Song of the Day - "Can't Find My Way Home"
55 years ago today, this gorgeous tune by Blind Faith, debuted for the world on June 7th, 1969 by the band in their first ever concert, a free one in Hyde Park in London ...
clips below: Stevie intro-ing and then them playing it that day, the original recording of it, and then Stevie doing it solo at home in front of his fireplace in 2012...
[Mary Elaine LeBey]
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I found a link to Rachael Price performing with Mandolinist (Mandelin-orian?) Chris Thile. They NAIL IT!
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Ellen Mcilwaine – Honky Tonk Angel (1972)
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Can't Find My Way Home - Bonnie Raitt, Lowell George of Little Feat 1972 jam wait for it.. starts around 3.00
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From Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age 1945-2000 by Martin Torgoff
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Song of the Day - “Can’t Find My Way Home”
Today marks the 55th anniversary/birthday of Blind Faith.
This short-lived but magical band formed today, February 8th, 1969, in Berkshire, in England…
Made up of Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton, Rick Grech, and Ginger Baker, Blind Faith were a beautiful asteroid… They existed for just one year, did one brief tour, and gifted us exactly one album.
And it was enough.
If all they left us was this one song, it would be plenty.
“Can’t Find My Way Home” was written by Stevie Winwood, and, as nice as the original recording is (except for the overly-loud tambourine) .. do yourself the great favor of listening to Stevie doing this second recording of Stevie doing the song solo while sitting at his hearth…
I saw Stevie and Eric on a tour they did right around this time, at Madison Square Garden, and that stellar voice of Stevie’s is intact and maybe even better with age… it really restores one’s faith - blind or otherwise - in the lasting beauty of a great song… almost nothing better…
All Hail Stevie and Blind Faith
[Mary Elaine LeBey]
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