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Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) [1] was an English singer-songwriter and drummer. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co-founded the progressive rock band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood with whom he co-wrote the majority of the band's material.
Traffic were an English rock band formed in Birmingham [4] in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. [5] They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards (such as the Mellotron and harpsichord), sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their ...
The album was somewhat of a departure from the psychedelia of Traffic's debut, featuring a more eclectic display of influences from blues to folk and jazz. Mason ended up writing and singing half of the songs on the album (including his biggest hit "Feelin' Alright?"), but making scant contribution to the songs written by Jim Capaldi and Steve ...
This single was released after Mason left Traffic the first time, following Mr. Fantasy. "Medicated Goo" and "Shanghai Noodle Factory" were the A and B-sides of a UK Traffic single released in December 1968. The mono single version of "Medicated Goo" is a shorter edit with false ending that is not heard on the stereo album.
Far from Home is the eighth and final studio album by the rock band Traffic.The project began as a revival of the writing collaboration between Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, but soon blossomed into the first Traffic project since 1974.
Grech had previously worked with Traffic singer/multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood in the short-lived supergroup Blind Faith. This is the only Traffic album to feature two lead vocals by Jim Capaldi ("Light Up or Leave Me Alone" and "Rock & Roll Stew"). His only other solo lead vocal on a Traffic studio album was on "Dealer" from Mr. Fantasy ...
Heavy Traffic – 1975 US #155; More Heavy Traffic – 1975 US #193; Smiling Phases – 1991; Heaven Is in Your Mind - An Introduction to Traffic – 1998 (part of Island's An Introduction to... series) Feelin' Alright: The Very Best of Traffic – 2000 (re-released in 2007 as The Definitive Collection, part of Universal's The Definitive ...
When the Eagle Flies is the seventh studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1974. The album featured Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood and Chris Wood, with Rosko Gee on bass guitar. Percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah was sacked prior to the album's completion, but two tracks feature his playing.