HOLE IN MY SHOE by Traffic (live in Sweden 1967- rarely performed live track with slideshow video)
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- This is a live version of 'Hole in My Shoe' sung by writer Dave Mason. The studio version of this song has been one of my most popular slideshow videos, so I thought I would upload this rarely performed live version. In fact it erks me that this song appears to have contributed to the alienation of writer Dave Mason from the rest of group and to his departure, as it is my favourite Traffic song. It would be a hard song to do live, and they have acquitted themselves nicely, particularly Dave's sitar work at the beginning, which takes up about half the running time.
I bought the original studio single version when it came out (Smiling Phases was the 'B' side). This song was written and sung by Dave Mason, rather than Steve Winwood who did most of the singing for the band. Interestingly, Dave said it was the first song he wrote and that it was like a nursery rhyme. He said he had not tried LSD at the time he wrote the song (many thought it was influenced by that drug). Francine Heimann was the six year old girl who did the spoken part in the middle of the original song. She was the stepdaughter of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell.
Winwood had success as a musician prior to joining Traffic, becoming the frontman of the Spencer Davis Group at age 15 in 1963. Winwood met drummer Jim Capaldi, guitarist Dave Mason, and multi-instrumentalist Chris Wood when they jammed together at The Elbow Room, a club in Aston, Birmingham. After Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in April 1967, the quartet formed Traffic. Soon thereafter, they rented a cottage near the rural village of Aston Tirrold, Berkshire to write and rehearse new music.
Traffic signed to Island Records label and their debut single "Paper Sun" became a UK hit in mid-1967. Their second single, Mason's psych-pop classic "Hole in My Shoe", was an even bigger hit, and it became one of their best-known tracks, but it set the stage for increasing friction between Winwood and Mason, the group's principal songwriters.
The rest of their career involved various personnel comings and goings (Winwood joined Blind Faith for a year) and Dave Mason even rejoined again for a short period. They had varying success, although scoring with John Barleycorn Must Die and The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Nov. 1971), which was a Top 10 American album athough did not chart in the UK. Sadly Chris Wood died in 1983 and Jim Capaldi in 2005. The above was adapted from Wikipedia.
I have put together a slide show video for this song, hopefully matching up images to the music. Comments are welcome.
My video of the studio version of this song is at:
• HOLE IN MY SHOE (1967)...
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Astounding! I just always thought I'd never hear a live version of one of my favourite 60s UK singles!
One of the most unforgettable radio played songs of the 60's. I was in awe when I first heard this as a young teenager. Magical.
One of the best psychedelic songs .....it's so strange ....the ending is masterful......who says drugs don't work!
Totally! A beautiful, trippy, dreamy mess!! God Bless the psychadellic 60s!
This, as I am lowered into my grave.
Absolutely incredible.
Dave Mason was, is and shall continue to be an amazing artist.
Was he ever! Underrated!!! This song is such a dreamy trip!
Amazing - never heard a live version of this wonderful song
Me too!
Brilliant live version, love the sitar intro and those heavy drum beats
It is magnificent!
Utterly brilliant post. Splendid sitar at the outset, too. Inspired, sir...inspired...
Colin Mc, I gotta hand it to you Britt's. Some great music and musicians came from Great Britain.
Man, I wish Dave had stayed with Traffic for a few more years. Oh, well--beginning with Alone Together he put out a bunch of great albums. thanks for posting this. 'o)
+skipwaytube
Totally agree, Alone Together and other albums Rocked !
Thx : ))
Gus ☼
+longlostgus Hey, Gus, You sound like you are !as big a Traffic/Dave Mason fan as me!
*****
Thx man! A bit more Dave's than Traffic when they parted ways if I might say so, watched Traffic in the 70's and it was nice but I enjoyed more the lots of times I went to see the Dave Mason Band, once he even opened for newcomers Fleetwood Mac (with Stevie Nicks, Buckingham and Chris. Mcvie) now you can call that a great double header, Later!
