Mine too. 64 now, and never heard it til 10 years ago. I wrongly assumed that Steve Winwood was 80’s radio pop. It sent me into a music seeking spiral. What other masterpiece had I missed in my youth. It was good to know that I hadn’t missed many. Sadly tho, this was one of them. I listened to it everyday for a year and still do on a regular weekly basis. Sometimes more.
Man, just looking at his face and especially his eyes, gives me flashbacks from 45+ years ago. It is amazing that he could perform this song so flawlessly tripping that hard. WOW...
@@davidjackson2690 Yep. If you've ever tripped you know the deal. It's like your pupils dilate out of your eyeballs, eye sockets, then out of your face, then melt down your face into the heat waves of neon cartoon colored landscape waving to the sounds of Pink Floyd you're listening to and become one cycle of many cycles of an alternate reality that is part of another surreal alternate universe that pulsates in and out of this universe that is trapped inside your brain but moving in and out of the existential reality of thousands of mutlicolored waves of thoughts, both spoken and yet unspoken. Yeah, that about sums it up...
The remarkable thing is that Stevie could keep it all together, both guitar and vocals without missing a thing... and with all that orange sunshine running around in his head.
I was born the same day the Stones did Rock N Roll Circus, 12-11-68, and with parents born in 1942 and 43', their record collection I'd go through in the 70s was about 75% softer, folkier stuff, and 25% rocknroll. I guess that was better than nothing:)
Don't forget Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason had a lot to do with his growth as a musician. Plus by this time he'd been a touring and recording professional for 6 years plus.
Still LOVE THIS after all these years! I am So happy to be this old because we had the best music ever! Thanks, Stevie Winwood, for making US happy all these years!!
Free, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith and ZZ Top are my favorites from this era. I am also very proud of my generation Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Collective Soul and Black Crowes. Paul Kossoff of Free is one of my all time heroes and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
Yes, we had the best! I seen Hendrix in 1968! I seen Zeppelin in 1977 and SO many more. I love being 70 years and still digging the music riding my Harley-Davidson and fighting for American values!
Stevie Windwood! Amazing singer, keyboard player, guitar player, and song writer. He is on my list. The most underated musician of the sixties and seventies! Thanks! STEVIE!
3 of my mates and me saw this concert on italian RAI TV on a sunday morning in 1976 while having our lunch (separately). by 3.30 in the afternoon we went out to play football but we did not. we had already decided to form a band on the spot and we kept talking about this performance all along. we were stunned....12/13 yrs old by then. thanks Traffic!
Most people don't realize the unique talent of excelling on keyboards, guitar, AND vocals. Winwood, in my opinion, the greatest musician of the 60s and early 70s.
@@youngmrjazz Todd was really something tho in many other ways besides his awesome talent. He helped many artists get a leg up in the music industry. He is the shit. But I still have to pick Steve.
When you have a song as well written and performed, there is no need for lights, bells and whistles, they just take away from the sheer power of the music itself...this is what music has lost today...soul. This is a pure example of musical soul here..enjoy and learn
Was für ein Song! Was für eine Performance! Was für eine Band! Manchmal mag ich es garnicht, schon so alt zu sein (1947 geboren). Das Gute daran ist aber, dass ich diese wunderbare Musik der 1960er und 70er Jahre erlebt habe. Nicht nur Traffic - Cream, Moody Blues, Leonard Cohen, Rod Stewart und und und .....
My God the way he kept that all together…flawless vocals and guitar…the soul and magic of those days…his talent then was unbelievable and still is today. …..Tripping hard…..
@@ccrider00 Let's not forget Pink Floyd, ELO, Night Ranger, Molly Hatchett, Outlaws, BTO, Bad Company, Skynyrd, Def Leppard, Blue Oyster Cult, Grand Funk, Scorpions, Steely Dan, Styx, REO, Yes, etc. And I concur with SPIRIT! ALL AMAZING BANDS. Never again will there be music like this, may of whose live days have ended, sadly.
wouldn't change a thing, as in 'you can't change a thing'. It is what it WAS. Just like every moment and what happened a minute ago, can't be changed. Just knowing that you were a 'decent' human being, justify's your existence.
Me too andy cuthbert, June '67. Although I bought a Traffic cassette back in the eighties with this song on it.. I'm discovering and re- discovering many treasures from this monumental period in musical history!!
