Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die with 12tone: Songs You Need To Know
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When Steve Winwood entered the studio in 1970 after the breakup of his supergroup Blind Faith, he intended to record a solo album. However, with the recruitment of two of his former Traffic bandmates, that solo album turned into Traffic’s fourth album, one of their most celebrated - John Barleycorn Must Die. It’s a classic album that relies on all of Traffic’s blues, jazz and rock influences. But amid all of these exciting progressive sounds, lies the album’s remarkable (and a little unusual) title track - an 18th century ballad for the 20th century…”John Barleycorn (Must Die)”.
John Barleycorn Must Die was recorded in the Spring of 1970 at both Island Studios and Olympic Studios in London. Since the sessions were originally intended to create Winwood’s solo album, he began the process by trying to perform everything himself: “I began trying to make music all on my own with tape machines and overdubbing and stuff. It was a very good way of writing, but it was a weird way of making music. The whole thing that makes music special is people. I was getting to the point that I needed the input of other people. It seemed inhuman to make records just by overdubbing.”
The choice to perform John Barleycorn on the album has been attributed to Chris Wood, who had heard the song on a 1965 recording by The Watersons - on their debut album Frost and Fire. The Waterson’s recording was completely a cappella, giving it a haunting, ancient feel. Traffic creates their own interpretation by using acoustic instrumentation...guitars, flute and of course Winwood’s perfectly expressed vocals. Wood’s delicate flute line captures the mystical resonances of the track and transports the listeners into a completely new sonic space. The vocal harmonies enter as the lyrics move to the time of harvesting….Its a powerful choice emphasizing the dramatization of this action.
The album was released on July 1, 1970. It hit number 11 on the UK albums chart and number 5 in US -- making John Barleycorn Must Die the band’s best charting album in the US. It has been certified Gold by RIAA. “John Barleycorn” was never released as a single but it certainly caught attention as one of the album’s most captivating tracks. In his 1970 review of the album for Rolling Stone Jon Carroll wrote: “The best cut on the album is probably the title tune, a traditional English ballad arranged by Winwood for acoustic guitar and flute. [Wood’s] flute is again exceptional, delicate and ornate, and Steve sings the song just right, with an admirable sense of restraint and simplicity. Simple, but it works.” Over 50 years later, the song remains one of Traffic’s most adored classics. Taking a ballad that dates back at least to the 18th century, Winwood, Capaldi and Wood created an iconic track - not only for their time - but one which would carry the legendary tune into the future.
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This was awesome, thanks for having me! Really happy with how it turned out. I love how all three of us keyed in on how weird it was for a band like Traffic to be doing a straightforward folk song.
Thanks ever so much Cory! It was an honour to have you in the video! Your knowledge is not only really impressive it’s also presented in a fun and berth memorable way! You Rock/Folk! Many thanks, Warren
I saw this in my notifs a couple of days ago and only found it again, yes great collaboration between two of my favourite music you tube channels! thank you!
@@doctorscoot thanks ever so much! Yes, 12tone is an amazing channel!
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@@rahulkesharwani3591 if only I knew what that meant! Haha
Cannot believe you are covering this album. I thought only me and about 10 other people loved that masterpiece
Then I’m another of the ten!
Huge Traffic fan! Also 12tone is a huge fan so we did it together!
@@markhoesly3838 haha me too!
One of my favorite bands from the sixties
Fantastic!
Damn I love this album, still spin it regularly.
Great to hear! Thanks ever is much!
Excellent video, thank you. Not a big Traffic fan, but this LP and The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys are in my collection. My favorite song by Traffic is Low Spark.
Thanks ever so much Lee!
A musicologist on UA-cam discussing one of my all time favourite bands. How wonderful. Thank you.
Thanks ever so much!
So cool to have a crossover with 12tone - two of my favourite channels teaming up! Cheers
Yes, great to have 12tone in this video!
I try not to be overly nostalgic and I love all types of music over many years but it absolutely amazes me that John Barleycorn was such a popular album and song. I could imagine such a song being popular today considering the popularity of movies like Midsommar
Thanks for the breakdown
Thanks Wayne, agreed Masterpiece
Great video, as usual! The collaborations were very cool; I really enjoyed hearing the history and theory behind the song. Thanks!
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it!
Great song choice to look into!
Thanks Julian!
One of my all time favorite albums. I love your content, great work.
Thanks ever is much!
I love this song so much, the sound, the mood, the lyrics. They did a perfect job interpreting this folk song.
Thanks ever so much Norman
That was great, love these
Thanks Richard!
Excellent video on an excellent song! This was my introduction to Traffic and Winwood and it still haunts me. Love your thorough research done for these vids!
Thanks ever is much Willem!
