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...ranging from live albums to greatest hits collections to half-live, half-studio albums. Traffic's course struck a different vein. Whereas Mason remained stagnant musically, Traffic explored new musical realms whose limits it reached rapidly. With the release of Low Spark, the group's personnel doubled, drummer Jim Capaldi was shifted to tambourine beater, dancer, and all-purpose buffoon, and long bluesy jams became part of the group's repertoire...
...with the title of one cut, "Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired." Even worse, that concert tour was marked by the overshadowing of Stevie Winwood on organ by a part of the Muscle Shoals rhythm section and the omnipresent Rebop on bongos, congas, and other assorted skins. With Capaldi prancing about as the meaningless figurehead, one actually wondered if the Traffic known to millions had really existed...
...made an about face. Its latest effort, When the Eagle Flies, is highly reminiscent at least structurally of the Barleycorn sessions in that essentially it is the three man Traffic performing, with the exception of Roscoe Gee on bass. One final change is that of Jim Capaldi back to his drum...
...Winwood seems to extend his band in several different directions. He added Rebop Kwaku Baah to strengthen his percussion, along with new tambourine specialist Jim Capaldi and, just recently, added Muscle Shoals keyboard man Barry Beckett, freeing himself to concentrate on piano and guitar. He achieved his ultimate aims: expression and fuller exploration, longer pieces, more improvisation; more work of the caliber of Low Spark...
...structure should be completed by September 1, when the lease on the present post office runs out. Capaldi, who has built other branch post offices, will rent the building to the government...