Mesmerizing classic 70's rolla, Steve plays the shits on that guitar & the bassist connects the tune & the beat of the percussionist keeps it tight...never gets old
Thank the Lord I was born in 63. Born from Cool Hippy parents in SF and relocated to the Midwest. Being multi racial gave me Rock and Soul. I love the 60’s,70’s and early 80’s. We’ve got CRAP now.
I am getting old now but would never trade this the time of my youth for any other era. Traffic were/are one of my all time favourite bands and Steve Winwood is just exceptional.
There were many great American bands back in the day as well. Quicksilver Messenger Service to name but one. Such amazing days - it was impossible to run out of great music to listen to British or American. Truly a golden age.
John North Amen. I’m an old hippie who started following band and music at age 14 in Detroit. I saw almost all of the greats before anyone knew them and they traveled from band to band. When I graduated high school I moved to the Haight Ashbury in S F. Oh yeah. Damn I wish I had a time machine✌️
One of the most incredible talents ever. So many great memories of when this song came out on the FM commercial free radio of the '60s. Good time to be alive in good ol San Fran !!!
Oh I wish I could LIKE this each and every time I watch and listen. We, who were young then, learned to have dedicated musical attention spans due to the many, many lengthy jam sessions at concerts. just mellow out, relax and free flow with the tunes.
I was just 12..but lucky for me my 1st cousin just got a Awesome Sansui Stereo System, & he turned me on to what music is all about...Rest in peace Chuck...He passed in 2019, at 64, I was 62...See you when I get there Chuck...love ya Cous!
New shit pays homage to that era. They know it well. And we kinda have a similar soup with politics, rioting, war and poverty today. Just open your ear.
I ask you guys and gals ,,,where on Gods earth are you going to find music of this caliber in this day and age? We were so lucky to be apart of it and we thought "it would never end". I'm glad I was there,,,
Charles Bradley, fiona apple, Gogol Bordello, Devil Makes Three, and even Lionel Richie still lookin 35. Love Winwood though. Can't beat some great Winwood sometimes.
Steve Hackett. Roger Waters. David Gilmour. Neil Young. Bruce Springsteen. Mark Knopfler. I like Muse. Beach House. Some others. But, no. Nothing like this. I love this. It's the magic.
I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF THE 1960's MUSIC. and there is so much that didn't come out its coming out now with the GARAGE MUSIC AWESOME THERE WAS A lot we missed.
I really never think of Stevie as a guitar player. When I think of him, I think keyboards. But he laid down a great solo in this jam. Love this video. Great quality audio and visual
Go listen to the 1966 tack Stevie's Blues when he was still with Spencer Davis. That boy can play & he was Clapton's equal which is one reason their such great friends. ruclips.net/video/isqZxBb7HWs/видео.html
I heard this when I was younger and I love it and have been trying to find it for a long time, Thank You for letting you hear this again ❤️ Lou Ann loves this music music for ever.
...my old room mate, Jerry, could drive like a pro when he was stoned...but ONLY when stoned...straight he wasn't worth a shit...I didn't mind riding at speed down the highway when he was tokin' but not anywhere when he wasn't - he got too hyper
@@mohammedcohen I remember hearing that one back in the early 80's, don't know if it's true but things were sure different in those days...driving stoned etc...no repercussions!
For me ,the best version ! What a beautiful guitar ! Is everyboby who tells me more about it ..? Thanks for the post, From deep south of France , 🥖🍷🧀 C & Chelsea the Dog . 🐉🔬🐲
it still on the playlist in my head, so I don't know how you could call it under rated, I graduated in 74...did a lot of acid, maybe that explains it...., love this tune. thanks for posting the live version, nice clear quality.
saw him play in Charlotte a few years ago before Covid....He came on right before Steely Dan (before Walter Becker passed away)......Stevie was amazing...still has a fantastic voice...sounded just like when I saw him play with Traffic back in the 60's....one of my all time favorite artists....
I was 12 in 69' in the seventh gr., my English teacher had us all name our favorite bands. As he walked up & down the rows of desks, all the kids were calling out the names of mostly top 40 groups when I shouted "Traffic! He did a double take & said "Traffic, good man! Unfortunately my answer didn't apply to my grade. lol
chuck lane I wasn't even thought of in '69 and I could listen to them all day, everyday! Nothing like getting lost in the lyrics of great songs by an Awesome Band!
