Genres: Blues-Rock, Prog-Rock, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Jazz-Rock, Album Rock, British Psychedelia, AM Pop, Art Rock Active: 60's, 70's Formed: 1967 in Midlands, England
The Beatles, Paul Butterfield, The Pretty Things, Graham Bond, The Yardbirds, Them, The Rascals, John Mayall, Georgie Fame, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, The Byrds, The Animals, Alexis Korner, Yusef Lateef Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Moody Blues, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steely Dan, Spirit, The Nice, Jethro Tull, Stephen Stills, The Who, Aardvark, Love Affair, GBU Paul Weller, Gary Wright, Little Barrie, The Greenhornes, Spooky Tooth, Ocean Colour Scene, Eric Lindell, Superstar, Roxy Music, Gomez, Dave Matthews Band, Dungen, God Street Wine, Be Bop Deluxe, Blind Faith, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Fairport Convention, Gentle Giant, Grand Funk Railroad |  |
Though it ultimately must be considered an interim vehicle for singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Steve Winwood, Traffic was a successful group that followed its own individual course through the rock music scene of the late '60s and early '70s. Beginning in the psychedelic year of 1967 and influenced by the Beatles, the band early on turned out eclectic pop singles in its native Great Britain, though by the end of its first year of existence it had developed a pop-rock hybrid tied to its unusual instrumentation: At a time when electric guitars ruled rock, Traffic emphasized Winwood's organ and the reed instruments played by Chris Wood, especially flute. After Dave Mason, who had provided the band with an alternate folk-pop sound, departed for good, Traffic leaned toward extended songs that gave its players room to improvise in a jazz-like manner, even as the rhythms maintained a rock structure.
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Release: November 24, 2009
Label: Sundazed
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Release: July 16, 2007
Label: Disk Union
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