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Thus Winwood's erstwhile solo album became the reunion of Traffic (minus Dave Mason), and a re-launch of the band's career. [6] Mad Shadows would go on to be the title of Mott the Hoople's second album, also produced by Guy Stevens, and the new Winwood/Traffic album took its title from one of its tracks and became John Barleycorn Must Die.
In 1970, Traffic toured in support of their comeback album John Barleycorn Must Die, with a quartet line-up of Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi, and Ric Grech.In November, the group played a series of concerts at the Fillmore East, and recordings from these concerts were compiled into a live album, to be called Live Traffic, [5] consisting of "Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring", "Glad ...
Traffic were an English rock band formed in Birmingham [4] in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. [5] They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards (such as the Mellotron and harpsichord), sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their ...
Steve Winwood – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, organ, guitars; Chris Wood – saxophones, flute; David Hood – bass; Roger Hawkins – drums; Jim Capaldi – percussion, backing vocals (2) Rebop Kwaku Baah – percussion
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock.Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his distinctive soulful high tenor voice, Winwood plays other instruments proficiently, including drums, mandolin, bass, and saxophone.
Steve Winwood – keyboards, guitars, lead vocals (1, 2, 4-7, 9-11) Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals (8, 10) With: Randall Bramblett – keyboards, flute, saxophones; Michael J McEvoy – keyboards, guitars, harmonica, viola; Jerry Garcia – guitar on "Dear Mr. Fantasy" Rosko Gee – bass guitar
Grech had previously worked with Traffic singer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood in the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith. This is the only Traffic album to feature two lead vocals by Jim Capaldi ("Light Up or Leave Me Alone" and "Rock & Roll Stew"). His only other solo lead vocal on a Traffic studio album was on "Dealer" from Mr. Fantasy ...
AllMusic gives a five-star retrospective review of the album, commenting that it achieved a strong balance between Dave Mason's simple and straightforward folk-rock songs and Steve Winwood's complex and often haunting rock jams. [6] It was voted number 312 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000). [10]