Traffic

What band was he in prior to his solo work?

Traffic.

Ooh, okay.

Yeah, he was in Traffic.

S- so he had the chops right away-

Mm-hmm

But she knew all the drummers.

Like, she would play me, like, Traffic with Jim Gordon, "Listen to this," and we'd sit in her bedroom and, you know, and listen to those records and just dissect them.

I mean, she, so she turned me on to Thad Jones and Mel Lewis.

She turned me on to Mel, uh-

It's a good joke.

He's in Traffic.

Yeah, I got it.

I got it.

Who, uh, wasn't there a...

Was Dave Mason the guitarist of Traffic?

I have no idea.

I've-

There must be some kind of way out of here.

It became a star-studded affair, with contributions from Traffic guitarist Dave Mason, and also Rolling Stones' Brian Jones dropping in on percussion.

But, you know, underneath it all, All Along the Watchtower is really deceptively simple.

One set of chord changes repeats through all three verses, but, you know, each of Jimi's solos has its own sound.

The single hit number one in the UK, as well as in Belgium and Switzerland.

Their debut album followed in April of '69, and critics grumbled that Joe was just a cover artist, but the record was filled with fiery interpretations.

There was also Traffic's Feeling Alright.

There was Dylan's Just Like a Woman.

There you go.

Uh, this is Traffic, a band that Stevie Winwood was in, and this is the Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.

This song clocks in at over 11 minutes and is the title track to Traffic's 1971 album, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.

It exemplifies that jazz fusion side of progressive rock.

Uh, his, it's Stevie's hypnotic piano riffs, Chris Wood's atmospheric saxophone solos anchor and extend, uh, the sprawling arrangement that rejects traditional three-minute pop radio conventions.

I, d- I will never get tired of that song, ever.

Uh, so, so who was this?

Uh, Steve Winwood in Traffic.

Steeped in themes including community, social change, freedom and imagination, the album finds LisaB reimagining 60s classics in the present day.

The songs range from Bob Dylan's The Times They Are a-Changin' to Traffic's Dear Mr.

Fantasy, featuring Bay Area hip hop legend Lyrics Born.

She recently spoke with me about the connections the songs have between the past and present, the importance of community, and how the music of the 60s continues to provide guidance and inspiration decades later.

Yeah.

about this record I do um there's magical figures in the record that's a little theme I mean it's seven tunes so it's a compact little record but there's Mr.

Fantasy of Traffic's great tune Dear Mr.

Fantasy there's Ruby Tuesday there's Spooky and there's Windy which I do in a cha-cha version and so it made me realize I wasn't that conscious when I was choosing the tunes although I was attracted to them that um This was the beginning of women's lib.