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TRAFFIC
GB
* 4/1967	+ 10/1975

Line-Up (1975):

Steve Winwood - voc,g
Rosko Gee - bg
Reebop Kwaku-Baah - perc
Jim Capaldi - ds
Chris Wood - sax

Former Members:

Dave Mason (g,voc, 4-12/67, 5-12/68, 1970)
Rick Grech (bg, 1970-72); David Hood (bg, 1972-73)
Wynder K. Frog (Mick Weaver) (kb, 1969); Barry Beckett (kb, 1972-73)
Jim Gordon (ds, 1971-72); Roger Hawkins (ds, 1972-73)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Mr Fantasy	12/1967	Island		8	88
2.	Traffic	10/1968	Island		9	17
3.	Last Exit	5/1969	Island			19
4.	The Best Of Traffic	10/1969	Island			48
5.	John Barleycorn Must Die	7/1970	Island		11	11
6.	Welcome To The Canteen	9/1971	Island			22
7.	The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys	26.11.1971	Island			7
8.	Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory produced by: Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi	26.01.1973	Island			5
9.	Traffic On The Road (2LP)	26.10.1973	Island		40	21
10.	You Can All Join In	5/1974	Island
11.	When The Eagle Flies produced by: Traffic/Chris Blackwell	8/1974	Island		31	9
12.	Heavy Traffic	5/1975	Island
13.	More Heavy Traffic	9/1975	Island
14.	Hole In My Shoe	1978
15.	Smiling Phases (2CD)	1992	Island
16.	Far From Home	5/1994	Virgin		29	33
17.	Heaven Is In Your Mind - Introduction To Traffic	12.10.1998	Island
18.	Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic	08.02.2000	Chronicles
19.	Gold	26.07.2005	Island
20.	Heaven Is in Your Mind	22.05.2012	Sundazed

Rick Grech:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Last Five Years	24.08.1973	RSO

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Paper Sun / Giving To You	5/1967	Island	5	94
2.	Hole In My Shoe / Smiling Phases	8/1967	Island	2
3.	Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush / Coloured Rain	11/1967	Island	8
4.	No Name, No Face, No Number / Roamin' In The Gloamin'	2/1968	Island	40
5.	Feeling Alright / Withering Tree	9/1968	Island		123
6.	Medicated Goo / Shanghai Noodle Factory	12/1968	Island
7.	Empty Pages / Stranger To Himself	8/1970	United Artists		74
8.	Gimme Some Lovin' / Gimme Some Lovin' (part 2)	10/1971	United Artists		68
9.	Glad / Glad (part 2) (v USA)	12/1971	United Artists
10.	Rock & Roll Stew (Part 1) / Rock & Roll Stew (Part 2)	1/1972	Island		93
11.	Hole In My Shoe / Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush	5/1974	Island
12.	Walking In The Wind / Walking In The Wind (instrumental)	18.10.1974	Island
13.	Hole In My Shoe / No Face, No Name, No Number / Paper Sun / Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush	10.03.1978	Island
14.	Here Comes A Man / Glad (live)	5/1994	Virgin
15.	Some Kinda Woman / Forty Thousand Headmen CD + Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys	9/1994	Virgin

Videos:

1. The Last Great Traffic Jam - 20.9.2005, Epic, live

Movies:

1. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (3 skladby)

Awards:

1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Mr. Fantasy", 1968)
2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Various:

disbanded 12/1968
reunited 4/70-10/75
reunited 1994

Chris Wood:

appeared on the LP:

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland (25.10.68, Track)
Rick Grech: The Last Five Years (24.8.73, RSO)
John Martyn: Inside Out (5.10.73, Island)

Rick Grech:

appeared on the LP:

Gram Parsons: GP (1/73, Reprise)
Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert (5.10.73, RSO)
Roger Chapman & Charlie Whitney: Streetwalkers (10.5.74, Reprise)
Ginger Baker: Ginger Baker And Friends (14.1.77, Mountain)

appeared on the SP:

Graham Bond: Twelve Gates To The City (4/71, Vertigo)

produced by LP:

Gram Parsons: GP (1/73, Warner Bros)

Reebop Kwaku-Baah:

appeared on the LP:

Rick Grech: The Last Five Years (24.8.73, RSO)
Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert (5.10.73, RSO)
Can: Saw Delight (11.3.77, Virgin)
Steve Winwood: Steve Winwood (24.6.77, Island)

Roger Hawkins:

appeared on the LP:

Aretha Franklin: This Girl's In Love With You (1970, Rhino)
Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark (1970, Rhino)
Wilson Pickett: Greatest Hits (3/73, Atlantic)
Art Garfunkel: Breakaway (10.10.75, CBS)
Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years (10.10.75, CBS)
Andy Fraser: In Your Eyes (7.11.75, CBS)
Rod Stewart: A Night On The Town (18.6.76, Riva)
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band: Stranger In Town (5/78, Capitol)
Eric Clapton: Money And Cigarettes (1983, Warner Bros)
Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (1985, Rhino)

Barry Beckett:

appeared on the LP:

Aretha Franklin: This Girl's In Love With You (1970, Rhino)
Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark (1970, Rhino)
Wilson Pickett: Greatest Hits (3/73, Atlantic)
Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years (10.10.75, CBS)
Andy Fraser: In Your Eyes (7.11.75, CBS)
Rod Stewart: A Night On The Town (18.6.76, Riva)
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band: Stranger In Town (5/78, Capitol)
Julian Lennon: Valotte (22.10.84, Charisma)
Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (1985, Rhino)

produced by LP:

Tanya Tucker: Tanya (24.9.02, Tuckertime)

David Hood:

appeared on the LP:

Aretha Franklin: This Girl's In Love With You (1970, Rhino)
Aretha Franklin: Spirit In The Dark (1970, Rhino)
Wilson Pickett: Greatest Hits (3/73, Atlantic)
Art Garfunkel: Breakaway (10.10.75, CBS)
Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years (10.10.75, CBS)
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band: Stranger In Town (5/78, Capitol)
Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (1985, Rhino)

Rosco Gee:

appeared on the LP:

Jim Capaldi: Short Cut Draw Blood (10/75, Island)
Stomu Yamas'ta: Go (5.6.76, Island)
Can: Saw Delight (11.3.77, Virgin)

Wynder K. Frog:

appeared on the LP:

Ian Matthews: Spots Of Interference (6/80, Rockburgh)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1970	0	25.04.1970	16	Caught In The Act	gig review
1971	0	04.12.1971	47	Pop Albums	album review
1973	13	31.03.1973	35	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	9	02.03.1974	5
1974	21	25.05.1974	34	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	43	26.10.1974	23	Caught In The Act - America	gig review
1975	43	25.10.1975	4
1978	10	11.03.1978	20	Singles	single review
1993	26	26.06.1993	39	Info Freako
1994	20	21.05.1994	55	Talk Talk Talk
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	16.12.1972	40	This Is America
1973	0	13.01.1973	6	Albums	album review
1973	0	31.03.1973	27	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1973	0	21.04.1973	20	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1973	0	28.09.1973	3	News
1973	0	13.10.1973	29	Albums	album review
1974	0	02.03.1974	2	News Desk
1974	0	11.05.1974	10
1974	0	07.09.1974	12	Albums	album review
1976	0	03.01.1976	33	Information City
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	18	13.09.1994	25	Woodstock '94	gig review
1995	21	24.10.1995	27	Recenze	album review
1996	5		20	Galerie
2001	9		62	Zapomenutí nezapomen	profile
2001	10		62	Zapomenutí nezapomen	profile
2006	2		44	Starobinec	profile