It’s me again. I’m 81 tomorrow and I’ll say it till the end. They were GREAT! Steve did it all. Played every instrument and let’s not forget “Cant find my way Home”
Happy belated birthday! I just hit 68 a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been starting to get depressed thinking that all the good stuff is in my rear-view, but your post cheered me up a bit. Glad to hear you’re still enjoying life and you’re 13 years older then me! I’ve got at least another 13 years! Peace, DrRick
Met Jim Capaldi the drummer and George Harrison in a camera shoppe I worked at in Massachusetts. What a cool guy. Got to chat with them both for 30 minutes and got an autograph. Best day ever.
I, too , met Jim Capaldi at the NAMM Show in Anaheim CA years ago along with session drummer, Jim Keltner. I was able to add both of their signatures to a 20" Zildjian China Cymbal which now has 137 additional signatures of the music world's greatest recording drummers, percussionists and drum educators. Have know Walfredo Reyes Jr for many decades. He is also one of the greatest now drumming with Chicago.
@@leechild4655 Well, Stevie seems like the boy next door, but in my opinion Jeff was a comet from another galaxy - but always encouraging the other players to jam with.
I never thought of this but you are so right. 20 years on and they are bang on point. You can see poor Jim struggling a bit but Steve just rolls right along. Looking so young too. Wonderful players, wonderful music.
They were outstanding!! I saw them several times in the early seventies in Miami and West Palm. Beach. Even after Windwood's solo career in the eighties which was stellar too Traffic didn't skip a beat!!❤
He doesn't need to project any attitude - because he can prove so much as a singer, as a songwriter, as a guitarist, or as a keyboardist that he doesn't need to. It's the guys who aren't sure of their talent, who suspect that they're just lucky, who have the ego problems.
I saw him a few years ago open for the Allmans. He did a complete block of Traffic Then some single songs from Blind Faith and a few other Albums he's put out during the years. He played Keys, Guitar and Sax. So, when it was time for him to come out and Jam with the Allman;s , Greg Allman just had him sing. No instruments. Steve so upstaged the Allman;s. He was just smiling with his hands behind his back, He was definitely speaking to the crowd with his eyes. Greg Allman was just pissed. Never shook his hand or said anything to Steve. I like the Allmans;s also. Buttttt, they should have opened for Steve.
As humble as Winwood can be, he has always been respected by the greatest rock musicians in history. He is what is considered to be a Virtuoso in music, So many different instruments he can play well, such a great composer, and a superb singer. His contributions to the rock history are endless.
There's a song around this time ...going like this " it was blind leading the blind...." . Can someone please remind me or help me find out if anyone know.
Here are the correct time stamps: 00:00: Intro/Pearly Queen 05:53: Medicated Goo 11:30: Rock And Roll Stew 17:45: Mozambique 23:05: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 34:48: Glad 40:23: Freedom Rider 45:22: Empty Pages 49:52: Light Up Or Leave Me Alone (with band presentation) 1:02:15: Dear Mr Fantasy (with spoken intro) 1:10:00: Gimme Some Lovin'
What a great concert to watch while staying home on a Sunday afternoon. I also pulled out my "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" album purchased in 1972. This is one of my fav albums. Traffic is one heck of a funk rock band; heavy on the funk. I'am 78 years old now and still rocking.
PEOPLE YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO THE "ON THE ROAD"ALBUM WHERE IT'S ALL OF THE BOYS INCLUDING CHRIS WOOD ON SAX (RIP) AND THE INCREDIBLE ROGER HAWKINS ON DRUMS,REEBOP KWAKUBA ON TIMBALES AND CONGAS,DAVID HOOD ON BASS,JIM CAPALDI ON PERCUSSION,AND OF COURSE THE MUSICAL GENIUS STEVE WINWOOD..
I was at this show. Traffic by far was the biggest surprise for the whole weekend. I couldn’t believe how great they were. I was amazed that Woodwind played guitar for the whole set (I associated him with keyboards). Still blown away almost 30 years later.
What a superb band Traffic . Winwood is a brilliant multi instrumentalist , singer and writer the like of which doesnt seem to be around these days. The music takes me back to very happy hippie days when life was so good and music was the best.
Your right Miles....those were the days. Music meant everything to the youth of the day...Oh the memories..now we're old and all our rock heroes are passing. RIP❤
The unanimous response to EVERY ONE of these Songs is: "THAT's My Favorite!!!" As a Composer/Musician, Stevie Winwood is an astounding ULTRA-Talent unlike any Other! Traffic remains as THE BOOMER BOMB! Thank you so much for sharing this Concert!!!
@@rallabhandiprabhakar4750 That is just it - no one else has had their fussion and quality and stamina! It could not last - they were too good to be true!
Ditto here..Same age.. Back then, the first time i heard "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" I thought at the beginning that was Steely Dan, then I heard Steve's voice and i was like, wait a minute! That ain't no Steely Dan...And that was my introduction to Traffic! 🤭 I was totally bought right away!
This is definitely one of the best Traffic performances i have seen. Jim Capaldi and the bass player are a great rhythm section, and the whole band really bang out some infectious jams. Cheers to to the uninhibited girls in the 14th, 46th and 68th minutes.
first saw Traffic at the Fillmore East in 1968, and every acquaintance and music lover I know has marveled on their music. RIP Capaldi, Wood and those lost from this generation. LONG LIVE US ALL!
One amongst a bunch in that era, for sure. He, like Eric, still does a real good show. I can do without Jagger in his Spandex. Enough is enough ! Blackmore and Candy do a nice show. He looks great and still works the strings well. Ozzy.......not so much. Ian tries...... Good times never to return.I dont miss them but I'm sure thankful of the memories and clik clik clik ability to "re-live" them for a minute or 10 I cant listen to new shit like my 90 year old/old man says the Beatles make him need to go sit on da terlet...LOL.He Jams Andy Williams and Steve and Edie in his ride.
Yes he was and still is. Winwood came up old school. Old school has been obliterated for the likes of (boring and disconcerting and redundant) rap and hip hop and pop sludge that are so autotuned, melodies chopped up to Hell, every "singer" sings the exact same patterns of notes because two guys in Nashville literally produce all this junk. to become a star you gotta bend over wide open and take it up every orifice from old Jewish men who own and run the entire business since Marconi.
I have listened to this at least 50 times. Steve's voice was the background music of my childhood in the 1960s and I didn't even know it! All I knew was Spencer Davis Group or Blind Faith. I didn't realize that his voice was the thread woven through so many memories. God Bless you, Steve! I love your music.
Have NEVER seen Winwood play guitar so on point and the band tight. Like others say some of these performances are better than the studio cut! What a treat.
I stumbled across this and - " forget my taxes!" It is not just nostalgia, this music is just timeless!!!! I want more - the mix of instruments, the range of the performers and the emotionality mixed with the jazz and funk - the drums!!! How did I get this old and not know it? Music like this just keeps the soul young!
Winwood, like Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, are intricately crafted musicians who reached mid-level fame, to be gifts to all they touched. Steve is a ghost of the spirit that resides within the musical minds of a generation. He stays with you, always current, always listenable.
Saw Steve in June 2016 and was absolutely blown away! Sounded like I went back in time - everything as tight as ever AND with good vocals - no cheating on the high stuff. Good god - who would have ever expected that the little kid I saw behind that big B3 in the SDG in '67, who was blowing us away even then!, would still be cranking for over 50 effing years! Multi-instrumental prodigy - but also one of the BEST tune-writers, which is often overlooked. ...Rock on STEVE!
I have seen a million concerts and in the seventies I saw Traffic 3 or 4 times and they were my favorite band until Tool who I am going to see in February and it would really make my year to see Traffic again. Does anyone know when they are playing again?
I was at this performance. When my buddies and I decided to go to this event, we really didn't review the list of acts scheduled to appear. We had a very good spot not too far from the right side of the stage, far enough back that we could enjoy the music without the crush of people closer in. Anyway, we were sitting there, and the announcer introduced Traffic. I was flabbergasted! I never thought Id ever see Traffic live, and there they were! What a great set! Traffic, Joe Cocker, and Nine Inch Nails were the highlights of the whole festival for me.
A very good friend of mine , who has seen virtually every great band from that era , still says to this day , that no band was better than Traffic live . Stevie Winwood is just sheer class.
It is all just personal taste. Everyone likes certain bands. Like your friend I saw everyone there was to see from about 65 on, and saw Traffic, liked them but wouldn't put them in the top 5 or 6 shows I have seen. Doesn't mean they aren't great.
It's all good. No need to compare. Stevie Winwood and Traffic is just great. I still love listening to Traffic after all these years. I just love this sound. I can't say enough. I just love a flute.
Words can’t say enough about how much this was just what I needed in this moment. My mother passed away the other day and nothing is ok. This is the thing that got me past the darkness of it all 💙ty Oh the great memories that are what remain~*
Wenn man das mit dem Mist vergleicht, was einem heute als "Musik" präsentiert wird... DAS sind Musiker!!! Aufnahmetechnik, Sound und Kameraführung ebenfalls vom Feinsten!!! Eines der besten aufgezeichneten Live Konzerte!!! 100% Qualität!!! DANKE !
I haven't heard Traffic for years Absolute genius .and very under-rated . Versatility and complexity is amazing . Winwood up there with the best . should have been knighted ...
Why should anyone want today's long_ forgotten leftovers,when this classic gem is here? Don't care how old it is,at least it is listenable.Nobody threatening to kill anyone or exploit them to death.Brilliant. Let's do it again
Yes! Same here MD. Many of us do not get to go to concerts: It's amazing what modern electronics can do. Listening to concerts at home ... priceless! Thank you for a good comment. It reminds me that I have it better than I thought I did. Have a good day, night, or whatever.
He must have come from a musical family. I'd love it if someone would do a biography of him and/ or Traffic, I saw him in Hampton, Virginia about 1965 or 66. It was "The Yard Birds" who had 3 of the most out standing guitarists of our generation! Look the group up if you like this concert. Anyhow, his brother was in the band, too. It was my first Supergroup! I cannot say just how amazing it was to be i such a small place and with so few people experiencing the caliber of music that we were sharing! WOW! There are no words...
what a treasure this is...and proof of what humans, grooving, rocking , sweating together, dedicated to uplift fellow beings, can bring about...a healing event that even after decades past has the power to touch your heart and put a smile on your face...thank you Steve and friends...
WOW! Now I know why this was my favorite performance of the whole Festival! It even sounds better watching it again. Traffic had this amazing vibe going on. Stevie Winwood is a pure genius! My favorite musician of the sixties & seventies! Could Traffic be the most underated band ever!!!
lopezb Wouldn't say that Steve WINWOOD is underrated, He was recognised in the 1960s as a very talented teenager, playing and singing with The Spencer Davis Group, by musicians and fans alike. I don't think you need to be repeatedly in annual polls to be classed as a great musician.
mark heyne That's a fair response, to my comment. Not everyone realises that he is really good on guitar. But I dare say that an awful lot of music fans, that were in Britain in the 60s, knew how good a player he is. Listen to Mr Fantasy , from 1967, He made us very happy!
I deg to biffer .............. he is quite OK for the music they put out, and the voice is truly extraordinary, but he would not make my top 100 guitarist list
@@dougpotosky4102 So do I. I saw Steve Winwood with Eric Clapton at the Hollywood Bowl. What an incredible show. They played together most of the evening and featured each others material.
Excellent! Not many bands can come back to play live tunes 25 years after recording them for a killer album, and make it all sound as good as the record, everything completely recognizable. That's the superlative musicianship and care of Winwood and Capaldi. Winwood did not even repeat licks in this concert, and they were all excellent. I love the guy for that.
Signs of a great band. The live version sounds almost better than the album track, and this is a complex song with different parts for each instrument. All the musicians are bobbing and moving, but it is not a display for effect - it's their enjoyment and common sense of rhythm. And the song still sounds fresh, decades later.
