Traffic

Traffic was a psychedelic/progressive rock band formed by Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood.

Steve Winwood was part of The Spencer Davis Group until 1967. Winwood met with Mason, Capaldi, and Wood on April 1967 in Birmingham, England. Jim Capaldi coined the name and their first album was Mr. Fantasy which featured a blues-rock song called "Dear Mr. Fantasy". At that time, Traffic would release singles such as "Paper Sun", "Hole in my Shoe", and "Here we go Around the Mulberry Bush". In 1968 when Traffic was released, Dave Mason left Traffic. By 1969, Traffic was dissolved and Steve Winwood would join Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker to form Blind Faith which only had one album.

By 1970, Steve Winwood asked Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood to help him with a new album John Barleycorn Must Die and Traffic was reformed. This time, going with jazz-rock as well as progressive-rock. By 1974, Steve Winwood walked-away from Traffic and the band wouldn't reform again until 1994 with Jim Capaldi with Far From Home. This would be the final album from Traffic since drummer Jim Capaldi died in 2005 and before that, woodwind player Chris Wood died in 1983. Steve Winwood and Dave Mason still do music as of today.