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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1648416" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]11592[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>pick of the day................................</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11593[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>" When the Eagle Flies........................."</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11596[/ATTACH]</p><h3>Traffic (band)</h3><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p>����</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr></table><p><strong>Traffic</strong> were an English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" target="_blank">rock</a> band, formed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham" target="_blank">Birmingham</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> in April 1967 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Winwood" target="_blank">Steve Winwood</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Capaldi" target="_blank">Jim Capaldi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wood_(rock_musician)" target="_blank">Chris Wood</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mason" target="_blank">Dave Mason</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-AMG-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> They began as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" target="_blank">psychedelic rock</a> group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_keyboard" target="_blank">keyboards</a> like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron" target="_blank">Mellotron</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord" target="_blank">harpsichord</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar" target="_blank">sitar</a>, and various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_instrument" target="_blank">reed instruments</a>, and by incorporating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" target="_blank">jazz</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_improvisation" target="_blank">improvisational</a> techniques in their music.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-AMG-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></p><p>Initially, they released three non-album singles, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Sun" target="_blank">Paper Sun</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_in_My_Shoe" target="_blank">Hole in My Shoe</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_We_Go_Round_the_Mulberry_Bush_(Traffic_song)" target="_blank">Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush</a>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> in early and mid 1967, their first full album <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Fantasy" target="_blank">Mr. Fantasy</a></em> was released in December of that year, and while it was never released as a single, the track "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Mr._Fantasy" target="_blank">Dear Mr. Fantasy</a>" from the album became a signature song for the band. Dave Mason quit the band shortly after the release of the first album. He rejoined briefly during the recording sessions for the band's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(Traffic_album)" target="_blank">self-titled second album</a>, but was in and out of the group at various times over the next several years. The three-piece Traffic (with Mason appearing in limited capacity) released one more album, 1969's <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Exit_(Traffic_album)" target="_blank">Last Exit</a></em>, which contained only one side of new studio material. They disbanded in 1969 when Winwood co-founded the short-lived supergroup <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Faith" target="_blank">Blind Faith</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" target="_blank">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker" target="_blank">Ginger Baker</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Grech" target="_blank">Ric Grech</a> then reunited in 1970 to release the album <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barleycorn_Must_Die" target="_blank">John Barleycorn Must Die</a></em>, their highest charting album in the U.S. In 1971, the band reshuffled the lineup for the album <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_Spark_of_High_Heeled_Boys" target="_blank">The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys</a></em>, with Capaldi moving to secondary percussionist and backing vocalist as the band added drummer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)" target="_blank">Jim Gordon</a>, percussionist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebop_Kwaku_Baah" target="_blank">Rebop Kwaku Baah</a>, and bassist Ric Grech to the official line-up.</p><p>Traffic were inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" target="_blank">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 2004.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11594[/ATTACH]</p><h3><em>When the Eagle Flies</em></h3><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td></tr><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table></td><td></td></tr></table><p><em><strong>When the Eagle Flies</strong></em> is the seventh studio album released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank">English</a> rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)" target="_blank">Traffic</a>, in 1974. The album featured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Capaldi" target="_blank">Jim Capaldi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Winwood" target="_blank">Steve Winwood</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wood_(rock_musician)" target="_blank">Chris Wood</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosko_Gee" target="_blank">Rosko Gee</a> on bass guitar. Percussionist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebop_Kwaku_Baah" target="_blank">Rebop Kwaku Baah</a> was fired prior to the album's completion, but two tracks feature his playing. Winwood plays a broader variety of keyboard instruments than most previous Traffic albums, adding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizer" target="_blank">Moog</a> to their repertoire. This was the last Traffic album for 20 years, when Winwood and Capaldi reunited for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_Home_(Traffic_album)" target="_blank">Far from Home</a> in 1994.</p><p><em>When the Eagle Flies</em> was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">American</a> Top Ten<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Eagle_Flies#cite_note-US_Charts-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> and have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_album" target="_blank">gold album</a> status. It was far less successful in the United Kingdom, where it entered the charts at number 31 only to drop off the following week.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Eagle_Flies#cite_note-UK_Charts-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Traffic toured to support the release, but they disbanded in the middle of the tour in 1974.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Side one</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>No.</th><th>Title</th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th>1.</th><td>"Something New"</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>2.</th><td>"Dream Gerrard"</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>3.</th><td>"Graveyard People"</td><td></td><td></td></tr></table><p>Side two</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>No.</th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th>4.</th><td>"Walking in the Wind"</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>5.</th><td>"Memories of a Rock 'n' Rolla"</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>6.</th><td>"Love"</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>7.</th><td>"When the Eagle Flies"</td><th></th></tr></table><p></p><p><em><strong>For those of you not familiar with this band , you are in for a treat if you listen to this album with a buzz on .....Stevie Winwood is an icon in rock and roll and has been called the most soulful white singer ever by numerous prestigious members of the industry.....His keyboard skills are vastly underrated in my opinion....Traffic at this point in time was as tight as a band could be with the songs " Dream Gerrard and Graveyard People " being my fav's....