They say the eyes are the windows to your sole. Just look into his eyes! Simply amazing. I love the 60’s and am glad I was around to enjoy it. I went to many concerts in Boston daring the late 60s. There was a long building just off landsdown street near Fenway Park. Man do I miss those days. An era that never will come again. Kind of sad. I did not know how good I had it. 😎
Funny story: my parents went to see the Rolling Stones at Boston Square Garden in 1972. They went with a friend who was a psychiatrist and they were all tripping on pharmaceutical grade LSD he had for his patients. Not long after arriving they got split up - my mom spotted the psychiatrist friend (he had bought the jacket and concessions tray from a vendor and was walking around selling food and drinks). My mom looked up into the stands and there is my dad waving at her - she said she just stood there transfixed staring at him when a Frisbee hit her square between the eyes. 😂 She enjoyed telling that story over the years. I hear they had a blast.
60'S and 70's was both a great era to live in and total shits as well, we had great music..ushered in a new era as well some outstanding and disco.. the part that sucked .. Kennedy's dying,Vietnam and Nixon But would have missed the experience on a bet
Unbelievable video and song! FYI! In case anyone really cares i was born in 53 and in 1972 when i was 19 i can remember going to the school Grad dance that year wearing the same plaid shirt and same color as the Bass player. It was such a cool shirt for the seventies. Thanks for the great music Stevie!
Some passages in my life, I knew how special they were while they were still happening. Whole series of once-in-a-lifetime experiences. They felt like they'd go on forever. We weren't really sure. The Age of Aquarius didn't always behave like you expected it to
It is super song performed by very talented musicians, giants of rock scene. I can't agree the band was underrated, as wrote one of us. The then, in 70th, "Traffic" was one of the best group, very loved & listened ... Their first LP was narcotic, "departure", fantastic!!!
i've been on a winwood kick, i love the look in his eyes when i see him sing. if i could find that straight mind look in reality, i don't think i'd be so opposed to being around other human beings. honestly
I cannot believe that I just discovered this song 51 years after its release; but in my defense, I'm only 45 years old (but still it's been too long). This is a great song, and this live jam version is absolutely spectacular! :-)
Incredible video and audio quality, with this post here. 46 years ago this was recorded-off the charts. The camera shot looking up at Winwood while singing, is awesome. His eyes are other worldly, and the voice is surreal.
My girlfriends and I saw Traffic repeatedly since 1969 on, we all still love Stevie Winwood with all our hearts 💕after years of watching Traffic, we were in Long Beach, CA, waiting for the doors to open, we had a couple hours to kill, my bff’s and I headed to a tattoo place at the Pike, we still have our tattoos from 1974, I remember everything about that day and night, sitting in our seats, listening to Bob Marley’s album for the first time, glorious days, we had all just turned 19.❤
+paul lespage Yes life has been good to me, I was 16 at this concert and I had actually just seen this exact lineup at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, MN on January 18,1972. Sat third row middle at that one also, paid $4.50 General Admission, still have the stub. :)
Music at it’s finest! I’ve listened to music all my life and love many performers and bands. I can’t think of any that are more moving , provocative, or talented than these guys. Love bands from the Stones to Tame Impala and beyond. But, these guys were phenomenal and mostly unappreciated. I am so glad they are still be presented to the world. Enjoy!
Saw them play at the Santa Monica auditorium back in 1973. I was 16 years old. They were awesome Didn’t realize that David hood (bass) and roger Hawkins (drums) and Barry (organ) played with traffic. Long live the swampers!!
65 years old this song never gets old, plays on a loop in my head
Always
61😊
Amen brother
Mine too. 64 now, and never heard it til 10 years ago. I wrongly assumed that Steve Winwood was 80’s radio pop. It sent me into a music seeking spiral. What other masterpiece had I missed in my youth. It was good to know that I hadn’t missed many. Sadly tho, this was one of them. I listened to it everyday for a year and still do on a regular weekly basis. Sometimes more.
57 years, i think, it's from their 1967 Album "Dear Mr. Fantasy"🤔, this Video ended up in the Album "Santa Monica Shakedown" from 1972
Man, just looking at his face and especially his eyes, gives me flashbacks from 45+ years ago. It is amazing that he could perform this song so flawlessly tripping that hard. WOW...
