In Praise of... The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic

winwood has a much cooler career than I was aware of for years

Arc of a Diver us solid imo. I think of "The Finer Things" as basically a rewrite of "While You See a Chance."

*is solid

Definitely heard a lot of Traffic on Chicago FM radio in the ‘80s, the songs brimstead mentioned plus “Freedom Rider,” and “John Barleycorn.” Also heard this one a few times, which Paul Weller apparently based all of his ‘90s solo records on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB9CQVzSV3o

he somehow made Clapton sound non-shit on the Blind Faith lp

Talking of which, how much better is Jim Gordon's drumming on this album than Ginger Baker's thumping and thrashing on the Blind Faith album?