Great set.. Winwood playing guitar with such confidence.. he's a fantastic player and that voice is sounding so good here. Traffic always were and will always remain musical giants.
THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND HASN'T KNIGHTED "SIR",STEPHEN LAWRENCE WINWOOD..IT'S AN INJUSTICE BUT WINWOOD IS TOO HUMBLE TO MAKE ANY BONES ABOUT IT..HE'S A VERITABLE MUSICAL GENIUS..
Steve played here in Greenville, SC. at the Peace Center a couple of years ago with his daughter opening up. He played his whole songbook of classics and hits from Spencer Davis, Blind Faith, and Traffic right thru his solo career. The musicianship was spectacular and the vocals really good. This was much, much more than I was expecting. He's a REAL superstar!! And btw soooo much soul!!
Got my edumacation on Traffic at the age of 21. This cinnamon girl is still listening and loving every minute of it 33 years later! Let music move you!
@@fongsungjaupseio5542 They were for sure. Not sure if people even realize he started his career as a musician when he was he teenage prodigy in the Spencer Davis Group. That's kind of what I was getting at. He has been great since the 60's!
Stevie just mite the greatest and most well rounded musician of this era! The voice! the songwriting! the guitar playing that no one talks about! Ask Clapton! I bet he will agree with me!!!! ( Blind Faith)! WOW! I forgot his amazing Keyboard playing!
Brilliant - thanks loads to Jam and Psych on MV for providing this fantastic treat.. The sound of a band not only releasing their talents for us all to enjoy but also enjoying what they're playing for themselves.. You can hear the joy bursting out of the whole group without exception.. R.I.P.Jim Capaldi you legend and also Chris WOOD who left us in 1983
I,m 79 now and I still love this band. Still have my yellow TRAFFIC. T-shirt . Sorry youngsters. WE WIN! Our music is better than yours and will never get old. LOng live the guitar solo!
Loved Winwood from Spencer Davis through Blind Faith and Traffic...I love Traffic the most. Winwood/Capaldi wrote some great stuff. 90% of the kids in the audience know nothing about the history of the music of the 60's/70's. But, it's their responsibility to keep it alive. We did our thing. Now, it's their turn. Just don't fuck it up!
Watching this from 1994 and he sounds fantastic as someone in the crowd shouts, I saw him in St. Augustine Fl. in 2014 or so and he still sounded that good and it didn't hurt that he was teamed up with Steely Dan before Beckers passing !
I believe that Steve was only 15 or 16 when he sang Gimme Some Lovin' with the Spencer Davis group. A truly great talent. He's one year older than I am. Keep on rockin!
Never seen Traffic perform live yet they are that good. Greatness in concert is the best narrative of this amazing video. Excellent concert with immense talent. Each band member's performance is grace with overwhelming contribution going the extra mile making this a memorable classic for the ages.
Wolfgang - Thank you, thank you so very much! You have made this grandma so happy! Now all I need is The Gratful Dead in 1967 or '68 doing Alligater live!
I saw this tour at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. They opened with a quiet "Rainmaker" rising up and into the night full of great cranking Traffic music. RIP Jim. Keep playing for us, Steve. Saw Steve and his band open for Allman Bros. last summer. He played so well...Had To Cry was amazing!
You can add Samba to the influences they had in their music. I should know, being Brazilian, and also Jim , who was married to one. Gimme Some Loving looks like a Brazilian carnival in the intro. Beautiful. One of the greatest bands ever.
My head may have wandered over the decades to The Doors, The Stones, Zep, Hendrix, Janis, Clapton, R&R, R&B, Motown, Funk, Grunge, Blues, but my heart has always stayed true to Steve W.
What a great concert. When I first heard "Low spark" I didn't get it. It did have nuances that intrigued me and something deeper inside me connected with it. I had heard "Dear Mister Fantasy" first and although it was not really poignant to me at the time, I really didn't understand what a master musician and arranger Steve Winwood is until I saw him in concert with Eric Clapton at Madison Square garden. His music had flitted in and out of my years passing by, but once I understood his back story and "Gimme Some Lovin" was tagged to him, I dug deeper and started opening up to his catalog. Now I am firmly convinced that I wasted so many years not treating myself to his discography. One recent find was "One more morning". It has church, jazz, soft ballad facets and moving segues into deep thoughts and feeling. I was at work, turned on my headphones and it had me weeping as it moved me to think about all those who had gone on before me and how I miss them. I am sure as they were dying they were thinking "Just one more morning with all these that I love". Death is surely worse for the survivors, but that song and hits like "Every Mother's son", "Valerie", "Roll with it", "John Barleycorn must die", my favorite "Can't find my way home", "Pearly Queen", his hits with Blind Faith, "Medicated Goo" and "Low spark..." just give me something my soul needs. Thank you Steve Winwood, other than meeting Jesus Christ and two other men, you are on my top five list...God bless you and I hope to meet you someday. CJR
Vielen Dank from Germany. Steve gave me so much delight and he really lit up my soul and gave me good feeling for so long. Danke for the upload and I love you all. We are Woodstock and we have love for ever.
Being 63 I was able to enjoy Stevie when he was a lot younger and I have to say I have never heard so much soul come out of a white man ever !!! Just listen to him in Spencer Davis' Give me some Lovin !!!
HE (STEVE WINWOOD) WANTED HIS VOICE TO SOUND LIKE RAY CHARLES..THE RESULT WAS AN EVEN GREATER VOICE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE..THE MUSICAL GENIUS PLAYS EVERY INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD AND PRODUCED HIS OWN ALBUMS..
70 here. Saw them at the Albert Hall in 69 with Jimi Hendrix and in 71 at the Fairfield Halls Croydon (the “Canteen” album) and then many years later Stevie at the Montreux Jazz Festival - always had something about them as a band and that centred around Stevie - a true virtuoso.
