Traffic - On the Road
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Free Music Review: The album cover says everything if you know how and where to look
Hit: 4 Stars
Not a bad album at all - it would be foolish to say so with the presense of Muscle Shoals' own Roger Hawkins and David Hood (awesome, AWESOME rhythm section, those two guys; they're equalled ONLY by Al Jackson/Duck Dunn or Bill Wyman/Charlie Watts) and keyboardist Barry Beckett, whose presense freed Steve Winwood to "focus" on piano and guitar. Despite their presense, and despite the fact that the "musicanship" on this album is nothing short of exemplarly, still - one can pick up the same "vibe" here as the Stones' "Still Life." In short - TRYING TOO HARD. But Traffic was Traffic, and given the absolute dearth of anything special the seventies - the decade that inflicted "punk," the Eagles, and (God help us) "disco" on us - had to offer, complaining is but quibbling. HOWEVER -there IS one more "factor" that, in all honesty, can't be ignored: the presence of...drugs. If you've "been there," you can detect its presense in a couple of the performances. "Light Up Or Leave Me Alone" seems to be trying too hard, and a couple of the other song titles all but give it away, dig, "Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired" and/or "Tragic Magic." But my one most memorable..."interpretataion" is that of my (then - in 1976) 17 y/o guitarist's comment on the album's "graphics," I guess. As our band liked to occasionally incorporate keyboards into our set, Jeff would have to switch off on bass to allow me to attempt the keys. Jeff and I were earnestly trying to get the rhythm to "Low Spark" correct, and, during a "smoke break," Jeff picked up "On The Road," gazed pensively at the album cover, and then appraised the inside picture of Winwood clutching the Strat: "Hey, man, d'you think somebody was doin' a little acid here?" Yes indeed - as, evidentally, were all the band. Still: Traffic on acid is SO very infinitely preferable to J Garcia and his Dreadful Grate. Deal with it.Free Music Review: "TRAFFIC WOES"
Hit: 1 Stars
THIS TRAFFIC LIVE OFFERING IS ONE OF THOSE "WELL IT IS TIME TO RELEASE SOMETHING FROM TRAFFIC TO KEEP FAN INTEREST"....THE SOUND IS MEDIOCRE AND THE MATERIAL PRESENTATION IS POOR.IF YOU WANT TO BUY TRAFFIC,BUY LAST EXIT,LOW SPARK,JOHN BARLEYCORN!DO NOT WASTE YOUR DOLLARS ON THIS CD!!!Free Music Review: Classic Concert LP from a Great Band
Hit: 5 Stars
30 years on and this album sounds as fresh and exciting as it did in the 70's. Fantastic songs, fantastic musicianship, fantastic improvisation. One of my all-time favorites.Free Music Review: Traffic's second live album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a really great live album featuring improvised versions of songs from John Barleycorn, Low Spark, and Shootout At The Fantasy Factory. Barry Beckett was added to the band's lineup to help out on keys. The release opens up with a version of Glad/Freedom Rider that, back in the old days, took up the entire first side. the rest of this release finds the band giving the same treatment to Low Spark and Fantasy Factory songs. Tragic Magic is a pretty Chris Wood instrumental. Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired is a classic among classic Steve Winwood songs. Shootout is a fun rock and Roll number as is Light Up Or Leave Me Alone. The album ends in fine fashion with a cool version of Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys. This album also features no overlap in songs that are on the band's first live album Welcome To The Canteen. Now if only we could get them to release the unreleased live album from Fillmore East 11/70 on cd and Santa Monica '71 on DVD we'd be set.Free Music Review: more gutiar!
Hit: 4 Stars
altho it's noted in these other reviews i have to mention the thrill for me is hearing so much winwood playing gutiar. when i would see them in the 70's he wouldn't play as much as he does on here but everytime he picked up his axe my jaw would drop, thinking this guy is great on this insturment, (no slouch on piano mind you..) so what a treat to here him do so many solos on here!