🎵 TRAFFIC - Dear Mr. Fantasy REACTION

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 446

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Рік тому +204

    Brad & Lex, you’ll love their “Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys”!! Steve Winwood on vocals!

    • @unusual686
      @unusual686 Рік тому +9

      Yes, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys, but Live 72 (full song)

    • @robertherring9277
      @robertherring9277 Рік тому +7

      Still have Low Spark on reel lol!

    • @ErickSowder
      @ErickSowder Рік тому +4

      I think Steve was also planning the guitar I recall from a old videoua-cam.com/video/epyHwMCw4hg/v-deo.html

    • @bernie4366
      @bernie4366 Рік тому +10

      I don't think Brad could take it. That's a long song lol

    • @oldairyheir
      @oldairyheir Рік тому +7

      Sax intro by Chris Wood is the best!

  • @jamesaaron7211
    @jamesaaron7211 Рік тому +113

    Winwood is a musical polymath, plays virtually every instrument at an incredibly high level, bit like Prince that way. Broke in like Van Morrison as a little teen with a huge voice with the Spencer Davis group, writing the songs, all of it. Incredible talent, and this is indeed a melancholy song. Edit: Winwood’s playing the bigger lead guitar solos in this.

  • @scottmatzeder9162
    @scottmatzeder9162 Рік тому +40

    If youre gunna dive into Traffic, "low Spark of High Heel Boys" is an absolute must! The Studio version is totally fantastic!

  • @eximusic
    @eximusic Рік тому +45

    Traffic was amazing in the 60s and 70s. John Barleycorn Must Die is my favorite album by them. Most British rock bands from the 60s were heavily influenced by American blues, but also English folk music, which gave them their lyricism. John Barleycorn is a nod to that tradition as well as some jazz influences.

  • @jimmeltonbradley1497
    @jimmeltonbradley1497 Рік тому +35

    Steve Winwood has been making great music for nearly 60 years. I saw this band in 1969 at a free concert in London's Hyde Park when I was a teenager. Winwood is steeped in the blues.

  • @willieboy3011
    @willieboy3011 Рік тому +40

    Traffic was unique. They had elements of English folk, jazz, and rock. So glad that you did this. I have been listening to them since the 60s.

  • @michaelnewell6385
    @michaelnewell6385 Рік тому +43

    Lex is always smiling and cheerful and bubbly and just has such joy for life. You both do, but Lex just explodes with enthusiasm and it’s just very positive. People like that. It’s very admirable and inspiring.

    • @billt9480
      @billt9480 Рік тому +1

      for sure--she is so fun to watch --pure enjoyment--she also has very keen insights

  • @tommathews3964
    @tommathews3964 Рік тому +60

    It's hard to imagine how different the world was in 67, but this year was the beginning of something totally different for me! Music got a lot more psychedelic, and heavy, like this great song! Some of the releases in 67, besides this great album: Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper" and "Magical Mystery Tour", Hendrix "Are You Experienced" and "Axis, Bold As Love" , Cream's "Disraeli Gears", The Doors "The Doors", Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow", The Grateful Dead's "The Grateful Dead", and on and on. Musically, this year was truly the start of something totally new for me! Keep digging Traffic! Lots of good recommendations below!

    • @fordp69
      @fordp69 Рік тому +5

      And the Summer of Love.

    • @alfredlandesman5165
      @alfredlandesman5165 Рік тому +4

      I live through it, there was so much music an couple of concerts every weekend, Jethro Tull, Stones, Elton, Alice and dozens more every weekend.

    • @stanleycrim
      @stanleycrim Рік тому +3

      This wuz psychedelia, pure & simple

    • @ASCENDINGTOHIM
      @ASCENDINGTOHIM Рік тому +5

      67 was the beginning as 69 was the ending ..at least to me …it seemed the summer of love was the last true summer of my generations carefree living ….after that ? The music,responsibilities and priorities forever once again changed ….less drugs more Families being born …the soon ending of Vietnam 70ies (of course the proceeding years til 73 ? It took to draw down ) it was the ending of a generation who saw the murders of JFK,MLK and Bobbly Kennedy ….

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 Рік тому +1

      @@stanleycrim Most definitely! I know things were never the same for me after viewing the world, and this music, through lysergic lenses!

  • @gj8683
    @gj8683 Рік тому +7

    "40,000 Headmen" is another great Traffic song.

  • @debbiehauff40
    @debbiehauff40 Рік тому +18

    Steve Winwood was only 19 when this song was released. Great singer.

  • @stevoschannel4127
    @stevoschannel4127 Рік тому +47

    Brad, do you ever re-watch these and realize what a beautiful little creature lexi is? Its not just her appearance, but her glow, her smile and movements…. I just love watching lex feel the music, then hearing you two discuss and point out things that are so interesting…she reminds me of back in the day seeing live music and spotting that one beautiful girl that the music was just moving…You guys have the top reaction channel by far…

    • @magna116
      @magna116 Рік тому +4

      Looks like Lex needs to consider a restraining order.

    • @bobbyverne9714
      @bobbyverne9714 2 місяці тому +1

      I've commented often of how Brad just kinda rocks back and forth while Lex gets right into it! Sometimes it makes me feel sorry for her, especially when she nervously looks over at Brad while he's rocking back and forth with minimal joy.

  • @stefan_becker
    @stefan_becker Рік тому +68

    Yes, it is good music! Traffic was an incredible band. Steve Winwood of Traffic also played together with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker from Cream in a Band called "Blind Faith". Their music is also amazing. Unfortunately they made only one album. There's lots of great songs on that album. Maybe you can listen to "Had To Cry Today" or "Do What You Like".

    • @redwine65
      @redwine65 Рік тому +3

      that beware of mr baker documentary was interesting and informative and funny....had steve winwood in it for a bit..

    • @cup_cuppy_cuppers5817
      @cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 Рік тому +2

      Blind Faith was the original "Super Group", defined by Artists from well-founded/known Groups - forming their own band/collaborating together for an album or several. Bad Co. is another instance of a "Super Group".

    • @stefan_becker
      @stefan_becker Рік тому +1

      @@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 Yes, and the first album of Bad Company is also incredible 😍👍

    • @wildbushman420
      @wildbushman420 Рік тому +1

      I'm pretty sure bad company was the first band under the record company that led zeppelin made. Swan song records.

    • @custardflan
      @custardflan Рік тому +1

      Clapton and Winwood touring over the last 20 years or so are fantastic.

  • @bobbyg7102
    @bobbyg7102 Рік тому +41

    Steve Winwood is a crazy talent. He put out a solo album called ARC OF A DIVER. He played every instrument on every song along with vocals , mixed it in the editing room like a great salad. Afew great singles came from that album. Check out the title song, Arc of a diver.

    • @jamesdignanmusic2765
      @jamesdignanmusic2765 Рік тому +2

      some brilliant tracks on that - "While You See a Chance", "Spanish Dancer"... and of course the title track.

    • @sassyfras4085
      @sassyfras4085 Рік тому +1

      Yes! This song I first heard in the movie GO ASK ALICE
      I had to keep rewinding to hear the lyrics so I could figure out what song it was so I could find it lol

    • @davidvasquez8658
      @davidvasquez8658 Рік тому +2

      I also love "While you see a Chance" Such a songwriter & musician.Effortlessly.Good one Bobby G.

    • @bradsaunders5367
      @bradsaunders5367 Рік тому +1

      Cat Steven's album "Foreigner Suite" was done the same way. Arrangements, instruments, and vocals were all Cat.

