all sounds about right to me. I might add life on the road touring into the mix.
Copied and pasted from online, I see.
Steve Winwood is one of the great geniuses of the Rock era. He wrote and recorded his first hit songs at age 16, while with the Spencer David Group.
Blind Faith also had Eric Clapton, of whom it was widely claimed that he was G-d.
This used to be my song when the weekend rolled around and it was time to go get hammered. Shout out to any mates from hq meddac ft. sill 88-90 seeing this
Brad&Lex, you’ll love their “Well All Right”!!
"Do What You Like"...awesome Ginger Baker solo...😊
The great Steve Winwood. The same guy who sang lead in the Spencer Davis Group. He had one soulful vibe that was so unique.
Home is a metaphor for stuggling emotionally and in life and love.
Ginger Baker, the drummer on this, also played with Clapton, who is also on this, with the great band Cream. Ginger doesn't get near the recognition that others like Winwood or Clapton got. When you mentioned the beat Brad I just needed to say that Ginger was a rare breed. He was an eminently gifted jazz drummer. Incredible in everything he played on. There's an album to check out, Sunrise on the Sufferbus by Masters of Reality.
For me, this is a kick back, relax, and enjoying a drink/smoke. Summer afternoon happiness.
The simple artistry of blending fantastic key changes and a great voice…. This was a group comprised of just those masters. Great Choice B&L…
Memories,. thank you. Sitting in my trailer as a young man with the windows open,. a storm pouring rain outside and candles lit all over the living room with this song cranked up. Wasted,.. but already home,. lol
Love this song. Rock on Brad & Lex
I've always loved this song. In 1969, if someone said you were wasted, they meant from drugs and not alcohol. I went to the Atlanta Pop Festival in July of 1970, got wasted, and didn't find my way home for a year. So I can relate. 🙃♥
I don’t really think ‘wasted’ is used like that here. I grew up in the 70’s & 80’s, but always thought his reference to being wasted were, in this case, either spiritual or emotional.
Steve Winwood is a legend along with Clapton. Really would suggest doing some song from Winwood's other band, Traffic. His solo stuff is grand from "Higher Love". "Roll With It", "While You See a Chance" and "Valerie", Also, can't forget his work with Spencer Davis Group, "Gimme Gimme Some Lovin" and "I'm a Man".
Check out Steve's "fireplace" version tuned down low... it's amazing!
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The supergroup Blind Faith (Eric Clapton, formerly from Cream, as guitarist: Steve Winwood, formerly from Traffic, as organist and singer; Ginger Baker, formerly from Cream, as drummer; and an excellent bassist/violinist) had a short U.S. tour (14 concerts or so) in July and August of 1969, and my then-17-year-old brother and my then-almost-14-year-old self were fortunate to win tickets to see Blind Faith from a radio contest held by the FM-100 rock radio station in our hometown of Memphis - the tickets were to the tour stop which was geographically "closest" to Memphis, which was the Sunday August 3, 1969 concert at Kiel Auditorium, in St. Louis. My brother and I flew up from Memphis on Delta Airlines, saw a (then-brand-new, premiering) film "2001: A Space Odyssey" in the afternoon, saw the wonderful Blind Faith concert at Kiel, that evening; however, it had some unexpectedly lengthy encores; this caused us to miss our late-night ticketed Delta return flight to Memphis. We tried to hitch-hike (as was mostly quite safe and quite customary, in those years) on the nearby I-55 expressway for a ride to the airport in St. Louis, to call our parents and ask them to wire funds for a new return-flight airline ticket; however, co-incidentally, a trucker who gave us a ride was going not to or near that airport, but was going straight through (in the wee hours of the morning of Monday the 4th) a truck stop in West Memphis, Arkansas, before heading on I-40 south to Little Rock in Arkansas; of course, from our perspectives, it was a thousand times better and cheaper to do this, than to have gone to the St. Louis airport. We could then call our parents in Memphis from the truck stop in West Memphis, and explain the situation (there were no cellphones back then which would have allowed for an earlier call), and they were so delighted that we were both still alive and well that my father (a self-employed artist) left his office and picked us both us from the truck stop in West Memphis -- with NO questions asked !!!!! GREAT Memories -- except for the worries of my parents !!!!!
John Barley Corn Must Die is a must by this band.
It's a song that will take you back to the 60's. The 1660's.
One of my favorite songs. There is a killer electric version of this song on the Live from Hyde Park DVD and also on the deluxe version of the only Blind Faith studio album. This is such a great song, even live versions by Clapton without Stevie Winwood on vocals are outstanding. There is even a more current cover by former American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart with her dad on guitar on TH-cam. She also recorded it for her album "What's That Sound". Haley has rock roots since she performed with her parents rock band at a young age and now they accompany her. This is one of her favorite songs too.
