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Traffic
Origin Birmingham, England
Genre(s) Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock, Hard rock
Years active 1967 — 1974
(Reunions: 1969, 1994)
Label(s) Island Records, Atco
Members
Steve Winwood
Jim Capaldi
Chris Wood
Dave Mason
Former members
Jim Gordon
Ric Grech
Rebop Kwaku Baah
David Hood
Roger Hawkins
Rosko Gee

Traffic was an English rock band from Birmingham, formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. Atco Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi ( 2 August 1944 &ndash 28 January 2005) was an English Musician and Songwriter For other people by this name see Chris Wood. Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood (born 24 June 1944, in David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1944) is an English Musician, singer songwriter, and Guitarist from Worcester James Gordon or Jim Gordon may refer to In politics: James Gordon (New York (1739-1810 American Indian trader U Richard Roman Grech ( 1 November 1946 – 17 March 1990) was an English musician Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah, 13 February 1944 in Konongo Ghana; died 12 January 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden David Hood is a bassist from Muscle Shoals Alabama. He also plays the Trombone and is a member of Roger Hawkins is an American Drummer known for playing in the hit making machine The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Alabama. Rosko Gee is a Bassist who has played with the English band Traffic on their album When the Eagle Flies and the German England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi ( 2 August 1944 &ndash 28 January 2005) was an English Musician and Songwriter For other people by this name see Chris Wood. Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood (born 24 June 1944, in David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1944) is an English Musician, singer songwriter, and Guitarist from Worcester [1] They began as a psychedelic rock group influenced by The Beatles when releasing early pop singles, and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards, reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their music. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a Musical instrument, particularly the piano A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce a sound on a Musical instrument. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Musical Improvisation is the creative activity of immediate Musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental [1]

After disbanding in 1969 during which time Winwood joined Blind Faith, Traffic reunited in 1970 to release the critically acclaimed album John Barleycorn Must Die. Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton For the article about the song and character John Barleycorn, see John Barleycorn. The band's line-up varied from this point until they disbanded again in 1975, although a partial reunion took place in 1994. [1]

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History

Traffic's singer and keyboardist Steve Winwood experienced success as a musician prior to joining Traffic, becoming the frontman of the Spencer Davis Group at age 15 in 1963 . Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British Beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939 The Spencer Davis Group released four Top Ten singles and three Top Ten albums in the United Kingdom, as well as two Top Ten singles in the United States. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] Winwood left that group in April 1967, and formed Traffic with drummer Jim Capaldi, guitarist Dave Mason and multi-instrumentalist Chris Wood,[1] after playing together as musicians at a club called The Elbow Room in Aston, Birmingham. The Elbow Room is a traditional Nightclub in the Aston area of Birmingham, England. Aston is an area of the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um [2] Soon afterwards, Traffic's four members went to a cottage in Aston Tirrold, Berkshire to write and rehearse new music. Aston Tirrold is a village and Civil parish in the South Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, about four miles south-east of Didcot, on the north Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South [2]

Traffic signed to Chris Blackwell's Island Records label (of which Steve Winwood's elder brother Muff Winwood later became an executive) and their debut single "Paper Sun" was a UK hit in mid-1967. Chris Blackwell (born June 22, 1937) is the founder of Island Records. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. Mervyn "Muff" Winwood (born 15 June 1943 Erdington, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter and Record producer, and [1] The second single, Mason's psych-pop classic "Hole in My Shoe", was an even bigger hit, and it became one of their best-known tracks, but it set the stage for increasing friction between Winwood and Mason, the group's principal songwriters. Hole In My Shoe is a song by Traffic which as a single release reached #2 in the UK charts in 1967 The band's third single "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" was made for the soundtrack of the 1967 British feature film of the same name. This article is about a film For the song by Traffic see " Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (Traffic song " for the traditional song (from which the film [1] Their debut album was Mr. Fantasy which, like the singles, was a hit in the UK but not at big in the US or elsewhere, although it did reach #88 and stayed on the charts for 22 weeks in the US. Mr Fantasy (not to be confused with " Dear Mr Fantasy " the title song on this album is the debut album by English Rock band

Mason rejoined the band for their second album, Traffic, released in 1968. Traffic was the Eponymous rock album by the English Rock band Traffic, ranging in style from Psychedelic rock to Acid Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The band began touring the US in late 1968, which led to the following year's release of Traffic's next album Last Exit, with one side recorded live. During the tour, Mason was fired and Winwood announced the band's breakup. Winwood formed Blind Faith with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech which lasted less than a year. Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939 Lewisham, South London) is an English Drummer. Richard Roman Grech ( 1 November 1946 – 17 March 1990) was an English musician The remaining members of Traffic began a project with Mick Weaver, the short-lived Mason, Capaldi, Wood, and Frog, which played a few live dates and recorded some BBC sessions, but broke up before releasing any formal recordings. Michael 'Mick' Weaver (born c 1947, in Colchester, Essex) also known during the 1960s as Wynder K Frog, has appeared as a studio musician playing In 1968 Winwood, Wood and Mason also contributed to the sessions for the landmark Jimi Hendrix double-album Electric Ladyland. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see

After the split of Blind Faith in 1969, Winwood began working on a solo recording which eventually turned into another Traffic album (without Mason), John Barleycorn Must Die, their most successful album yet. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the article about the song and character John Barleycorn, see John Barleycorn.