  • @rogerkelly7988
    @rogerkelly7988 Рік тому +45

    Brad and Lex y'all would have made great hippies your always talking about what it was like in the 60s and 70s it was a helluva party wouldn't have missed it for world but you two should have your own TV show because of all the UA-camrs doing these reactions y'all have the ability to give your own critique of the music from that era that is so unique they are usually spot on and most of the time hilarious but we've also cried over a few of them but I would give you my full support for your own TV show y'all are a glass half full couple with a great attitude toward life in general keep it up we love you

    • @troys6965
      @troys6965 Рік тому

      You aren't the only one thinking B&L could go beyond UA-cam.

    • @notdoneyet7785
      @notdoneyet7785 Рік тому

      @@troys6965 yeah but how many people watch anything beyond youtube? well, ok, maybe a lot, but i hardly get off of it anymore.

  • @johnroberts5637
    @johnroberts5637 Рік тому +15

    You will find Steve Winwood associated with great music throughout the last six decades. Check him out doing a duet with Chaka Khan on "Higher Love" or providing gritty keyboards behind Jimi Hendrix on "Voodoo Child." He started in the Spencer Davis Group back in the 60's when he was just a teenager and he's 74 this year, with a tremendous body of work for you to sample.

  • @aarongoldstein7614
    @aarongoldstein7614 Рік тому +9

    "Dear Mr. Fantasy" is a great Traffic jam. So too is "Empty Pages" & "Light Up & Leave Me Alone" with Jim Capaldi on lead vocal.
    Winwood would later front Blind Faith & they did a marvelous cover of Buddy Holly's "Well Alright".

  • @Jessica_Roth
    @Jessica_Roth Рік тому +6

    This is early on in Traffic's career; Dave Mason (usually the lead guitar, but playing the bass here) was in the group. They broke up when Mason went solo, and Steve Winwood formed Blind Faith with Eric Clapton. Clapton dropped out of that, and Winwood reformed Traffic, and eventually went solo on his own.
    Every step of the journey is worth taking, from this (and "Feelin' Alright" and "40,000 Headmen" and other Traffic songs) to "Can't Find My Way Home" and Blind Faith (including a beautiful cover of my favorite song, "Well Alright" by Buddy Holly) to Traffic v.2 with "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" (Lex will LOVE that) to Mason's solo work ("We Just Disagree" is wonderful) to Winwood on his own ("Back in the High Life Again").
    A tree with many branches, all of them excellent.

  • @browntabproductions
    @browntabproductions Рік тому +15

    A Most Excellent Song, written & performed by Excellent Musicians. There’s a 10+minute version of this Song too.
    Thanks. I listened to this twice.
    The Bluesy part is most likely a result of the Lead Singer Stevie Winwood’s time in The Spencer Davis Group.
    “Music tugs the strings of my Soul that makes me Dance.”

  • @robertasirgutz8800
    @robertasirgutz8800 Рік тому +14

    Just one of Winwoods many incarnations. From 15 years old, he had a soulful voice.
    Traffic was a great band.

  • @ed.z.
    @ed.z. Рік тому +3

    I saw Traffic in the early 70’s they were amazing. Steve Winwood is such an amazing performer with the voice of an angel.

  • @lindakessler8768
    @lindakessler8768 Рік тому +4

    Damn!! Probably your best reaction to date!! Music is in our souls. It's what brings us together. You guys help take away our gloomy days.
    Thank you both. 👍❤🤙

  • @FloridaRocks
    @FloridaRocks Рік тому +3

    Anything Steve Winwood sings is instantly music to my ears! I saw him in the 80s during the "Higher Love" tour. When stage went dark and a small light appeared trained on his fingers at the grand piano ... the first notes of "Low Spark" begin ... heaven on earth.

    • @WillLlamas
      @WillLlamas Рік тому +2

      That sounds cool. Nice memory.

  • @winstonsmith8441
    @winstonsmith8441 Рік тому +2

    The great Steve Winwood. I've always loved this song. So chill.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe Рік тому +14

    LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS has to be on your list.

  • @vicprovost2561
    @vicprovost2561 Рік тому +4

    Yes!!!, Traffic was awesome, especially live as I saw them in the early 70s then in 1994 when the reformed. Great vocals from Stevie Winwood and Jim Capaldi plus the magnificent Chris Wood on various instruments. These guys are worth exploring, try Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, an utter classic. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎹🎷🎶

  • @VersinKettorix
    @VersinKettorix Рік тому +5

    I think you guys did "Can't find my way home" from Blind Faith. Steve Winwood is the same vocalist for both groups.

  • @centuryrox
    @centuryrox Рік тому +1

    Lex, it's such a pleasure watching you get into a song! As they would say back in the 60s, you are "one groovy chick"! Please never change!

  • @lancemadrid
    @lancemadrid Рік тому +2

    Such a joy to see Lexi listen for the very first time to the most fantastic rocking songs of all time, the classics that are our most familiar soundtracks of our lives. This is her first time!

  • @mansonmydog
    @mansonmydog Рік тому +4

    MUSIC
    IS WHAT
    FEELINGS SOUND LIKE

  • @farmerbill6855
    @farmerbill6855 Рік тому +3

    This tune always reminds me of passing the bong around the smoke filled living room of our house on Norwich Avenue on the Ohio State University campus. The late 70s were a fun time.

  • @Gashouse69
    @Gashouse69 Рік тому +2

    My all time favorite from Traffic.

  • @raymondreid4987
    @raymondreid4987 Рік тому +3

    There is nothing that Steve Winwood can't do, this incredible musician who does it all and his voice has this real good range and a beautiful R&B soul and he does have a large catalog of some the best music every.

  • @ChrisDavis-ob9je
    @ChrisDavis-ob9je Рік тому +7

    The vocalist is Steve Winwood a musical prodigy.

  • @basildavidson4597
    @basildavidson4597 Рік тому +1

    You guys have really grown into the music you’ve been reacting to. You have absorbed so much knowledge about music so that your reactions are very different to the ones when you started. Wonderful to share the trip with you.

  • @michaeltveten8458
    @michaeltveten8458 Рік тому +19

    Traffic, is a perfect example of having too much talent in one band…It was inevitable that each of them would go their own way, and have great success.

  • @bernie4366
    @bernie4366 Рік тому +3

    'Arc of a Diver' is one of my favorite post-Traffic Stevie Winwood tunes.

  • @NalaDoowtrop
    @NalaDoowtrop Рік тому +1

    My very first rock concert. Early 70s at the old Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta.

  • @coldshot1723
    @coldshot1723 Рік тому

    Traffic member Jim Capaldi wrote the lyrics. Bandmates Steve Windwood and Chris Wood wrote the music. Lyrically, the song is a simple sketch of a tortured artist who sacrifices his own happiness to make the audience happy. Capaldi recalled the exact moment that spawned "Dear Mr. Fantasy."
    One early morning at the Cottage he was coming down off LSD, sketching in front of a log fire. Bubbling out of his acid-fired subconsciousness and through his pencil came a the image of a man hanging on puppet strings and wearing a spiked hat with the words, "Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune, something to make us all happy" scrawled under him.
    Wood found Capaldi's sketch and set a bass line to it. That evening they drove into the city and recorded the song at Olympic Studios. They burned incense in the recording room and turned the lights low to capture the mood the song had been borne from. The Grateful Dead performed the song regularly in the 1980s.

  • @jediprettyboy
    @jediprettyboy Рік тому

    This was used at the start of Avengers Endgame. I’m old enough to remember the song on the radio as a kid, but I love this song selection for the film’s opening.

  • @argonwheatbelly637
    @argonwheatbelly637 Рік тому +3

    Brad is getting wide and mellow. Lex is just open and being beautiful. Solid, man. This is good.

  • @jackwright9985
    @jackwright9985 Рік тому

    I just love Traffic's Dear Mr. Fantasy. Thank you for reacting to this timeless classic!

  • @robertlear2735
    @robertlear2735 Рік тому +3

    I also agree you have to listen to The Low Spark of High Heel Boys. One of the best rock songs ever.

  • @patricknorris6814
    @patricknorris6814 Рік тому +4

    About time! Traffic is in my top 5 bands. Brad really needs to listen to "John Barleycorn must die" so he can see if he can decifer the lyrics before the end.

  • @BlackHatCinephile
    @BlackHatCinephile Рік тому

    I've made a Spotify playlist of songs I used to know but forgot about, but reaction channels have reminded me of what I forgot. This one's going in the playlist.

  • @rileystewart9165
    @rileystewart9165 Рік тому

    Grateful dead did such an incredible cover of this in '89, the live performance with the guy in the beard is the one you want. So incredible...

  • @kirknelson156
    @kirknelson156 Рік тому

    this is a great example of why I follow you guys, most of the time I get to see how you react to music I've been enjoying for over 40 years and once in a while you do a song that I haven't heard in so long that I forgot it or even the band existed. But once I heard it the memories of it came flooding back.

  • @pablovandyck
    @pablovandyck Рік тому +1

    The genius of Steve Winwood. He made every band he was in magical.

  • @joyouslyprofane
    @joyouslyprofane Рік тому +1

    i didnt expect a traffic song but im glad to see it! their song john barleycorn must die is also dope as hell, and it's all about the life cycle of barley

  • @pebblehilllane
    @pebblehilllane Рік тому

    Released in 1967 and it was used as the opening song for Avengers: End Game. Good music is timeless .... it withstands the test of time. Most anything Steve Winwood was a part of is music worth having. Ultra talented, when he was 14 years old he was the lead singer for a band that had four Top Ten singles and three Top Ten albums in the UK .. and then he joined Traffic. One, maybe more, of his CDs he recorded in his home recording studio and played every instrument and sang all the vocals. He did it all himself at home. Amazing talent and a major part of what made Traffic sound so good.

  • @Jamesd1861
    @Jamesd1861 Рік тому

    Steve Winwood is so talented, listen to him and Eric Clapton performing this song at the 2010 Crossroads Concert… Outstanding concert

  • @robertutes4850
    @robertutes4850 Рік тому

    this was one of those songs when i was a kid - i could get my mom to turn up in the car, and she would turn it up loud like we would, it was sooo cool...

  • @mrnobody9104
    @mrnobody9104 Рік тому +2

    Steve Winwood was responsible for soooooo much great music and to his credit is still bringing it over 50yrs later.
    you nailed it with this song being inspired by the blues my man!!! all the early British bands grew up listening to American blues
    musicians who in many ways when unnoticed in their own country.

  • @jaimegarcia6114
    @jaimegarcia6114 Рік тому +1

    Very true, music will always remind you of where you've been, what you're going through, good or bad at every point in your life. It is a very important component in our lives.

  • @larryh.5229
    @larryh.5229 Рік тому +1

    One of my absolute all time favorites 👍🤗

  • @WillLlamas
    @WillLlamas Рік тому +1

    ARC OF A DIVER. That's a nice tune.

  • @salmuscles
    @salmuscles Рік тому +4

    the great Dave mason on guitar 🎸

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 Рік тому

      Always wonder what could have been if Stevie and Dave could have managed to get along!

    • @FloridaRocks
      @FloridaRocks Рік тому

      "You are every woman in the world to me" ahhh. ❤️‍🔥

  • @ronwilliams6565
    @ronwilliams6565 Рік тому +1

    Lex I knew you would like TRAFFIC...Lol...great reaction ...rock on cutie.

  • @evanerys
    @evanerys Рік тому

    Y'all have mentioned the term "Jam band" before, and Traffic qualifies, but more importantly, the single best introduction material to "Jam Band" music is a live cover of this very song, performed by the Grateful Dead, in a medley with "Hey Jude" from the Beatles. It's available on the Grateful Dead YT channel and worth the long-ish run time. Their cover is so good, they had Jerry Garcia play lead guitar on this song in Traffic's big farewell concert in 1994. That version is also available on YT and also worth the time, although Jerry was sharper in 89.

