

Their first three singles were " Paper Sun", " Hole in My Shoe", and " Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush".Īfter disbanding in 1969, during which time Winwood joined Blind Faith, Traffic reunited in 1970 to release the critically acclaimed album John Barleycorn Must Die. They began as a psychedelic rock group whose early singles were influenced by The Beatles and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards like the Mellotron and harpsichord, sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their music. The group formed in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Traffic was an English rock band whose members came from the West Midlands. They began as a psychedelic rock group whose early singles


