When A Blind Man Cries - Deep Purple Tribute (Andy, George, Jay)

[napoleonboot]

This song was originally released on the B-side of a single (Never Before) by Deep Purple in 1972. Some of our work on this was done off site as the drummer is off-site. There are two final mixes, one with Jay's keyboards, one with Andy's. WAV versions of the final mixes are posted in the Burn project topic

Vocals, Guitar, Mix, Master: George Williams (napoleonboot)
Bass: Andy Gupta (AndyG508)
Keyboards (2 different mixes): Jay Schankman (j) or Andy Gupta
Drums: Alex Zulaika (off-site)

Lyrics

If you're leaving, close the door
I'm not expecting people, anymore
Hear me grieving, lying on the floor
Whether I'm drunk or dead, I really ain't too sure

I'm a blind man
I'm a blind man
And my world is pale
When a blind man cries
Lord, you know
There ain't a sadder tale

Had a friend once, in a room
Had a good time, but it ended much too soon
In a cold month, in that room
Found a reason, for the things we had to do

I'm a blind man
I'm a blind man
Now my room is cold
When a blind man cries
Lord, you know
He feels it from his soul

[j]

Nice job, Andy, George, and Alex. 

[r4m]

Great trip back in time!
Awesome job by all! 

[AndyG6508]

Thanks for posting, George!
This turned out really nice, and awesome performance on guitar (molten gold) and vocals.
Super contributions from J and Alex as well.
Always loved this song.
Andy

[AndyG6508]

Thank you Lord of J!

Nice job, Andy, George, and Alex. 

[napoleonboot]

Thanks for posting, George!
This turned out really nice, and awesome performance on guitar (molten gold) and vocals.
Super contributions from J and Alex as well.
Always loved this song.
Andy

thanks, the guitar part had challenges. The original was played on a Fender Strat by Richie Blackmore, but here I instead used my ESP Telecaster. That choice was mostly because there is quite a lot of string bending in the solo work, and the Tele fixed bridge is easier to work with for that than the Strat tremolo bridge.