Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi dead at 60
CNN ^ | Jan 28th, 2005

Posted on 01/28/2005 9:12:06 AM PST by missyme

Legendary rock drummer and Hall of Fame inductee Jim Capaldi died on Friday after a brief fight with stomach cancer, his publicist said.

The 60-year-old Capaldi, born in England of Italian immigrant parents, died in his sleep at the London Clinic in the early hours with his wife and family at his bedside.

Capaldi, whose driving rock rhythms and songwriting ability helped make groundbreaking band Traffic a household name in the 1960s and '70s with -- among others -- Steve Winwood and Dave Mason -- also had an illustrious solo career.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: jimcapaldi; music; obituary
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 121-128 next last
To: TheEditor

I have XM, so they all get airplay on my radio!


61 posted on 01/28/2005 11:54:40 AM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news (there is no c in Amtrak and no truth in MSM news))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: lugsoul

If I have to look too hard, it can't be very good.


62 posted on 01/28/2005 11:55:51 AM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news (there is no c in Amtrak and no truth in MSM news))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: LS
Wow - is the incorrect gross generalization your own personal forte?

Since you claim to have XM, perhaps you should try to listen to some of the other stations. Everyone I listed is played on satellite radio.

Of course, if you'd rather just carry on with the misguided impression that there is no good songwriting outside of Christian music, that's your loss.

63 posted on 01/28/2005 11:59:39 AM PST by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 62 | View Replies]

To: Ready4Freddy

Bell bottom blues...

let's not forget duane allman on slide...


64 posted on 01/28/2005 12:02:13 PM PST by dmz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: lugsoul

I listen to the whole spectrum, and can't stand most of the junk on the so-called "contemporary." Is that a gross generalization too?


65 posted on 01/28/2005 1:11:10 PM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news (there is no c in Amtrak and no truth in MSM news))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies]

To: Yardstick

Greenbaum is Jewish and has taken flack for doing a "Jesus Song".


66 posted on 01/28/2005 1:17:19 PM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: dennisw

Traffic is one of my top 10 bands.

Winwood is my neighbor...no fooling. He and Eugenia.

Capaldi RIP

Didn't Capaldi do other work outside Traffic.


67 posted on 01/28/2005 1:20:35 PM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: missyme

At least he was recognized for his professional abilities before he died. Always like the group, Traffic.


68 posted on 01/28/2005 1:23:21 PM PST by SuziQ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: wardaddy

Whoops, that's right -- Greenbaum did Spirit In The Sky, the song with the great ripped-speaker fuzz guitar tone. The guy I'm thinking of isn't Greenbaum. He was a Christian (or was Greenbaum a Jew who became a Christian?). I'm back to thinking this fellow's name was Green, as I originally was thinking.


69 posted on 01/28/2005 1:28:54 PM PST by Yardstick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: LS
Well, most of the folks I listed will be on ch. 12 (xcountry), ch. 15 (bluegrass), or occasionally xm live. Is that the "so-called contemporary" you are talking about, or are you just referring to all of the other 120+ channels?

As I said, your loss. But if you think there is no good music, then you don't like music.

70 posted on 01/28/2005 1:34:20 PM PST by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 65 | View Replies]

To: blam

Nope, just plain old Traffic. However, I've experienced East Bay Traffic, and it's pretty bad...


71 posted on 01/28/2005 1:43:52 PM PST by Guvmint_Cheese (Beware of virgin porcupines bearing antichrists...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: blam

Medicated Goo:
Welcome to the Canteen


72 posted on 01/28/2005 1:46:51 PM PST by missyme (imho)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: radiohead

Play Rock and Roll Stew...


73 posted on 01/28/2005 1:48:32 PM PST by missyme (imho)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: Yardstick
While a believer....I am fairly ignorant of Christian music though I know one performer very well.

Stacy Beam


..and Jars of Clay used to rent rehearsal space from me her in in Music City where i think most Christian Record labels are based are they not?

Greenbaum was just trippy top 40 to me as a 12 or 13 year old at the time.

I would not have known a Jewish last name from shinola at that time in my life...it wasn't till I was in private school later with Jews that I learned that many have distinct names....like Shornick, Shulmeister, Sklar etc.
74 posted on 01/28/2005 1:50:10 PM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: wardaddy

Winwood lives in TN?


75 posted on 01/28/2005 1:50:45 PM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: wardaddy

I pinged you because you did let drop previously that Steve W is your neighbor. You do know it was billed as "The Spencer Davis Group with little Stevie Winwood". Winwood was 16 or so back then.

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2002-01%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=Spencer+Davis+Group+with+%22little+Stevie+Winwood%22


76 posted on 01/28/2005 1:51:42 PM PST by dennisw (Pryce-Jones: Arab culture is steeped in conspiracy theories, half truths, and nursery rhyme politics)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: wardaddy

Didn't Capaldi do other work outside Traffic......

Odd session work here and there.


77 posted on 01/28/2005 1:52:35 PM PST by dennisw (Pryce-Jones: Arab culture is steeped in conspiracy theories, half truths, and nursery rhyme politics)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 67 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

Yep

He has a large estate on Laurel Ridge above me. My valley (holler) road does a switchback up a 4-500 foot ridge and tops out to the right where he and local gal Eugenia have their 14 acre Nashville digs. It's a big modern Aspen looking hilltop lodge with acreage sweeping down towards Radnor Lake with 30 mile views.

Really nice. I think he and Eugenia school the children in England at their Cotswalds manor but summer and holiday some here for her family and his occasional business here.

My wife sees him on occasion jogging or riding his bike...he's quite small actually but he must be in good shape because these hills and knobs are grueling climbs. I think he must be around 55-58 now...he was quite young with Spencer Davis.

Regards AP.


78 posted on 01/28/2005 1:56:49 PM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 75 | View Replies]

To: dennisw

unabashed namedropper....lol....i have no shame admittedly.


actually in nashville...like LA or Manhattan....it's easy.


i saw Alan Jackson at a BBQ joint today for lunch after he'd washed his (yep) Silverado at my car wash in West nashville.


lol....you can slap me...lol...but only you.


79 posted on 01/28/2005 1:58:57 PM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies]

To: wardaddy

Here's the guy I was thinking of. His name was Keith Green:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/keithgreen.html

And yes, Nashville is the Christian music capital of the world. The studio where I interned, a place called the Sound Kitchen, was popular with the Christian artists and producers. We had one room that was almost continually booked by Steven Curtis Chapman. It was like his home away from home, kind of a project studio for him.


80 posted on 01/28/2005 2:00:58 PM PST by Yardstick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 74 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 121-128 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson