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	Traffic - Biography - AOL Music
		Meanwhile, as Traffic recorded material for its debut album during the summer of 1967, its communal outlook was disrupted by Mason, who, unlike Winwood (a composer who needed help with lyrics and therefore tended toward collaboration), was capable of writing songs on his own and did so.
		Traffic was released in October 1968, and the band went on tour in the U.S. to promote it.
		It was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the American Top Ten and go gold, and the group toured to support it, but at the conclusion of the tour Traffic silently disbanded.
	music.aol.com /artist/traffic/5681/biography (1414 words)

	Ink 19 :: Traffic Winds Down
		Consequently it was surprising when Universal started reissuing Traffic's catalog in 2000; cleaning up the sound, adding bonus tracks and even making multiple versions of the discs available for those who wanted to own the British configured albums, which sported a different track listing than their American counterparts.
		The American rhythm section hired for the album (Muscle Shoals studio stalwarts bassist David Hood and drummer Roger Hawkins) never quite click with Traffic's British sensibilities, and the meandering tracks don't have the sense of drama or mystery that the band always exuded, even on their least potent albums.
		A big improvement over the other two discs, it was nonetheless to be the final Traffic album for 20 years and the last one ever with Chris Wood, the innovative reed man and founding member who died in 1983.
	columns.ink19.com /inperspective/TrafficWindsDown.html (903 words)

	Traffic (band)
		Traffic was a 1970s rock band led by Steve Winwood.
		Their second album, Traffic[?], was released in 1968.
		Traffic did not record again until 1994, when they released Far From Home.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tr/Traffic_(band).html (264 words)

	Reason to Rock: Traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Both groups got together in 1967, both released three albums, both titled their third albums to intentionally be their last, both enjoyed multiple singer/songwriters, both had talented multi-instrumentalists (both of whom were named “Steve”), both made excellent music, and both had members who went on to greater fame and fortune as parts of super groups.
		Traffic's first album was released in differing English and American versions, with and without their early singles, and this confusion has carried over into some of the CD editions as well.
		And while the early albums sounded collaborative in the best sense, with a group that was much more than just the sum of its parts, the later stuff often sounds like it was conceived and composed by a single mind.
	www.reasontorock.com /artists/traffic.html (1368 words)

	Traffic (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Traffic was a rock band from Birmingham, England, formed in late 1966 by Steve Winwood with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.
		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.
		Traffic was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traffic_(band) (1212 words)

	Traffic - Memorable Music Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Traffic had already left an indelible mark as creators of inventive and sometimes glorious music and it was a delight that 20 years after they dissolved, the name was born again with Capaldi and Winwood attempting to recreate their unique sound.
		The album Far From Home was warmly rather than ecstatically received and they followed it with a major tour of the USA supporting the Grateful Dead and then a short European tour.
		The album was a true joint effort, but the strong structured soul sound of the record erred towards a Winwood solo outing rather than the wandering and ethereal beauty of Traffic.
	www.memorabletv.com /memorablemusic/traffic.htm (835 words)

	SPIN! SPIN! SPIN! - Oct. 6, 2005 - PCC-CourierOnline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, no amount of inconsistency should keep one from examining the often overlooked work of near perfection that is their self-titled second album (sometimes referred to as the "Brown Album" by fans due to the lack of a title and the brown background in the cover photo).
		Traffic went on hiatus soon after Mason's second departure and the release of the Brown Album.
		None of the Traffic II material approached the quality of their '60s releases, but it would be a horrible mistake to let Traffic's confusing history and hit-and-miss discography deter you from picking up and spinning the Brown Album.
	www.pcc-courieronline.com /102705/arts/spin3.html (631 words)

	Steve Winwood Fans' Site: Traffic biography
		Traffic expanded the personnel again with a percussionist, Reebop; and for a short British tour in the summer of 1971, ex-Domino Jim Gordon came in to bolster the rhythm section, and the errant Mason again returned to the fold.
		After the final album "When The Eagle Flies", which was very good instrumentally, but marred by some over-ambitious Capaldi lyrics, the band again went into one of its regular periods of hibernation; this time it proved to be for good, since no one apparently any longer had the will-power to hold it all together.
		And it was in Berkshire, of course, that Traffic was born.
	www.winwoodfans.com /trafficbio.htm (2707 words)