First thing I noticed was the eyes. Trippin' balls for sure.
Trippin' balls
Homie is tore the fuck up
Nothing but pupil huh?
@@davidjackson2690 Yep. If you've ever tripped you know the deal. It's like your pupils dilate out of your eyeballs, eye sockets, then out of your face, then melt down your face into the heat waves of neon cartoon colored landscape waving to the sounds of Pink Floyd you're listening to and become one cycle of many cycles of an alternate reality that is part of another surreal alternate universe that pulsates in and out of this universe that is trapped inside your brain but moving in and out of the existential reality of thousands of mutlicolored waves of thoughts, both spoken and yet unspoken. Yeah, that about sums it up...
The remarkable thing is that Stevie could keep it all together, both guitar and vocals without missing a thing... and with all that orange sunshine running around in his head.
I thought he looked like he was visually chasing unseen butterflies.
@@candiceschulman6206 underrated comment
Definitely got the shark eyes. Trippin hard
If you think Stevie is high what about the tambourine player!
@@MrFritz6940 no doubt!😆
Perfection. If you didn't grow up during this era...well...I'm sorry.
Indeed...
Right 🤷♂️
Yes
did not and I agree
It was the best of times
hard to believe this is over 50 years old. It still sounds great.
It's hard to believe that I am even older than that. :)
MY PARENTS WERE IN THE CROWD, AND I WAS BORN 81/2 MONTHS LATER ... MAKES SENSE TO ME 💃🕺 ROCK N ROLL!!
😍👍😂😂😂😂
😂😂 Makes sense to me too!
I was born the same day the Stones did Rock N Roll Circus, 12-11-68, and with parents born in 1942 and 43', their record collection I'd go through in the 70s was about 75% softer, folkier stuff, and 25% rocknroll. I guess that was better than nothing:)
Santa Monica Civic was a good place to see a show! Saw Blue Oyster Cult there in 86'
I never seen anyone trip so hard in my life..and hes spot on perfect. ...
I find it astounding that he wrote the music to this when he was 18. This guy has as much musical talent as anybody.
Don't forget Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason had a lot to do with his growth as a musician. Plus by this time he'd been a touring and recording professional for 6 years plus.
I was there. Onstage, behind the amps. It was truly amazing.
I saw this concert at Winterland in S.F. 1972. I was up pretty close also, and was so impressed with everything about Steve Winwood
Still LOVE THIS after all these years! I am So happy to be this old because we had the best music ever! Thanks, Stevie Winwood, for making US happy all these years!!
Free, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith and ZZ Top are my favorites from this era. I am also very proud of my generation Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Collective Soul and Black Crowes. Paul Kossoff of Free is one of my all time heroes and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
Yes, we had the best! I seen Hendrix in 1968! I seen Zeppelin in 1977 and SO many more. I love being 70 years and still digging the music riding my Harley-Davidson and fighting for American values!
Me too
This is without question the best version of this song!
I like the Hendrix version but I could see why people would not like the Hendrix ott guitar
I like Big Sugars version
I like the Crosby Stills Nash version
I don’t think this was the best, he had a pretty good one on Austin city limits in 2004
Really
Stevie Windwood! Amazing singer, keyboard player, guitar player, and song writer. He is on my list. The most underated musician of the sixties and seventies! Thanks! STEVIE!
That was the 70's - fantastic music. I appreciate this tune, and this band, more today than ever.
It was worth it having your ears ringing for awhile after the show. Boy do I miss those days...
Winwood is tripping so hard. Capaldi, too. Yet, this is pure magic.
Yes, sir. Those pupils are Dialated
Big time!😅🤣
Lol, you can’t see his irises
Yea, them dilated pupils gave it away big time. Trip on all you Boomers 😆 🤣 😂
Do You Believe In Magic?
Oh definitely 👍✌
Un brano semplicemente... straordinario, geniale, che precorreva i tempi. Grande Steve Winwood, grandi i "Traffic"!
3 of my mates and me saw this concert on italian RAI TV on a sunday morning in 1976 while having our lunch (separately). by 3.30 in the afternoon we went out to play football but we did not. we had already decided to form a band on the spot and we kept talking about this performance all along. we were stunned....12/13 yrs old by then. thanks Traffic!
