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Can't Find My Way Home
"Can't Find My Way Home" is a song written by Steve Winwood that was first released by Blind Faith on their 1969 album ''Blind Faith''. ''Rolling Stone'', in a review of the album, noted that the song featured "Ginger Baker's highly innovative percussion" and judged the lyric "And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home" to be "delightful". Cover versions The song has been covered by many musicians. Brazilian singer and tropicalist composer Gilberto Gil recorded it on his 1971 studio album "Gilberto Gil" (a live version appeared as bonus track on CD as well). American blues guitarist Bonnie Raitt sang the song during her 1972 concert series. A bootleg recording with Raitt, Lowell George, John P. Hammond and Freebo has more than five million views on YouTube. Eric Clapton tapped Yvonne Elliman to sing the song during his 1976–77 concert tours, giving her the stage while he took a break. American glam metal band House of Lords covered the song on their 1990 album '' Sahara'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Faith
Blind Faith were an English supergroup featuring Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. They were eagerly anticipated by the music press following on the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and Winwood's former group Traffic, but they split after a few months, producing only one album and a three-month long summer tour. The group originated with informal jamming by Clapton and Winwood in early 1969 following the break-ups of Cream and Traffic. Baker joined them in rehearsals and they decided to form a group. Grech joined as the fourth member from the band Family in May, and they began recording their eponymous debut album. It drew controversy for featuring a photograph of a topless 11-year-old girl on the front cover, and it was issued with a different cover in the United States. The first Blind Faith concert was on 7 June in front of an estimated 100,000 fans in Hyde Park, London, but they fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |