1519 - Traffic Dear Mr. Fantasy 1967

"Mr. Fantasy" was Traffic's first album and one of their most popular. This is one of the albums which leads to their categorisation as a Prog Folk band, later releases moving in a more jazz orientated direction. The song "Dear Mr. Fantasy" is heavy,with lead guitars and very good drums. The origin of this song was a poem written by Jim Capaldi one night. He says that he left the poem in a table in the cottage where Traffic were living in Berkshire. The next morning, the poem was read by Steve Winwood and Chris Wood. They liked the poem and composed music for it. Steve's soulful voice, the organ, the harmonica and raw guitar all combine to create magic.