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Next was reed man Chris Wood who brought his jazz and folk influences, and the three worked for a few months on the album. First to join was Jim Capaldi who helped writing some of the songs and contributed drums and percussion tracks. Steve Winwood started calling on his friends from Traffic to help him in the studio. It seemed inhuman to make records just by overdubbing.” I was getting to the point that I needed the input of other people. The whole thing that makes music special is people. It was a very good way of writing, but it was a weird way of making music. Winwood is a fine multi instrumentalist who could certainly perform such a feat, but he found the process difficult: “I began trying to make music all on my own with tape machines and overdubbing and stuff. The plan was for Winwood to play all the instruments using tape overdubbing techniques in the studio.

Blind Faith recorded one excellent album but broke up shortly after, leaving Winwood free to start working on a solo record suggested by Island’s manager Chris Blackwell. In the meantime Island Records released the album Last Exit, a mishmash of leftover studio cuts and live performances Traffic recorded in 1968.

After a successful tour in the US following their second album, Steve Winwood left the band for the short-lived super group Blind Faith.

Who played flute on freedom rider by traffic