TRAFFIC (1970) Fillmore East NYC | Full Album | Rock | Psychedelic Rock | Live Concert

The live performance by Traffic at the Fillmore East on November 18, 1970, was a highly anticipated concert event that was broadcast on WNEW-FM in New York City. The show was introduced by concert promoter Bill Graham, and the songs recorded at this concert and the following day were planned for a Live Traffic album by UA that was unfortunately never released. The artwork for the album was created from a 1970 poster promoting Traffic on tour.

Traffic was an English rock band that was formed in Birmingham in April 1967, comprising of Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, and Dave Mason. The band began as a psychedelic rock group and later diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards like the Mellotron and harpsichord, sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques into their music.

The Traffic lineup for this live performance included Steve Winwood on keyboards, guitar, and vocals, Chris Wood on flute, saxophone, and organ, Jim Capaldi on drums and vocals, and Rick Grech on bass. The band's performance was a true showcase of their musical talents and their ability to blend various genres and instruments seamlessly. While the Live Traffic album planned for release was never materialized, this concert remains a highly sought after and treasured recording for fans of Traffic and classic rock music.


Traffic:
Steve Winwood - Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals
Chris Woods - Flute, Sax, Organ
Jim Capaldi - Drums, Vocals
Rick Grech - Bass


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01. Introduction - Bill Graham
02. Medicated Goo
03. Pearly Queen
04. Empty Pages
05. Heaven is in Your Mind
06. Forty Thousand Headmen
07. John Barleycorn Must Die
08. Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings
09. Every Mother's Son
10. Glad Freedom Rider
11. Means to an End
12. Dear Mr. Fantasy


The band had early success in the UK with their debut album Mr. Fantasy and non-album singles "Paper Sun", "Hole in My Shoe", and "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush,"

Their self-titled 1968 album was their most successful in Britain and featured one of their most popular songs, the widely covered "Feelin' Alright?" Dave Mason left the band shortly after the album's release, as did Steve Winwood the following year when he joined the supergroup Blind Faith, and Traffic effectively disbanded. An album compiled from studio and live recordings, Last Exit, was released in 1969.

By 1970, Blind Faith had also broken up and Winwood reunited with Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi in the process of recording a solo album, which led to Traffic reforming and the resulting album, John Barleycorn Must Die, serving as the band's comeback record.

It became the band's biggest success in the United States to that point, reaching number 5. Their next LP, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971), went platinum in the US and became popular on FM radio, establishing Traffic as a leading progressive rock band.

1973's Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory and 1974's When the Eagle Flies were further top 10 successes for the band in the US, and were both certified gold, though neither sold well in the UK. In 1974, the band broke up again.

A partial reunion, with Winwood and Capaldi alongside several new musicians, took place in 1994. In the intervening years Steve Winwood had a successful solo career, with several hit singles and albums during the 1980s.

Dave Mason had his own solo career that produced a few minor hit songs in the 1970s, played as a session musician with a number of bands, and was briefly a member of Fleetwood Mac in 1995 and Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band in 1997.

Jim Capaldi also had some minor solo hits in the 1970s in his native UK but was less successful abroad. During the 1990s, Capaldi primarily worked as a songwriter, working with Santana and The Eagles.

Chris Wood did sporadic session work after the breakup of Traffic in 1974, and died in 1983. Traffic were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.


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