	Traffic - The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
		Just as Traffic has provided some of the best onstage music performances of any group on the rock circuit, their albums have been among the best recorded in the business.
		In this song, as in all on this album, overdubs on vocals and instrumentals are used moderately and economically for maximum effect.
		A good part of the song seems to be already underway when we fade in on it; the emotional effect on the listener is the equivalent in cinema terminology of a dolly-in, which serves to rid the audience of their detachment distance.
	www.superseventies.com /sptraffic.html (1080 words)

	Traffic
		Traffic was formed when Steve Winwood, who was the focal point of the Spencer Davis Group (see Spencer Davis Group), decided to move beyond the restrictions of the group and form his own band consisting of other Birmingham area musicians.
		Traffic's live shows at this time included a lot of on-stage jamming and improvisation as well as extended solos by the individual members - something quite unusual in Britain for a pop group in those days and an indication of things to come.
		Further Traffic albums were released in the early 1970s and were big sellers, particularly in America where the group had a large following, but by 1974, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood were all concentrating on solo careers.
	www.brumbeat.net /traffic.htm (1445 words)

	Traffic Biography : Oldies.com
		The resulting album was John Barleycorn Must Die, released in 1970 to critical and commercial acclaim.
		The final Traffic album was When The Eagle Flies in 1974, another fine collection with Rosko Gee on bass and Capaldi back behind the drum kit.
		The album was a true joint effort, but the structured soul vibe of the record erred towards a Winwood solo outing rather than the wandering and ethereal beauty of Traffic.
	www.oldies.com /artist-biography/Traffic.html (932 words)

	Steve Winwood and Traffic-rock and roll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Traffic’s main distinction, besides Winwood’s talents, was the addition of Chris Wood’s flute and saxophone, which gave the band a superficially exotic flavor.
		Even in some of their shorter, more structured, songs Traffic seemed poised on a dangerous precipice whenever forced to traverse bridges and instrumental breaks, opting many times to pray their way over.
		On the highly praised second album - Traffic - the lyrics are sadly underwritten (as are most Traffic lyrics) and redundantly repeated.
	www.crecon.com /davidwomack/stevewinwood-rockandroll.htm (611 words)

	Rolling Stone : Traffic: Heaven Is In Your Mind : Music Reviews
		Traffic is the group that Winwood formed after he and his brother Muff split the Spencer Davis Group a year ago.
		The American release of the album leaves off two of Dave Mason's song, but it does pick up all the sides of the two American single releases not on the English LP and the great R & B-styled cut "Smiling Phases," which is one of the best pieces on the album.
		He has a top group of musicians with him and they have made an album which, although it needs one unity that time will provide, is one of the best from any contemporary group.
	rollingstone.com /artists/traffic/albums/album/115758/review/5946104 (795 words)

	Amazon.com: John Barleycorn Must Die: Music: Traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Traffic, as a whole, and this album in particular are, to this day, one of the beacons of popular music that has ever been recorded, even today.
		Traffic had one of the most original (and interesting) sounds in British rock, and not only because of their eclectic musical influences, which embraced psychedelia, folk, jazz, soul, R&B, and even classical.
		Their early albums are very good (5 stars apiece except for LAST EXIT, which I've never heard in its entirety), but were a bit druggy-sounding for my tastes being that I don't even drink wine for religious purposes, let alone use drugs or smoke.
	www.amazon.com /John-Barleycorn-Must-Die-Traffic/dp/B000059T1E (1870 words)

