I am 72 years old. This was my youth. A woman of 27 years in the thick of things in San Francisco and Berkeley and loving Life and Traffic. Very special time in the world. The music was powerful. We were not dancing; we swayed to this atmosphere of Being. Thank you for sharing this special concert.
I'm 63, I grew up wishing I was 5 or 8 years older .... we are still here love .... every day above ground is a f*cking victory! Ain't no music like our gens music!
I was born in 1960, I had an older brother who played all his music for me so I got it ALL when I was young, and it has stayed with me to this day, my taste in music is perhaps a bit different than some of my peers..more well rounded.......
In 1972 I saw Traffic perform this song, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, in San Francisco at Winterland. The band came on the stage in complete darkness. Sounds started coming out in unrelated ways, almost like when an orchestra is tuning up before they play. The sounds slowly morphed into this song. It took minutes before I even recognized it. It was something I have never heard or seen since. I was mesmerized at how the band could take such seeming unrelated notes from a variety of instruments and slowly bring the song into focus. It was like seeing some thing in a fog and slowly your eyes focus and then truly identify what you are seeing. These guys were truly genius in their ability to express themselves in their music. I miss that creativity.
Wow Michael. What a great review and experience! I feel precisely the same. Whenever I feel a bit down I turn to these guys and just sit back. The groove they hit is just sensational. Time after time. SW's band now is terrific but really when you listen to the old days, it is Chris Wood's understated playing that elevate the band's music. Better stop now, I'm getting off the rails. Not good for a grey hair of my age!! First saw SW in Spencer Davis, cannot remember what year. Mesmerising. I'm actually pretty glad there wasn't a 2nd Blind Faith album so he could reform Traffic with Rick Grech who I think gave them what they missed at times, a full time bass player. Seemed like they'd run out of ideas half way through side 2 of that album!! Cheers all.
@@markmelvin299 nice to hear about your appreciation for their music. As a mediocre guitar player, I can at least appreciate creative music and understand the talent it takes to play it. Was fortunate to attend University from 1970 to 1974 in the SF Bay Area as so many great bands came through to perform and some also began their journey there. There were small clubs that provided an intimacy with the musicians. Great times.
When i was hitchhiking around Europe, while in England I saw a poster advertising Traffic at Croydon Hall. It was around 3 in the afternoon when i got there and the box office was closed. I went around the left side of the Hall, saw a door, opened it and walked in. Traffic was setting up for the show, their first since Low Spark came out. Their girl friends/wives were all setting in the front row talking, i just quietly sat behind them and watched/listened while Traffic went through their entire set. when it was over i just walked around in side the Hall, and then got to watch them again for the show. the strange thing was that the practice was so much better than the show, they were just so loose and not worried about the playing. it was a true gift to be there. Thanks for posting this Wayne, so cool to see it a third time, same set, WOW!! They all look so young back then, but so did I!
@@karenscigliano9787 And Karen, it is so difficult to comprehend that the experience i had was 51 years ago, time spins across our lives, faster than we know. Glad you enjoyed a story from my life, Peace, Greg
@@debbie2179 Thanks Debbie, and just to think how fate interveins in our lives, if I had not turned the door knob to the side door, I would have never had that great experience. Just got to take chances sometimes and act like you own the place, then nobody asks you why you are there. Peace
Amazing experience, Greg. I have some similar stories growing up in W. Hollywood, I usually won't share them with many people because they wouldn't believe it.
I'm 71 and was at this concert at the Santa Monica Civic Center and I also attended their concert in Tucson, Arizona a year or two later. The third and final Traffic concert that I attended was at the Flynn in Burlington, Vermont about 1990. Traffic will always be my all time favorite musical group with Dave Mason being a close second. I was fortunate to see Dave Mason in Barre, Vermont a few years ago. I even got to meet him and chat briefly.
Traffic was on my turntable at least once a day back in 1969 throughout the 70's. I grew up with them as my musical and spiritual guides.i was 15 in 69, Having played guitar for 2 years I felt I was quite accomplished at my instrument and singing as well as writing....for kids anything seems do-able
R.I.P. Roger Hawkins. This footage is a rare opportunity to see this man in action along with long time rhythm section collaborator David Hood. Worked with dozens of artists including Paul Simon, The Staples, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. Jerry Wexler called him "the greatest drummer of all time".
This is Absolutely Fantastic Footage. Thank You So Much for posting. Anyone who doesn't think Traffic is One of the Greatest and Unique Bands in the history of music probably wasn't there and unfortunately will probably never get it. Fabulous Genius Phenomenal come to mind but I really don't think there are enough words to describe how magical this group still is.
I was there. Got on a psychedelic painted bus at a friends house, didn't know where we were going. Ended up at the Civic, 5th row center, to see Traffic. Stoned out of my mind. Thank you, I can watch this now and see what I missed.
I was 13 in '72. I had this avocado green GE AM clock radio that I loved. It was window to the world. Music, baseball games, Top 40 rock n roll. Then I got a paper route. 82 papers. Sunday was murder and I would have to make at least two trips to carry all the huge Sunday papers. I got my first check of a whopping 49 dollars. I bought a stereo record player that has an FM radio in it too. Lifechanging moment. No more Osmonds, Jackson 5, and Casey Kasem for this kid. I had to have real rock n roll. Album cuts. The longer the cut, the better.
Wow, so sublime. Subtlety and beauty, talent, that era, I was 17, the aesthetics were off the charts, men weren't afraid to let their hair grow long, a renaissance of art and music....fabulous to be able to relive it with recordings like this.
17 also in '72, and a fan of the music of my youth and young adulthood. Kinda lost track of Traffic early on- familiar with the song 'Mr. Fantasy', but not the album. Again, their work through Barleycorn was not familiar to me for the most part, and my research years ago, that the album Barleycorn charted so high (#5) here kinda blew my mind. Their FM defining song "Low Step Of High Heeled Boys', brought them into my orbit though, and on into Winwood highly successful releases in the late 80's. Saw him once live, and that was in '88.