+longlostgus Do you have Dave's new album (Future's Past), Gus? a little old stuff, a little new. He's been touring behind it. You can get it from his site. davemasonmusic.com Cheers, Skip
I saw Dave Mason a few years ago at a Half-Full venue in the centre of Liverpool. In a Club would have made for a better atmosphere.
Great Guitarist.
these guys were the best band in the world .....this version is a dream ,,,,,what genius talent these fellas had . long live the 60s era i was fortunate to be there xxxxx
Top draw, you could feel it building smooth like a wave,then breaks over you, genus
The use of sitar was inspired by George Harrison of "The Beatles" -- which was the best band in the world.
Best version I've heard. Loved the original when it came out. 16 at the time.
I can listening to this so many times
The sitar makes it complete👍👍👍
I will cover this very soon
Mad Traffic fan then, i was fifteen, bought the three singles and the first two albums. bootlegged gigs like this are rare and much treasured.
I bought the single of this song in 1967. Its magic has never worn off.
a wonderful 60's piece.
I was five years old living in East Norwalk, Connecticut, heard this from a window.
How. Fuckin. Trippy. Is. THAT?! Took me straight back to 1967, at school in the UK, where I heard this for the first time. Mind-blowing. Psychedelic. Life-altering. Which is why I still like it now B-)
Ed Rybicki. Hell yeah. You sound like a cool old man. I wish I could have experienced it first hand. Sadly, I was born in 87. I have had some great psychedelic experiences though and what's good about nowadays is that we have this enormous catalogue of great music from all ages to enjoy. But still, experiencing something first hand is like no other.
So wonderful to hear Traffic with sitar playing 1 of the best songs ever :~)
@ wilson mcphert........It makes ME very happy you own/ed the single too! I couldn't believe how quickly it was removed here (they are so strict, no idea why) and I'd waited and watched for it from the moment I bought my iPad a little over a year ago. Still have 3 Traffic albums in good condition, the wonderful Blind Faith CD, yet for some unknown reason, I have never owned this one. If you DO still have the original single, would it be possible to try putting it up again? You'd make an old Aussie very happy indeed. Kind regards, Linda.
Thanks for this Wilson! Bought the single on release, as I did with Paper Sun.
Beautiful, so typical of the mystical songs of the time such as Paper Sun, Whiter Shade of Pale, I am the Walrus, Lucy in the Sky, Rainbow Chaser.
Excellent effort, thanks so much for putting this together!
This is absolutely brilliant. I never thought I would see a live rendition of this song.
Astonishing, one of if not the best live performances of any classic track.Im not musically knowledgeable at all but I imagine this a very difficult track to play live.At the beginning when the intro breaks into the actual track the drum beating is mind blowing.
Just so wonderful, with Sitar too.... ABFABBO...
Thanks Wilson. that is a great read, the slide show a great watch and the song is one of my all time favourites. never heard this live version til now (2019) and i love it. thanks again
Fantastic ! , Thanks For The Treat ... : )
@ wilson mcphert........Oh thank you, whilst different, what a treasure! The studio version was up here in Australia for one whole day! I was so incensed to find it removed that I checked your most excellent channel. Well done!!!
+Linda Jones thanks Linda. The original is one of the most popular out of my almost 100 videos, which makes me happy. I owned the single.
Linda Jones: Incensed because everything isn't free? Go and buy it and stop your whinging!
Love sitar music! ❤️
All I can see is Neil the Hippy....great intro though. Oh man, this is so heavvvvvyyyy!
Oh man thanks for uploading this, it’s a beautiful song and just as good live.
A melting pot of sound sights oh thankyou TH-cam I'm living in color mmm so fine
Wow that blew my mind👏👏Awesome
Very rare live version, indeed!
Great upload; it's really cool live. Weird that they rarely played it.
just great
funny how great songs pull you in like a whirlpool
I saw them play a free concert in London's Hyde Park when Mason had rejoined the band and they were releasing their second album. It was a lovely summers day and they were excellent. Stevie Winwood wore his red trousers that he never seemed to take off.