	Traffic - Dear Mr Fantasy - Classic Trax
		The SDG sessions involving the future Traffic members were among the first to be helmed in England at Olympic Studios by producer Jimmy Miller, an American who would go on to be one of the most successful producers in Britain during the late '60s and early '70s.
		But before Traffic was ready to record, the group spent a few idyllic weeks in a small cottage in rural Berkshire, spreading their wings creatively, working on songs together and trying to establish a group identity.
		Most of the first album's material was born at pot- and psychedelics-fueled jam sessions at the cottage, including this month's Classic Track, “Dear Mr.
	mixonline.com /recording/interviews/audio_traffics_dear_mr (1881 words)

	SoundtrackNet : Traffic: The Miniseries Soundtrack
		The album, over 70 minutes long, drags a bit between periods of thematic development or solo performances with the score primarily comprised of ambient electronics with light percussion, and occasional vocal and duduk or woodwind solos.
		The highlight of the album is "Top of the Mountain" which extends the theme and Lisbeth Scott's performance as heard in the opening cue.
		This album is a solid effort to blend ethnic and modern sounds and accompanied the multiple settings of the series well, but could have benefited by not including some of the more ambient cues.
	www.soundtrack.net /soundtracks/database/?id=3872 (232 words)

	Traffic (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Traffic was the eponymous rock album by the band Traffic, ranging in style from psychedelic rock to acid jazz.
		Chris Wood's flute playing on the album was compared to that of Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull, who is often thought of as the most famous rock flautist of all time.
		The album was remastered in 2001 with Capaldi assisting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traffic_(album) (331 words)

	Steve Winwood Fans' Site: RH Magazine
		Traffic were the first group to "get it together in the country'> They leased a cottage in Berkshire, where they played to an audience of crows and field mice, and came up with Dear Mr Fantasy, a beguiling debut in late 1967.
		I think Traffic embodied a kind of looseness that was the opposite of all that, and Jim and I had been talking about doing a Traffic album for a long time.
		Traffic were very much of their time, and while times have changed, there is a security in the past.
	www.winwoodfans.com /articles/rh-mag.htm (3307 words)

	Rock Ahead: CD Album Reissues: Traffic - Welcome To The Canteen/The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The rest of Traffic alongside founders, Winwood, Capaldi and Wood at this time consisted of Ric Grech who had been added to flesh out the sound of the John Barleycorn line-up in 1970, Percussionist "Rebop" Kwaku Baah and finally drummer Jim Gordon, fresh from his stint in the recently defunct Derek And The Dominoes.
		That's not to say the rest of the album is poor, far from it.
		Traffic has to my knowledge never released a bad album and alongside Dave Masons contributions is an incredible version of Dear Mr.
	www.themusicindex.com /rockahead/reviews/traffic2.htm (421 words)

	Amazon.com: Mr. Fantasy: Music: Traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Most companies would repackage albums (a la the original US releases of both The Beatles and the Stones back catalog)and try to get more from less by loping off songs to create "new albums" (which is how the famous butcher cover came to be on The Beatles' Yesterday and Today).
		The two albums have minor differences for example some of the mono tracks run a bit longer and feature slightly different mixes from the stereo ones (similiar to the Beatles' catalog up to and including the White Album).
		This is by no means the best Traffic album, but it served as an excellent way for the band to introduce their stylings to the world.
	www.amazon.com /Mr-Fantasy-Traffic/dp/B00004WF68 (2111 words)

	TRAFFIC discography, MP3 and reviews
		TRAFFIC were formed in Birmingham, UK in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason.
		Island records released what appeared to be a posthumous album of non-album b-sides, singles, studio outtakes, and live recordings in the form of the appropriately named “Last Exit”.
		Traffic were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in March 2004.
	www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=1490 (676 words)

	Far from Home - VIRGIN - Traffic - Music Reviews
		It could be argued that, in its most basic form, Traffic was a vehicle for the songs of Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, who wrote most of the material and on some tracks were the only musicians performing.
		But the question of whether Winwood and Capaldi could validly constitute Traffic by themselves was not addressed until 1994, 20 years after the group disbanded, when the two surprisingly announced they would be recording and touring under their old band name.
		Granted, lyrics were not among Traffic's strong suits, but Capaldi, in his sometimes roundabout way, did have certain continuing concerns -- a generalized sense of spirituality, a tendency to give advice, and a rejection of the negative aspects of modern society.
	www.mp3.com /albums/150098/reviews.html (706 words)

