Jim Capaldi
Jim Capaldi
Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English drummer, singer and songwriter. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co-founded the psychedelic rock band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood with whom he co-wrote the majority of the band's output. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Traffic's original line-up...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth2 August 1944
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Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them.
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This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were trying to do something different.
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This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home.
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There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.
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Traffic was very, very free. It was great.
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Everything that Traffic ever did, I'd give Steve a complete lyric, titled, written out with the verse, the bridge, the shape and rhyme and then Steve had to figure out how the meter of the words would fit musically.