  • @ronaldcrawford9310
    @ronaldcrawford9310 Рік тому +1

    YES! Great pick for late 60's hippie music...I was there...

  • @jonathansmith3742
    @jonathansmith3742 Рік тому

    Traffic had lots of really cool tunes. Great band chemistry.

  • @glennwisniewski9536
    @glennwisniewski9536 Рік тому +1

    Hey B&L, "Dear Mr. Fantasy" was used at the beginning of the film Avengers: Endgame. And, I also would love to see your reaction to "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys." I'm betting you haven't heard anything quite like it. Traffic's song combo "Glad/Freedom Rider" is also really good.

  • @somersetcace1
    @somersetcace1 Рік тому

    Great reaction . Nice when you're both vibing. So many songs that echo that theme about music having the power to pull you out of a bad day or even worse. I've lost count of the amount of people who have said some album, or musician, song, etc basically got them through a rough time in life. Some have even credited music for saving their life.

  • @VidiotSavante
    @VidiotSavante Рік тому +2

    Great reaction and insights Brad & Lex! Traffic had such a great sound and Steve Winwood is a musical genius! Check out “Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys” next from Traffic and then listen to "Higher Love" from Winwood's solo career in the 80s. 🔥

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 Рік тому

    Can you imagine the world's best cover band doing this song live? You don't have to imagine it, it has already happened, over 50 times. From 1984 to 1990, Grateful Dead performed Dear Mr. Fantasy 58 times, per DeadBase, sung by the late, great Brent Mydland, Keyboardist extraordinaire. Had the good fortune to see several of these performances, and I even got to see Mr.Steve Winwood and Traffic do it one time when they opened for The Dead. A truly amazing night.

  • @13_13k
    @13_13k Рік тому

    If I remember correctly, the singer and keyboard player, Steve Winwood was only 16 yrs old when this song was recorded.
    It is also the original Blue Eyed Blues genre

  • @Cadinho93
    @Cadinho93 Рік тому +11

    You guys should react to more Traffic…
    "The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys", "Empty Pages", "John Barleycorn", "Feelin' Alright?", "Paper Sun", "Medicated Goo", "Freedom Rider", "Pearly Queen", "You Can All Join In", "Rock & Roll Stew"
    🎸🤘

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 Рік тому

      Yes! And "Glad/Freedom Rider" and "Forty Thousand Headmen" and "Don't Be Sad" (Dave Mason), and "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" (Capaldi), and "Crying to Be Heard" and .........So many great songs, I just love those guys!

    • @cornellrosiu8818
      @cornellrosiu8818 Рік тому +1

      Don't forget "Dream Gerard" exceptional!

    • @tommathews3964
      @tommathews3964 Рік тому

      @@cornellrosiu8818 Absolutely! Excellent choice! Reminds me to listen to that "When The Eagle Flies" album!! Thanks!

    • @crazyfingers19
      @crazyfingers19 Рік тому

      I would add Shanghai Noodle Factory too

  • @fewwiggle
    @fewwiggle Рік тому

    One of the great songs of rock/blues music -- you did the song and the vibe justice!!! :-)

  • @richardlovell4713
    @richardlovell4713 Рік тому +2

    Some groups and artists were willing to mix genres. Traffic were happy playing their own mixture of folk, blues, jazz, rock, soul and R&B. They, like others, started in rebellious times and refusing to conform to a particular genre was part of that rebellion. The early Live version of ‘Low Spark…’ is a must - it has African influences too.

    • @connieb4372
      @connieb4372 Рік тому

      no.. not the live version.. Sorry, but IMO live versions always suck... but to be fair, I've not heard it... This is just one of my favorite songs the way it is.. but to each his own!!