	Rock Ahead: CD Album Reissues: Traffic - Mr Fantasy/Traffic/John Barleycorn Must Die (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Produced by Jimmy Miller, Traffic's debut album was very much a product of its time, however the songwriting and musical skills of Steve Winwood and Dave Mason set it apart from much of the psychedelic genre.
		Personally I think they are in a class of their own and this album goes a long way to confirm that.
		The album, John Barleycorn Must Die, starts off with 'Glad' which is really a jamming piece where Winwood Capaldi and Wood trade licks although never once do they out-stay their welcome.
	www.themusicindex.com /rockahead/reviews/traffic.htm (439 words)

	Rolling Stone : Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die : Music Reviews
		This is a good album of rock and roll music, featuring the best rock and roll woodwind player anywhere and one of the best singers, and maybe the trio is still just getting together again, feeling each other out.
		Russell, as always, is much in evidence, and his piano (if it is him—the album doesn't say and we have only internal evidence), particularly on "Sad and Deep As You," is masterful.
		The high point of the album is clearly "Look at You Look at Me," a song Mason wrote with Trafficker Jim Capaldi, whose tight, urgent drumming on the cut moves the song along with discretion and skill.
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/traffic/albums/album/112613/review/5945850/john_barleycorn_must_die (756 words)

	Traffic CD
		On their second album, the cottage dwellers from Berkshire refined their hippie pop into a looser and vastly more mature work: evocative tales of nonsense in the beautiful "40,000 Headmen," joyful malarkey with Mason's "You Can All Join In," and one of his finest songs, "Feelin Alright," which was a signpost to his imminent departure.
		The best album from one of the most talented groups to ever get together.Used to listen to this album as a kid in 68 and the new CD is excellent.
		Perhaps the most creative and innovative album of the era.One of the top rock albums of all time and I mean right up there in the Sgt. Pepper category.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1590898/a/Traffic.htm (371 words)

	Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
		The best cut on the album is probably the title tune, a traditional English ballad arranged by Winwood for acoustic guitar and flute.
		Traffic (minus Dave Mason) is back and showing a new style mixed in with the old.
		Jazz and rock are successfully united on a very eclectic album, ranging from folk ballads to swing jams.
	www.superseventies.com /sptraffic2.html (679 words)

	Traffic Discography
		One of the most influential psychedelic pop bands from the '60s, Traffic folded soon after only to re-emerge as a progressive "folk, rock & even a little jazz" band in the '70s.
		With songs like "Empty Pages" and "John Barleycorn," the album was less overtly psychedelic than earlier efforts, following that movement's graduation to progressive rock.
		Canteen and Low Spark expanded the band to a sextet, but by Shoot Out the band began to rely on session musicians.
	www.connollyco.com /discography/traffic/index.html (93 words)

	Traffic: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		The result was a disc evenly divided between Mason's catchy folk-rock compositions and Steve Winwood 's compelling rock jams.
		As Mason's simpler, more direct performances alternate with the more complex Winwood tunes, the album is well-balanced.
		It's too bad that the musicians were not able to maintain that balance in person; for the second time in two albums, Mason found himself dismissed from the group just as an LP to which he'd made a major contribution hit the stores.
	www.music.com /release/traffic/1 (460 words)

	Rarebird's Steve Winwood Reviews
		In 1973, while Winwood was on hiatus from Traffic due to illness, he took part in a reggae trio called The Third World.
		In 1976, about two years after the demise of Traffic, Winwood was involved in the Go project, an amalgam of diverse musicians brought together by the Japanese jazz artist Stomu Yamashta.
		But the 1990 album Refugees Of The Heart suggested that he was taking pop stardom for granted, as he was settling much too comfortably into adult contempory dullness.
	home.att.net /~rarebird9/winwood.html (1066 words)

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