I saw then Fall of '71 when Jim Gordon was still playing with them. It was Winwood on gtr, organ, electric piano(no grand) and vocals. Chris Wood-tenor sax, flute, electric piano and Jim Capaldi out front singing and percussion, sometimes drumming(there was a second set on stage). Jim Gordon - drums, Rick Gretch on bass, Rebop on congas, etc. They performed almost all of JOHN BARLCORN and LOW SPARK, still weeks away from release. Their encore was the WELCOME TO THE CANTEEN arrangement of "Gimme Some Lovin'".
At this time in the bands existence Winwood was handling Keyboards, guitar, and most of the vocals. The man's a legend having sung with The Spencer Davis Group at 14, and having done session work with such greats as Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour, Howlin' Wolf and many others.
Winwood a man of many extraordinary talents! Piano, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, singer songwriter! The whole band is so freaking good, I wish Dave Mason was still with them!
Tengo 73 años y este grupo siempre disfruto escucharlo desde que era joven. Rock como este jamás se ha vuelto ni creo se volverá a producir. Antes había mucho talento y creatividad. Hoy en día las nuevas generaciones no saben lo que es el verdadero rock. Gracias Steve Winwood por tu gran rock
I was at that concert that night when I lived in Venice, practically next door. I was 23, around Winwood's age. Unforgettable concert. What a beautiful era.
My god I so pine for that era. I was lucky enough to be smoking pot & having the occasional trip by 14 so I caught the tail end of it & never looked back. It is still well & alive in my heart :)
Jo Lewis Hey Joe and Glenda I was there also. I was living in Laurel Canyon. This sounds awesome. It doesn't seem like it but I remember thinking Stevie was looking into the camera more than the audience and I am glad he did yea. I worked at a health food restaurant on Fairfax and 3rd called Help Unlimited
Anybody watch Traffic at Woodstock "94" They played some of the best music on the Planet for decades! I was at that show they where amazing. They gave this vibe off to the crowd that so magical and special. Could Planet Earth not use that energy now! Ps. That concert is on line!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this marvelous gathering of noble musicians....I think Traffic does NOT get their due....Steve Winwoo....simply brilliant.
I was @ this concert! It was kickass. Saw him playing w/Clapton @ hllywd bowl blind faith reunion concert 2009. Played low spark solo on piano. Said to my partner this is not a song for a solo...on grand piano? Boy was I wrong. It was so elegant I had a tear in my eye. 40 years later & still kicking ass! Clapton did too!!
thank very to post this jewel the whole spectrum of a good band, capaldi percussionist four congas rendition, flute organ so rock distinction of sixties seventies, thank you all for the clever opinions.
Never saw Traffic play live as I was in the US Navy till '72, but always loved Traffic! I did however manage to VHS tape record this very concert sometime in the 80"s? I forget what TV show probably PBS? Anyway, later when I finally got rid of my VHS tapes, I still hung onto this concert (and family) VHS tapes, even though the VHS recording was such shitty quality for that time period compared to today. I always was watching for a future re airing of this "Traffic Live at Santa Monica" concert with better quality, when I could record it again with better equipment to keep cause it is so GREAT! Thanks Wayne Goss for posting this excellent quality KRplus "Traffic" concert video! Now I can finally shitcan my well worn VHS tape!
These guys all knew how to improvise, as evidenced in live jam feel on the album, so in concert was an extension of those skills! I was a fan of Winwood from his work in Spencer Davis Group, followed him through Blind Faith & wore out this Traffic album. Saw Winwood later @ Gorge, Wa.; great! Saw lots o' epic music @ Fillmore West, Winterland, more BayArea venues, 1968-1985.
I was lucky to see a few traffic shows in the early days , thanks to chris wood , who exposed steve windwood to many forms of music , we have one of the great fusion groups of all time . I saw the 1970 show at the santa monica civic , where they played the entire john barlycorn LP . Seve windwood has remained one of the greatest talents in rock and roll history , pound for pound , the best .....
Thadmotor1044 I can't believe sometimes that there are people that get it. You have to listen to "Last Exit" These are tapes from the first days at the Filmore West in 1968. For me that is where you can really hear Traffic totally break free from everything!! 1968 is not that far away....keep it alive..
Loved them they were well ahead of the time and Rick and I became friends of good friends played with him on stage I played his Gibson acoustic guitar whilst he played his fiddle magic times miss you mate love you Jenny xxx.
Man, this takes me back. I didn't see them on this tour, but I caught them twice, in '73 and '74 at Winterland. I was a Traffic fanatic starting in '67, when I was 14. One of the best bands from the classic rock era. I just love the band with Reebop. He really makes Welcome to the Canteen a must-have. Oh, and the inclusion of Dave Mason is special too. Stick around for Stevie on guitar; the man is good.
I was 16. I had two friends that loved Traffic like I did. We had two bottles of Annie Greensprings strawberry wine and a lid of mexican weed in a baggy. Tom rolled joints and we inhaled them from Orange County up to Santa Monica. Low Spark playing on an 8 track in some old jalopy Robert’s dad had bought him. Santa Monica was a small civic auditorium and was one of those great places where it was in the Goldilocks Zone. Not to big but not two small. I was fairly high when we arrived, so I’m guessing it was general seating with the floor open with no chairs. Yes we were at this show. I don’t remember a film crew. I DO remember being there with my newly grown long hair just groovin’ to English hippy music. So Cali was a wonderful place to live and see music. Thank you for this. Namaste
Rainmaker....40 Thousand Headmen....wow...this is such a gem - in sound & vision.. Traffic in 1972 doesn't get much better than this...so, much thanks to Taylor Hackford for this production!
Thanks. What a nice find. I wore the first couple of Traffic albums out in 69, my freshman year. What an incredible time in music. I still play Pearly Queen, Mr. Fantasy, and Forty Thousand Headmen in acoustic sets. I never seem to get tired of the vibe. The original jam band.
I'm just like you - I never get tired of the vibe . I try to tell younger people today how cool it was back then - I'm not sure if they really understand . Todays music is missing that integral piece of people playing together - bouncing ideas off each other ect,,,,, I worship the ground S Winwood walks on .
Low Spark...First heard this at school, something like 1971 - in Zimbabwe, of all places! Grew to love it then, and bought the vinyl shortly afterwards. Then got the CD. Then started trawling KRplus...I think this is one of the all-time best prog rock psychedelic tracks ever done - and I am a connoisseur of prog rock. Sublime. Thanks!
Though, I am 65 - younger to you, Knoxann Armijo, you summed everyeveru bit that was on my mind about this incredible powehouse called Traffic. Love and good wishes from India.
Listening to and watching this version of Traffic makes me realize their great musicality and synergy and why I have continued to return to their music time and time again. Dear Mr. Fantasy is my favorite Traffic Song however there are a lot of Traffic songs that I like and enjoy and I've always liked all of their LPs.
I saw TRAFFIC in 1972 during the LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS tour!!!! I will never forget it!! I was sitting front row center!! My ticket at the time cost me $15!!! Song writer extraordinaire, Steve Winwood!!
Wow Scarlett yes that was the time that that will not forget or go away the music the people drugs it was all so unforgetable ,LONG LIVE LOVE PEACE AND DRUGS
Thanks Wayne if your still out there. This is where it all started for me at 19 years. I will play these old videos forever. I don't need any new stuff.
Great to see Rebop in full swing on this video. I had the privilege of playing in the same small group with Rebop Kwaku Baah in London 1971 - backing band to scat king - Jon Hendricks. Rebop was an Inspirational Percussionist. RIP Brother.
What a pedigree the band has. I just Googled the drummer and bass player and they've been involved with some amazing musicians and famous songs over the years.
I was co-owner of the sound company who toured with them. I still listen to Traffic to this day and love the music. My company was Activated Air Audio Systems, based in Philadelphia. That was a particularly great concert. Thank heavens for our music because now it sucks. I prefer our orchestra.
I used to get all Traffic LPs when I was a teen ager in Buenos Aires, then I had the oportunity of seeing them live in late 1969 or early 1970 at the Electric Factory, downtown Philadelphia. Unforgetable!, this video is very welcome. Quite a flashback, and the music is great.
0:00 The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 13:46 Light Up Or Leave Me Alone 20:25 John Barleycorn 26:00 Rainmaker 31:15 Percussion Solo (Kwaku Baah) 34:48 Glad (moves directly into...) 43:56 Freedom Rider 48:43 Forty Thousand Headmen 53:34 Dear Mr Fantasy
Wow. Just found this. Thank you!!! Beautiful. Arch Hippie Music is what I tell my kids. In 1968, when I first discovered them, they were fairly unknown Down South. Just heard Stevie Winwood this year at our New Orleans Jazz Fest.! He was fantastic. Just great. And yes.... he played Dear Mr Fantasy!
i was there. The Santa Monica Civic was the best venue in the L.A. area at that time. It held about 3,000 and had a great band lined up almost every week. I saw Jethro Tull, Derek and the Dominoes, Van Morrison, Spirit, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, and many more. A great show every week. A great time to be a music fan in L.A.
Thank you for sharing this. I was lucky enough to see Traffic a few times. Once with Dave Mason, once as a trio, and once with this lineup. This brings back some wonderful memories. My best friend Linda and I couldn't stop talking about how great the band was. Someone posted the Blind Faith concert from Hyde Park. It's also fantastic.
If this was in 72,, then I was 8yrs old,, just a bit too young to get in the Door,, what Incredible laid back jams,, Cool to see for the 1st time, Chris Wood on Sax, after hearing his flowing effortless rhythms all these years,,, Thanks for sharing,, " )
Thank you Wayne Goss for sharing this video. I was 19 in 1969 when I first heard Traffic so many great Musicians and Artists from the 70s I lived in Berkeley then and concerts were $2.50 or free in the park. This music is our memories and history. Victoria
Thanks for this upload...brings back lotsa memories! I saw Traffic in 1970 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Dave Mason was still with them. Chris Wood played flute. Awesome show. Hey, I may be old, but I got to see all the cool bands!
Read your comment so jealous not born till 67 think i should have been born in 57 for music from67 to 72 is the best ever 80s music ok then but just loved the hammond bought some old vynil about84 traffic dooors discovered forever changes steely dan pschyce?prog brian auger war etc 47 now still listen to this day best music ever please reminice some more please iwould love to hear thanks for your time5
yeah maybe just a little earlier than 57 wouldnt want to be 10 in 67 durring the "Summer of Love" drinking the coolsdaid and burning the house down, lol... but right on great comment o/ peace budd...
steve's and the bass player's shirts are dynamite, such fab tunes, multi-instrumentalist winwood can swing that axe too, what a superb concert, huge respect and thanks for this ;)
I saw the Spencer Davis groups on their last tour and Traffic on their first. What a transformation!! Not wanting to sound posy, but the Traffic show was life changing - it catapulted me into the counterculture. And I hope that now, at 70 years old, I have not competely left it:)
Dear Mr. Fantasy is such a poetic and musical masterpiece, and unique, damn that guitar player/vocalist is great, I guess that is Steve Winwood of which I have heard much about in my 57 years. The live version here really expands on his ability to rock out among the best.
I was there along with many friends!!! We were four months from graduating from Santa Monica High School (Samohi).... The Civic was a few blocks from the beach and the Civic. What an amazing life we ALL had!!!
At 71, it places me where I was supposed to be. On an Era of love. Peace. Frequencies, dimensions.....am here today in my heart of hearts! Ohhhhh so much for the world to have experienced. Thanks for the skip and rock of the old body. Not so old right now. ❤️☮️🫂💃🥀🌎🌿🐾👣🌈🧘🏼♀️❤️ complete universe
These people were gods. You only used to hear them on underground FM radio at first. The one day, many many many years later I knew my life was over as I knew it. I heard Dear Mr Fantasy playing in a buffet restaurant.
I know the feeling...I got it when I heard Locomotive Breath (MUZAK version) in a Hardees at 3AM. Same time found a buddy passed out, face first in his biscuit. Ah the good old days.
@@Critica1Bi11 I once heard Thin Lizzy's Romeo and the Lonely Girl in a grocery store. It's sad when you hear better music in a supermarket than on the so-called classic rock stations.
I was so lucky to see Winwood with Spencer Davis at the Birdcage in Portsmouth when he was just a kid. (So was I too for that matter.) He is still as brilliant now. A real musician. Saw him again in the mid-eighties at the Hammersmith Odeon. His guitar gleamed - it was such a trip. Rock on Winwod. There's no musicians on the rock scene anymore. When is the next golden age of music gonna come again? My guess - never. Thank god for Jazz is what i say.
That's right Tara. Pompey, Hants. Little club in Eastney above a pub. Had seats in alcoves - quite dark and smokey. An amazing place full of mods dancing and popping pills. Very famous (or infamous depending on your view).
What an incredible band and what a great concert. Traffic is in my top 5 all-time. Never got to see them live, but I've seen Stevie twice. The second time was at SPAC and he opened for another of my top 5 bands, the Allman Brothers, in 2013. Thanks for posting this gem!
I saw Traffic at Duke University in Durham in the winter of either 71 or 72. We had driven down from Boone, our car had a window smashed in and the stereo stolen during the show. The ride back was a bit cold, we stuffed clothes over the window to keep warm. One of the best shows ever.
People don't seem to dig jazzy stuff these days but Steve is just masterful on the ivories isn't he? I saw them in 74' when they did When The Eagle Flies but would of liked to have seen this incarnation....
Traffic being one of my favorite bands ever, I must say this is a real gem for me. Unfortunately I have never seen them though. Thank you for sharing this great video Mr Goss!!!
This show is a real gem. There is precious little footage of this line-up of Traffic and the performance happens to be a full hour. I've been watching this show since it came out on VHS tape in the '80's. Superb!
Lo mejor de los mejor de los años 70, Traffic es una de las mejores bandas de rock clasico, ya no hay musica como esta; es una lastima que las bandas actuales no produzcan musica de calidad y que tampoco los llamados musicos actuales se dediquen a hacer covers de todos los grupos de las 70, porque son incapaces de producir MUSICA.
One of the best live shows I've seen! Brilliant musicians, fascinating/tempting tunes. Sounds like they were able to play almost every genres of music I can think of. Traffic has been one of the most under rated band in rock music. Thanks for uploading this treasure!
You were fortunate then. Winwood ofc is great here, but i loved also Chris Wood's sax and flute. I visited LA at '88, so I was too late there for this kind of music.
This show was also played during the same tour at the Long Beach Arena where I saw them. Winwood sported a white grand and he had his white Stratocaster leaning against it. What a great show that was. Thanks for the post.
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I am 72 years old. This was my youth. A woman of 27 years in the thick of things in San Francisco and Berkeley and loving Life and Traffic. Very special time in the world. The music was powerful. We were not dancing; we swayed to this atmosphere of Being. Thank you for sharing this special concert.
Beautiful wording! This is an inspiration to continue a certain state of BEING in this new century!
I'm 63, I grew up wishing I was 5 or 8 years older .... we are still here love .... every day above ground is a f*cking victory! Ain't no music like our gens music!
I was born in 1960, I had an older brother who played all his music for me so I got it ALL when I was young, and it has stayed with me to this day, my taste in music is perhaps a bit different than some of my peers..more well rounded.......
Indeed, finding a way every step of the way.
And I guess in the 70's you were into disco , right?
In 1972 I saw Traffic perform this song, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, in San Francisco at Winterland. The band came on the stage in complete darkness. Sounds started coming out in unrelated ways, almost like when an orchestra is tuning up before they play. The sounds slowly morphed into this song. It took minutes before I even recognized it. It was something I have never heard or seen since. I was mesmerized at how the band could take such seeming unrelated notes from a variety of instruments and slowly bring the song into focus. It was like seeing some thing in a fog and slowly your eyes focus and then truly identify what you are seeing. These guys were truly genius in their ability to express themselves in their music. I miss that creativity.
Wow Michael. What a great review and experience! I feel precisely the same. Whenever I feel a bit down I turn to these guys and just sit back. The groove they hit is just sensational. Time after time. SW's band now is terrific but really when you listen to the old days, it is Chris Wood's understated playing that elevate the band's music. Better stop now, I'm getting off the rails. Not good for a grey hair of my age!! First saw SW in Spencer Davis, cannot remember what year. Mesmerising. I'm actually pretty glad there wasn't a 2nd Blind Faith album so he could reform Traffic with Rick Grech who I think gave them what they missed at times, a full time bass player. Seemed like they'd run out of ideas half way through side 2 of that album!! Cheers all.
@@markmelvin299 nice to hear about your appreciation for their music. As a mediocre guitar player, I can at least appreciate creative music and understand the talent it takes to play it. Was fortunate to attend University from 1970 to 1974 in the SF Bay Area as so many great bands came through to perform and some also began their journey there. There were small clubs that provided an intimacy with the musicians. Great times.
@@markmelvin299👍 yeah great, but never 100 % top on any album…
When i was hitchhiking around Europe, while in England I saw a poster advertising Traffic at Croydon Hall. It was around 3 in the afternoon when i got there and the box office was closed. I went around the left side of the Hall, saw a door, opened it and walked in. Traffic was setting up for the show, their first since Low Spark came out. Their girl friends/wives were all setting in the front row talking, i just quietly sat behind them and watched/listened while Traffic went through their entire set. when it was over i just walked around in side the Hall, and then got to watch them again for the show. the strange thing was that the practice was so much better than the show, they were just so loose and not worried about the playing. it was a true gift to be there.
Thanks for posting this Wayne, so cool to see it a third time, same set, WOW!! They all look so young back then, but so did I!
Wow great story of a great experience!!
@@karenscigliano9787 And Karen, it is so difficult to comprehend that the experience i had was 51 years ago, time spins across our lives, faster than we know. Glad you enjoyed a story from my life, Peace, Greg
Wow, what a special opportunity 👏
@@debbie2179 Thanks Debbie, and just to think how fate interveins in our lives, if I had not turned the door knob to the side door, I would have never had that great experience. Just got to take chances sometimes and act like you own the place, then nobody asks you why you are there. Peace
Amazing experience, Greg. I have some similar stories growing up in W. Hollywood, I usually won't share them with many people because they wouldn't believe it.