Traffic went on to expand its lineup in 1971 adding Ric Grech on bass, drummer Jim Gordon of Derek and the Dominos and percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Richard Roman Grech ( 1 November 1946 – 17 March 1990) was an English musician Jim Gordon (born James Beck Gordon 1945 Los Angeles, California) is an American recording artist musician and songwriter Derek and the Dominos were a Blues-rock supergroup formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah, 13 February 1944 in Konongo Ghana; died 12 January 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden The live album Welcome to the Canteen was released in September and marked the band's break with United Artists Records. Welcome to the Canteen is an Album by English rock band Traffic. It did not bear the "Traffic" name on the cover, but instead was credited to the band's individual members including Dave Mason, returning for his third and final spell with the band. Mason played two songs from his recent solo album, Alone Together, and the album ended with a cover of the Spencer Davis Group song, "Gimme' Some Lovin'. The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British Beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939 "

Following the departure of Mason, Traffic released The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Nov. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is a 1971 album by English rock band Traffic. 1971), which was a Top 10 American album but did not chart in the UK; the LP is also notable for its striking die-cut cover. Once again, however, personnel problems wracked the band as Capaldi began a solo career and Grech and Gordon left the band. They were replaced by drummer Roger Hawkins and bassist David Hood, the rhythm section of the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studio house band. Roger Hawkins is an American Drummer known for playing in the hit making machine The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Alabama. David Hood is a bassist from Muscle Shoals Alabama. He also plays the Trombone and is a member of The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was formed in 1969 when musicians Barry Beckett (keyboards Roger Hawkins (drums Jimmy Johnson (guitar and David

The new lineup toured America in early 1972 to promote the LP, and their concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 21 February was recorded in multitrack audio and captured on colour videotape with multiple cameras. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a multipurpose Convention center in Santa Monica California. The 64-minute performance, which features a selection of Traffic classics in excellent stereo sound, is thought to be the only extended live footage of the group. It was evidently not broadcast on television at the time, but was later released on home video and has recently been reissued on DVD.

Following Winwood's recovery from a long case of peritonitis, Traffic's sixth studio album Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory, recorded in 1973, was another hit. Peritonitis is defined as Inflammation of the Peritoneum (the Serous membrane which lines part of the abdominal cavity and some of the Viscera Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory, released in 1973 was the sixth studio album by English rock band Traffic. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. When the Eagle Flies (1974) included bassist Rosko Gee. When the Eagle Flies was the final album released by English rock band Traffic, in 1974 until their 1994 reunion Far From Home. Events January - The Ramones form January - Joni Mitchell releases her monumental album Court and Spark, supported Rosko Gee is a Bassist who has played with the English band Traffic on their album When the Eagle Flies and the German After this Traffic disbanded. Their breakup was followed by two compilations from United Artists (Heavy Traffic and More Heavy Traffic), both of which only drew from the first half of their output.

Rosko Gee and Rebop Kwaku Baah joined German band Can for their albums Saw Delight (1977), Out of Reach (1978) and Can (1979). Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968 One of the most important Krautrock groups Can had a style grounded in the Experimental rock of Saw Delight is the ninth Can album and features two new band members who were ex-members of the band Traffic, with Can's bassist Holger Czukay giving Out of Reach is an album by the German Krautrock band Can, released as an LP in 1978 on Harvest Records Can, also known as Inner Space, is a Can album released in 1979.

Capaldi and Winwood reunited as Traffic in 1994 for a one-off tour, and they recorded and released a CD of all-new material Far From Home, but it was made without Chris Wood, who had died in 1983 from alcohol-related causes. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Far From Home, released in 1994 was the final studio album released under the name Traffic, and the first in two decades since the release of When the Eagle The flute/sax role on the tour was played by Randall Bramblett, who had never been a member of Traffic, but had worked extensively with Steve Winwood. The bass player for the tour was Rosko Gee. Michael McEvoy joined the line up playing keyboards, guitar and viola, and Walfredo Reyes Jr. played drums and percussion.

Traffic was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Tentative plans for another Traffic project were cut short by Jim Capaldi's death at age 60 in January 2005, ending the songwriting partnership with Winwood that had fueled Traffic from its beginning.

Dear Mr Fantasy was a celebration for Jim Capaldi that took place at the Roundhouse in Camden Town, London on Sunday 21 January 2007. Guests include Steve Winwood, Paul Weller, Pete Townshend, and many more. Dear Mr Fantasy featured the music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic and all profits went to The Jubilee Action Street Children Appeal.

Discography

Main article: Traffic discography

Studio albums

Live albums

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Traffic Biography. All Music Guide. This is a Discography of the band Traffic. Albums Studio albums Mr Mr Fantasy (not to be confused with " Dear Mr Fantasy " the title song on this album is the debut album by English Rock band Traffic was the Eponymous rock album by the English Rock band Traffic, ranging in style from Psychedelic rock to Acid Last Exit, released in May 1969 is the third album by English Rock band Traffic. For the San Francisco neighborhood see Fillmore District. For other venues named Fillmore see Fillmore#Music venues. For the article about the song and character John Barleycorn, see John Barleycorn. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is a 1971 album by English rock band Traffic. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory, released in 1973 was the sixth studio album by English rock band Traffic. When the Eagle Flies was the final album released by English rock band Traffic, in 1974 until their 1994 reunion Far From Home. Far From Home, released in 1994 was the final studio album released under the name Traffic, and the first in two decades since the release of When the Eagle Welcome to the Canteen is an Album by English rock band Traffic. On The Road, released in 1973 was a live album (2 LPs reissued on 1 CD by English rock band Traffic. Last Great Traffic Jam is a Live album and DVD from the rock band Traffic. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide.
  2. ^ a b Traffic. Brumbeat. net. Retrieved on 2008-03-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth

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