Brilliant group of musicians. Seems most of them are multi instrumental. Stevie Winwood is one hell of a musician! Love the way the flute comes into the song "Mozimbique"and changes the tone of the song! Herbie Mann on steroids.
The guys did a great job of putting this together. Runs a close second to the original. I love the music of traffic. I find original and soothing and stimulating at the same time, So rare. I think they should be in the hall of fame.
Great post. Glad I got to see him with Blind Faith the day man first landed on the Moon(!) in 1969. Followed him since he blew me away with his soulful pipes on Spencer Davis Group's Gimme Some Lovin and I'm A Man in 1966. Traffic was one of the best groups ever and their 2nd American release was fantastic (with Dave Mason).
Great show!! As great and versatile as Stevie is, Randall Bramblett is doing an outstanding job on piano, organ, sax, and flute. Jim Capaldi also doing his thang. The whole group is at their very best for this one!!
It’s me again. I’m 81 tomorrow and I’ll say it till the end. They were GREAT! Steve did it all. Played every instrument and let’s not forget “Cant find my way Home”
Just opened this up this up on Saturday morning. I had forgotten how tight and Great band they were. Great concert!!
I believe they have changed the world for the better for our future
Traffic was an incredible good band 😊
Happy belated birthday! I just hit 68 a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been starting to get depressed thinking that all the good stuff is in my rear-view, but your post cheered me up a bit. Glad to hear you’re still enjoying life and you’re 13 years older then me! I’ve got at least another 13 years!
Peace,
DrRick
💕🎈
69 here . No mistaking Traffic. One of the great bands of all time. Along with so many others through the decades .
Im 3 1/2 gotta poop
Met Jim Capaldi the drummer and George Harrison in a camera shoppe I worked at in Massachusetts. What a cool guy. Got to chat with them both for 30 minutes and got an autograph. Best day ever.
Wow! Met them in MA too! They were staying at a health center in Lancaster and we all got snowed in! Best time of my life :)
Good grief, Todd, what a memory that would be. You would be really lucky just to meet even one of them!
Wow you two are lucky
I, too , met Jim Capaldi at the NAMM Show in Anaheim CA years ago along with session drummer, Jim Keltner. I was able to add both of their signatures to a 20" Zildjian China Cymbal which now has 137 additional signatures of the music world's greatest recording drummers, percussionists and drum educators. Have know Walfredo Reyes Jr for many decades. He is also one of the greatest now drumming with Chicago.
Down 2 superstars an still sounded great in 94 !!!
Steve never looks stressed. Always looks laid back and cool. He just goes out and plays like he's just jamming with some friends.
I always felt the same about Jeff Beck.
That's very true....
Good
Last saw the dead Traffic Jam in 94 Vegas...
@@leechild4655 Well, Stevie seems like the boy next door, but in my opinion Jeff was a comet from another galaxy - but always encouraging the other players to jam with.
Exactly
Even in '94, after 20 years, they could just comeback and effortlessly become classic Traffic.
I never thought of this but you are so right. 20 years on and they are bang on point. You can see poor Jim struggling a bit but Steve just rolls right along. Looking so young too. Wonderful players, wonderful music.
Can I play Drums, Percussion instruments, Congas Bongos & xylophone etc..for them again.
They were outstanding!! I saw them several times in the early seventies in Miami and West Palm. Beach. Even after Windwood's solo career in the eighties which was stellar too Traffic didn't skip a beat!!❤
Miss Dave Mason
Still listening 2024. ❤️
Steve Winwood is probably one of the most unassuming rock gods ever. A gentleman superstar.
He doesn't need to project any attitude - because he can prove so much as a singer, as a songwriter, as a guitarist, or as a keyboardist that he doesn't need to. It's the guys who aren't sure of their talent, who suspect that they're just lucky, who have the ego problems.
@@Baribrotzer You wrote what I always think! Perfect description!
I saw him a few years ago open for the Allmans. He did a complete block of Traffic Then some single songs from Blind Faith and a few other Albums he's put out during the years. He played Keys, Guitar and Sax. So, when it was time for him to come out and Jam with the Allman;s , Greg Allman just had him sing. No instruments. Steve so upstaged the Allman;s. He was just smiling with his hands behind his back, He was definitely speaking to the crowd with his eyes. Greg Allman was just pissed. Never shook his hand or said anything to Steve. I like the Allmans;s also. Buttttt, they should have opened for Steve.
The Allmans were lucky to even be on the same bill as Steve. - @@laredolenny682
Ben andi
As humble as Winwood can be, he has always been respected by the greatest rock musicians in history. He is what is considered to be a Virtuoso in music, So many different instruments he can play well, such a great composer, and a superb singer. His contributions to the rock history are endless.
There's a song around this time ...going like this " it was blind leading the blind...." . Can someone please remind me or help me find out if anyone know.
@@shasankapatir7551 try mumford and sons?
And he has one of the best voices. Incredible talented Musician. Guitar, piano, vocals. And nice guy.
Great steve
He's a legend
Here are the correct time stamps:
00:00: Intro/Pearly Queen
05:53: Medicated Goo
11:30: Rock And Roll Stew
17:45: Mozambique
23:05: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
34:48: Glad
40:23: Freedom Rider
45:22: Empty Pages
49:52: Light Up Or Leave Me Alone (with band presentation)
1:02:15: Dear Mr Fantasy (with spoken intro)
1:10:00: Gimme Some Lovin'
I was lucky enough to see the original Traffic at the Academy of Music in NY way back in 73 with Dave Mason and Chris Wood. The best music ever.
You are lucky to have seen that great band. I only managed when they were a trio and afterwards whenever I could.
Was therv for the Friday Late and both Saturday shows. Saturday late with Mason is one the best shows I ever saw!
When did Dave Mason leave the band?
@@TimWard-s4h Google can help.
And WOAH, you look so innocent
Back when bands were bands. 😊
Loved the heat.🎷🎻🪕🎼🎸🎺🎶🎧
Did it all. ✌️😎🎯
What a great concert to watch while staying home on a Sunday afternoon. I also pulled out my "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" album purchased in 1972. This is one of my fav albums. Traffic is one heck of a funk rock band; heavy on the funk. I'am 78 years old now and still rocking.
My man! 67 here and still taking names.
Long live rock
Yeah is true 👍👍👍
THIS IS GREAT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND TWICE ON SUNDAY..
PEOPLE YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO THE "ON THE ROAD"ALBUM WHERE IT'S ALL OF THE BOYS INCLUDING CHRIS WOOD ON SAX (RIP) AND THE INCREDIBLE ROGER HAWKINS ON DRUMS,REEBOP KWAKUBA ON TIMBALES AND CONGAS,DAVID HOOD ON BASS,JIM CAPALDI ON PERCUSSION,AND OF COURSE THE MUSICAL GENIUS STEVE WINWOOD..
Traffic & ABB Stole the Show at Woodstock 2 back in "94"
Just Love them "Jamming" on Light Up or Leave me Alone.
They havn't lost a Step !!
I was at this show. Traffic by far was the biggest surprise for the whole weekend. I couldn’t believe how great they were. I was amazed that Woodwind played guitar for the whole set (I associated him with keyboards). Still blown away almost 30 years later.
Winwood plays keys in the middle of this set.
You were at Woodstock? God 🙌 bless
What a superb band Traffic . Winwood is a brilliant multi instrumentalist , singer and writer the like of which doesnt seem to be around these days.
The music takes me back to very happy hippie days when life was so good and music was the best.
Your right Miles....those were the days. Music meant everything to the youth of the day...Oh the memories..now we're old and all our rock heroes are passing. RIP❤
Superb!
probably the most underrated songwriter/organist/singer/guitarist....a legend
Killer lead player.
This is the most overrated comment in history.
I always love a good Traffic jam.
A Traffic Jam? A good analogy!
@@brendabaxter4045 I didn't invent it. It's literally where the name came from.
Terrific Traffic, totally Outta Sight !! Woodstock #2 ☮️❤⭐🤩😍🌄🌺🌺🌹🌹🌷🌷🪻🪻🏵️🌠🎥
Steve Winwood has one of the most unmistakable voices in music history!
Steve winwood has to be one of the most talented musicians that ever roamed the earth.
He was already super talented when he was really young.
Stevie kept company with some of the best Clapton,Paige, Harrison, Frampton. He always shimmered brightly amongst the celestials.
Eh- one hit wonder Winwood.
Funny thing 5 years of hits produced by Winwood Mason :&,Cappalldii think that gives them a little more than one hit.
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STEVE WINWOOD, TOP of his class, he is simply amazing,.such talent..all the musicians here are incredible. Just amazing......
He sucks....want a real guy. Get Trevor.
The unanimous response to EVERY ONE of these Songs is: "THAT's My Favorite!!!"
As a Composer/Musician, Stevie Winwood is an astounding ULTRA-Talent unlike any Other!
Traffic remains as THE BOOMER BOMB! Thank you so much for sharing this Concert!!!
Steve is awsome piano guitar singing as well as Dave and they rest of they band
Traffic's eclectic mix of rock, funk, soul, jazz, folk, and blues is so magical, I don't think any other band has ever duplicated it, or ever will.
Steely Dan to some extent fits the bill though they were more on Jazz
@@rallabhandiprabhakar4750 That is just it - no one else has had their fussion and quality and stamina! It could not last - they were too good to be true!
@@GrandmaSmith-jn1uyReally, try Little Feat.
Traffic's eclectic synthesis of rock, funk, soul, jazz, folk and blues is magical.
@@jereuter01 Good, now try Little Feat.
Thanks TH-cam, this is Great
This is absolutely beautiful. I'm 67 and feel like 16 all over again. It brings back the first moment I fell in love with Traffic in 1968.
Ditto here..Same age.. Back then, the first time i heard "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" I thought at the beginning that was Steely Dan, then I heard Steve's voice and i was like, wait a minute! That ain't no Steely Dan...And that was my introduction to Traffic! 🤭
I was totally bought right away!
This is definitely one of the best Traffic performances i have seen. Jim Capaldi and the bass player are a great rhythm section, and the whole band really bang out some infectious jams. Cheers to to the uninhibited girls in the 14th, 46th and 68th minutes.
Thanks for pointing out those 3 spots! I would have missed it and what a shame that would have been.
Almost Santana like .
Buongustaio!
first saw Traffic at the Fillmore East in 1968, and every acquaintance and music lover I know has marveled on their music. RIP Capaldi, Wood and those lost from this generation. LONG LIVE US ALL!
I love Traffic! 🙂
very excellent
Such a solid performance!
One of the truly greatest musicians of all time. Steve Winwood!
Winwood is a God
Steve Winwood = prodigy
One amongst a bunch in that era, for sure. He, like Eric, still does a real good show. I can do without Jagger in his Spandex. Enough is enough !
Blackmore and Candy do a nice show. He looks great and still works the strings well. Ozzy.......not so much. Ian tries......
Good times never to return.I dont miss them but I'm sure thankful of the memories and clik clik clik ability to "re-live" them for a minute or 10
I cant listen to new shit like my 90 year old/old man says the Beatles make him need to go sit on da terlet...LOL.He Jams Andy Williams and Steve and Edie in his ride.
I agree
Yes he was and still is. Winwood came up old school. Old school has been obliterated for the likes of (boring and disconcerting and redundant) rap and hip hop and pop sludge that are so autotuned, melodies chopped up to Hell, every "singer" sings the exact same patterns of notes because two guys in Nashville literally produce all this junk. to become a star you gotta bend over wide open and take it up every orifice from old Jewish men who own and run the entire business since Marconi.
I have listened to this at least 50 times. Steve's voice was the background music of my childhood in the 1960s and I didn't even know it! All I knew was Spencer Davis Group or Blind Faith. I didn't realize that his voice was the thread woven through so many memories. God Bless you, Steve! I love your music.