I'm 71 and was at this concert at the Santa Monica Civic Center and I also attended their concert in Tucson, Arizona a year or two later. The third and final Traffic concert that I attended was at the Flynn in Burlington, Vermont about 1990. Traffic will always be my all time favorite musical group with Dave Mason being a close second. I was fortunate to see Dave Mason in Barre, Vermont a few years ago. I even got to meet him and chat briefly.
So cool!!
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Traffic and Chicago are equally good I saw Traffic in LA and Chicago in San Diego Two Awakening bands
We saw Dave Mason last week.....2023 very good
I'm 68 and was at this show as well...
Still grooving and rocking at 65, so nice to see so many younger folks discovering this era and its wealth of music.
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YOUR WELCOME. THIS IS THE BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THIS GREAT BAND AROUND.
Traffic was on my turntable at least once a day back in 1969 throughout the 70's. I grew up with them as my musical and spiritual guides.i was 15 in 69, Having played guitar for 2 years I felt I was quite accomplished at my instrument and singing as well as writing....for kids anything seems do-able
Love traffic, 1973 I heard traffic for the first time, I was 18 yrs old, I'm 6o yrs now and I still dig traffic
R.I.P. Roger Hawkins. This footage is a rare opportunity to see this man in action along with long time rhythm section collaborator David Hood. Worked with dozens of artists including Paul Simon, The Staples, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. Jerry Wexler called him "the greatest drummer of all time".
Traffic was an innovative, cutting edge band. The genius of Steve Winwood.
Amen
And Jim Capaldi’s lyrics
And so many songs of theirs benefit from Chris Wood's flute and sax
Have to say out of all the British prog bands, Traffic is my favorite. They had soul!
I'm 68yrs old and was at this show in Santa Monica...
This is Absolutely Fantastic Footage. Thank You So Much for posting. Anyone who doesn't think Traffic is One of the Greatest and Unique Bands in the history of music probably wasn't there and unfortunately will probably never get it. Fabulous Genius Phenomenal come to mind but I really don't think there are enough words to describe how magical this group still is.
That shift key giving you trouble?
Yes Nancy they were and are and forever be a GREAT BAND WITH SUCH A UNIQUE SOUND ,TAKE CARE BE SAFE
Watch Woodstock "94 " the concert is on line. They where just beyond amazing!
I was there. Got on a psychedelic painted bus at a friends house, didn't know where we were going. Ended up at the Civic, 5th row center, to see Traffic. Stoned out of my mind. Thank you, I can watch this now and see what I missed.
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Truth.. . youth were not always positive
I was 13 in '72. I had this avocado green GE AM clock radio that I loved. It was window to the world. Music, baseball games, Top 40 rock n roll. Then I got a paper route. 82 papers. Sunday was murder and I would have to make at least two trips to carry all the huge Sunday papers. I got my first check of a whopping 49 dollars. I bought a stereo record player that has an FM radio in it too. Lifechanging moment. No more Osmonds, Jackson 5, and Casey Kasem for this kid. I had to have real rock n roll. Album cuts. The longer the cut, the better.
Wow, so sublime. Subtlety and beauty, talent, that era, I was 17, the aesthetics were off the charts, men weren't afraid to let their hair grow long, a renaissance of art and music....fabulous to be able to relive it with recordings like this.
17 also in '72, and a fan of the music of my youth and young adulthood. Kinda lost track of Traffic early on- familiar with the song 'Mr. Fantasy', but not the album. Again, their work through Barleycorn was not familiar to me for the most part, and my research years ago, that the album Barleycorn charted so high (#5) here kinda blew my mind. Their FM defining song "Low Step Of High Heeled Boys', brought them into my orbit though, and on into Winwood highly successful releases in the late 80's. Saw him once live, and that was in '88.
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There were so many great bands in the 70's, and Traffic was one of the very best...
I saw then Fall of '71 when Jim Gordon was still playing with them. It was Winwood on gtr, organ, electric piano(no grand) and vocals. Chris Wood-tenor sax, flute, electric piano and Jim Capaldi out front singing and percussion, sometimes drumming(there was a second set on stage). Jim Gordon - drums, Rick Gretch on bass, Rebop on
congas, etc. They performed almost all of JOHN BARLCORN and LOW SPARK, still weeks away from release. Their encore was the WELCOME TO THE CANTEEN arrangement of "Gimme Some Lovin'".
At this time in the bands existence Winwood was handling Keyboards, guitar, and most of the vocals. The man's a legend having sung with The Spencer Davis Group at 14, and having done session work with such greats as Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour, Howlin' Wolf and many others.
Yes he is a legend I remember him from the Spencer Davis Group
One of so many bands from that era that just make you ask "what the hell has happened to music since then?"
Brilliant music
PUNK happened...thank gawd!!
I've never figured out why some people just HAVE to publicly display their ignorance.
why I oughta!! don't make me come over there.....PUNK. ha-ha
i've been thinking that for a long time now. like right after the nineties or before.
Same problem ;)
Winwood, one of England's greatest musicians and singers of all time. But the whole band is pure class, Capaldi and Wood
Winwood a man of many extraordinary talents! Piano, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, singer songwriter! The whole band is so freaking good, I wish Dave Mason was still with them!
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Tengo 73 años y este grupo siempre disfruto escucharlo desde que era joven. Rock como este jamás se ha vuelto ni creo se volverá a producir. Antes había mucho talento y creatividad. Hoy en día las nuevas generaciones no saben lo que es el verdadero rock. Gracias Steve Winwood por tu gran rock
Tests running every time I listen to Steve and Traffic , I touches me so deeply, wanna die for that!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I was at that concert that night when I lived in Venice, practically next door. I was 23, around Winwood's age. Unforgettable concert. What a beautiful era.
lucky you
i was there!
My god I so pine for that era. I was lucky enough to be smoking pot & having the occasional trip by 14 so I caught the tail end of it & never looked back. It is still well & alive in my heart :)
Jo Lewis Hey Joe and Glenda I was there also. I was living in Laurel Canyon. This sounds awesome. It doesn't seem like it but I remember thinking Stevie was looking into the camera more than the audience and I am glad he did yea. I worked at a health food restaurant on Fairfax and 3rd called Help Unlimited
Laurel Canyon must've been a great place to live
What a great band and concert.Timeless. Unfortunately, they just don't make many bands like this any more.
