"Take Me To The River" Steve Winwood,Eric Clapton,etc. @ The ARMS Concert,London 1983

From the all star ARMS concerts to benefit Ronnie Lane's MS charity in 1983

[@user-ty4pk7nb5d]

I seriously think that it doesn’t get any better than this. If it does you’re in heaven 😮

[@Eowyn187]

🎤

[@briggs13a]

steve winwood the gold standard of his genre,his daughter is also very talented .

[@Grorge-en4em]

Lilly is absolutely Brilliant...Gorgeous woman too

[@detroitlady9282]

Love Clapton and Winwood together! The best!

[@brandonparish5229]

no better combo in music that's for sure

[@gudniolafsson5200]

Old Blind-Faith sound ✨✨✨

[@allanbriggs807]

@@gudniolafsson5200 It's interesting that Clapton left Blind Faith to go to Delaney Bonnie & Friends (and then to Derek & the Dominoes) Eric left Blind Faith to join DB&F because he thought they were a superior band (and I agree)

[@karlweber416]

Stevie one the best singer in the business with power to spare!! Alot of power in his singing!!

[@Ohioblues]

What a hell of a group of musicians!

[@wss2598]

All are the best at their position.

[@user-mq8qm7zu3i]

Kenny Jones from Small Faces on drums.

[@anngreen3495]

Love Winwood. He may be a small man, but he's head and shoulders above everyone

[@robertaferugheli4957]

Great rendition. .Al Green would love it. All that talent on one stage.

[@kevincharles4505]

Steve has been performing since AGE FIFTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@decacards5250]

He still looks 15. LOL.

[@kaydailey6384]

Fourteen

[@timo5601]

Age 8 with his father and brother.

[@prathameshbhambure]

Great to see Eric killin it in '83. Such a hero!

[@josephlemko3027]

Man! Winwood's vocal is fantastic in this recording. The rest of the group is pretty good also. Thanks for posting this performance.Peace!

[@Grorge-en4em]

I know you know but for those who havent figured it out yet...It gets NO better than this....ever

[@arye52]

3 drummers ❤

[@CowanSubd]

Roger that, and @ least 2 of 'em are quite famous! 🥁

[@rockdinosaur666]

Had this on VHS years ago. Forgot how good it was.

[@willcarpenter8823]

Glad to have shared a life time with them.

[@ursulabornhauser1091]

Eric the love of my life😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@zydeco2378]

I was there, what else can I say... what a night !

[@openwheel1739]

One of my absolute fave moments of live music.

[@ddmr44]

One of my favorite songs and performances. I keep coming back to listen to this.

[@alantaylor8916]

Fantastic gig! legends all.

[@Rankerbill1]

An unforgettable experience. They were all there for little Ronnie bless him

[@markchronister4620]

I seem to recall some of the UKs great rockers in the 60s talking about going to see this little kid who sounded like Ray Charles.

[@johnattard8249]

one of the top artists liked him since spencer davis and he still has it go Stevie

[@marthajf73]

I think I've found my favorite Steve winwood song. Maybe. This guy is just GREAT!!!

[@judithspaun9840]

marthajf73 m

[@maryrimmer9133]

My favorite is the one I'm listening to at the moment!

[@barlahamaguirre1986]

"Take me to the river"...the river of rock...what a band !!!

[@thomasengland9771]

I've seen Steve winwood in the '80s best concerts I've ever seen

[@marthajf73]

Still love Steve Winwood

[@Pashasmom1]

Andy Fairweather-Low is one of the most underrated musicians/singers ever.

[@lessehead]

Bunni ArmaniHe opened for Clapton when I saw him. My son and I thought Fairweather Low was terrible, simply unlistenable. No one paid attention to him, he was that bad.

[@perrychang6659]

@@lessehead Is that Fairweather-Low playing bass?

[@lessehead]

@@perrychang6659 yes

[@ddmr44]

@@perrychang6659 No, AF-L is center, singing harmony.

[@wss2598]

@@perrychang6659 No he is on second guitar and vocals.

[@sonshi12nsp]

Audio and stereo separation is top class plus great piano.

[@stephengialanedlla8891]

Wonderful Voice Steve

[@shirleymuhleisen683]

This is such an amazing song-so many wonderful takes on it over the years. (Hat tip to Al Greene)

[@vaneipontes3279]

Simply Greats Musicians 🎶🎼🎵🎸😎

[@karenr.sternberg1920]

Anyone know who is on keyboard? Since we know it's not Winwood. Maybe Chris Stainton?

[@glh-zs7mf]

Incredible feel to this, fabulous, does music ever get better than this!?

[@robinlong1653]

Things don't get better than Steve... He was amazing when he was 15 years old and he always will be ..he's been doing this for a lifetime ... And I'm lucky I was 14 when I 1st heard him😉

[@susancohen8956]

It seriously doesn't get any better than this group of musicians and the ARMS concert. Wow I could listen every night ❤

[@maryrimmer9133]

Such a great song and artists

[@thelake333]

God, I LOVE this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vincentzito3933]

I used to have this concert on VHS tape... I'm sure I wore it out.

