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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After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.
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Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen.
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Traffic was very, very free. It was great.
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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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I just was very enthusiastic and was quite forward, open and upfront with people and they would just like live along side my energy.
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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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You try to be moody when you're young and it had a good ring to it.
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They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage.