Spinning Wheel Song

Music video by blood sweat tears performing spinning wheel audio.

Spinning wheel song. Spinning wheel is the title of a song from 1968 by the band blood sweat tears. Lead vocals steve katz. Released as a single in 1969 spinning wheel peaked at 2 on the billboard hot 100 chart in july of that year remaining in the runner up position for three weeks. Lyrics to spinning wheel by blood sweat tears.

Spinnin wheel got to go round talkin bout your troubles it s a cryin sin ride a painted pony let the spinnin wheel spin you got no money and you got no home spinnin wheel all alone talkin bout your troubles and you never learn ride a painted pony let the spinnin wheel turn did you find the directing sign on the straight and narrow highway. The spinning wheel was written in the mid 1800s by an irish lawyer and poet named john francis waller. I came up with the song just picking it away on a guitar when i found some chord changes i liked as for the lyrics everybody was getting so serious about the revolution and everything else in. Blood sweat tears is a canadian american jazz rock music group originally formed in 1967 in new york city by al kooper jim fielder fred lipsius randy brecker jerry weiss dick halligan steve katz and bobby colomby founder al kooper conceived blood sweat and tears as an experiment in expanding the size and scope of the rock band with touches of jazz blues classical and folk music.

Blood sweat tears 2 10 1969 david clayton thomas. Delia murphy the spinning wheel traditional irish folk song 78 rpm 10 shellac single hmv record label no. It s a beautiful ballad written in waltz time 3 4 time. Drums percussion vocals jim fielde.

Guitar hamonica lead vocals bobby colomby. To understand the song better you ll want to know that a chara means dear and the coolin refers to a traditional irish air called an chúilfhionn which translates to the fair haired one. What goes up must come down spinnin wheel got to go round talkin bout your troubles it s a cryin sin ride a painted pony let the spinnin wheel spin. Spinning wheel is a song from 1968 by the band blood sweat tears written by canadian lead vocalist david clayton thomas and appearing on their eponymous album.

Spinning wheel was written by vocalist david clayton thomas arranged by saxophonist fred lipsius and produced by james william guercio.