Winwood's vocals are of course brilliant. 5/5Įmpty Pages- This is my favorite Traffic song. Capaldi speeds up the rythm and Wood brings the flute back in the last 30 seconds. I especially love the last minute of the song where everything just comes together with Winwood playing a great riff on piano, doing some brilliant singing, and accompanying the piano playing on organ. I've never thought lyrics were one of Steve Winwood's strengths but I really like the lyrics here with lots of imagery describing a character who just does what he wants to do. Chris Wood chips in with some nice flute fills and then plays a great flute solo. Winwood has a truly incredible voice and his vocals are very soulful. This song starts off with an eery piano riff and some saxophone that adds to the mood of the song. 5/5įreedom Rider- Glads moves right into this song. The sax solo is long and he uses some great effects.

Then the band goes into a great jam with some really great sax work from Chris Wood. I can never get enough of Winwood's piano riff, it's awesome. This brilliant instrumental The song starts with a really jazzy piano riff from Winwood, that will never leave your head. Steve Winwoo- Lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass Traffic fused a bunch of different musical styles together and I didn't know what genre to pick so I just went with rock. Some songs are jazz-rock like the first song, while others like the title track are folk-oriented. I put the genre of this album as rock, but it is much more than that. So this album turned into a Traffic album, instead of just a Winwood solo album. Then Chris Wood, former Traffic member who played saxaphone and flute, got into the mix. But Winwood eventually called on former Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi to play on a couple of tracks. But Steve Winwood still owed the record company more albums and after releasing Last Exit, which consisted of some live and unreleased tracks, and playing in the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith, Winwood, still just 22 years old, decided to make his solo debut. Fantasy, then rejoined for their self titled album before quitting the group again. The group was having problems with lead guitarist Dave Mason though. Fantasy, and their second album, simply titled Traffic. They enjoyed success with psychadelic albums such as their debut, Mr.

Traffic was formed in 1967 by keyboardist/singer Steve Winwood when Winwood was just 18 years old.

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