Thanks Warren for reminding me to go back & listen to a track I own,great as always,you make music what it is FUN!
That's wonderful to hear David!
loved Traffic since my kidhod and now i see why
Fantastic!
I love me some Traffic. I love this song and the whole album. I bought the LP at some point in the '80s, and then the remastered CD version with bonus tracks about a decade or so later. I also got to see the Traffic reunion in '94 when they opened for the Grateful Dead at old Giants Stadium, which was great. I'd trade all my gear to be able to sing like Winwood. I've always loved his voice.
Thanks ever so much Adam! I wish I'd seen that Traffic reunion!
@@Producelikeapro Actually, of the original four, it was only Winwood and Capaldi. Sadly, Chris Wood had passed away years earlier, and I guess Dave Mason wasn't interested. However, it was still a great show.
@@riptanionAF thanks ever so much for sharing that!
Thanks Warren and Caitlin. Great songs are timeless.
Thanks Arthur!
Thanks, Warren for another terrific video. I'll be digging this one out tonight for a listen after so many years.
That's great to hear!
Aaaawww Traffic :))) love Winwood and Traffic. I wouldnt mind highlighting „Uninspired“ too
P.S. the experts and the history lesson are awesome. Reminded me again why i love channel. Thx
Thanks ever so much Frank!
this chanal gets beter and beter. juuhuu. thanks.
Thanks ever is much!
Two of my favourite channels. Thank you.
Yes! 12tone is great!
Great breakdown of a fantastic song. I especially enjoyed Caitlin's history of the song, I was aware of some of it but Caitlin filled in a lot of details I was unaware of. As always Warren, marvelously done!
Thanks ever so much! Yes, Caitlin and 12tone both did amazing jobs!
Great vid - great song first heard it in 71 and It still sounds as poignant as ever. What about a song from Magna Carta - 'Time For The Leaving' - Songs from Wasties Orchard.
I just posted John Barleycorn Must Die to an SBL thread we have going on ancient Cornish Ballads. I did not know if Steve Winwood was Cornish, although I though he is Welsh, But I do not really know what's what because I never made it past Heathrow's snack bar. Love this song. Traffic was amazing in 1970 in Central Park at the Band Shell free in the open air. Jim Cappaldi is still one of the best drummers performing. See the recent live youtubes.
Thanks Peter! Yes, Jim was an amazing drummer!
Nice work team barleycorn! Cheers Warren!!
Thanks ever so much!
You could do a song from an American band from the 60's called The Merry-Go-Round featuring Emitt Rhodes. They sound a lot like The Beatles and The Byrds. Songs to choose from:
1.You're A Very Lovely Woman
2. Gonna Fight The War
3. Live
4. Listen Listen!
Yes, Init Rhodes story is fascinating indeed!
Always appreciate the history education. Thank you Warren.
Thanks ever so much Keven!
Fantastic!!! I haven't listened to this album in a few years. I've probably listened to it a 50 times in college, one of my favorite, and while I was too young during their heyday, was so excited to see them in the 94 tour. Thank you so much for this video. Great stuff!!
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
An unexpected and excellent analysis.
Thanks ever so much Henry!
Love the addition of a half-bar. What ever happened to half bars in music?
Me too!
Wow, at 14 we were hacking away at horrible 27 minute versions of Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane" in my friend's basement.
I did exactly the same thing! Haha
I love the fact that older music was preserved and passed down. So much to learn from.
I like that Steve Winwood has always made any band he was in special and more than the sum of its parts without simply dominating his band mates. Despite being a stellar talent he seems to bring out the best in others.
Thanks for sharing that!
Cool to see 12tone on this. I love it when the youtube teachers I watch work together. Well done, all.
Wonderful! Yes, 12tone Rocks!!
Warren & Cory together at last.
Thanks Vince!
Awesome, I have been playing this song for almost 50 years and I recently revived it in my repertoire. Thanks for the details.
Traffic is STILL one of my favourite bands ,and John Barleycorn is their best album
(in my humble opinion.)
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
What other songs do you think everyone needs to know? Comment them below!
You should definitely do some more videos on The Who. Thanks!
@@liquidsolids9415 I second that request, and will also add Zeppelin and Hendrix.
Limelight by Rush
Mother Russia by Renaissance
make a Songs You Need to Know episode featuring Rick Beato. :)
HUGE thanks for turning me on to this album.
You're very welcome Wes!
I was in high school at that time. One of our favorites!
Marvellous
I was a teen during Winwood's 80's revival and have been playing "Higher Love a lot. I knew about "Gimme Some Lovin' " I just realized that Winwood was maybe 16 when he recorded it. That floors me when I realize how "adult" Winwood sounded in "Gimme Some Lovin. "
I have never heard "John Barleycorn Must Die." I need to find and listen to the whole album.