One of the greatest song writers of the 70s 80s and 90s Thanks Steve Windwood. 😊
This particular song was written by Jim Capaldi
As well as in the 60's with The Spencer Davis Group.
Most people don't realize the unique talent of excelling on keyboards, guitar, AND vocals. Winwood, in my opinion, the greatest musician of the 60s and early 70s.
I'd put him up there with Paul McCartney and Todd Rundgren for sure
Bass player kicked ass also !
Well I sure didn't miss it! Love Steve since I can remember and that is a long long time. Still love this cat!
@@youngmrjazz Todd was really something tho in many other ways besides his awesome talent. He helped many artists get a leg up in the music industry. He is the shit. But I still have to pick Steve.
Still going strong in 2023 !
When you have a song as well written and performed, there is no need for lights, bells and whistles, they just take away from the sheer power of the music itself...this is what music has lost today...soul. This is a pure example of musical soul here..enjoy and learn
Stevie was the bells and whistle! True you just flip the electricity on and he creates all the colors!
It is what music has lost a long, long time before today.
Was für ein Song! Was für eine Performance! Was für eine Band!
Manchmal mag ich es garnicht, schon so alt zu sein (1947 geboren). Das Gute daran ist aber, dass ich diese wunderbare Musik der 1960er und 70er Jahre erlebt habe. Nicht nur Traffic - Cream, Moody Blues, Leonard Cohen, Rod Stewart und und und .....
Jimmi Hendrix Experience
when music was music......sang to your soul......miss those days
Truman Green my treetaste like weeeeeeeee
My God the way he kept that all together…flawless vocals and guitar…the soul and magic of those days…his talent then was unbelievable and still is today.
…..Tripping hard…..
just an incredible mindset
Beautiful. Stuff.
@@ccrider00 Let's not forget Pink Floyd, ELO, Night Ranger, Molly Hatchett, Outlaws, BTO, Bad Company, Skynyrd, Def Leppard, Blue Oyster Cult, Grand Funk, Scorpions, Steely Dan, Styx, REO, Yes, etc. And I concur with SPIRIT! ALL AMAZING BANDS. Never again will there be music like this, may of whose live days have ended, sadly.
oh how I love this song. They were my favorite band in college 1967 -1969 junior college 2 years in D.C.
CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS SONG!! VERY SPECIAL TIME IN MY LIFE....WISH I COULD GO BACK........WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING...
wouldn't change a thing, as in 'you can't change a thing'. It is what it WAS. Just like every moment and what happened a minute ago, can't be changed. Just knowing that you were a 'decent' human being, justify's your existence.
Such a shame more people haven't heard of Traffic and Steve Winwood...So underrated and under appreciated!!!
who is that?
+Buster Crimes Underrated!? Jimi Hendrix was in awe of him...JIMI FUCKING HENDRIX!!!
Only us geeks know that, ever hear a traffic song on classic rock channels???
Who hasn't heard of Steve Winwood? He was huge in the 80's, they still play his hits everywhere you go
Buster Crimes - they were very well known and loved amongst my friends and myself in the 70s... I wore John Barley Corn Must Die out....Great times!!!
Born in 67, had to discover this long after, but man it's bloody fantastic!
Me too andy cuthbert, June '67. Although I bought a Traffic cassette back in the eighties with this song on it.. I'm discovering and re- discovering many treasures from this monumental period in musical history!!
Man... want nostalgia!!??
He was also such a fine guitarist! Tone and phrasing ...... wow! And such a tasteful control of feedback in a live setting!
Mesmerizing classic 70's rolla, Steve plays the shits on that guitar & the bassist connects the tune & the beat of the percussionist keeps it tight...never gets old
melancholy with hope, almost timeless. expression of deep emotion. I've always loved this song, it's what separates us
I swear I still melt when I hear this song, and its been many a year of pleasure.
absolutely love this song. long live the 70's, in my mind.
This is a superb version of this song. Never gets old.
I've heard this Music for probably 50 years...I keep hitting the replay button. But I love Tool too.
Has gotta be one of the best live versions of any song I've ever seen/heard
Steve is awesome tripping r not.
Mr Winwood, thank you for so.... many years of amazing music.
... many decades ...
Thank the Lord I was born in 63. Born from Cool Hippy parents in SF and relocated to the Midwest. Being multi racial gave me Rock and Soul.
