9/18/2023 0 Comments Steve winwood band traffic![]() ![]() Frog to form the also-short-lived project Wooden Frog.Īlthough he severed his ties with Traffic, Winwood was still contractually obliged to Island to come up with two more albums. Meanwhile, Mason joined Capaldi and Wood, along with Wynder K. Despite Winwood’s departure and the supposed end of Traffic, the LP Traffic peaked at #9 in UK, #17 in the US.įollowing the dissolution of Traffic, Winwood moved on and founded a supergroup called Blind Faith, which consisted of himself, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech. And following the end of that tour, Winwood decided to quit, signaling the end of Traffic in early 1969. ![]() Traffic contained a Mason composition “Feelin’ Alright,” which would be later popularized by Joe Cocker and Three Dog Night.Īfter the start of the band’s tour to support their second album, the three men dismissed Mason. He stayed long enough to contribute quite considerably for the band’s eponymous second album. However, in 1968 Mason returned through his band mates’ reconciliation with him. Fantasy came out, Mason had left the band. The album shot to #8 on the UK album chart, and #88 on the US Billboard 200. Around the same time of that singles’ release, Traffic also issued their debut LP Mr. Traffic released their third single “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” (the title song of the 1967 UK film) in late 1967 it was to be their third UK top ten hit at #8. Besides artistic differences, Mason also felt ill at ease by his band mates’ lifestyle. Mason preferred psychedelic rock, and it was no surprise that he was seen as the odd one out by his band mates. He, along with Capaldi and Wood, wished a different direction in the band - more folk and blues-based rock orientation. The Dave Mason-penned single “Hole in My Shoe” was even a bigger smash, peaking at #2 on the UK singles chart.ĭespite the success of “Hole in My Shoe,” Winwood was otherwise not quite happy with the way things were going in the band. It went to #5 on the UK singles chart and was only a minor hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Traffic released their debut single “Paper Sun,” written by Capaldi and Winwood. Capaldi is survived by his wife, Aninha, and his daughters Tabitha, 28, and Tallulah, 26.The band first signed to Island, which also used to be the label of the Spencer Davis Group. Memorial arrangements were pending Friday. I know we’ll all miss him dearly.”Īfter Traffic, Capaldi went on to record with his own band, the Contenders, but in 1994 went back to the old band’s banner, performing with Winwood as Traffic on the Woodstock reunion show and on tour. I’ll miss his lyrics and his humor he always had great jokes. Jim was a great collaborator and a great friend. ![]() He had bands, I had bands, and we gravitated toward working together. “We lived close by each other in Worcestershire. “I’d known Jim since we were 15 years old,” Mason said in a statement Friday. The roiling music scene of England captured his imagination when he was young. 24, 1944, in Evesham, Worcestershire, the son of Italian immigrants. Still, albums such as “Traffic” in 1968 and “John Barleycorn Must Die” in 1970 gave them the acclaim that led to their Hall of Fame induction.Ĭapaldi was born Aug. Winwood, for instance, left for a time to play in Blind Faith, and Mason was also an inconsistent presence. The band’s membership was as unpredictable as their live improvisations. went back to the country to abandon the urban distractions and get into the music set a definite trend.” “Back then, all the rock music was anchored to the city life. “I sometimes look back and feel that we were an experimental group that went out into the natural wilds just to hammer it all out,” Capaldi said. In the 1990 book “Rock Lives,” the late music journalist Timothy White quoted Capaldi describing those early days of bucolic isolation. ![]()
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