I really liked Mr. Fantasy.
The self titled one was okay.
The rest was nothing special if I remember correctly.
NOT CRAP 4

I listened to my "Best of Traffic" CD last week!

The song "Dear Mr. Fantasy," she is played in a very nice way! Very loose! Good drumming! So nice vocal from the Winwood! So good!

Feelin' All Right? I'm feelin' so good myself! Feelin' 7-Up!

Lithium: It Works!

N/C!

Steve Winwood had some amazing lineups including the incredible Rosko Gee(later Can bass player).

I think my mum saw Traffic live as young lady.


Not Crap.

I am not a hippy.


I have never been a hippy nor do I hang out with any hippies. I have never owned a hackysack or a floppy Dr. Seuss hat. None of my clothing is tie-dyed in any way. I do not call people 'man'.

That said, I love Traffic. John Barleycorn Must Die, Mr. Fantasy, Low Spark, the live one....really, I love all the Lps. There are moments when they go on for the tenth minute of a jam but they do it well. There are also moments where it very much goes hand in hand with Marvin's What's Going On and Trouble Man era stuff. Also, sax through wahwah. Love it. Though I am not a huge fan of a lot of his solo work, I really like Mr. Winwood's singing.

I like Traffic quite a bit, particularly their albums John Barleycorn Must Die and The Low Spark of Highheeled Boys.

Young Stevie Winwood was such a tremendous and unique talent. How old was he when he was with Blind Faith? About 14? I can't even imagine what that must have been like. "Can't Find My Way Home" is a classic.

Fancy Pants wrote:Young Stevie Winwood was such a tremendous and unique talent. How old was he when he was with Blind Faith? About 14? I can't even imagine what that must have been like. "Can't Find My Way Home" is a classic.

Steve Winwood was 17 when he sang lead vocal on the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin,'" arguably the greatest soul music vocal performance by a white guy ever.

He went on to do a lot more fantastic singing with Spencer Davis- "I'm A Man," "Keep On Runnin'," "Every Little Bit Hurts," and even a pretty good Ray Charles imitation "Georgia On My Mind."

After leaving SDG he went to Traffic. And contributed yet more phenomenal vocal performances. And some startlingly Clapton-esque lead gtr playing. And great organ playing (that's him going toe-to-toe with Hendrix on the first version of "Voodoo Chile" on "Electric Ladyland!" Toe-to-toe with Hendrix!). And wrote some great songs.

Blind Faith came after Traffic, although Traffic re-formed later. And then the descent into dreck.

I have a weirdly intense emotional connection to Steve Winwood's singing and will sometimes do things like listen to "Can't Find My Way Home" 15 times in a row (I've really come to hate Ginger Baker's cymbal work in this song, but have to listen anyway).

Steve Winwood is one of the most gifted rock musicians who ever came down the pike. It would probably be really interesting to talk to him.

Thanks, Mr. Jung. I appreciate the info. Seventeen. Christ, I could barely wipe myself when I was 17.

Alex Chilton was only 16 when he recorded Letter. Speaking of phenoms who are the 'real deal', can you all think of others?

Unfortunatly, i am surprised to see that Traffic's best lp has not been mentioned by any of you. The last record they did "When The Eagle Flies" is an amazing lp. Of course, there was no "single", and the lp flopped and the band broke up. In fact, it was the only LP of theirs that was not available on cd until recently. It tanked so bad in terms of sales when it came out, that it is almost entirely forgotten. If you all like Low Spark and Barleycorn, you will find this lp to be the missing holy grail. Dream Gerard and the title track are really amazing. I would say that in my opinion it is the most solid record they ever did.

p.s. the blind faith lp is fantastic, despite it's historical baggage. I like it more than any clapton/cream/trafic lp except maybe "When The Eagle Flies".

I like playing "Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" on jukeboxes in bars, because it's like 11 minutes long or something. Also, there are some incredibly purple, incredibly tight pants on the back cover, which I think is fantastic.

They get not crap simply because of phil brown engineering their stuff. Phil brown rules.