I love the 60’s,70’s and early 80’s. We’ve got CRAP now.
Born in 63 also!!
Born in 67 and raised as a free range child of two hippies! ❤
I just saw Steve play a few months ago and let me tell you he is still absolutely amazing!!!
PattieOFurniture PattyO'Furniture! I heard that joke on The Jeffersons!
Ditto
I am getting old now but would never trade this the time of my youth for any other era. Traffic were/are one of my all time favourite bands and Steve Winwood is just exceptional.
There were many great American bands back in the day as well. Quicksilver Messenger Service to name but one. Such amazing days - it was impossible to run out of great music to listen to British or American. Truly a golden age.
1956 and love it
John North Amen. I’m an old hippie who started following band and music at age 14 in Detroit. I saw almost all of the greats before anyone knew them and they traveled from band to band. When I graduated high school I moved to the Haight Ashbury in S F. Oh yeah. Damn I wish I had a time machine✌️
One of the most incredible talents ever. So many great memories of when this song came out on the FM commercial free radio of the '60s. Good time to be alive in good ol San Fran !!!
John North yeah Steve's great. A white soul man!
Oh I wish I could LIKE this each and every time I watch and listen. We, who were young then, learned to have dedicated musical attention spans due to the many, many lengthy jam sessions at concerts. just mellow out, relax and free flow with the tunes.
I was just 12..but lucky for me my 1st cousin just got a Awesome Sansui Stereo System, & he turned me on to what music is all about...Rest in peace Chuck...He passed in 2019, at 64, I was 62...See you when I get there Chuck...love ya Cous!
Love This Song... brings back such great memories of my teenage hood.
I saw these guys several times at the Filmore East …always a good show 😁
Playing and singing at this level while tripping on Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is no small feat. Brilliant!
It was the norm
Maybe trippin on Lucy, is the only way to get it done right.
I heard he liked to smoke the good stuff as well!
The 70s is the best decade forever: great musicians, composers and, stigmas apart , of course.
Written in the 60s...
60s and 70s
New shit pays homage to that era. They know it well. And we kinda have a similar soup with politics, rioting, war and poverty today. Just open your ear.
Not too crazy about the clothes my mom made we wear back then.
I ask you guys and gals ,,,where on Gods earth are you going to find music of this caliber in this day and age?
We were so lucky to be apart of it and we thought "it would never end".
I'm glad I was there,,,
David Doyle
Get a hair cut you bloody hippie
Hows that again mate?
Charles Bradley, fiona apple, Gogol Bordello, Devil Makes Three, and even Lionel Richie still lookin 35.
Love Winwood though. Can't beat some great Winwood sometimes.
Thanks JayLee,,will pursue,,and give a listen,,DD
Steve Hackett. Roger Waters. David Gilmour. Neil Young. Bruce Springsteen. Mark Knopfler. I like Muse. Beach House. Some others. But, no. Nothing like this. I love this. It's the magic.
David Hood (MSRS) killing it on bass with one of rocks great artists.
I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF THE 1960's MUSIC. and there is so much that didn't come out its coming out now with the GARAGE MUSIC AWESOME THERE WAS A lot we missed.
This is 1972
That is an absolute beauty of a rig Winwood is playing. Green isotope NR Firebird.
Album came out just as I wasreturning from VN. What a timefor music. What a time to live.
Thank you for your service!
I really never think of Stevie as a guitar player. When I think of him, I think keyboards. But he laid down a great solo in this jam. Love this video. Great quality audio and visual
Just an all around great musician. One of the greatest of all time, for me. Jack of all trades, master of many.
oh hes a guitar player. hes as good as clapton and plays guitar 1/3 as much
@@tw8454 Yep, he's a gittar player no doubt
Winwood plays guitar like a cocktail of Clapton and Hendrix.
Go listen to the 1966 tack Stevie's Blues when he was still with Spencer Davis. That boy can play & he was Clapton's equal which is one reason their such great friends. ruclips.net/video/isqZxBb7HWs/видео.html
Love this song, over and over and over.....and this video.
Bill Waters I agree I've watched this over and over...I never get tired of this one
I heard this when I was younger and I love it and have been trying to find it for a long time, Thank You for letting you hear this again ❤️ Lou Ann loves this music music for ever.
Stevie is an awesome musician and the band were so talented. I am 60 but wish I had seen this live performance. A stunning performance!!