I am 31 years old and they are still one of my all time favorites
You should not focus so much then on their marijuana. Enjoy their music and the fact that they were able to still play well in spite of the grass.
I'm twice your age & couldn't agree more
Anybody watch Traffic at Woodstock "94" They played some of the best music on the Planet for decades! I was at that show they where amazing. They gave this vibe off to the crowd that so magical and special. Could Planet Earth not use that energy now! Ps. That concert is on line!
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this marvelous gathering of noble musicians....I think Traffic does NOT get their due....Steve Winwoo....simply brilliant.
Traffic quality some what alternative even then. Jazzy Natura X. The Congo drums Etc. It was not the testerone Riven Rock all the time
I was @ this concert! It was kickass. Saw him playing w/Clapton @ hllywd bowl blind faith reunion concert 2009. Played low spark solo on piano. Said to my partner this is not a song for a solo...on grand piano? Boy was I wrong. It was so elegant I had a tear in my eye. 40 years later & still kicking ass! Clapton did too!!
thank very to post this jewel the whole spectrum of a good band, capaldi percussionist four congas rendition, flute organ so rock distinction of sixties seventies, thank you all for the clever opinions.
Never saw Traffic play live as I was in the US Navy till '72, but always loved Traffic!
I did however manage to VHS tape record this very concert sometime in the 80"s?
I forget what TV show probably PBS? Anyway, later when I finally got rid of my VHS tapes,
I still hung onto this concert (and family) VHS tapes, even though the VHS recording was such shitty quality for that time period compared to today.
I always was watching for a future re airing of this "Traffic Live at Santa Monica" concert with better quality, when I could record it again with better equipment to keep cause it is so GREAT!
Thanks Wayne Goss for posting this excellent quality KRplus "Traffic" concert video!
Now I can finally shitcan my well worn VHS tape!
Had a video tape of this concert in the mid 80s. It was borrowed and never returned. Nice to get this on You Tube after all these years.
Tremendous. Their ability to recreate the sound of the records is pretty stunning. Those cats could seriously play! Thanks WAYNE GOSS.
These guys all knew how to improvise, as evidenced in live jam feel on the album, so in concert was an extension of those skills!
I was a fan of Winwood from his work in Spencer Davis Group, followed him through Blind Faith & wore out this Traffic album. Saw Winwood later @ Gorge, Wa.; great! Saw lots o' epic music @ Fillmore West, Winterland, more BayArea venues, 1968-1985.
I was lucky to see a few traffic shows in the early days , thanks to chris wood , who exposed steve windwood to many forms of music , we have one of the great fusion groups of all time . I saw the 1970 show at the santa monica civic , where they played the entire john barlycorn LP . Seve windwood has remained one of the greatest talents in rock and roll history , pound for pound , the best .....
Thadmotor1044 I can't believe sometimes that there are people that get it. You have to listen to "Last Exit" These are tapes from the first days at the Filmore West in 1968. For me that is where you can really hear Traffic totally break free from everything!! 1968 is not that far away....keep it alive..
Thadmotor1044 blind faith
Loved them they were well ahead of the time and Rick and I became friends of good friends played with him on stage I played his Gibson acoustic guitar whilst he played his fiddle magic times miss you mate love you Jenny xxx.
outstanding live concert film from 1972 of Traffic Live Santa Monica CA
I try, but dont undertand as there is so trash today, Jim Capaldi, Winwood and others, amazing, so goof
Concerts were so amazing & affordable back in the 70s L.A. & I attended everyone possible, so many,
like this one.
Man, this takes me back. I didn't see them on this tour, but I caught them twice, in '73 and '74 at Winterland. I was a Traffic fanatic starting in '67, when I was 14. One of the best bands from the classic rock era. I just love the band with Reebop. He really makes Welcome to the Canteen a must-have. Oh, and the inclusion of Dave Mason is special too. Stick around for Stevie on guitar; the man is good.
I was 16. I had two friends that loved Traffic like I did. We had two bottles of Annie Greensprings strawberry wine and a lid of mexican weed in a baggy. Tom rolled joints and we inhaled them from Orange County up to Santa Monica. Low Spark playing on an 8 track in some old jalopy Robert’s dad had bought him. Santa Monica was a small civic auditorium and was one of those great places where it was in the Goldilocks Zone. Not to big but not two small. I was fairly high when we arrived, so I’m guessing it was general seating with the floor open with no chairs. Yes we were at this show. I don’t remember a film crew. I DO remember being there with my newly grown long hair just groovin’ to English hippy music. So Cali was a wonderful place to live and see music. Thank you for this. Namaste
Rainmaker....40 Thousand Headmen....wow...this is such a gem - in sound & vision.. Traffic in 1972 doesn't get much better than this...so, much thanks to Taylor Hackford for this production!
Thanks. What a nice find. I wore the first couple of Traffic albums out in 69, my freshman year. What an incredible time in music. I still play Pearly Queen, Mr. Fantasy, and Forty Thousand Headmen in acoustic sets. I never seem to get tired of the vibe. The original jam band.
I'm just like you - I never get tired of the vibe . I try to tell younger people today how cool it was back then - I'm not sure if they really understand . Todays music is missing that integral piece of people playing together - bouncing ideas off each other ect,,,,, I worship the ground S Winwood walks on .
Those songs are so great they never get old. And Stevie was already a star with Spencer Davis Group:
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My favorite band or all time and my favorite musician.SW
Love the African drums. Very progressive for the times.
Sublime. Thank you for sharing
+lori bush Yeah, Sublime was a great band as well..... Ha Ha.
Low Spark...First heard this at school, something like 1971 - in Zimbabwe, of all places! Grew to love it then, and bought the vinyl shortly afterwards. Then got the CD. Then started trawling KRplus...I think this is one of the all-time best prog rock psychedelic tracks ever done - and I am a connoisseur of prog rock. Sublime. Thanks!
Though, I am 65 - younger to you, Knoxann Armijo, you summed everyeveru bit that was on my mind about this incredible powehouse called Traffic. Love and good wishes from India.
Chris Wood rocks on the flute (and sax)..so serene & cerebral (particularly in Rainmaker). Winwood's voice f'ing amazing
Listening to and watching this version of Traffic makes me realize their great musicality and synergy and why I have continued to return to their music time and time again. Dear Mr. Fantasy is my favorite Traffic Song however there are a lot of Traffic songs that I like and enjoy and I've always liked all of their LPs.
Thanks Wayne for sharing this video...........Traffic was a Great Band............
I saw TRAFFIC in 1972 during the LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS tour!!!! I will never forget it!! I was sitting front row center!! My ticket at the time cost me $15!!! Song writer extraordinaire, Steve Winwood!!
Steve is still going strong. i saw him last year and he and his band were great. Still a great voice.
I was 15 , it’s still in the top five concerts I’ve seen, great music , good acid and dog town 🎼☮️💜
Wow Scarlett yes that was the time that that will not forget or go away the music the people drugs it was all so unforgetable ,LONG LIVE LOVE PEACE AND DRUGS
Thanks Wayne if your still out there. This is where it all started for me at 19 years. I will play these old videos forever. I don't need any new stuff.
The African drumming really made this excellent. All the musicians are artists.
Just so awesome! I've loved this band since they formed. Got all their records. And now this! I'll keep this concert on a hard drive!
So little good quality Traffic footage. This one makes them justice. Great concert indeed. Thanks for sharing it!!
Oh I wish I could go back in time and see this amazing concert absolutely great band freedom rider what a song could listen to that for hours
Great to see Rebop in full swing on this video. I had the privilege of playing in the same small group with Rebop Kwaku Baah in London 1971 - backing band to scat king - Jon Hendricks. Rebop was an Inspirational Percussionist. RIP Brother.
It's staggering, how good this is.....
What a pedigree the band has. I just Googled the drummer and bass player and they've been involved with some amazing musicians and famous songs over the years.
I was co-owner of the sound company who toured with them. I still listen to Traffic to this day and love the music. My company was Activated Air Audio Systems, based in Philadelphia. That was a particularly great concert. Thank heavens for our music because now it sucks. I prefer our orchestra.
I used to get all Traffic LPs when I was a teen ager in Buenos Aires, then I had the oportunity of seeing them live in late 1969 or early 1970 at the Electric Factory, downtown Philadelphia. Unforgetable!, this video is very welcome. Quite a flashback, and the music is great.
I was in the fourth row! One of the best concerts of '72.....or any year before or after!
Ahh JoAnne, your an oldie but a goodie !!!!
I saw Traffic a few years later at Winterland in San Francisco Oct 1974 ! do you recall how much you paid for this show?
We kept most of the tickets stubs from back then.....$6.75!!
4th row!! Must have been awesome 1
JoAnne Trinkle I must have passed you a joint
0:00 The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
13:46 Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
20:25 John Barleycorn
26:00 Rainmaker
31:15 Percussion Solo (Kwaku Baah)
34:48 Glad (moves directly into...)
43:56 Freedom Rider
48:43 Forty Thousand Headmen
53:34 Dear Mr Fantasy
+imjustsomeguy72 Thank you
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light up/ leave me alone boogies. love that song. always a good one to play on juke box in some dive bar
Very good, Pearly Queen would have been tasty on this also.
Wow. Just found this. Thank you!!! Beautiful. Arch Hippie Music is what I tell my kids. In 1968, when I first discovered them, they were fairly unknown Down South. Just heard Stevie Winwood this year at our New Orleans Jazz Fest.! He was fantastic. Just great. And yes.... he played Dear Mr Fantasy!
i was there. The Santa Monica Civic was the best venue in the L.A. area at that time. It held about 3,000 and had a great band lined up almost every week. I saw Jethro Tull, Derek and the Dominoes, Van Morrison, Spirit, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, and many more. A great show every week. A great time to be a music fan in L.A.
All hail Steve Winwood for reuniting Traffic in 70 without which we would not have my two personal favorite albums LSOHHB and JBCMD.
Thank you for sharing this. I was lucky enough to see Traffic a few times. Once with Dave Mason, once as a trio, and once with this lineup. This brings back some wonderful memories. My best friend Linda and I couldn't stop talking about how great the band was. Someone posted the Blind Faith concert from Hyde Park. It's also fantastic.
If this was in 72,, then I was 8yrs old,, just a bit too young to get in the Door,, what Incredible laid back jams,, Cool to see for the 1st time, Chris Wood on Sax, after hearing his flowing effortless rhythms all these years,,, Thanks for sharing,, " )
Thank you Wayne Goss for sharing this video. I was 19 in 1969 when I first heard Traffic so many great Musicians and Artists from the 70s I lived in Berkeley then and concerts were $2.50 or free in the park. This music is our memories and history.
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Winwood's guitar solo on Dear, Mr. Fantasy was so frantically gorgeous.
Exactly 💥💥💥 He’s every bit the guitarist Clapton is
I saw Dave Mason rip it up on 'Dear Mr. Fantasy' at the Bottom Line in 1993. Really quite something!
One of my favorite bands from this time. Amazing musicians, soulful music. Thank you for uploading this in this quality.
I was fortunate to see Traffic several times . I always believed Steve’s guitar playing is overlooked
My dad loved this band / SW. I love it just as much or more. 🐒,'s can sure make beautiful music🎶
Thanks for this upload...brings back lotsa memories! I saw Traffic in 1970 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Dave Mason was still with them. Chris Wood played flute. Awesome show. Hey, I may be old, but I got to see all the cool bands!
Read your comment so jealous not born till 67 think i should have been born in 57 for music from67 to 72 is the best ever 80s music ok then but just loved the hammond bought some old vynil about84 traffic dooors discovered forever changes steely dan pschyce?prog brian auger war etc 47 now still listen to this day best music ever please reminice some more please iwould love to hear thanks for your time5
yeah maybe just a little earlier than 57 wouldnt want to be 10 in 67 durring the "Summer of Love" drinking the coolsdaid and burning the house down, lol... but right on great comment o/ peace budd...
Lee Hardy Listen to Brian Auger with Julie Driscoll album "Jools" tell me if you like it ...
me too also, brother of age! bless and peace be upon you forever!
