Traffic band1/23/2024 Wood played with Jimi Hendrix in 1968, appearing on Electric Ladyland. It became the title song of their 1970 album, " John Barleycorn Must Die." Wood introduced the 17th century traditional song "John Barleycorn" to the band after hearing it on The Watersons album Frost and Fire. His most notable contribution is as the co-writer (with Winwood and Capaldi), of " Dear Mr. Wood also co-wrote several of Traffic's songs, particularly during the earlier period of the band's recording career. In Traffic, Wood primarily played flute and saxophone, occasionally contributing keyboards, bass and vocals. After six months honing their music, Traffic released their first single, " Paper Sun". A concrete outdoor stage was built with the band's stage equipment set up to overlook the surrounding fields. Initially without electricity, telephone or running water, The Cottage (as it became universally known) was so remote that a generator had to be installed to power the group's equipment. To focus his fledgling band, Island Records' founder Chris Blackwell arranged for the four to retreat to an isolated farmhouse on the Berkshire Downs near Aston Tirrold. At the age of 18, Winwood abandoned the Spencer Davis Group at the height of their popularity and, along with Wood, Capaldi and Dave Mason, formed Traffic. A well-known Birmingham club, the Elbow Room, was an after-hours haunt of local bands and musicians and it was here that Wood used to meet up with Winwood and Jim Capaldi. His younger sister Stephanie designed clothes for the Spencer Davis Group, based in Birmingham, and it was through her that Wood was first introduced to fellow Birmingham native Steve Winwood. Īged 18, Wood joined the Steve Hadley Quartet, a jazz/blues group in 1962. He attended the Stourbridge College of Art, then the Birmingham School of Art (Painting Dept.) and subsequently was awarded a grant to attend the Royal Academy of Art starting in December 1965. Wood played with Perfect in 1964 in the band Shades of Blue and with Kellie during 1965–1966 in the band Locomotive. Self-taught on flute and saxophone, which he began playing at the age of 15, he began to play locally with other Birmingham musicians who would later find international fame in music: Christine Perfect (later Christine McVie), Carl Palmer, Stan Webb and Mike Kellie. Christopher Gordon Blandford Wood (24 June 1944 – 12 July 1983) was a British rock musician, best known as a founding member of the rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason.īorn in Quinton, a suburb of Birmingham, Chris Wood had an interest in music and painting from early childhood.
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