[@Pedrob45923]

Fantastic!

[@anitamrohs9700]

I,AM A DANCER TO THIS PRETTY MUSIC 💃💃💃 THANK YOU SO MUCH STEVE WINWOOD😍

[@chumbochum]

This is awesome - really kicks some serious ass!!!

[@danieljohnson8380]

Brilliant, Steve and Eric together with the other great musos sound great.

[@wendymcgrath7561]

Oh yeah Baby..............so so good!!!

[@brendabrown7864]

Saw them both in 1990 two different concerts in Nashville, they were both incredible amazing. Can close my eyes and still see them. Beautiful memories. Thank you for sharing this video and God Bless 🙏🏽♥️🎸♥️

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

Great stuff thank you

[@suegreenwood5464]

love it!

[@marthajf73]

Superb!

[@TBBrickYT]

My my my MY!!! Have mercy!!! Rock music at its finest.❤❤❤

[@hulala7566]

I dig Steve Winwood. Saw him last summer at Bethel/Woodstock, and he was absolutely fabulous! But never saw him quite this young...thanks for sharing!

[@judyjudy51]

Check him out in the 60s/ Spencer Davis - and with Blind Faith. He started young.

[@jraeharrington]

OK now I'm feeling old...I was just thinking how much younger he looked when I saw him (I'm thinking 1974?) LOL Still sounds great in 2021!

[@williamdouglass808]

@@judyjudy51

[@williamdouglass808]

dont 4-get his band Traffic & thanks remind me spencer davis & blind faith

[@andrewkeightley5952]

...I seen some gigs - some I've seen have become history - but I would' sacrifice a toe to be time-warped back to this one....

[@carolineraymond2818]

2 toes... even 3.

[@rafaelmauricio8018]

Sensacional...❗✌

[@ivanosantino4634]

Steve fantastico

[@gorkemkirkegaard7022]

THE song, the performance & that's the happening when it happens.Catch the SHOW when it comes to your town ---

[@mk1553ab]

Are you a descendant of Rene Descartes, a great mathematician but horseshit dual cartesian philosopher ?

[@garycooper3090]

We never see times like this anymore. Sure did like them 80s

[@joanbear4785]

I am in love with Steve

[@markchacon7002]

We saw this Ronnie Lane conert @ Cow~Palace in S.F. Dec.1981 in memorie of Stevie my brother🌉🌉🗿🎤🌉🌉R.I.P.

[@vibekeschneidermann689]

But this is from London. Winwood wasn't in Cow Palace. Joe Cocker took his place.

[@veyseldurlu7258]

Winwood must sing as many songs as possible so songs gets another dimension

[@smtube23]

Huh?

[@marthajf73]

Stevie is covering this in the style that Al Green sings it

[@doonthepan]

fairweather low vocals with stevie. nice groove.

[@joycejohnson7164]

such young men!!

[@zosia5127]

What a marvelise heart.

[@rightasrain771]

Ok

[@normatible9795]

Good. Now is my chance to hear Steve winwood in a lower voice

[@garybelenke4370]

That was fun!

[@christarogl8066]

a very hard time for me separation from my deep love but divine music time began getting bad inthe eighties the fifties sixties and seventies were the best years on the planet

[@willcarpenter8823]

Plenty of talented friends

[@vc23]

I think Steve and Andy's voices blend very well together, there was another couple of songs during this concert where the 2 of them sang together.

[@khalidmoghul7321]

Legendary

[@LadyLakeMusic]

Badass 🔥

[@kennewicksheri]

crank those speakers to 11.. sing and dance along with me... Take me !!

[@iantpls]

What a cream of the crop musicians.

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

I WAS 17...I HAD THE SUPER SESSION ALBUM LISTEN IF YOU HAVEN'T...

[@gmichaelhale]

Yes, that's Charlie Watts on drums.

[@danjoda755]

Great catch, thank you ✌

[@smwrbd]

And Kenny Jones.

[@kaydailey6384]

When it isn't Kenney Jones

[@draganmarkovic9205]

And Ray Cooper

[@jraeharrington]

Yeah I caught that! Wow! #RocknRollMashUp So cool

[@marklaurens8177]

Great great song and great preformance. Sang the song myself: Mark Laurens Take me to the river.

[@willcarpenter8823]

Now that's EC. Winwood.

[@deeshort594]

Love me some eric clapton

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Great to see Charlie Watts again - RIP!

[@raybede]

Messrs Watts and Cooper on drums. No wonder the whole thing is so tight!!What a line up eh?A The great Steve can sing so well and don't they all look so young!!!

[@Jackle61]

It was 36yrs ago.

