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
writing band titles
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
writing two feelings
If you have words and want to write music for them, the words hit you with a feeling which you can't really describe in words, and so what you do is to put music to them and in this way you make contact with the words, through the musical thing. It happens when two feelings come together and they do something together and they compliment each other.
philosophy writing way
It's a sort of philosophy you cook up for yourself. You probably write things the same as everybody else, but it's your own personal way of saying things.
writing thinking sweat
After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.
asleep british-musician finished half head lyric piano room steve upright woke wonder
I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?
british-musician
We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.
ali british-musician ended hugging jumping
We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won;cause Ali is the greatest.
ali ended hugging
We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won; cause Ali is the greatest.
alot brazilians british-musician cause fans great sad second waiting
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.
british-musician dave gordon playing
There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.
british-musician picked
But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.
british-musician character drawing letter next song trying written
Next to the drawing - I'm not really even trying to write a song - I had written a letter and this character who had become Mr. Fantasy.
british-musician good
You try to be moody when you're young and it had a good ring to it.
became british-musician bucks famous five gave
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.