by Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood are two musical icons who have each had musical careers spanning half a century. When you put them together on stage — it happened in February of 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City — you get 50 years of cascading Blues that have defined the hopes and emotions of three generations.
In this performance of “Can’t Find My Way Home” — not in New York City and not in Madison Square Garden — you can hear how Steve Winwood sounds just as young and fresh as he did in 1968. Clapton is also in full-force and the two of them together create a greater musical impulse than they ever could apart.
The record of the Clapton/Winwood performance in New York City is preserved in the 21-song compilation — “Live from Madison Square Garden” — and no real Blues fan should be without it because you’ve never heard “Low Down” or “Forever Man” or “After Midnight” or “Little Wing” or “Voodoo Chile” or “Cocaine” sung so well.
Thanks for sharing this awesome clip David, I had no idea about Steve Winwood…together they are an experience, really.
I see on Eric’s site there is the option to buy it on 3LP with a bonus lithograph. Big and beautiful! It looks wonderful, David 🙂
Steve Winwood is one of the best voices in modern music. His “While You See a Chance” was likely his biggest solo hit.
Very cool, Gordon! Do you prefer to buy only music on vinyl now?
Pretty much, David! My sole exceptions are CDs which are used for less than $5. (Inspiration! Article! 🙂
Love the article idea, Gordon! I’m going 100% digital with all my music as soon as possible. Putting iTunes libraries in the cloud like LaLa will the the best of everything and I hope Apple doesn’t ruin the promise of LaLa by messing up iTunes.
Eric and Steve are playing Paris together in 2010:
http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-tickets-clapton-winwood-paris-sale-23-december-gig-takes-place-25-may-2010
Don’t get me wrong — I have digital copies of all of my vinyl and I only listen to music digitally. For the touch and feel aspect, however, I am all about vinyl. 🙂
Ah! I thought you were one of those aural purists who will only listen to music live or on vinyl through a tube amp.
I wish! I’m actually afraid to play the vinyl on a record player unless I can one day get one of those big beautiful expensive laser record players that doesn’t damage records but still has the same vinyl sound. 🙂
How much does a laser record player cost?
$13,000 right now.
In theory, it’s a “lifetime investment”.
Chiefly because you don’t have to replace records that are rendered unplayable by playing them too often. 🙂
There’s only one company that makes them, that’s why they are so expensive — they are built to order like an Aston Martin.
Wow! Does the laser ever need to be replaced?
Ahhhhh. That explains it. Are they that much better sounding than a traditional needle?
Brilliant, thanks David.