[@alanhowell3646]

And kenny jones

[@SandraSilva-gj5kb]

❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

[@toddhope2]

I can hardly think of any voice that expresses more than Steve's. But this is one song that can't be topped by the original musicians, Talking Heads.

[@bluesharpbobny]

It's an Al Green song

[@toddhope2]

@@bluesharpbobny Oh. Thanks for taking time to educate me. Appreciate it. I'll go look up Al Green.

[@pzbooth1]

Wow

[@melissatyree566]

Paying respect to the talking heads, take me to the river.

[@bluesharpbobny]

It's actually an Al Green song, this version has more in common with it than the Talking head's cover.

[@melissatyree566]

@@bluesharpbobny ...sir you are correct. I, have the talking heads version. Great song always. Greetings from ohio.🙋‍♀️

[@kennethj.benton8641]

@@bluesharpbobny isn't it a Syl Johnson song?

[@bluesharpbobny]

​@@kennethj.benton8641 Green wrote & recorded it in 1974, it was only an album cut at the time & wasn't released as a single. Hi Records gave the song to Johnson in 1975.

[@christopherthomas2445]

I can't believe I've never seen this

[@jakeyccc5788]

I was at the show almost fell out

[@dommccaffry3802]

I was there

[@alanhowell3646]

Dom Mccaffry me too

[@esamakinen8871]

Please note that E.C is playing Stratocaster with rosewood fretboard. This is only time that i´ve seen anything like this. He´s normally playing with maple fretboard, more slipperin, he says.

[@Roberto_Ricciardi]

I think you're confusing Clapton with Andy Fairweather Low, since Eric is playing Blackie here. Or maybe it's just a matter of light, that makes the very worn out maple fingerboard of Blackie look like a rosewood one.

[@alanhowell3646]

No that’s definitely a maple board

[@andyclayton9204]

Looks like Kenney Jones and Charlie Watts on drums

[@grandcanyonmaster]

& Charlie Watts on fuckin' drums thanx

[@flaviaromano9834]

... to the River ... with you ... tell me ... take me to the River ... ehehh ...

[@billowens8051]

Great, smoking' version of one of my all-time favorite songs. Three freaking drummers and they meshed incredibly well - without getting in each other's way. Does this concert exist on DVD or Blu-Ray?

[@bluesharpbobny]

I believe you can get a DVD of the concerts from Amazon, etc. , but apparently they're bootleg copies & there are numerous complaints about poor video quality.

[@vibekeschneidermann689]

@@bluesharpbobny The quality of this from Royal Albert Hall is actually pretty good. But the ARMS concert from Cow Palace, USA, is a bootleg that has trouble with the colours.

[@frogeregis]

♥♥♥

[@glennmorris3370]

Jones and watts driving behind the blind Faith acolyte legends- quite kool- wots fer tea daughter.

[@smtube23]

Santana Sativa morning blend!

[@JAMIEGIANNA]

👍🤘😎

[@soaringvulture]

So you got yer band and Steve Winwood wants to sit in. Now, he's better than your lead singer. He's better than your guitar player. Don't even think about keyboards. Where do you put him?

[@marthajf73]

soaringvulture-Right up front!

[@adrianabrown9341]

soaringvulture I totally agree

[@jx14aby]

Anywhere he wants.

[@celticgodsoriginal]

Give him Clapton's guitar, he's pissed to the gills

[@valeriethompson1166]

In the hall of fame I guess..

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

Weed and talking ....best medicine ever

[@jimibartlett7531]

Check out the aynsley lister live version!! No messin!

[@blusmahn]

Looks like it's been digitally re-mastered ! have never seen a clearer video even when it was originally on MTV ! THANKS so much Bob R for posting this ! Is it out on Video somewhere ?

[@bluesharpbobny]

Not as far as I can find anywhere. This is from the old VHS tape.

[@blusmahn]

Get it transferred to a dvd ! It is a fantastic show that probably will never get on DVD or BluRay. And thanks again for posting !!

[@faridginanjar2562]

Take me to the river Wis madang

[@tbay]

Clapton & Winwood should've done more together.

[@reneematte8426]

La🐺de France ❤la 🎼Take Me To The River" Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton,etc. @ The ARMS Concert,London 1983 ¸.•'**☆ ╰⊰✿ 🎹🎸

[@rosemarygranat4541]

Good morning to all

[@lauriekemp3998]

Wait WHAT?!? Is that Charlie Watts!?!?!? Rest in Peace darling Charlie

[@paulnegoita5242]

The drumer run quick together

[@bruceriley4063]

Ray Cooper and Charlie Watts on drums. I think.

[@bluesharpbobny]

yes

[@hamupinhere]

+Bruce Riley Kenny Jones too.

[@gmichaelhale]

That's right.

[@marthajf73]

Is one of the drummers Levon Helms?

[@smtube23]

Definitely Charlie!