He might have looked a bit silly without his pants on (if he was wearing polka dot knickerbockers or something)
@@jonnamechange6854 Shades of the opening track of "Get yer ya yas out"
believe I was there too!....happy daze!
Beautiful. Pop music was so original then. What happened?
Thank's i remember listening to this record as a child though not this version . This version ( especially at the beginning ) , sounds like they were into Indian mysticism like the Beatles in those day's. This is a live version of the song with pictures of the event . I thought that it was actually a live version with the band playing the instruments on stage . My bad . But good , anyway
Tony D: Playing a sitar does not mean you are interested in 'indian mysticism'. It means its a new/trendy sound to put on your latest record!
I'm surprised not a single soul today in Rock, hasn't picked up the Sitar and come up w/ a tune or two.
I came up w/ dueling sitars , a spoof on dueling banjos , that count?
Beck uses a sitar on 'Loser'.
Fantastical!
Dave Mason genius!
Whoever recorded this live performance take a bow........
Swedish Radio!
Thanks for posting this never heard this live version before have the single picture sleeve.i believe the middle bit was spoken by chris blackwell of island records young daughter
I know that no child speaks on the live version i was talking about the recorded single version which i said i have in a picture sleeve if you had bothered to read it properly and she did .ithen said i believe it to be that in pure english is not taken as pure fact just my belief if it was chris blackwells daughter or not i dont know for sure and never stated that as a fact .!!!
I love this live version! Never heard it before either. Unfortunately you can't hear the great original studio version by Traffic on You Tube anymore which is a real shame..
the studio version is on this page posted by "theoldrecordsclub", this is good but liked Paper Sun more.
James Martin: You could go out and buy it! You could stay in and buy it! Not everything can be free you know!
Somehow I put 'Show' instead of 'Shoe' on the video title. Can't change it now. Grrr.....
I guess you somehow changed it in the last 6 years
@@metsrock15 It's still there in the video. I was able to change it on the youtube title. Thanks for watching.
Always reminds me of being at Scarborough when I was a nipper this song
Thank You :) QC
Thanks for this!!!
A revolutionary band.
Fantastic! Never heard it live before, not too bad......
Timeless. Thank you.
I never knew they had ever performed this live. I had tickets to see Traffic in 1968 but Stevie was "ill" and couldn't perform. Instead they had Jethro Tull, Ten Years After and a band simply called "Family". I think this was a silver lining.
Ric Grech was in Family and went on to play with Winwood in Blind Faith.
I have been a Traffic fan since late 60s. I have never heard this version of this song. Love the Sitar>>>
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.
Josef--What a stupid Bloody comment,about it could have been better.
The '67 Copenhagen Bootleg is worth tracking down. There's a great version on that! Also the 'Christmas On Earth (Cont)' '67 footage is essential viewing!
Very nice. Thank you. \M/
Thanks for this great rarity!
Thanks I enjoyed that, hole in my shoe is my favorite Traffic song too.
Theoriginalwee marie: Oh! Dear! Hole In My Shoe isn't as good as anything on Mr. Fantasy.
This hit is "rarely performed" live, yes, and it is a shame because it is such a good song, I miss it every time I listen to a live record from Traffic. The Sweden 1967 recording is nice, but give it a couple of years, with new musical instruments and tools, this song could have become far more better than some of the ususal live stuff (sorry Traffic).
Josef Nagy: Just how many 'Live' Traffic albums do you listen to? Answer: None! There are very few 'live' '67 recordings (other than BBC Sessions) of the original Traffic. The only one I know of is Copenhagen '67 which is a radio recording that happens to feature this track and Utterly Simple! Apart from that there is the Christmas On Earth (Cont.) footage also from '67. That's about it! As for the 'new musical instruments and tools' bit, I have no idea what you are talking about!