The green firebird is a great look! Steve is truly a master at his trade!
I am amazed, Steve is obviously stoned but sings and plays guitar with perfection!
He does it better straight..
...my old room mate, Jerry, could drive like a pro when he was stoned...but ONLY when stoned...straight he wasn't worth a shit...I didn't mind riding at speed down the highway when he was tokin' but not anywhere when he wasn't - he got too hyper
SERIOUSLY stoned...but only following the dictum "...everbody MUST GET stoned..."
@@mohammedcohen I remember hearing that one back in the early 80's, don't know if it's true but things were sure different in those days...driving stoned etc...no repercussions!
sing, play guitar, make it snappy....
For me ,the best version !
What a beautiful guitar !
Is everyboby who tells me more about it ..?
Thanks for the post,
From deep south of France ,
🥖🍷🧀
C & Chelsea the Dog .
🐉🔬🐲
Thank God Jim kept this for us , Steve Absolutely jams !!!Traffic is Awesome
I wo'nt attempt to tell you about it. What a time. WOW ,!SO DOPED& intelligent.
it still on the playlist in my head, so I don't know how you could call it under rated, I graduated in 74...did a lot of acid, maybe that explains it...., love this tune. thanks for posting the live version, nice clear quality.
Absolutely beautiful!
Steve Winwood is a real musical talent, true legend in music, great video
saw him play in Charlotte a few years ago before Covid....He came on right before Steely Dan (before Walter Becker passed away)......Stevie was amazing...still has a fantastic voice...sounded just like when I saw him play with Traffic back in the 60's....one of my all time favorite artists....
One of the nicest voices ever
EPIC & without flaw. 50 year tour, in the presence of angelic choir kissed by God joy brilliance. Love you madly, Stevie.
Steve Windwood is probably truly one of the Greatest Rock Musicians of our time. Hope he gets his dues...RnR Hall Fame etc.
He was inducted with Traffic in 2004, but I also think he should be inducted as a solo artist as well.
I was 12 in 69' in the seventh gr., my English teacher had us all name our favorite bands. As he walked up & down the rows of desks, all the kids were calling out the names of mostly top 40 groups when I shouted "Traffic! He did a double take & said "Traffic, good man! Unfortunately my answer didn't apply to my grade. lol
chuck lane ha ha good
Just pupils.
chuck lane me to brother
chuck lane
I wasn't even thought of in '69 and I could listen to them all day, everyday! Nothing like getting lost in the lyrics of great songs by an Awesome Band!
@@marynewberry9732 YOU HAVE EXCELLENT TASTE MARY!!
They say the eyes are the windows to your sole. Just look into his eyes! Simply amazing. I love the 60’s and am glad I was around to enjoy it.
I went to many concerts in Boston daring the late 60s. There was a long building just off landsdown street near Fenway Park. Man do I miss those days. An era that never will come again. Kind of sad. I did not know how good I had it. 😎
Funny story: my parents went to see the Rolling Stones at Boston Square Garden in 1972. They went with a friend who was a psychiatrist and they were all tripping on pharmaceutical grade LSD he had for his patients. Not long after arriving they got split up - my mom spotted the psychiatrist friend (he had bought the jacket and concessions tray from a vendor and was walking around selling food and drinks). My mom looked up into the stands and there is my dad waving at her - she said she just stood there transfixed staring at him when a Frisbee hit her square between the eyes. 😂 She enjoyed telling that story over the years. I hear they had a blast.
Absolutely amazing... made me sad that this magic is gone
This song is an escape everytime.
Completely stoned and in control, with Rebob and the crew. I saw them 40 years later and he has the same voice and magic touch. God bless this mess,
60's & 70's... the best of times, I'm glad I grew up there!
60'S and 70's was both a great era to live in and total shits as well, we had great music..ushered in a new era as well some outstanding and disco.. the part that sucked .. Kennedy's dying,Vietnam and Nixon But would have missed the experience on a bet
Space Trucker me too.
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Unbelievable video and song! FYI! In case anyone really cares i was born in 53 and in 1972 when i was 19 i can remember going to the school Grad dance that year wearing the same plaid shirt and same color as the Bass player. It was such a cool shirt for the seventies. Thanks for the great music Stevie!
