Prog-Watch 547
This week on Prog-Watch I’m shaking the family tree of the classic band, Traffic! Hear lots of great music from the band proper and the four original members, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood! Everything you hear will not be progressive rock in the strictest sense, but rest assured it will be fabulous classic rock from an influential and storied band, and the wildly talented individual members!
So come and see what shakes out!
Traffic was an English rock band formed in Birmingham in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group but diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as the Mellotron, sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques into their music.Traffic disbanded in 1969, as Winwood left to join Blind Faith, but reunited in 1970 to release the critically acclaimed album John Barleycorn Must Die. The band’s line-up varied from this point until they disbanded again in 1974. But the established core of Winwood, Capaldi, and Wood remained stable until they called it a day.
Traffic was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
Music with some meat to it!
Prog-Watch is a weekly podcast and internet radio program dedicated to bringing the listener contemporary Progressive Rock music from around the world. Your big, hairy host, the “Prog-Squatch” wanders the woods of the world, beats the bushes, and digs in the dirt to bring the best Prog back for YOU! Sometimes solo and sometimes with a guest host, the Prog-Squatch will bring you new and interesting artists in each episode, and give you some background info and a taste of their music.
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Tony, I believe that Jim Capaldi was a member of the group Foriegner at their start in 1979.great show, I enjoyed it emencly.
I believe that you are mistaken, Steve. The original Foreigner line-up consisted of Lout Gramm, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, Dennis Elliot, Al Greenwood and Ed Gagliardi. Maybe you thought Gagiardi was Capaldi? But many thanks for your comment and for listening!