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Steve Winwood — I'm Not Drowning
Album: Nine Lives
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Released: 2008
Length: 3:25
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Black night down heavy on my weary brow
Light shining in the pouring rain
Can see somehow cold comfort in the broken trees
But I won't let it bring me to my knees
I'm not flying, but I'm not drowning now
Keep driving, don't matter if the highway's lost
Keep running, never turn your head
Count the cost ghost waiting where the roads all cross
Big deal waiting when you get to meet the boss
Clouds are breaking, I'm not drowning now, drowning now
Flying, but I'm not drowning now

Sad old man smiling with a shameful grin
He thinks that we never can lose
Never beat the dealer when he cuts the pack
First back to front, then deal front to back
Now I'm flying, I'm not drowning now, drowning now
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 calypsus_1 wrote:

Eric Burdon & John Mayall & Jimi Hendrix & Steve Winwood & Carl Wayne by bp fallon

Probably about 5% of my record collection represented in this photo....
Posted 8 months ago by admonish37    [ Reply ]
 dublanica wrote:

Wow; what a GREATY photo!  Know them all but Carl Wayne.  Who did he paly with?
 

The Move (along with Roy Wood & Jeff Lynne).
Posted 3 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
"Fahr'n auf der Autobahn" Get off the freeway?!

Posted 4 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
Just upped my rating to a 9!
Posted 4 years ago by slates13    [ Reply ]
 dublanica wrote:

Wow; what a GREATY photo!  Know them all but Carl Wayne.  Who did he paly with?
 
Had to add SORRY for the bad speeling!
Posted 4 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Eric Burdon & John Mayall & Jimi Hendrix & Steve Winwood & Carl Wayne by bp fallon
 
Wow; what a GREATY photo!  Know them all but Carl Wayne.  Who did he paly with?
Posted 4 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:
It warms my heart to see a song thread, for one of the greatest rockers of ALL TIME, that contains no h8.  Not that it should.  Winwood is timeless.

 
Still true 3 years later!
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
This is a good album.  I can't believe it came out in '08 seems like only couple years ago.  Pretty much love everything this man puts out.
Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
There isn't a bad track on either of his most recent albums: Nine Lives in 08 or About Time in 04. Apart from that I am gob smacked by this radio station.  I bought a Naim Mu-So QB for the lady of the house in January, RP came up and said Naim hasn't been tuned to anything else since. (apart from a brief spell when panic we thought we had lost it - this because RP came on before we had read the instructions.  Clearly after we has been snared who needed the instructions?  It's been a couple of months and I now twitch if I miss my RDA...) If Bob reads these strings what about some Dream Gerrard
Posted 6 years ago by WeAdmire    [ Reply ]
Saw him open for Tom Petty back in 2014.  TP was great, but we would have appreciated more Steve Winwood.
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
I once heard Jim Capaldi describe him as "pound for pound, the finest musician England has produced." Hard to dispute that. Saw him last month, still going very strong.
Posted 6 years ago by snelson056    [ Reply ]
 Albert1967 wrote:

On of the finest musicians of pop . . . IMO.

reminds me of John Lee Hooker a bit . . . 

 
Funny how John Lee Hooker came on after this...

Bill must be listening! 
Posted 7 years ago by drictor    [ Reply ]
Wow - so good.  Thanks Steve.
Posted 7 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
Simple. Perfect.
Posted 8 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
It warms my heart to see a song thread, for one of the greatest rockers of ALL TIME, that contains no h8.  Not that it should.  Winwood is timeless.
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
I'm glad he's the same boy he used to be — and so am I! Infused with the timeless, ageless Spirit of Music, we are all Immortal Beings!
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
excellent man
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
He's certainly a more talented musician than a speaker.
Posted 10 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
very nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
WOW!  I love Stevie Winwood, but wasn't familiar with this one.  This is what I tune in to RP for.........THANK YOU!
And many thanks to the person who posted the photo!
Posted 11 years ago by creekgirl    [ Reply ]
Fantastic for the begin of my day!!!{#Bananapiano}
Posted 12 years ago by MaryAndrea    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Eric Burdon & John Mayall & Jimi Hendrix & Steve Winwood & Carl Wayne by bp fallon
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bpfallon/

Photographer unknown

Copyright All rights reserved
 
That's one bad-ass Mothaf*er!

Posted 12 years ago by Vinni_NL    [ Reply ]
Okay, I have to bump this one up. I love the groove, and Winwood's voice has mellowed a bit. Crap - more music I can't afford but can't afford to live without... {#Bounce}
Posted 12 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]

Eric Burdon & John Mayall & Jimi Hendrix & Steve Winwood & Carl Wayne by bp fallon
Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Little Stevie Winwood hasn't aged much, has he?
Posted 13 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
So easy to listen to this song & the entire CD. He was fabulous in concert this past summer.

Posted 13 years ago by howardzb    [ Reply ]
{#Roflol}hadn't heard this before... sounds great!

Posted 13 years ago by sfearll    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Yay!  Someone told him the 80's are over.  It's ok to come back home.
Posted 13 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Freakish talent, so much feeling. Can´t say enough about the man.
Posted 13 years ago by dyharenas    [ Reply ]
 howardzb wrote:
Love that tune. Looking forward to seeing him open for Santana on July 11

 


Sounds like a great show!
Posted 13 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
But for ultimate video using Stevie's music, then Eric Prydz's sampling from "Valerie", as used in the basically near-pornographic "Call on Me" is probably the best video....