It's amazing how many times I've come back to hear this track. Glad to see I'm not alone! 😊
Have NEVER seen Winwood play guitar so on point and the band tight. Like others say some of these performances are better than the studio cut! What a treat.
I stumbled across this and - " forget my taxes!" It is not just nostalgia, this music is just timeless!!!! I want more - the mix of instruments, the range of the performers and the emotionality mixed with the jazz and funk - the drums!!! How did I get this old and not know it? Music like this just keeps the soul young!
Winwood, like Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, are intricately crafted musicians who reached mid-level fame, to be gifts to all they touched. Steve is a ghost of the spirit that resides within the musical minds of a generation. He stays with you, always current, always listenable.
Saw Steve in June 2016 and was absolutely blown away! Sounded like I went back in time - everything as tight as ever AND with good vocals - no cheating on the high stuff. Good god - who would have ever expected that the little kid I saw behind that big B3 in the SDG in '67, who was blowing us away even then!, would still be cranking for over 50 effing years! Multi-instrumental prodigy - but also one of the BEST tune-writers, which is often overlooked. ...Rock on STEVE!
Born to do what he does....with excellence!
i 2nd that
I saw him at the Hollywood bowl in late 2017, and was indeed awesome.
We saw the Low Spark Tour in Atlanta 1971. In my top 5 concerts of All Time
I've seen Stevie 5 times
A very great Band and Musicians. Thank you
U welcome wlov. Va
One of the best concerts I've ever listened to
Same here my friend!
I have seen a million concerts and in the seventies I saw Traffic 3 or 4 times and they were my favorite band until Tool who I am going to see in February and it would really make my year to see Traffic again. Does anyone know when they are playing again?
Does Stevie Winwood ever age?
I have wanted to marry Stevie since I was in my teens and I am way past that now.
Più di un'ora di totale godimento. Grazie tutta la vita.
I was at this performance. When my buddies and I decided to go to this event, we really didn't review the list of acts scheduled to appear. We had a very good spot not too far from the right side of the stage, far enough back that we could enjoy the music without the crush of people closer in. Anyway, we were sitting there, and the announcer introduced Traffic. I was flabbergasted! I never thought Id ever see Traffic live, and there they were! What a great set! Traffic, Joe Cocker, and Nine Inch Nails were the highlights of the whole festival for me.
A very good friend of mine , who has seen virtually every great band from that era , still says to this day , that no band was better than Traffic live . Stevie Winwood is just sheer class.
+ThefightingCelt would never argue that point...Stevie Winwood was a gift...truly a professional too...
It is all just personal taste. Everyone likes certain bands. Like your friend I saw everyone there was to see from about 65 on, and saw Traffic, liked them but wouldn't put them in the top 5 or 6 shows I have seen. Doesn't mean they aren't great.
@@HamiltonRb Different strokes for different folks!!
It's all good. No need to compare. Stevie Winwood and Traffic is just great. I still love listening to Traffic after all these years. I just love this sound. I can't say enough. I just love a flute.
Words can’t say enough about how much this was just what I needed in this moment.
My mother passed away the other day and nothing is ok.
This is the thing that got me past the darkness of it all 💙ty
Oh the great memories that are what remain~*
Sorry about your mother. :-(
I hope you are well
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Winwood's guitar here is impressive!
Boy,how great would it be to see a musical genius the likes of Steve Winwood come along now? A truly one of kind person and giant of music!
Wenn man das mit dem Mist vergleicht, was einem heute als "Musik" präsentiert wird...
DAS sind Musiker!!!
Aufnahmetechnik, Sound und Kameraführung ebenfalls vom Feinsten!!!
Eines der besten aufgezeichneten Live Konzerte!!! 100% Qualität!!!
DANKE !
Never realized they actually performed at Woodstock. What a treat
This is not “Woodstock” that was in 1969. But, the second one from 1994 - very much a different thing. Traffic was not at the ‘69 Festival.
I haven't heard Traffic for years Absolute genius .and very under-rated . Versatility and complexity is amazing . Winwood up there with the best . should have been knighted ...
he's still alive, and so is the knighthood institution, does he want it?
Why should anyone want today's long_ forgotten leftovers,when this classic gem is here? Don't care how old it is,at least it is listenable.Nobody threatening to kill anyone or exploit them to death.Brilliant. Let's do it again
Lewis, its James
Got through college on Where the Eagle flies!
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Great with a cold beer on a hot day
Enjoy!!
They sound better than ever! Glad this concert was recorded ✌👍
Yes! Same here MD. Many of us do not get to go to concerts: It's amazing what modern electronics can do. Listening to concerts at home ... priceless! Thank you for a good comment. It reminds me that I have it better than I thought I did. Have a good day, night, or whatever.
Makes me believe the higher power is truly projected thru Steve's talent. Absolutely a gift from God!
He must have come from a musical family. I'd love it if someone would do a biography of him and/ or Traffic, I saw him in Hampton, Virginia about 1965 or 66. It was "The Yard Birds" who had 3 of the most out standing guitarists of our generation! Look the group up if you like this concert. Anyhow, his brother was in the band, too. It was my first Supergroup! I cannot say just how amazing it was to be i such a small place and with so few people experiencing the caliber of music that we were sharing! WOW! There are no words...
Three days there...94...Traffic.
Real music, real players.. The way it should be! Steve and Jim were awesome together...
what a treasure this is...and proof of what humans, grooving, rocking , sweating together, dedicated to uplift fellow beings, can bring about...a healing event that even after decades past has the power to touch your heart and put a smile on your face...thank you Steve and friends...
Great performance by some Great performers. Thanks for posting. ❤️🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵❤️
Not that many guys were so good on both guitar and keyboards. Hats off to Winwood.
WOW! Now I know why this was my favorite performance of the whole Festival! It even sounds better watching it again. Traffic had this amazing vibe going on. Stevie Winwood is a pure genius! My favorite musician of the sixties & seventies! Could Traffic be the most underated band ever!!!
A superb vocal performance by Steve Winwood. He's right up there amongst the very best for sure.