When someone asks me about my favorite concert that I atttended, the Blind Faith concert always just jumps to the top.
That's what you call TALENT.
Look at you two with your rootsy classic rock explorations.
Amen.
Talk about talent! Steve Winwood on vocals, Eric Clapton on guitar, Ric Grech playing the bass and the great Ginger Baker on drums...two thirds of the band Cream were in this band
Steve Winwood is talking about Eric Clapton's worsening heroin addiction. One of the reasons Blind Faith only recorded one album is because Clapton's drug problems made him almost house-bound for 3 years. He rarely played live and went from one-off project to another.
Layla and a solo album was recorded after this- the full-blown heroin addiction was still nearly 2 years away.
Clapton was not doing heroin with any regularity until '70 or '71.
This is what us teenagers use to play on our way home from a night of partying, thanks for the memories 👍🥰
The rolling Stones started around 1964 and they're still going today. This was 1969. Steve winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Rik Gtretch.
January 1963 Stones started
One of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITES ❤️ of all times....in my top 5 of my life.
WOW. Thanks for doing this one, greatness...
Cream + Steve Winwood = Blind faith
Spent many a night sitting cross-legged on the floor with friends jamming to this album. A large old wire spool as a coffee table and an empty wine bottle for a candle holder...
Thank you for checking out my all-time favorite song❤️
A stone cold classic from one of the greatest rock albums of all time
I’ve loved this song since I was 12 years old.
A spirit all it's own. I hear my childhood in this one. Great song.
One of my favorite songs.
One of my all time favs - Steve Winwood is a master vocalist… definitely go down the rabbit hole. No disappointment ever ❤️
Another one I requested. Such the jam. This entire album is amazing.
Thanks for picking this alternate take to react to, Lurve this ! 😎🎸👍🏻
This song is on my sleep Playlist and I love it so much
After many years , a film was finally released of this band live . Winwood from TRAFFIC , Clapton and Baker from the CREAM , and their bass playing pal , and 100 thousand other friends grooving in the park .
you two are so funny with "I hope he don't find the keys he's drunk"
Ikr, lol, crack me up😆
This song has one of the greatest vibes in history. reminds me of southern rock a la Midnight Rider
Great choice...one of the best songs ever composed.
Many great covers of this song out there. The classics always get covered.
Chicken n Dumplings that's hilarious. Always love Lex and her food analogies for music.
One of my all time favorites..
Love this song so much!!!!!!!!!
Brad, you are hilarious! Love you, bro. You are SO literal!!! A lot of art is about metaphors and symbology, but it's all good. Hilarious, man, keep being you!
One of my favorites of all time
Thank you for sharing this with me
i'm now 71 and so lucky to have lived through this live !!!
Best description I've ever heard. Like "chicken-n-dumplins" smooth, creamy and tasty! Best ever.
Blind Faith was formed as a super group with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker of Cream, Steve Winwood of Traffic, and Rich Gretch from various groups. They were short lived, made one album, and had an abbreviated tour.
House Of Lords does a wicked awesome cover of this song!
Crap yes that is the band I just put it was Sahara, but that was the album it was one. I really think it was far superior.
Damn about freaking time!
Love this song 2 death it was my drinking song, I'm sober now tho.
Knew u would like it 🌹Lex.
Thank You 4 playing this song, I think imma bout to cry now.
🤘💀✌
The Title is "Blind Faith". The songs are "Presence of the Lord", "Sea of Joy", "Had to Cry Today". If there's 1 theme it's getting back to faith, though they were smart enough not to be specific. Beyond that, just another great superband risen from the ashes of Cream.
I binged watched y’all all day 8/6/2022. It was wonderful. Yes, I don’t have a job!
If the breathtaking beauty of Steve Winwood's voice and guitar playing doesn't give you the chills, you might be ready for the mortuary.
Love this song.
Steve Winwood is a musical prodigy from a child . You should listen to him do this song by his fireplace as an older man now....incredible!
so much great music from these guys
Someone is feeding you great songs ,cream I'm so glad
The best song by Blind Faith
Winwood on vocals, Clapton on guitar, Ginger on drums….. awesome band!!!
Brad, I love that you get into the song so quickly, no jacking around, time to get down to business.
This is a perfect song for Lex it kinda puts her in a mood.
I remember buying this album and the doors soft parade and playing the hell out of both albums
Song is so chill. Musician lineup is tops.
You’re hitting some of my faves here
If these musicians were to get together today they would be considered a SuperGroup.