    • @richardlovell4713
      @richardlovell4713 Рік тому

      @@connieb4372 What an amazing (and wrong) generalisation ! Much music performed Live - particularly that which includes improvisation - is superior to studio recordings. Certain artists (Hendrix and Joe Cocker immediately come to mind) consistently performed better in concert than in their studio recordings). Some people like the comfort of hearing something familiar from a recording performed note for note in Live performance (as later Pink Floyd switched to doing), but Live variations can be musically more inventive and energetic than over-engineered studio versions.
      I’ve heard both the studio and various Live versions of ‘Low Spark…’ many times and am certain that at least one (and possibly more) of the Live versions are superior to the excellent studio version.

  • @anthonybalistreri5226
    @anthonybalistreri5226 Рік тому

    I always liked the way the song just sort of slides into Winwood's solo, but with outstanding backing music. One of my all time favorites.

  • @Prone2Thrill
    @Prone2Thrill Рік тому +1

    Another cornerstone song of Rock = a true iconic piece! The great Steve Winwood is a Mount Rushmore of music

  • @kesleycottrell1416
    @kesleycottrell1416 Рік тому

    Always loved the groove on this tune. Just so cool and smooth.

  • @joelspringman523
    @joelspringman523 8 місяців тому

    You have to listen to "The Low Spark of High-Healed Boys" and the "Shootout at the Fantasy Factory"!
    "Devil in a Blue Dress", "Welcome to the Canteen", "Can't Find My Way Home", "John Barleycorn Must Die", "Arc of the Diver", "Higher Life", and SO many others! He played the organ on the George Harrison tribute of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", featuring Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn, Prince, and others.

  • @bobmohr4952
    @bobmohr4952 Рік тому +1

    First got turned on to this after coming home from Vietnam. Some of the best music recorded during that time period.

  • @danjohnson2986
    @danjohnson2986 Рік тому +2

    YES!! Steve Winwood…that voice. Such a catchy guitar riff too. They (Traffic) have a 1972 concert on UA-cam that is seriously amazing. Check out this song from that concert. Another that I recommend is “The low spark of high heel boys”. Again, that 1972 jam. It’s mesmerizing.

    • @Wi1dFlOwer
      @Wi1dFlOwer Рік тому +1

      Is it the one at the California Civic Center in 1972? That one absolutely rocks.

    • @danjohnson2986
      @danjohnson2986 Рік тому +1

      @@Wi1dFlOwer I’m not sure. I just know it’s 1972

    • @Wi1dFlOwer
      @Wi1dFlOwer Рік тому

      @@danjohnson2986 here's the one I'm talking about
      ua-cam.com/video/pSQ1akE2CcM/v-deo.html

  • @MySherry10
    @MySherry10 Рік тому

    I had never heard this song or group , I like it , got a great sound and easy listen too and good lyrices , makes you feel good , love songs like that

  • @christopherjones-hu9fe
    @christopherjones-hu9fe 7 місяців тому

    I'm so glad I discovered this channel. It gives me joy to see you react to such great songs for the first time. This song is a top five for me. Had the chance to hear the Grateful Dead cover it in Oakland Coliseum or whatever it's called. Where the Warriors play.

  • @bruhkamp
    @bruhkamp Рік тому

    God damn, I don't think I'll ever not be surprised by Windwood's voice; no matter how many times I hear it.

  • @ceeinthesky1068
    @ceeinthesky1068 Рік тому

    I’m 60 years old and this song just made my top five lol. The guitar is so perfect.😍

  • @stevensapyak7971
    @stevensapyak7971 Рік тому +2

    7.14.22. You need to check out Traffics™️……..Light up or leave me alone©️🎸

  • @jenniferfoster1692
    @jenniferfoster1692 Рік тому

    Steve Winwood is an true icon, legend, all of the best words for a musician.

  • @lillady1077
    @lillady1077 Рік тому +2

    This is all about ACID!! Watch the live vid of this song. And tell me they weren't all tipping ! LOL

  • @JohnnyBabylon90
    @JohnnyBabylon90 Рік тому

    You guys completely nailed it with this one, I love your Reactions 🙂

  • @jollyrodgers7272
    @jollyrodgers7272 Рік тому

    This was a Super Group in late '60s - early '70s. Try their THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS, MEDICATED GOO, FEELIN' ALRIGHT, and LIGHT UP OR LEAVE ME ALONE.