Stevie is an outstanding lead guitarist, completely underrated!
lopezb
Wouldn't say that Steve WINWOOD is underrated,
He was recognised in the 1960s as a very talented teenager, playing and singing with The Spencer Davis Group, by musicians and fans alike.
I don't think you need to be repeatedly in annual polls to be classed as a great musician.
mark heyne
That's a fair response, to my comment.
Not everyone realises that he is really good on guitar.
But I dare say that an awful lot of music fans, that were in Britain in the 60s, knew how good a player he is.
Listen to Mr Fantasy , from 1967,
He made us very happy!
mark heyne
👍 😉
I deg to biffer .............. he is quite OK for the music they put out, and the voice is truly extraordinary, but he would not make my top 100 guitarist list
@@porkbelly0713 Agreed. He is a competent lead guitarist and excellent all-rounder but doesn't stand alongside the specialists, except in vocals.
Best Drums livesound Ive heard for years. Both Capaldi and Reyes. Traffic has always been great.
Winwood is one of the most underrated guitarists of all time
Steve und die Band sind einfach gerade bei diesem Konzert einmalig. Danke
Yep still as good as he was in the 60's I love Traffic. Lots of nights as a teenager in my room lights off listening to their music. Happy Memories
I was at this concert! They where only band that put out this amazing 60's vibe. I wish you where there. Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!
@@dougpotosky4102 So do I. I saw Steve Winwood with Eric Clapton at the Hollywood Bowl. What an incredible show. They played together most of the evening and featured each others material.
Remarkable how extremely multi-talented this band is, still some of the best there are. 🙏
Winwood was an engineering master...he had Traffic sounding perfect in a non-perfect setting. Just a really great set.
Very talented and versatile group lead by Steve! Traffic is a new found love of mine.
playing with Stevie would be so awesome and so smooth because he is the band leader hero.
Excellent! Not many bands can come back to play live tunes 25 years after recording them for a killer album, and make it all sound as good as the record, everything completely recognizable. That's the superlative musicianship and care of Winwood and Capaldi. Winwood did not even repeat licks in this concert, and they were all excellent. I love the guy for that.
Hes one of the best
RIP Jim and Chris, you're both missed!
Steve Winwood is one of the most talented musicians in rock nd roll. still has great pipes too
he is just as good today 2019 25 years later. A timeless musical genius!
In '94 SW had been singing /playing this tune for nearly 30 years > Spencer Davis Group !
Like fine wine, SW keeps getting better with age ... :-)
Steve Winwood has been going this for a long time. What a talent!
This brought tears. The instrumental sounded like Santana!
Many faithful renditions of their classic songs and more.
Signs of a great band. The live version sounds almost better than the album track, and this is a complex song with different parts for each instrument. All the musicians are bobbing and moving, but it is not a display for effect - it's their enjoyment and common sense of rhythm. And the song still sounds fresh, decades later.
Amen.
Yea.....really good live performance from a great band and crew....It does sound better than original
Grant Hurlburt very well said
Agree, very well said Grant
Which song are your referring too? It's 78 minutes of music.
Great set.. Winwood playing guitar with such confidence.. he's a fantastic player and that voice is sounding so good here. Traffic always were and will always remain musical giants.
Real music talent something today music don't have if that what call today music about 4 words to ever song in other words I hate today crap
And how many people would say that's Clapton? Crazy eh
THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND HASN'T KNIGHTED "SIR",STEPHEN LAWRENCE WINWOOD..IT'S AN INJUSTICE BUT WINWOOD IS TOO HUMBLE TO MAKE ANY BONES ABOUT IT..HE'S A VERITABLE MUSICAL GENIUS..
Steve played here in Greenville, SC. at the Peace Center a couple of years ago with his daughter opening up. He played his whole songbook of classics and hits from Spencer Davis, Blind Faith, and Traffic right thru his solo career. The musicianship was spectacular and the vocals really good. This was much, much more than I was expecting. He's a REAL superstar!! And btw soooo much soul!!
This is absolutely BRILLIANT!!!! Fantastic set!
Got my edumacation on Traffic at the age of 21. This cinnamon girl is still listening and loving every minute of it 33 years later! Let music move you!
Steve Winwood is easily the most under-rated musician of his time. Brilliantly talented and amazing!!
I'm a big fan but I never understood why people felt he was underrated. Higher love and Roll With It were Huge hits
@@fongsungjaupseio5542 They were for sure. Not sure if people even realize he started his career as a musician when he was he teenage prodigy in the Spencer Davis Group. That's kind of what I was getting at. He has been great since the 60's!
He isn;t underrated.
Million dollar talent in a 5 dollar t-shirt. I love it.
Is that "dressing down" or what !
canadianroot
Nothing flash or showy about SW.
Thankfully.
Stevie just mite the greatest and most well rounded musician of this era! The voice! the songwriting! the guitar playing that no one talks about! Ask Clapton! I bet he will agree with me!!!! ( Blind Faith)! WOW! I forgot his amazing Keyboard playing!
Doug Potosky
Have you seen, the videos of Eric and Steve playing together, at the Crossroads Guitar Festivals.
Soo Good!
@@Atom-56 I have. Steve is perfect.
Brilliant - thanks loads to Jam and Psych on MV for providing this fantastic treat.. The sound of a band not only releasing their talents for us all to enjoy but also enjoying what they're playing for themselves.. You can hear the joy bursting out of the whole group without exception.. R.I.P.Jim Capaldi you legend and also Chris WOOD who left us in 1983
I,m 79 now and I still love this band. Still have my yellow TRAFFIC. T-shirt . Sorry youngsters. WE WIN! Our music is better than yours and will never get old. LOng live the guitar solo!
Only 62 but I totally agreed
Loved Winwood from Spencer Davis through Blind Faith and Traffic...I love Traffic the most. Winwood/Capaldi wrote some great stuff. 90% of the kids in the audience know nothing about the history of the music of the 60's/70's. But, it's their responsibility to keep it alive. We did our thing. Now, it's their turn. Just don't fuck it up!
Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio said it best , Long live rock n roll !
60 years old. God bless you ☯️🕉🙀🐾🙏👍💊💊💊💊
I know right.They would give their left arm to go back in time and meet us roll a fatie and laugh together
Watching this from 1994 and he sounds fantastic as someone in the crowd shouts, I saw him in St. Augustine Fl. in 2014 or so and he still sounded that good and it didn't hurt that he was teamed up with Steely Dan before Beckers passing !
I believe that Steve was only 15 or 16 when he sang Gimme Some Lovin' with the Spencer Davis group. A truly great talent. He's one year older than I am. Keep on rockin!
16....have a cigar on me.
What an atmosphere! Sound settings and record quality is bloody good as for live!
Thank you for showing this! After fifty years, I finally see this for the first time. It truly rocked my world!
U. Welcome. Wlov. Va
25 years ago! Still better than anything coming out today!
WAY better.
Thanks to whomever put this up on TH-cam!
GIMME SOME LOVING A SPENCER DAVIS GROUP TUNE..WINWOOD WAS GREAT AT 15..
Never seen Traffic perform live yet they are that good. Greatness in concert is the best narrative of this amazing video. Excellent concert with immense talent. Each band member's performance
is grace with overwhelming contribution going the extra mile making this a memorable classic for the ages.
Wolfgang - Thank you, thank you so very much! You have made this grandma so happy! Now all I need is The Gratful Dead in 1967 or '68 doing Alligater live!
I saw this tour at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. They opened with a quiet
"Rainmaker" rising up and into the night full of great cranking Traffic music. RIP Jim. Keep playing for us, Steve. Saw Steve and his band open for Allman Bros. last summer. He played so well...Had To Cry was amazing!
You can add Samba to the influences they had in their music. I should know, being Brazilian, and also Jim , who was married to one. Gimme Some Loving looks like a Brazilian carnival in the intro. Beautiful. One of the greatest bands ever.
My head may have wandered over the decades to The Doors, The Stones, Zep, Hendrix, Janis, Clapton, R&R, R&B, Motown, Funk, Grunge, Blues, but my heart has always stayed true to Steve W.
I was at this Festival, it was an amazing 3 days.Some of the best bands ever. Rock and Roll FOREVER!!!
What a great concert. When I first heard "Low spark" I didn't get it. It did have nuances that intrigued me and something deeper inside me connected with it. I had heard "Dear Mister Fantasy" first and although it was not really poignant to me at the time, I really didn't understand what a master musician and arranger Steve Winwood is until I saw him in concert with Eric Clapton at Madison Square garden. His music had flitted in and out of my years passing by, but once I understood his back story and "Gimme Some Lovin" was tagged to him, I dug deeper and started opening up to his catalog. Now I am firmly convinced that I wasted so many years not treating myself to his discography. One recent find was "One more morning". It has church, jazz, soft ballad facets and moving segues into deep thoughts and feeling. I was at work, turned on my headphones and it had me weeping as it moved me to think about all those who had gone on before me and how I miss them. I am sure as they were dying they were thinking "Just one more morning with all these that I love". Death is surely worse for the survivors, but that song and hits like "Every Mother's son", "Valerie", "Roll with it", "John Barleycorn must die", my favorite "Can't find my way home", "Pearly Queen", his hits with Blind Faith, "Medicated Goo" and "Low spark..." just give me something my soul needs. Thank you Steve Winwood, other than meeting Jesus Christ and two other men, you are on my top five list...God bless you and I hope to meet you someday. CJR
Vielen Dank from Germany. Steve gave me so much delight and he really lit up my soul and gave me good feeling for so long. Danke for the upload and I love you all. We are Woodstock and we have love for ever.
Being 63 I was able to enjoy Stevie when he was a lot younger and I have to say I have never heard so much soul come out of a white man ever !!! Just listen to him in Spencer Davis' Give me some Lovin !!!
memories of him at the Marquee Club in London 1967, Spencer Davis Group were the regular Tuesday night act
They called him "The White Ray Charles" 👍
And he was only 16 or 17 yrs old.
HE (STEVE WINWOOD) WANTED HIS VOICE TO SOUND LIKE RAY CHARLES..THE RESULT WAS AN EVEN GREATER VOICE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE..THE MUSICAL GENIUS PLAYS EVERY INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD AND PRODUCED HIS OWN ALBUMS..
Just added it to my PL. Decades, where'd they go...feeling 20 listening to Traffic 😁
25 yrs later and the first 5 notes give me goosebumps like than !
70 here. Saw them at the Albert Hall in 69 with Jimi Hendrix and in 71 at the Fairfield Halls Croydon (the “Canteen” album) and then many years later Stevie at the Montreux Jazz Festival - always had something about them as a band and that centred around Stevie - a true virtuoso.
Brilliant group of musicians. Seems most of them are multi instrumental. Stevie Winwood is one hell of a musician! Love the way the flute comes into the song "Mozimbique"and changes the tone of the song! Herbie Mann on steroids.
The guys did a great job of putting this together. Runs a close second to the original. I love the music of traffic. I find original and soothing and stimulating at the same time, So rare. I think they should be in the hall of fame.
I can't believe they aren't So Sad
Great post. Glad I got to see him with Blind Faith the day man first landed on the Moon(!) in 1969. Followed him since he blew me away with his soulful pipes on Spencer Davis Group's Gimme Some Lovin and I'm A Man in 1966. Traffic was one of the best groups ever and their 2nd American release was fantastic (with Dave Mason).
WOW!! I had forgotten just how AWESOME this music is, and it has never sounded better than in this live production! Thanks for posting!
Great show!! As great and versatile as Stevie is, Randall Bramblett is doing an outstanding job on piano, organ, sax, and flute. Jim Capaldi also doing his thang. The whole group is at their very best for this one!!
It’s me again. Linda81 (Chick Castiello) just realized that 8/14 is my birth date. Along with 1941. Still loving rock and roll and TRAFFIC!!!