Joe Cocker & Eric Clapton - Watching River Flow (New York 1983)

The Tour For A.R.M.S. (Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis - Charity Concerts USA, 1983). Live at Madison Square Garden, New York. Dec., 8, 1983. On stage:
Joe Cocker - vocal;
Eric Clapton - guitar;
Andy Fairweather Low - guitar;
Bill Wyman - bass;
Chris Stainton - keyboards;
James Hooker - keyboards;
Ian Stewart - keyboards;
Charlie Watts - drums;
Kenny Jones - drums;
Ray Cooper - percussion.

[TheFruitloop]

Joe has done this one so long and so well that I sometimes forget it's a Bob Dylan original.
You brought me decades of great music, it just won't be the same without you
God speed brother Joe, you are already missed.

[lucianflorianbrandus]

eric and joe, two titans of good music!

[mattwalker]

Wow. Three drummers and Cocker hitting the high ones. Started crying.

[MicheleJane]

Oh man, to have seen this show! Ive seen Joe Cocker in concert solo. Incredible.

[oleheyman]

This is probably among the best I've ever heard! So much emotion and so many great musicians and basically we find of course Bob Dyland as a composer, it can become much better?

[andys]

Andy fare weather low".And Bill wyman on

[ActionEntAgency]

This Song has been ON My Set List since the DAY it was 1st Recorded by Joe Cocker and Leon Russell, , , , Thanks BOB, , we'll take it from HERE...get back to the basement with the 1 leg Girl...:)

[stoneyjohnstone]

Charlie Watts and Kenny Jones on drums, Bill Wyman on bass. What a cast! RIP, JC

[Nifty]

Great singer, great band, great song. Does it get any better?

[josebarrio]

Really good version... thanks Bob...
Check out Steve Gadd Gang´s version...

Ronnie Cuber explosive baritone sax
Cornell Dupree amazing blues guitar
Richard Tee contundent piano and hammond
Eddie Gómez solid acoustic bass and really melodic solo
Steve Gadd no words drums

[MicheleJane]

hey...that's Charlie Watts drummin' there. cool.

[faicalnagat]

What's the matter with me,
I don't have much to say,
Daylight sneakin' through the window
And I'm still in this all-night cafe.
Walkin' to and fro beneath the moon
Out to where the trucks are rollin' slow,
To sit down on this bank of sand
And watch the river flow.

Wish I was back in the city
Instead of this old bank of sand,
With the sun beating down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand.
If I had wings and I could fly,
I know where I would go.
But right now I'll just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow.

People disagreeing on all just about everything, yeah,
Makes you stop and all wonder why.
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
Who just couldn't help but cry.
Oh, this ol' river keeps on rollin', though,
No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow,
And as long as it does I'll just sit here
And watch the river flow.

People disagreeing everywhere you look,
Makes you wanna stop and read a book.
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was really shook.
But this ol' river keeps on rollin', though,
No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow,
And as long as it does I'll just sit here
And watch the river flow.

Watch the river flow,
Watchin' the river flow,
Watchin' the river flow,
But I'll sit down on this bank of sand
And watch the river flow.

[davidsingh]

spot the stars- EC, Ray Cooper, Charlie Watts, Kenny Jones, Chris Stainton, Bill Wyman, Andy FL

[tommyhaynes]

I actually prefer the guitar solo Cocker's regular guitarist does

[inquiry]

As good as this all star band does this Zimmerman song, it pales in comparison to The Steve Gibbons who often opened with this number. Check it out!!!

[williamwack]

Nice version but the original is a little better