“Folk Music & the Legend of John Barleycorn. Steve Winwood (B. 1948) was the vocalist on the original Traffic version of this traditional song in 1970. Winwood has had a successful career in a number of musical genres and more than 40 years later recorded this solo acoustic version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Winwood#Folk#JohnBarleycorn#Winwood#Traffic”