Some passages in my life, I knew how special they were while they were still happening. Whole series of once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
They felt like they'd go on forever. We weren't really sure. The Age of Aquarius didn't always behave like you expected it to
It is super song performed by very talented musicians, giants of rock scene. I can't agree the band was underrated, as wrote one of us. The then, in 70th, "Traffic" was one of the best group, very loved & listened ... Their first LP was narcotic, "departure", fantastic!!!
i've been on a winwood kick, i love the look in his eyes when i see him sing.
if i could find that straight mind look in reality, i don't think i'd be so opposed
to being around other human beings. honestly
Winwood has always lived and breathed music. One of the special ones he is
Steve was way back then already a great guitarist/keyboard player/songwriter and he still is!
Don't forget vocalist!
Love it. Wish I could retro back and do it again>!
This was/ is great music. There is nothing like this these days. Thank you for posting!
Steve could play! I just love the sound he got from his axe on this song. Superb!
I cannot believe that I just discovered this song 51 years after its release; but in my defense, I'm only 45 years old (but still it's been too long). This is a great song, and this live jam version is absolutely spectacular! :-)
Hope you enjoy every day
You haven't got a defence really
I've heard before on radio , very happy this song found me on RUclips. Brilliant OMG
Incredible video and audio quality, with this post here. 46 years ago this was recorded-off the charts. The camera shot looking up at Winwood while singing, is awesome. His eyes are other worldly, and the voice is surreal.
My girlfriends and I saw Traffic repeatedly since 1969 on, we all still love Stevie Winwood with all our hearts 💕after years of watching Traffic, we were in Long Beach, CA, waiting for the doors to open, we had a couple hours to kill, my bff’s and I headed to a tattoo place at the Pike, we still have our tattoos from 1974, I remember everything about that day and night, sitting in our seats, listening to Bob Marley’s album for the first time, glorious days, we had all just turned 19.❤
Proper bloody music.
Proper bloody bad azz
Proper bloody music Dean
PURE FREAKING GOLD!! At my age i should have known better but i didn't realize until just now how great of a guitar player Steve is
1:55 listen to greatness. This kind of solo will be remembered far longer than any Clapton solo IMHO
Clapton spray painted Clapton is God on the walls and people believed him
Saw them January 26th 1972 at Winterland in Frisco. Wish video of the concert. Least we have this gem!
Lucky guy
@@robertzemko6590 I was definitely a blessed girl 🤗✌
Long lost underrated masterpiece of the 70s bt traffic ..steve is phenomenal
With all that light, Stevies pupils are the size of saucers. Amazing talent.
His eyes are always like that. Super dark iris Cant tell if he's stoned or not.
Must be some good shit.
LMAO
Wish I could have been around in these days!!! Badass!!!!!
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I was at this concert, sat third row on the end right side center section. :)
+paul lespage Yes life has been good to me, I was 16 at this concert and I had actually just seen this exact lineup at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, MN on January 18,1972. Sat third row middle at that one also, paid $4.50 General Admission, still have the stub. :)
Jake Burke Right place at the right time, no doubt!!
Jake Burke
I am 45, my Dad had a Kenwood amp with dual headphone jack, and I would sit and listen to all this wonderful music with him! Thank you Dad!
Jake Burke: You sure got your $4.50's worth.
lucky you
I was the hippie fm dj at k101 in 1970 ..i played this song a lot...
9/16/1974 New Haven, CT, Veterans Memorial Coliseum
I was there!!!!!!
what a great and underestimated musician Steve Winwood is, saw traffic live and was amazed by his playing
thanks Marvel for bringing me here. Love the groove Man! Peace y'all
Glad you now know what good music is. :)
Whether he's trippin, you're trippin,everyones trippin or whatever, the Man can play and this is an awesome song!! Love it!!
Music at it’s finest! I’ve listened to music all my life and love many performers and bands. I can’t think of any that are more moving , provocative, or talented than these guys. Love bands from the Stones to Tame Impala and beyond. But, these guys were phenomenal and mostly unappreciated. I am so glad they are still be presented to the world. Enjoy!
Great band awesome song 🤙
Saw them play at the Santa Monica auditorium back in 1973. I was 16 years old. They were awesome Didn’t realize that David hood (bass) and roger Hawkins (drums) and Barry (organ) played with traffic. Long live the swampers!!
Nice 👏👏 Hawkins is on point. whole band is the real deal