</strong></em></p><p><strong><em>Winwood went on to form Blind Faith with members from Cream , but this work and ""Low Spark of High Heeled Boys "" being my first choice of their music....</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11595[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em><strong><em><strong><em>""When I'm down and out , I listen to Traffic on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do................................</em></strong></em></strong></em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1648416, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="musicanon.gif"]11592[/ATTACH] pick of the day................................ [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc20.gif"]11593[/ATTACH] [B][I]" When the Eagle Flies........................."[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full"]11596[/ATTACH] [HEADING=2]Traffic (band)[/HEADING] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ���� [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Traffic[/B] were an English [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music']rock[/URL] band, formed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham']Birmingham[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-1'][1][/URL] in April 1967 by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Winwood']Steve Winwood[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Capaldi']Jim Capaldi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wood_(rock_musician)']Chris Wood[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mason']Dave Mason[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-AMG-2'][2][/URL] They began as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock']psychedelic rock[/URL] group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_keyboard']keyboards[/URL] like the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron']Mellotron[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord']harpsichord[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar']sitar[/URL], and various [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_instrument']reed instruments[/URL], and by incorporating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz']jazz[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_improvisation']improvisational[/URL] techniques in their music.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-AMG-2'][2][/URL] Initially, they released three non-album singles, including "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Sun']Paper Sun[/URL]", "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_in_My_Shoe']Hole in My Shoe[/URL]", and "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_We_Go_Round_the_Mulberry_Bush_(Traffic_song)']Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush[/URL]"[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-1'][1][/URL] in early and mid 1967, their first full album [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Fantasy']Mr. Fantasy[/URL][/I] was released in December of that year, and while it was never released as a single, the track "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Mr._Fantasy']Dear Mr. Fantasy[/URL]" from the album became a signature song for the band. Dave Mason quit the band shortly after the release of the first album. He rejoined briefly during the recording sessions for the band's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(Traffic_album)']self-titled second album[/URL], but was in and out of the group at various times over the next several years. The three-piece Traffic (with Mason appearing in limited capacity) released one more album, 1969's [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Exit_(Traffic_album)']Last Exit[/URL][/I], which contained only one side of new studio material. They disbanded in 1969 when Winwood co-founded the short-lived supergroup [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Faith']Blind Faith[/URL], with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton']Eric Clapton[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker']Ginger Baker[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Grech']Ric Grech[/URL] then reunited in 1970 to release the album [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barleycorn_Must_Die']John Barleycorn Must Die[/URL][/I], their highest charting album in the U.S. In 1971, the band reshuffled the lineup for the album [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Low_Spark_of_High_Heeled_Boys']The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys[/URL][/I], with Capaldi moving to secondary percussionist and backing vocalist as the band added drummer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)']Jim Gordon[/URL], percussionist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebop_Kwaku_Baah']Rebop Kwaku Baah[/URL], and bassist Ric Grech to the official line-up. Traffic were inducted into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame']Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[/URL] in 2004. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1626610513026.png"]11594[/ATTACH] [HEADING=2][I]When the Eagle Flies[/I][/HEADING] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [I][B]When the Eagle Flies[/B][/I] is the seventh studio album released by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England']English[/URL] rock band [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_(band)']Traffic[/URL], in 1974. The album featured [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Capaldi']Jim Capaldi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Winwood']Steve Winwood[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wood_(rock_musician)']Chris Wood[/URL], with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosko_Gee']Rosko Gee[/URL] on bass guitar. Percussionist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebop_Kwaku_Baah']Rebop Kwaku Baah[/URL] was fired prior to the album's completion, but two tracks feature his playing. Winwood plays a broader variety of keyboard instruments than most previous Traffic albums, adding [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizer']Moog[/URL] to their repertoire. This was the last Traffic album for 20 years, when Winwood and Capaldi reunited for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_from_Home_(Traffic_album)']Far from Home[/URL] in 1994. [I]When the Eagle Flies[/I] was the band's fourth consecutive studio album to reach the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']American[/URL] Top Ten[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Eagle_Flies#cite_note-US_Charts-1'][1][/URL] and have [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_album']gold album[/URL] status. It was far less successful in the United Kingdom, where it entered the charts at number 31 only to drop off the following week.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Eagle_Flies#cite_note-UK_Charts-2'][2][/URL] Traffic toured to support the release, but they disbanded in the middle of the tour in 1974. Side one [TABLE] [TR] [TH]No.[/TH] [TH]Title[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]1.[/TH] [TD]"Something New"[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]2.[/TH] [TD]"Dream Gerrard"[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]3.[/TH] [TD]"Graveyard People"[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Side two [TABLE] [TR] [TH]No.[/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]4.[/TH] [TD]"Walking in the Wind"[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]5.[/TH] [TD]"Memories of a Rock 'n' Rolla"[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]6.[/TH] [TD]"Love"[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH]7.[/TH] [TD]"When the Eagle Flies"[/TD] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [/TABLE] [I][B]For those of you not familiar with this band , you are in for a treat if you listen to this album with a buzz on .....Stevie Winwood is an icon in rock and roll and has been called the most soulful white singer ever by numerous prestigious members of the industry.....His keyboard skills are vastly underrated in my opinion....Traffic at this point in time was as tight as a band could be with the songs " Dream Gerrard and Graveyard People " being my fav's....[/B][/I] [B][I]Winwood went on to form Blind Faith with members from Cream , but this work and ""Low Spark of High Heeled Boys "" being my first choice of their music....[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc36.gif"]11595[/ATTACH] [B][I][B][I][B][I]""When I'm down and out , I listen to Traffic on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do................................[/I][/B][/I][/B][/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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