Posted 13 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
I like this more every time I hear it. Great hook.
Posted 13 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Majestic, as you'd expect. Old fans will enjoy checking out some of the youtube footage of SW & EC.
Personally I love his 80's stuff as well.

Posted 13 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]

Wow, can that guy sing. no wonder he was considered for lead singer in practically every band that was formed in england between 67 and...


Posted 13 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
I'm only twelve bars into this song, and I already love it!  Good to hear some newer stuff from him. {#Bounce}{#Sunny}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Love that tune. Looking forward to seeing him open for Santana on July 11

Posted 13 years ago by howardzb    [ Reply ]
This makes me very happy.
Posted 13 years ago by tprimeau    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
Very nice. Love the simple guitar work. That Winwood guy ain't half bad...
 
On of the finest musicians of pop . . . IMO.

reminds me of John Lee Hooker a bit . . . 
Posted 14 years ago by Albert1967    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Love the simple guitar work. That Winwood guy ain't half bad...
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 michaelgmitchell wrote:

 

Yea, what he said.
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 sharkartist wrote:
So good to see Steve Winwood back in good form again after the dreck he was churning out in the 80's. His last two releases are excellent efforts and puts him firmly back into the venerable postion he deserves. Thanks Bill for putting this one in rotation, I was waiting to hear some of this new record turn up on RP.





Venerated indeed. Steve is generally regarded as one of the most talented musicians in the business.



Posted 14 years ago by brander    [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Wow, this guy got so overplayed in the 1980s that it was hard to imagine hearing him again without groaning.  (Kind of like John Travolta after the 1970s.)  But this isn't bad at all.
Posted 14 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
Wow. Ok. That's how it's done.

Sweet, groove blues.

Very cool.

Posted 14 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
I didnot see the song title, but knew, that this song is so nice for me!


Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]

Another in a long long series of fantastic Winwood tunes. Sweet and simple.



Posted 14 years ago by slates13    [ Reply ]
Outstanding!
Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
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nine lives cover
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Good song from a good album.
Posted 14 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
Perhaps you meant "venerated." Venerable means something that has merit largely by virtue of age, which, of course Winwood does at this point, but I don't think he'd really like that being his chief attribute. (And, of course, he first showed up at about age 10 or something doing a mean sendup of Ray Charles, so he couldn't have been venerable at that point.)

Venerated means that something is revered or held in high esteem, which Winwood generally is, although some crab suggested he was dragging down Clapton on that great remake of Can't Find My Way Home that's been getting some play. No accounting for taste, I suppose. (To wit: I thought this song dragged—maybe a 5—and it rates over a 7 with RPers.)

 sharkartist wrote:
So good to see Steve Winwood back in good form again after the dreck he was churning out in the 80's. His last two releases are excellent efforts and puts him firmly back into the venerable postion he deserves. Thanks Bill for putting this one in rotation, I was waiting to hear some of this new record turn up on RP.
 

Posted 14 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
Never heard this before . So now you know the reason because i was looking for RP. In Germany I could not find one station that plays such good stuff as this is. Thank you !

Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Irresistable foot tapping blues.
Posted 14 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
So good to see Steve Winwood back in good form again after the dreck he was churning out in the 80's. His last two releases are excellent efforts and puts him firmly back into the venerable postion he deserves. Thanks Bill for putting this one in rotation, I was waiting to hear some of this new record turn up on RP.
Posted 14 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
{#Whisper}Bill, I think the needle's stuck.

Doesn't this song sound a bit repetitive?
Posted 14 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
I think R L Burnside might have liked this.
I just got the PMaPoL joke. :-)
Posted 14 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:
this is a long way from Bake me a pie of love.
 


Posted 14 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Smooth, exquisite  down-to-earth bluesy sound. Liked it a lot.
Posted 14 years ago by YKV    [ Reply ]
this is a long way from Bake me a pie of love.
Posted 14 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 Gardenho wrote:
This is an awesome side of him I've never heard before....love it.
 

I was thinking the same thing. Like hearing his bluesy side. Really digging this.
Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
One of the purest white-soul voices ever!
Posted 14 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
Road Tested. He still sounds great!
Posted 15 years ago by inmanart    [ Reply ]
This is an awesome side of him I've never heard before....love it.
Posted 15 years ago by Gardenho    [ Reply ]
I regret that I didn't appreciate or recognize Steve Winwood enough in the day. Grateful to RP for doing opening my ears now. Thanks Bill, Rebecca and crew. 


Posted 15 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
This guy has put out a ton of good music over the years.  About Time, Refugees of the Heart, and this one are good albums pretty much beginning to end.

Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Steve is always a treat to here. check out his performance on the Crossroads 2007 DVD.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Hmm, his voice has aged.  Better for a bluesy song like this, of course.
Posted 15 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
WOW I love it what a great simplistic tune by a great musician Go Stevie

Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
uh, i'm the first one who comments on this song. :-)

i thought i've heard this song already today?
Posted 15 years ago by dö    [ Reply ]