Awesome video, thank you, Warren.
I love the quote "The whole thing that is making music special is people". I guess in times of home studio recording, virtual drums, bass and pianos I sometimes seem to forget, what makes a song great and how good it feels to collaborate with other people. I definitely need to print the sentence out and hang it on the wall above my desk to remind myself to involve real people more in the early stages of songwriting and production rather than trying to do it all on my own.
Thanks ever so much Marc!! I appreciate your amazing support!
Brilliant analysis and contribution to #ComposersDay! I absolutely love these videos. Please keep them coming! Thanks Warren!
Nicely done Warren as usual!
My sister went to school with Jim Capaldi, what an inspiration for us local (Evesham ) musicians & Jim wasn't bad either!
Thanks ever so much!! I really appreciate it
Huge traffic fan,thank you for making this video
You’re very welcome
To play JBMD Capo 5 mostly G C D with some Am and E. You’ll have it in five minutes 👍
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
This is one of about three songs I always remember the night before the Big Thompson/Snake River canyons flash flood. We were camping down the mountain from Estes Park down towards Drake, right next to a near dry creek bed the day before... The other song from the next tent over was, "Heads across the water...." Developed the skill of tree root climbing, while tree dodging, from that whole disaster...
The other song was, The Sloop John B. 🌊 The last radio transmission from officer Purdy was, "Here comes a house!"
... anyway I bought the album for the John Barley Corn song. I don't think those guys the next tent over made it. Surprised all my family made it. One of the cars and a utility trailer went down the canyon, and we climbed to my uncle's Malibu with eight of us trying to get up to Estes. We saw a whole small motel go off the cliff while we kept getting washed into its parking lot, in the Malibu. Purdy directed us and everyone else he could up higher, and he kept going further out all night. He was not please there were eight of us in the car, but realized we had no choice. We kept listening to to the transmissions even after we were in the Estes Park municipal building. Told us to not stop till we got to the top.
Very happy to see Traffic here. Really well done! Anytime you want to do another recording by Traffic will be fine by me. This album and Low Spark are favorites. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much!
Always loved this song. They were kind of doing in England what the BAND was doing in North America exploring the roots of the music while also updating them . Of course the traditon of English folk song could be considered the roots of it all, even blues, because in America the African and English/Scots/Irish/ and maybe FRENCH traditions were mixed. THANKS.
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate your great observation
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Fairport Convention should be given that accolade.
Awesome edition, great content!
Thanks ever so much Tim!!
An excellent piece of work. I still play my original copy frequently. I must say all those sampler albums from the classic era were my downfall into vinyl addiction. Every Mother's Son is on Bumpers, which I had, was a great opening track to hook me into a purchase.
Thanks ever so much Smyth!
Superb piece! Thank you Warren.
Thanks ever so much!
"The Man In The Moon" by Adrian Belew. You might as well cover the whole album "Lone Rhino" ;)
1972, in a during Highschool years. Little known Traffic was on our radio station.
Marvellous! Thanks for sharing!
Having the musicologist talk about the folk song was brilliant
Thanks ever so much
marvellously interesting!
Thanks ever so much!
Warren, I'd love to see you create a story on The Move. Roy Wood, Bev Bevan, and eventually Jeff Lynn. Within two seconds of hearing the introduction to Hello Suzie (from their 2nd album, Shazam! (1970)) you KNEW this was a band to be reckoned with. Their next two albums Looking In and Message From The Country include many absolute gems. To me, they rivaled The Beatles in creativity and sheer entertainment. Then they morphed into the Electric Light Orchestra. "nuff said, there. Roy Wood then split to start Roy Wood's Wizard.
I was in High School, playing in a hometown band in Portsmouth, Virginia. Our drummer, was constantly getting all the cool new music coming out of England, which we had all been into since the 1st British Invasion, and we just had to learn Hello Suzie! It was, at that time, about the heaviest thing we had ever heard. The Move were HEAVY, like Led Zeppelin but completely different. they were writers and producers more than players. Plus, there was a serious dose of American Rock and Roll in there. Check out Ben Crawley Steel Company from the album Message From The Country (1971).
Well, that's it. Warren, please take a look at The Move, even if just for the fun of it. There's a lot going on there.
Cheers!
Wonderful to see “John Barleycorn” and Traffic get some attention here. One of the most influential and respected of British bands. I would love to see you do a feature on Spooky Tooth and their masterpiece album, “Spooky Two”. Another album produced by the legendary Jimmy Miller.