  • @TheAcgtrs
    @TheAcgtrs Рік тому

    I remember seeing the Grateful Dead perform this song, and they blended it with “hey Jude”. Jerry Garcia singing “Dear Mr Fantasy”, while the background vocals were “na na na na hey Jude…”
    It was amazing…

  • @edwardrutledge2765
    @edwardrutledge2765 Рік тому +2

    Traffic was another early Steve Winwood enterprise that were terrific. They weren’t around long, like Blind Faith, but truly classic era Rock.

    • @Tkidddd
      @Tkidddd Рік тому

      I have a ticket stub. Traffic

    • @edwardrutledge2765
      @edwardrutledge2765 Рік тому +1

      @@Tkidddd …hang onto it. 👍

    • @Tkidddd
      @Tkidddd Рік тому

      @@edwardrutledge2765 actually I have about 50 or more from the 70s on up. I have Black Sabbath with Van Halen playing first.

  • @peteK70
    @peteK70 Рік тому +5

    Winwood is a legend 🤘

  • @deborahcornell171
    @deborahcornell171 Рік тому

    Great reaction to this one, both of you! And LEX, my friends & I had SO much fun going to concerts back in the day. You would've fit right in. Wish I had a time machine, I'd whisk you away with us! And of course, Brad could go too if he didn't mind being in the middle of us girls.💙☮

  • @user-bz6mn3tu8k
    @user-bz6mn3tu8k 3 місяці тому

    I’ve watched a bunch of vids by you two and it’s funny how it’s always Brad intently focused on the lyrics while Lex is just grooving out, and occasionally looking over at Brad to try to figure out if he’s enjoying it.

  • @keef7224
    @keef7224 Рік тому +2

    It’s wasn’t just tapping into their artistic creativity that made musicians often burn out too fast. It was also the intense pressure put on them by their record labels and their fans, stage fright, the awful tedium and rootlessness of life on the road, the party lifestyle that surrounds the business, bad diets, bad habits, the loneliness and isolation of fame, disillusionment with the inherent greed and corruption of the business, etc etc etc. Like Robbie Robertson said, it’s a goddamn impossible way of life.

  • @pcariola1
    @pcariola1 Рік тому +1

    Gotta do low spark of high healed boys. Both that and this are a jam. A bourbon a Smokey bar and this. Perfection

  • @65crazyh
    @65crazyh Рік тому +1

    you guys make me smile even on the worst of days...keep groovin Lex

  • @markbaker3013
    @markbaker3013 Рік тому

    Thank you VERY MUCH for sharing this with me

  • @MrsAShoe
    @MrsAShoe Рік тому

    Steve Winwood is Phenomenal!...One of the best Concerts I have seen!!

  • @billspivey6919
    @billspivey6919 Рік тому

    The distortion and wall of noise is wonderful

  • @electricwizard3000
    @electricwizard3000 Рік тому

    Love this reaction. Very cool.

  • @mrb4749
    @mrb4749 Рік тому +1

    Great groovy song! Steve Winwood and Dave Mason are in this great group that's what making it so good. To me the late 60s were the best time for music.

  • @qhl5579
    @qhl5579 Рік тому

    Just one of those bands, so good. Hits ya in the feels...

  • @ljwalter61
    @ljwalter61 Рік тому

    I'm watching Avengers Endgame and this is what played during the intro sequence. I wanted to hear more and you gave it to me!

  • @mike1956123
    @mike1956123 Рік тому +1

    Omg when I was your age we used to get so high and listen to traffic Pink Floyd, is awesome very careful you’re gonna turn into a hippie

  • @macjam9090
    @macjam9090 Рік тому

    tremendous band from the Midlands. You can hear the Hendrix influence in this track.