Cool!
This live performance, while not perfect, dispels the long-held misconception that Traffic never performed this song live. Great introduction by Dave Mason on sitar and soon after the others
quietly join in.
Amazing and Awesome.
Fascinating clip of musical history.
They pulled it off pretty good live
Dave Mason is a brilliant guitarist.
It's a pity he didn't keep up with his Sitar Lessons.
Steve Winwood is also a brilliant guitarist.
It's an even bigger pity that they can't Just Forget their egos & differences, after ALL THIS TIME.😢
Great crowd 👍😎
Wow Beautiful sitar sound
I was sure this was the next Beatles single when I first heard it on the radio.
Fabulous!
I still love and play Traffic's albums, have quite a bit of their live material but this is the first time I have heard such a version of Hole in my Shoe. Thanks so much wilson. I wonder whether Mason wanted more sitar on the studio take?
Great thanks
Great stuff Gracias !
The first single I ever bought!
I think he rejoined the band twice. But the second time was probably only as a special guest for a UK Tour in 1971. It was recorded and released in edited form as the album "Welcome to the Canteen"
EXCELLENT ~ INDEED.
Thanks.
If u wanna be a trippy hippie, this is the song for you! Lolx
It was the best Traffic song.
With House for Everyone..
Baz Buncher: Don't be absurd!
It still is
No fucking way.
@@brötzmannsax Beats. Mullberry Bush. Paper Sun.
Shame that Traffic were edited out of Magical Mystery Tour!!
LSD trip in a song.
When few knew that the real thing wasn't necesarily like childhood fantasy with absolute safety.
i felt sad mason was cut out of the group but i guess stevie winwood didnt want him in the band i mean look at the first lp its great & the live lp with dave mason is good.i guess when you have someone as talented as winwood you have great guitar or keyboard & vocal.i heard the other members of traffic didnt mind him but steve winwood felt they had musical differences.yeah ive heard a few line ups.but mason did carry on i saw an lp called like you never left so yeah maybe some bad feeling.but they both made traffic special for me & obviously chris wood & capaldi .that said traffic still made some great music without mason great post great band peace...
I was there!
Hello,Shoes. I got to stand on you again.
What a strange career path Dave Mason has had! He started off as a genius, and then acquired an American accent and political opinions so far to the right that even a moderate social and cultural conservative such as myself finds them deeply troubling. His music also went rapidly from brilliance to highly accomplished mediocrity.
rubbish he was ignored while winwood brought out bland albums
Mason's solo work after Traffic didn't produce anything of note. Certainly they were not 'great albums'! Let's not talk the guy up eh? He was around, he was integral to the original Trafffic, he plays up his relationship with Hendrix and as I saw in a very recent interview, promoting his reappearance as a heritage act, fancies himself as the kingpin of the band. I think he's desperate!
Agree, Dave Mason's biggest fan was Dave Mason. He had his moments and a few radio hits through the decades kept him on the B-list. And indeed he was part of the original chemistry and magic of Traffic. But outside fo that pretty forgettable.
@@andythomas706 Alone Together was a good album and he had a good live show during the 70's, early 80's with a truly great backing band but he was not the star of Traffic, in fact they did just fine without him.
@@georgewbergantz2843 He was a bit delusional. When asked if he would consider rejoining Traffic, he said the question is, would he consider letting them join him!
Thanks. Does anyone know exactly when in the sixties Traffic toured with Mason in tow? With his comings and goings, I can't figure out when he actually toured with them in the sixties. Thanks.
Brilliant they were beatle disciples
Saw them on a tour in the 60s.Was looking forward to them performing this.Unfortunately they did and it was dreadful.This is a bit ropey at the end to say the least.Not up to it vocally.
Certainly no Ravi Shankar on Sitar opening!!
2:29
There you go
Certainly not a sitar player.
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Was this the first group to use the Sitar before the Beatles or at the same timea
A song With A poor video And Doesnt Make Sense.