In late 1968, Traffic disbanded, with guitarist Dave Mason leaving the group for the second time prior to the completion of the Traffic album. In 1969, Steve Winwood joined the supergroup Blind Faith, while drummer and lyricist Jim Capaldi and woodwinds player Chris Wood turned to session work. Wood and Winwood also joined Blind Faith's drummer Ginger Baker in his post-Blind Faith group Ginger Baker's Air Force for their first album, Ginger Baker's Air Force (1970).[5] At the beginning of 1970, after the demise of Blind Faith, Winwood returned to the studio ostensibly to make his first solo album, originally to be titled Mad Shadows. He recorded two tracks with producer Guy Stevens, "Stranger to Himself" and "Every Mother's Son", but yearned for like-minded musicians to accompany. Inviting Wood and Capaldi to join him, Winwood's erstwhile solo album became the reunion of Traffic (minus Dave Mason), and a re-launch of the band's career.[6] Mad Shadows would go on to be the title of Mott the Hoople's second album, also produced by Guy Stevens, and the new Winwood/Traffic album took its title from one of its tracks and became John Barleycorn Must Die. As did most of their albums, this one featured influences from jazz and blues, but the version of the traditional English folk tune that provided the album's title, "John Barleycorn", also showed the musicians attending to a modern interpretation of traditional folk music in the vein of contemporary British bands Pentangle and Fairport Convention. The album was reissued for compact disc in the UK on 1 November 1999, with five bonus tracks, including three recorded in concert from the Fillmore East in New York City. In the US, the remastered reissue of 27 February 2001 included only the two studio bonus tracks. Steve Winwood oversaw a deluxe edition that was released on 15 March 2011,[7] featuring the original studio album, digitally remastered on disc one, plus a second disc of bonus material, including more of the Fillmore East concert, with alternate mixes and versions of album tracks.
"Glad" (Winwood) – 00:00
"Freedom Rider" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 06:59
"Empty Pages" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 12:29
"I Just Want You to Know" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 17:05
"Stranger to Himself" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 18:35
"John Barleycorn" (Traditional/Winwood) – 22:32
"Every Mother's Son" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 28:59
"Sittin' Here Thinkin' of My Love" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 36:07
"Backstage and Introduction" (live) (Capaldi/Winwood) – 39:40
"Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring" (live) (Capaldi/Winwood/Wood) – 41:30
"Glad" (live) (Winwood) – 48:26
======================
++++++++++++++++++++++
======================
Na versão de I Shall be Released do The Last Waltz (aquela dirigida pelo Scorsese), o panteão de feras presente é inimaginável:
Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John and Van Morrison
"Glad" (Winwood) – 00:00
"Freedom Rider" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 06:59
"Empty Pages" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 12:29
"I Just Want You to Know" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 17:05
"Stranger to Himself" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 18:35
"John Barleycorn" (Traditional/Winwood) – 22:32
"Every Mother's Son" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 28:59
"Sittin' Here Thinkin' of My Love" (Capaldi/Winwood) – 36:07
"Backstage and Introduction" (live) (Capaldi/Winwood) – 39:40
"Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring" (live) (Capaldi/Winwood/Wood) – 41:30
"Glad" (live) (Winwood) – 48:26
======================
++++++++++++++++++++++
======================
“Relaxe...”
“Só preciso de um lugar onde possa colocar minha cabeça...”
Na versão de I Shall be Released do The Last Waltz (aquela dirigida pelo Scorsese), o panteão de feras presente é inimaginável:
Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wood, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John and Van Morrison