Traffic glad / freedom rider2/19/2024 ![]() The studio pros lent a tightness and proficiency to their characteristic free-form jams, and though they sometimes sounded like they couldn't wait to get the songs over with, the tunes went on and on, four clocking in at over ten minutes. The album chronicled a late edition of the band in which original members Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood were augmented not only by percussionist Reebop Kwaku Baah, but also by a trio of session musicians from the famed Muscle Shoals studio, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, and Barry Beckett. Get out of your car-and into the Traffic.Reportedly released as an effort to undercut bootleggers following a world tour, Traffic: On the Road was the band's second live album in three years. Mark notes, "It's been a dream of mine to perform this incredible music-a band, whose records I grew up spinning endlessly-with my good friends Jeff and Rich, who just happen to share the same love for all things Traffic." ![]() ![]() Fantasy, The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys, Empty Pages, and Pearly Queen-plus some deep cuts and other Traffic-related material that'd make any Rock-loving fan swerve the car. ![]() ![]() Musicians Mark Rivera, Jeff Kazee & Rich Pagano-bandmates & sidemen to many of the largest names in Rock (Billy Joel, Ringo Starr, Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, to name just a few)-are excited to share their passion for the music of Traffic, with a setlist that features such classics as: Freedom Rider, Dear Mr. Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason & Chris Wood's visionary band remains as relevant, rocking and fresh today, as it was in its 1967 inception. A night of music devoted to the groundbreaking group that blew open the conventions of Rock with their influences of Jazz, Folk & Progressive Rock. ![]()
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