An impressive array of rare eric clapton firebird photos, live videos and soundclips in which eric is playing the newly acquired 1964 gibson firebird i guitar he purchased in april 1968. Fender custom shop eric clapton crossroads blind faith. Eric claptons supergroup blind faith release their selftitled album. Chris had come out to new york at the start of the tour and bought himself a pontiac firebird. Blind faith were an english supergroup featuring steve winwood, eric clapton, ginger baker, and ric grech, active in mostly 1969. The us tour continued until the groups final concert on 24 august in hawaii, after which the group split. Blind faiths concert performances can be placed into three distinct phases. This was a supergroup comprised of members of cream eric clapton and ginger baker and steve winwood of traffic. The trio recorded one short album, which yielded the staples cant find my way home and presence of the lord, and embarked on a highly successful but personally disastrous for clapton u. You are bidding on a concert tour book from a blind faith show in 1969 the band consisted of eric clapton, steve winwood, ginger baker, rick grech and robin turner. Blind faith album released with controversial cover. Blind faith 1969 hardcover tour program winwood clapton. Chris was devoted to stevie and stigwood was devoted to his cheque book. Blind faith february 21, 2001 music critic tom moon says a new release by the old band blind faith is an example of the revival of freeform rock and roll.
Considered the first supergroup with members from cream and traffic. Blind faith concert tour book program 1969 hardcover. This was followed by a series of dates in scandinavia through the rest of the month, followed by a us tour starting. Sleeping in the ground is a song that didnt see its official release until claptons crossroads box set in 1988 and the traffic song.
The iconic original was featured on creams farewell tour later that year, as a replacement for his the fool sg, and then on the blind faith tour in 1969. Live rig of eric clapton during the farewell tour of cream. Cant find my way home is one of the hippie eras most lyrically. Blind faith lp recorded live along the us tour not tmoq takrl orig shrink wrap. Blind faith us tour book rare 1969 us 34page 12 square glossy hardback book, produced for the bands julyaugust tour. Open for lunch and dinner, firebirds features handcut steaks, fresh seafood and signature specialty dishes, we offer daily scratch made soups, entree salads. A short description of each concert phase is presented below. The rock band blind faith, composed of steve winwood, eric clapton, ginger baker and rick grech played a small number of gigs in england, scandinavia and the united states between june and august 1969. Eric with blind faith marshall amps and a gibson firebird.
The shortlived classicrock supergroup blind faiths sole album has aged remarkably well. In 1969, blind faith fused the psychedelic blues of eric clapton and the soulful vocals and keyboards of steve winwood with the polyrhythmic, afrocentric leanings of drummer ginger baker. Blind faith s concert performances can be placed into three distinct phases. Blind faith midwest rock festival 1969 upgrade youtube. Under my thumb is played as it was at their debut hyde park show but apparently gets dropped from the set for the american tour. Even more so when you discover that slow hand also frequently played a singlepickup firebird one during his time with blind faith, delaney and bonnie, and even cream. Before the band jelled into a cohesive unit, a selftitled album was released and they set out on an extensive u.
My buddy is reading a clapton book which gives the release date as aug 19, 1969. The hyde park free concert in early june 1969, the scandinavian concert tour of mid june 1969, and the north american concert tour of july and august 1969. Blind faith midwest rock festival 1969 1cd giginjapan. Blind faith in the late 60s, the term supergroup was hardly a part of the english lexicon. Blind faith us tour book us tour programme 404470 tour book. Blind faith faded away after less than a year together. Blind faith eric clapton, ginger baker, steve winwood and rick grech the. Eric with his firebird acoustic guitar cake, guitar guy, guitar players, gibson.
Upon its release in july 1969, the bands first and only album blind faith topped both the uk chart. The blues and rock fusion of blind faith obviously has roots in the sounds of cream and traffic. Firebirds wood fired grill known for its bold flavors, scratch kitchen and inviting atmosphere specializes in classic american cuisine prepared over an authentic woodfired grill. Blind faith released their only album, blind faith, in august 1969. Death has no mercy eric clapton blind faith tour 1969 blind faith, eric. Firebirds international, llc firebirds wood fired grill. They were eagerly anticipated by the music press as a continuation of clapton and bakers former group cream and winwoods former group traffic, but they split after one album and tour the group originated with informal jamming by clapton and winwood in early 1969. Blind faiths 1969 landmark for halfspeed vinyl reissue. It topped the album charts in the uk, canada and us, and was listed at no.
