Bonnie Raitt 12 - Can't Find My Way Home (orig. by Steve Winwood)

[rickytleg]

The best female singer of her generation - without exception!

[DarwinsFriend]

Oh shit - that's stunning.  Her own, special style.

[drmollusk1]

Quite Beautiful!

[rememrald30]

she sounds so young here.

[ralphsims]

@rememrald30 She's 23 when she did this--born in 1949. Her first album was released in '71 and her 2nd in '72. She put out an album a year for about 5 years beginning in '71. The one in '72 was her first "Gold".

[vman0310]

What a pure, beautiful voice. What a perfect song for singers to test their metal.

[2rjmom]

Thanks so much for posting this. It is great!

[barwencholita]

Bonnie was a child here... quite awesome!

[ThisWickedBullShit]

Go Bonnie! Beautiful version of a beautiful song.

[NooGods]

Who is the toad that gave this gem a thumb's down... must be deaf, dumb... and blind as well... in the "faith" sense? sheesh!

[bintasyllah]

I LOVE the version where she does this with Little Feat. I really wish she would have done more with it. Perhaps her and A. Krause. At any rate, I've heard Bonnie sing this song much better. Thanks for sharing.

[ralphsims]

@bintasyllah

I've been in on live sessions and have been in studios as well (benefits of trying to be a DJ in a past life). Solo performances are my favorite but when the performer has some other talent to play off of, the results can be significantly different. I'm a bit partial to the 'raw' feeling in this session--some of it seems absolutely spontaneous.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy!

[bintasyllah]

@ralphsims Well, I'm not a DJ nor have I done any since my college days, but the setting was very similar. No lights and glitter...it's actually that they happened both be giving an interview and it was an impromptu jam session. Perhaps that's what made it some much better than this. Here, apparently she thought about what she wanted to sound like, where as there, they had to agree on a song they knew relatively well to play --on the spot. Simply AMAZING how often our best work is unplanned

[vuduchild27]

@ralphsims

any idea who's on guitar here?

[ralphsims]

@vuduchild27

It's Bonnie Raitt. Freebo was on bass guitar (he played with Bonnie for about 10 years).

[brainsparkles]

I adore Bonnie Raitt, but the Blind Faith version of this song is absolutely definitive.

[ralphsims]

@brainsparkles

I think that's why they make different flavors of ice cream. :)

[samansun]

@ralphsims

CSN&Young went even further by inventing "mice cream" when then built their Find The Cost of Freedom on this.

[Fred101463]

Of course, it means something quite different when Bonnie Raitt sings this song. It's a great song, either by Blind Faith or Bonnie.

[moonshack]

oh man

[ojamz]

THAT WAS THE SHIZZLE

[mthivier]

She should have put this song on one of her albums. She nails it, may even surpass the original Blind Faith version.

[cobraman96]

Very true,Winwoods voice cracks a little on the high notes whearas she hits em dead on.Don't get me wrong though,i am a huge blind faith fan.

[Shackamaxon]

@mthivier Bonnie has a wonderful gift of taking these songs and making them her own. Her covers of Jackson Browne and John Prine are inspiring. I think her best cover, though, had to be Sippie Wallace's Women Be Wise.

[1RichardParr]

@mthivier don't know about surpassing but she sure as hell does it justice - great cover

[whiteboygotdawoowoos]

This is very good. Like it was written for her.