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  1. Clapton, Winwood Soar Again: NY Daily News 2/26/08
    February 26, 2008

    Clapton, Winwood Soar Again: NY...

    They didn't actually bill themselves as Blind Faith.

    But the band that played the Garden Monday night boasted the two most esteemed players from that sanctified '60s act, and they featured its signature material.

    While the classic-rock pair in question - Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood teased the world with a quickie warmup set at the Crossroads guitar festival in Chicago last July, they had not shared a stage for an entire evening since the dying days of Blind Faith in 1969.

    The two appear again tonight and Thursday with their unnamed band at the Garden. No other dates are scheduled.

     

    February 26, 2008 by User 0 Comments
  2. Clapton and Winwood Break Out Blind Faith, Hendrix at First Supergig 2/26/08, 11:55 am EST
    February 26, 2008

    Clapton and Winwood Break Out Blind...

    When Clapton and Winwood converged in London last week for rehearsals — with an all-star backing band consisting of bassist Willie Weeks, keyboardist Chris Stainton and drummer Ian Thomas — they decided to choose songs from each other’s catalogs to jam on. “There’s some perspective material that’s quite intricate and tricky and has got a lot of stuff going on,” Winwood told Rolling Stone before the gig. “And in some ways it’s best to head for simpler territory and then let the performance take over. Otherwise you spend all your time trying to remember bits and remember parts. So we’ve kind of erred a little bit on the simpler side. There’s a shed-load of material and we don’t have time to do all. We’ve honed it down and kept things that are better and more enjoyable to play.”

    February 26, 2008 by User 0 Comments
  3. Opening Night at MSG: 2/25/08
    February 25, 2008

    Opening Night at MSG: 2/25/08

    In The Press:

    "The musicians, who formed Blind Faith after Cream and Traffic dissolved, opened the show with Had to Cry Today, from the 1969 supergroup's sole, self-titled album. Vocally, Winwood took the lead with his keening tenor and embellished Clapton's muscular riffing with his own lyrical guitar work. Winwood was again at the fore on Blind Faith's Presence of the Lord."
    --Elysa Gardner, USA Today

     

    February 25, 2008 by Admin/Archivist @ SteveWinwood.com 0 Comments