Blind faith vinyl records and cds for sale musicstack. It shows some wear in the gloss on the hard cover, and t is some wear on the corners and in one spot on the right edge of the front cover. Own a guitar from eric claptons personal collection wheres eric. Blind faith famously played in londons hyde park in june 1969, ahead of the albums release, and went on to european dates before their one and only north american tour in july and august of. Blind faith is the selftitled and only album by the english supergroup blind faith, originally released in 1969 on polydor records in the united kingdom and europe and on atlantic records in the united states. The pair ended up jamming with former cream drummer ginger baker, and one of rocks first supergroups, blind faith, was born. Traffic 70s music, film music books, rock music, the spencer davis group.
Cream live 1968 farewell tour royal albert hall, clapton on the firebird white room. It narrates the story of serena who was brutally raped at the young age of 15 which leaves her emotionally scarred, hurt and close and also physically blind. The first gig, on 7 june at hyde park, london was witnessed by 100,000 fans. Get blind faith setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other blind faith fans for free on setlist. This crowdsourced book collects decades of rock and roll fans unseen photos. Blind faith, which also includes steve winwood, ric grech and ginger baker, release just the. Fender custom shop master builder todd krause crafted this loving tribute to eric claptons blind faith era tele. It is almost the exact size of a record album, but its very slightly smaller. Blind faith onstage in detroit, this widely regarded as the only known shot of the full band from their only american tour. Blind faith album released with controversial cover 1969. Eric clapton guitar vocals steve winwood keyboards guitar bass vocals rick grech bass electric violin ginger baker drums. He used the guitar with cream on various dates up until their final show in november 1968 at royal albert hall. Blind faith were an english supergroup featuring steve winwood, eric clapton, ginger baker.
Blind faiths debut was at a free concert in londons hyde park on 7 june 1969. Blind faith albumoriginal release date steve hoffman. Eric clapton with blind faith, 1969 music icon, my music, freddie mercuri. London hyde park 1969 is the official video album by blind faith of their appearance at a free concert held in hyde park in london on 7 june 1969.
Blind faith were an english bluesrock band that comprised eric clapton, ginger baker, steve winwood and ric aka rick grech. This was for the historic blind faith tour in 1969. Blind faith formed in london, england, in late read more. Get the best deals on blind faith lp vinyl records when you shop the largest online selection at. Gibson custom eric clapton crossroads 1964 firebird i vos. The concert was the bands debut performance and took place two months before the release of their debut album, blind faith in august 1969. They released one album, performed some concerts in england, completed one major united states tour, and. I read somewhere else that is was released in july. A 1964 bound tele custom that had the neck from claptons famed brownie 56 strat swapped in, the original was first featured in a performance with cream for a danish film in late 1968, but more publicly at one of blind faith s very first public shows at the first of four 1969. Clapton became increasingly isolated during the tour, preferring to spend time with support act delaney.
Blind faith midwest rock festival wisconsin state fair park grounds west allis, wisconsin july 26, 1969 1st generation audience from the jems archive. On the cover is a photo of a naked 11yearold girl holding a model spacecraft. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of polydor records. Blind faith by kimberley reeves is an achingly moving tale. Some individuals used to think that led zeppelin and the. Amazon blind faith is a shortlived super group that included eric clapton and ginger baker from cream, steve winwood from traffic, and rich grech from family. New listing vinyl lp record blind faith selftitled vintage 1969 sd33304b. Gibson custom eric clapton 1964 firebird i vos electric guitar. Eric claptons 1964 gibson firebird i guitar clapton cream photos. It has to be a tour book for the one blind faith tour in 1969. The band, which was one of the first supergroups, released their only album, blind faith, in august 1969. Its outfitted with a newlydeveloped alnico v firebird pickup to. It seems like i cant get a definitive release date for the blind faith album. In mid1968 cream were in the process of a messy split despite having sold millions of albums and.