Hi Cary, when I was a teenager i moved to Carlisle and played with Mike Harrison. I’m a huge Spooky Tooth fan
@@Producelikeapro That’s wonderful! Mike Harrison, was one of rock’s truly great vocalists, and when Gary Wright sang with him, it really made Spooky Tooth unique. I also am a big fan of the late bassist Greg Ridley, who later joined Humble Pie, after Spooky Tooth. I believe he also hailed from Carlisle.
@@caryheuchert when I met Gary in the late ‘90s I told him I had worked with Mike, they did end up reuniting and playing some shows!
@@Producelikeapro That’s really great 👍 A very special reunion!!!
Great video
Thanks ever so much!
Other songs/artists/albums which I think you should cover, and which many other channels seem to miss: I'm looking through the stuff in my collection tagged as "post punk" so sorry about the 1980s bias...
1. "The Serpent's Egg" by Dead Can Dance
2. "Correct Use of Soap" by Magazine
3. "Entertainment" by Gang of Four
For the yanks ...
4. "Remain in Light" by Talking Heads
5. "Dub Housing" by Pere Ubu
6. "Doolittle" by Pixies
Great! I have done Remain In Light!
@@Producelikeapro oh I will have to seek that one out!! But do DCD that albums awesome (also lotsa weird instruments)!
One of the pivotal albums in my musical development....
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
I *did* notice the caesurae (or whatever you want to call them) in the verses, but I never noticed that the "B" lines don't have one, which lets them really build up some momentum.
12tone's analysis is truly wonderful!
Hi Warren, just a fyi..Chris Winwood? (17:15) was subtitled as playing flute...great video ! Cheers !
Brilliantly presented. Period. You didn't even overplay Winwood's amazing vocal presence, as in Low Spark... Sir Warren, thanks, my co conspirator of musical revolution. (Zappa)!
Yes! Zappa coming soon! Thanks Brian!
@@Producelikeapro Awesome! Frank Zappa, the genius, Sir Warren, the empowerer!
@@briankingart yes! Amazing!
With 12tone!
Yes! Amazing
John Barleycorn dates well before the 18th century. Child dates it at least through the 16th century, probably significantly earlier.
The song 'John Barleycorne' was registered with the London Stationer's Company on 14th December 1624.
The Traffic version is a 1700's complete re-write - in effect creating a new song.
Also love Steeleye Span's version.
How about "Life's What You Make It," definitely a Winwood inspired rocker.
Marvellous!!
hey Warren how about something on crosy stills nash? their harmonys are brilliant
Definitely on the list!
Very nice Warren 👏🏻
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17:15 oops... you captioned Chris Wood as Chris Winwood here :)
Yes! Missed that in post! Dang
I don't think there's been a figure in music like Chris Wood before or since. He is Traffic's secret weapon, really. Obviously, Winwood is a prodigious master musician, and Jim never got enough credit for his unique Singing and Drumming, but the final unrepeatable element of Traffic is always Chris.
Thanks ever so much James!
Loved the Rye Cooder show Jeff Beck & THIS ONE. I saw Traffic at the Boston Tea Party when Chris Woods fell off the stage obviously out of breath! What about Sonny Landreth? (Speaking of slide virtuosity) That would be a good one. I've seen him 4 times. I saw a whole bunch at the Tea Party on Lansdowne Street. That would make a great show covering all the groups that came through. During this covid time I made a list of all the concerts I went to back in the day and a lot of them were at the Tea Party. If you're interested in seeing the list it covers a lot of the shows 1969 to 70 and then some. How would I send it? Don't want to post my email here on the comments. Perhaps I missed it but maybe there's a way to post it on your website. I'll have to check. Thanks Ed
You mention their first and second albums, and then the fourth. What about the third?
When I do a video on their albums and not just one on a single song I’ll be sure to talk about all their albums
How about doing a video abut Nick Drake?
On the list!
What about Low Spark?
Masterpiece. When we focus on either their whole career or that album in particular we wil definitely talk about it!
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9:00: The name is pronounced "Reif"
Indeed! I missed that! Rayf is usually how I explain it, although yours in phonetically correct!
That song explanation - yikes! (A Rick Beato guest appearance where the two of you break it down would’ve been really nice.
But hey, as they say, “only in a perfect world…”
Picture guy was good ...... but a few chord diagrams might have helped us guitarists
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I am not quite sure why 12 tone chooses to present from right to left ;but i can only presume that this person is not from the realm from which I came. I have been playing stringed instruments for over fifty years and can tell anyone reading this that 12 tones input sounds like AI garbage.Utter junk. The true meaning of Traffics "John Barley corn must die" is in the composition of the presentation.That is all . Simple as that ;There is no mystery; imagine what you imagine when you listen; and there you have it. It is made to me enjoyed, Not dissected by people that can not make music themselves.
i like Traffic, but...this is one of their worst tunes for me lol