Jim Capaldi - RIP

F1nut
F1nut Posts: 50,734
edited March 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
"Drummer Jim Capaldi, who co-founded the late-Sixties psychedelic blues band Traffic with then eighteen-year-old Steve Winwood, died early today of stomach cancer at a London hospital. He was sixty years old."


It's a very sad day in the music world.
Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited January 2005
    .....But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest,
    was the low spark of high-heeled boys....high-heeled boys.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2005
    Very off-beat kind of drummer. Not bombastic or thunderous in the least. Very sympathetic to what needed to be played, and not playing stuff that would detract.

    I remember that the John Barleycorn album when released, was completely different from all the heavy metal that was getting the press, and a lot better musically. I was at a friends apartment in Brooklyn (he had a recording studio in the apartment) one block up from my house, when I heard "Glad" on the radio (WNEW-FM) for the first time. When my friend Joe told me it was the new Traffic album, I walked right out and went 2 1/2 blocks to Crawford's on E. 14th and Kings Highway to buy it!

    You're right, it's a sad day.

    Hey Jesse, didn't he look more like a Roman gladiator than a rock drummer back then?

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2005
    I'll def. be listening to John Barleycorn, Low spark, Welcome to the Canteen, and the one other album I have of them (can't remember the title) on my 3 hour drive home tonight. That's some darn fine music right there...
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited January 2005
    Originally posted by George Grand

    Hey Jesse, didn't he look more like a Roman gladiator than a rock drummer back then?

    Now that you mention it, yeah I could see that.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2005
    Sad news indeed....

    Saw Jim a few years ago (more like 10... or even 15) when he was touring with Dave Mason. Very good show...

    Think I'll throw a little Traffic in the player... "Smiling Phases"... a very nice, two-disc anthology...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2005
    Just got home. Listened to all 4 CDs that I have- John Barleycorn Must Die, Heaven Is In Your Mind, Welcome to the Canteen, and Low Spark of High-heeled Boys

    My db570's sang the songs of Traffic tonight.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2005
    For anyone who's interested, I have the following songs to suggest-

    From "John Barleycorn Must Die"- Empty Pages (for it's great instrumental section in the middle of the song).

    From "Heaven Is In Your Mind"- Giving To You (another great jazzy song)

    Also from "Heaven Is In Your Mind"- House For Everyone (it may not be everyone's style, but the drums are pretty snappy)

    From "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Many A Mile To Freedom (Great tune to listen to when you're halfway through a 200 mile trip :D)

    From "Welcome To The Canteen" - Medicated Goo (how can you go wrong with a song that uses "goo" as a primary word in it's title/lyrics?)

    Also from "Welcome To The Canteen"- Sad and Deep as You (Dunno... just seems appropriate. No drums in this one.)

    Again, those are just my recommendations, if you have the albums. If you have those, I would just say listen to all of them all the way through :)
    Ludicrous gibs!
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