Little Wing- favorite version*

I can't stand the bombastic Derek and the Dominoes version. Hendrix's guitar sounds like Curtis Mayfield's, and can't be beat

 

A very cool version. I think it would be more notable if Beck had kept in an instrumental arrangement, but he has added a vocal accompaniment in recent years, even releasing a live version with Jimmy Hall on 2015's Live+.

 

I love EC and D&D, but never warmed to the D&D version, or EC's subsequent live versions during the 1970's.

 

Plagiarism.

 

Another plagiarism.

 

SRV live version from Denver 1985.
The guitar tone is unforgettable.

 

Thanks for posting that. I have never seen the multi camera version before.

 

Neil Young from Hawks and Doves

 

The version on Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert album. SRV and Patti & Tuck also.

 

I’m w you on this.....this version is special....it explodes.

 

There is a version by Eric Clapton & band recorded Dec. 4 1974 that really is fabulous....don’t know if it is the best but its sure one of them.....I have it on a Live in the 70s CD box comp. its a must-hear, imo.

 

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I quite genuinely love the Corrs version. there, that'll be me thrown off the forum forthwith and with a great deal of forth.....

The Corrs - Little Wing (Unplugged, 1999)

 

There will only ever be one version, as previously stated, the live version from the Albert Hall is just superb. Never liked D&theD version, it seemed to as if Clapton had reduced it to a simplistic three chord trick, that had none of the blues and soul of the original.

 

I was at MSG when Clapton & Winwood did it. It gave me the chills, man.

 

This video doesn't have the greatest sound quality, but this is a really cool version of both "Castles Made of Sand" and "Little Wing" by Tuck & Patti:

 

Albert Hall
Axis
Clapton EC Was Here
Clapton Rainbow Concert

 

sting for me

 

Not the greatest sound but worth looking at.

 

Royal Albert Hall 1969

 

So was I. Better show than Cream there.
Back to original question, Derek’s Version is my fave. So heartfelt

 

For the longest time I didn't even know this song had lyrics because I'd only heard the instrumental version by Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was the reason I learned guitar.

 

That Clapton/Winwood tour was outstanding. Clapton was in tremendous form.

 

Yeesh. I never expected this response or all the great versions to check out. Thanks y'all for that.

To answer my own question, my favorites are the original (which isn't a cover), the Derek and the Dominoes version (for the transformative angst), and the SRV version, for maybe his best guitar playing ever.

 

Add my vote for this. One of my favorite live performances of all time.