Steve Winwood - Can't Find My Way Home & Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys (live Sioux City IA 7/3/2010)

[highplainsdem]

At the annual free Saturday in the Park concert:

[ProfessorGAC]

1. That First Song...

...was required learning for nearly everyone who started playing guitar in the 70s.
Such a nice flow to that riff. And, it can be simplified and still sound good, until one is good enough to play it spot on.
Also, fun to sing, though I've lost enough top end that I'm not sure I can sing it anymore. Stevie has the high clear top end.

[rubbersole]

2. The John Barleycorn album got a lot of play in our house.

Thanks, Professor and hpd!

[ProfessorGAC]

3. I Really Like Low Spark, Too

But, that song more needs a whole band and I never played in one where that fit our style.
But, the first one...Just pick up the guitar and start playing and singing. It lends itself to a solo thing. I even did a piano version of it when I did a piano bar thing once.

[highplainsdem]

6. Would love to hear your piano version. I just did some checking for a piano cover of the

song on YouTube, didn't find any I liked.

But I did run across this version again. Can't remember if I posted it here before.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Interesting

He goes to the F chord very differently from the original version.
It's easier to play that way, but it lacks the jarring element of going to that major chord off the minor 3rd.
I had a different "cheat" back when I was playing only a couple years, but once I had the skills to do it right, I never went back.

[highplainsdem]

4. You're welcome! I just love these songs, was happy to find a good performance

that I hadn't seen before.

[highplainsdem]

5. It's a really great song.

[ChcioInf]

7. Brilliant musician

Inspired an entire generation. Beautifully composed and performed.