Look both ways, there's some traffic

With a title that bad, I can only be talking about one band, Traffic!

Steve Winwood is a man you just want to dislike, not only is he one ubher talented pianist, he can play pretty much any instrument you introduce him too. Some of his solo efforts contain no other musicians (aside from some horn players perhaps). Would definately make the line up for keyboard duty in most peoples Fantasy Band!!

Winwood was fronting the Spencer Davis Group when he was just 15, which puts him almost in the child prodigy bracket. He left to from Traffic just 4 years later with Jim Capaldi (drums) Guitarist Dave Mason, and Chris Wood (any instrument he needed to play) released a few singles and an album called 'Mr Fantasy' the same year. They released their self titled 2nd album in 68 and went on tour, split up, got back together then recorded their best work 'John Barleycorn must Die' in 1971.

A very diverse band, covering multiple genres, of Rock, Blues, Jazz, Prog and even Psychedelic. Traffic were a very popular band in their day, but today sound a bit dated perhaps. I don't care, I love em!!

I digress, today's first selection comes from the album Traffic and is called Medicated Goo, Enjoy!




Secondly, a bonus track from John Barleycorn Must Die, with possibly the greatest keyboard solo ever recorded, Empty Pages