Traffic Drummer Jim Capaldi Dies

[SilverSport]

3 seconds into "Low spark of high heeled boys" and you will say "Oh, THAT's Traffic!"

Lotta drummers jammin in the sky tonight.

Bill

[blindman]

Traffic - The Band

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Traffic was a 1970s rock band led by Steve Winwood. With Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason, the band formed after Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group. Their debut single was 1967's "Paper Sun", a UK hit. "Hole in My Shoe", the second single, was an even bigger hit, and set the stage for a rivalry between Winwood and Mason, the group's principal songwriters. Their debut album was Mr. Fantasy which, like the singles, was a hit in the UK but not in the US or elsewhere. Their second album, Traffic, was released in 1968. The band began touring the US, but Mason was fired and Winwood announced the band's break-up. Winwood formed Blind Faith but after that band split in 1969 he began working on a solo recording which eventually turned into another Traffic album, John Barleycorn Must Die, their most successful album yet. After some personnel changes (including the return of Mason), Traffic released The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, an American hit that didn't chart in the UK. Once again, personnel problems wracked the band as Capaldi began a solo career. Still, Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory was another hit, as was When the Eagle Flies (1974 in music). Capaldi's solo career began to heat up, and Winwood finally launched one of his own, recording the smash hit album Arc of a Diver. Winwood's solo career peaked with the album Back in the High Life. Traffic did not record again until 1994, when they released Far From Home. After re-uniting, Capaldi and Winwood toured widely but were unable to regain their former stature.

[SteelerFan]

Meant no offense m00n, for some reason I was thinking you were a bit older. Traffic is a band you should definately give a listen to.

"Empty Pages" is one of my favorite songs ever.

[iwillwalk]

i'm 34 & have heard low spark back when my mom played it when i was growing up & i have the vinyl & just put the cd on now for old time sake.traffic was pretty big & had alot of great artists

[Timmikid]

I saw Winwood last year in Paradiso Amsterdam. One of the best concerts ever, and I've seen a few! He will carry the candle and play 'their' music with honour. Seldom I have seen an older artist playing his older music with so much passion in the right way, just as good as then. Capaldi's music will live forever, may he jam in peace! I'm 37, just bought the latest Oor (Ear), the duth Rolling Stone or something and did not know one artist featered. The first issue ever was given with it, reprinted, april 1971. I know every artist and have seen some live. (I was three years old then) Where my time machine? Tim.