Jim Capaldi, Mainstay of the Rock Band Traffic, Dies at 60
NY Times
Jim Capaldi, a drummer and songwriter who played with the classic British rock band Traffic on “Feelin’ Alright,” “You Can All Join In” and other songs, died early yesterday in London. He was 60 and lived in Marlow, England.
The cause was stomach cancer, said John Taylor, Mr. Capaldi’s longtime manager.
Playing a powerful yet loose beat influenced by jazz and R&B, Mr. Capaldi contributed to songs that had plenty of wandering psychedelia but were rooted in earthy American soul.
Traffic was founded in 1967 by Mr. Capaldi, the keyboardist Steve Winwood, the guitarist Dave Mason and the saxophonist and flutist Chris Wood. The group released 11 albums, including “Traffic,” “Mr. Fantasy” and “John Barleycorn Must Die,” all of them hits in Britain and the United States.
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