I dig the Brian Auger's Oblivion Experience!
steve's and the bass player's shirts are dynamite, such fab tunes, multi-instrumentalist winwood can swing that axe too, what a superb concert, huge respect and thanks for this ;)
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I saw the Spencer Davis groups on their last tour and Traffic on their first. What a transformation!! Not wanting to sound posy, but the Traffic show was life changing - it catapulted me into the counterculture. And I hope that now, at 70 years old, I have not competely left it:)
Just hearing these songs for the first time. Really nice. Great talent. Thanks for the upload.
One of the GREATEST groups... luv this
Dear Mr. Fantasy is such a poetic and musical masterpiece, and unique, damn that guitar player/vocalist is great, I guess that is Steve Winwood of which I have heard much about in my 57 years. The live version here really expands on his ability to rock out among the best.
Oh and the Sax on Low Spark 💥unbelievable
Keyboards singer is Winwood. But, he also plays guitar and organ at times.
@@markhathaway9456 Steve can do it all
I was probably seven the first time I heard Traffic and fell in love with the sound. Still on my top 10.
I was there along with many friends!!!
We were four months from graduating from Santa Monica High School (Samohi)....
The Civic was a few blocks from the beach and the Civic.
What an amazing life we ALL had!!!
I can't think of many more accomplished and versitile musisians than Stave Winwood...
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Improvising and some light jazz background. Van Morrison meat that bill also
this is just so amazing I cant even express in words how much I love this performance and traffic in general...plus steve is hot as all hell.
+Sydney Gavigan absolutely!!!!!
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' by the time you hear the sirens sound , you soul is in the lost & found ' . that lyric still blows me away to this day - over 40 years later .
At 71, it places me where I was supposed to be. On an Era of love. Peace. Frequencies, dimensions.....am here today in my heart of hearts! Ohhhhh so much for the world to have experienced. Thanks for the skip and rock of the old body. Not so old right now. ❤️☮️🫂💃🥀🌎🌿🐾👣🌈🧘🏼♀️❤️ complete universe
These people were gods. You only used to hear them on underground FM radio at first. The one day, many many many years later I knew my life was over as I knew it. I heard Dear Mr Fantasy playing in a buffet restaurant.
Mr WIlson I'm 78 today(still jammin) and feel the same way as you.As the song yesterdays gone right. Oct. 27 2018
I know the feeling...I got it when I heard Locomotive Breath (MUZAK version) in a Hardees at 3AM. Same time found a buddy passed out, face first in his biscuit. Ah the good old days.
@@PATUZI Happy goddamned birthday! Sixteen years to reach your age . . . gotta remember your comment along the way!
FM radio died when it stopped playing music like this.
@@Critica1Bi11 I once heard Thin Lizzy's Romeo and the Lonely Girl in a grocery store. It's sad when you hear better music in a supermarket than on the so-called classic rock stations.
I was so lucky to see Winwood with Spencer Davis at the Birdcage in Portsmouth when he was just a kid. (So was I too for that matter.) He is still as brilliant now. A real musician. Saw him again in the mid-eighties at the Hammersmith Odeon. His guitar gleamed - it was such a trip. Rock on Winwod. There's no musicians on the rock scene anymore. When is the next golden age of music gonna come again? My guess - never. Thank god for Jazz is what i say.
Portsmouth UK, and NOT Portsmouth N.H., USA, I take it?
That's right Tara. Pompey, Hants. Little club in Eastney above a pub. Had seats in alcoves - quite dark and smokey. An amazing place full of mods dancing and popping pills. Very famous (or infamous depending on your view).
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Makes me sad 😢I had forgotten my roots.This was a unbelievable time in music history.
Oh I know I'm absolutely going to enjoy this concert I love traffic Mr fantasy
What an incredible band and what a great concert. Traffic is in my top 5 all-time. Never got to see them live, but I've seen Stevie twice. The second time was at SPAC and he opened for another of my top 5 bands, the Allman Brothers, in 2013. Thanks for posting this gem!
First generation jam band and this really captures them. Hearing and seeing Steve, Jim, Chris, and Rebop play is wonderful. Thank you!
Jazz rock fusion..................Traffic ,times forgot about such a great band, great to listen and view..............amazing set !
I saw Traffic at Duke University in Durham in the winter of either 71 or 72. We had driven down from Boone, our car had a window smashed in and the stereo stolen during the show. The ride back was a bit cold, we stuffed clothes over the window to keep warm. One of the best shows ever.
People don't seem to dig jazzy stuff these days but Steve is just masterful on the ivories isn't he?
I saw them in 74' when they did When The Eagle Flies but would of liked to have seen this incarnation....
Traffic being one of my favorite bands ever, I must say this is a real gem for me. Unfortunately I have never seen them though. Thank you for sharing this great video Mr Goss!!!
Me to...same!!
Traffic at their best, I love this Group memorable time in my life, Thank You!
This show is a real gem. There is precious little footage of this line-up of Traffic and the performance happens to be a full hour. I've been watching this show
since it came out on VHS tape in the '80's. Superb!
Lo mejor de los mejor de los años 70, Traffic es una de las mejores bandas de rock clasico, ya no hay musica como esta; es una lastima que las bandas actuales no produzcan musica de calidad y que tampoco los llamados musicos actuales se dediquen a hacer covers de todos los grupos de las 70, porque son incapaces de producir MUSICA.
One of the best live shows I've seen! Brilliant musicians, fascinating/tempting tunes. Sounds like they were able to play almost every genres of music I can think of. Traffic has been one of the most under rated band in rock music. Thanks for uploading this treasure!
You were fortunate then. Winwood ofc is great here, but i loved also Chris Wood's sax and flute. I visited LA at '88, so I was too late there for this kind of music.
Bobbo Morgan alone together, a masterpiece
Because their ability and willingness to finesse their instruments versus testeror driven pondering of instruments.
Love Traffic and Steve Winwood, went to see them many times in my youth, still great music and happy memories!
This show was also played during the same tour at the Long Beach Arena where I saw them. Winwood sported a white grand and he had his white Stratocaster leaning against it. What a great show that was. Thanks for the post.