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Freedom rider album traffic
Freedom rider album traffic











The jazz fusion sound the band was trying to create is best exemplified by the first two tracks on the record. Stylistically, John Barleycorn was a massive step away from their previous psychedelic pop sound towards a more jazz and R&B influenced sound, and as an album was one of the earlier examples of jazz fusion, also known as jazz-rock. But because of a burning desire to play with like-minded musicians, Winwood called on ex-Traffic members Jim Capaldi (drums/percussion) and Chris Wood (sax/flute) to work with him, and henceforth the project became a full-on Traffic reunion and album.

freedom rider album traffic

Released in 1970, this album originally started as a Steve Winwood solo project as at this point Traffic was still disbanded after Winwood ended the group in order to form Blind Faith with Eric Clapton.

freedom rider album traffic

Why? I don’t know as they not only had one of the best soul/R&B singers to ever come out of England in Steve Winwood but also released some damn fine albums of which John Barleycorn Must Die was one.

freedom rider album traffic

Traffic was a band that flew under the radar during the late-60s and into the early-70s, and was not as big commercially speaking as some of their more famous contemporaries.













Freedom rider album traffic