One of the greatest bands ever assembled. There will never be another Band like them. Steve Winwood is a musical visionary and genius. I listen to them to this day!

Organ, flute, crazy percussion, Steve's voice! No one sounded like Traffic

I saw Traffic in 1967/68 in Edinburgh. It was supposed to be a Jethro Tull gig but they got stuck in Europe somewhere. So, the replacement acts were, Traffic, Ten Years After & Family. They were excellent, & I loved 'Hole In My Shoe'

Traffic never gets old. Still blows my mind.

RIP Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood.

A unique and eclectic bunch of musos - so many brilliant memories from my youth - Traffic was and remains my favourite band. Thank you for the everlasting memories of that is timeless and a joy to groove to.

It's an honor here just to see and hear Jim.

I had forgotten how good they were , came across Mr Fantasy by change and I’m hooked on them again .. woww nothing like the musicians of that time .. real , true magical notes and sounds .. soo professional .. I salute them and bless them for ever and ever

No matter how it came together, you guys wrote and made some of the greatest music ever. Thank You for that!

Love this band so much. This piece with Steve and Jim recounting what happened is also very very special

Winwood is maybe the greatest musician of any age!

I don't even have words for what they've created!Nothing short of brilliant! Thank you

A very unique band. The songs never get old because they are timeless.

one of the most criminally underrated 60’s bands

From what I read about how Dave Mason wanted them only as a backing group_ not a collective of songwriters ,I can appreciate them not commenting on this.Classy,unlike now,where everything is open for public scrutiny. We have become so accustomed to talk show trash,that all some seem to want is dirt on somebody else.Great to know some would not fall for this.

Traffic was so original it changed my perception of life when I hear their music it transports me to the 70 s the freedom and excitement of life 😍💗

I loved all of Traffics music especially Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys when it came out. I love it all. Get the album and just enjoy it.

Stevie's and Clapton's music were the songs of my life and still are

I had the great pleasure of seeing Traffic three times when they came through Chicago in the early 1970's. Me and my mates were huge fans. We had all their records and played their music in our band. I have the absolute, ultimate respect for Steve Winwood. He's a huge part of my life.

My Mr music Steve Winwood talks about Traffic, which was a rock/blues and jazzband that made them known in the whole modern music world. Traffic is dead long ago, but the central figure is still rocking more than 70 years old looking 60 and is a central figure in keeping the synthesis of rock and roll, blues, and jazz alive. Thanks for hanging on in the variety of modern music.

I turn 70 next month and last nite I turned my son on to you he will be a fan long after we are gone and hopefully pass great music onto his children . That's immortalized. Thank you .

Outlandish artist,Stevie Winwood is always in my and my family's hearts, all his production is timeless...with all our admiration,,,God bless Stevie always for all the joy he has brought to millions of humans, not just me!!!!!

Traffic for me was always a special band and sound they got. Very few managed to cross pollinate so many styles with so much class. To get together before 67 and stay making music into the 70's was already quite an achievement. They had/ve a great sound. As a Brit I feel they encapsulated a very english sound of psychedelia up there with the best of them. Tracks like 40 thousand headmen and Hidden Treasure represent this gorgeous acoustic funky ethnic feel that few bands managed to pull off let alone such treasures. Loved the folk feels too in the music that are there right from the word go too. A wonderful band one I never tire of listening too.

Some of the best music of our time.....

Thank you for a lifetime of great, enjoyable music Steve. The music of my youth

Jimmy Miller is a legend! The guy's so good that The Stones immortalize him in "You can't always get what you want". Never knew about him and Traffic!!

Great mini-doc but I wish it could have been longer. I could have watched this for hours. Steve has one of rock's great voices and I've loved him since I first heard Keep on Runnin'. I remember there was an early B side (sorry young people) called Blues in F where Stevie as he was then known played a marvellous guitar instrumental. I think he was 14 at the time. I'm 71 now and still can't play as well as Steve did in the early 60s. I keep trying trying though. I think some people are naturally talented. Dear Mr Fantasy is a very underrated song and always sounds fresh to me. Another favourite is No Name, No Face, No number. Thanks Steve for all the great music that you have been involved with.

Back in the 60's so many records were released for Christmas and I remember walking into a record store and bought Magical Mystery Tour and Mr. Fantasy in 1967 and had a mighty psychedelic Christmas!

"These were my very good friends, you know. And they're all gone, you know. So it's of course, it's a, 'tis a, it's, you know, sort of bittersweet, you know, return to...to remembering all these good times with friends who're no longer with us. Yeah? More bittersweet than I...I imagined it would be." That says it all right there. SW had me in tears. His grief evident as he stumbled over his words. Yet in typical stiff upper lip fashion, he gives an incongruous sweet smile as the camera cuts away.

Just hearing the opening notes of Mr. Fantasy in a radio advertisement for the album made me realize Traffic was something special and the group immediately became one of my favorites. Mr. Fantasy was a state of mind, a wonderful, happy and friendly place to be. The imagery in Traffic's songs is so evocative, vibrant and compelling, it was a place I wanted to return to over and over again. They captured a special aspect of the zeitgeist which made them seem like they were on the same journey as everyone else in the counterculture.

Steve Winwood was Also in BLIND FAITH....🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The thing is unlike the average lives of most people, they're not all gone, they still live in the music they gave us.

Bittersweet indeed, it brings so many Beautiful vibes back...love your voice Steve, it thrills my soul..

Such a great band... thank you.

💞Steve Winwood/Traffic.

Blind Faith was one of the first albums I had at age 15. Steve Winwood was amazing to hear for many decades thereafter!

Wooowww. After watching this what a beautiful time it seemed like! It goes to show how different it was between generations/times. Try doing this today! The living together as a band, and only job was jamming any time you wanted during day/night, could sleep in an old cottage in country with just mattress on floor....SAFELY...lol. What a beautiful time it seemed. 🙂

I've always wanted to know more about Chris Wood. He really seemed like talented and interesting fellow. Chris "Woodwind" Wood. Far out.

Everyone in this band stood out as a highly skilled musician. Together, absolute magic!

Love these guys! Steve had so much balls when he was young "it's that the public has to try and accept us." So true about the white artists sort of picking a black artist to be like (I always thought Winwood was the white Ray Charles: Ray could sing anything and make it sound like it had soul, and so could Steve). RIP Campaldi , Wood, and Miller. Miller is the unsung genius of this whole scene and I am thinking of writing a screenplay about him!.

This Man Steve Winwood is a Genius ..look him up ..Spencer Davis Group .. Then ...Formed This Great Band Called TRAFFIC .. i do recall as a kid hearing Paper Sun on an old vintage record player ..Then .. I discovered Music .. Beatles were good but ..But Hey These guys were very very Good ..above anyone else ...

I was born and raised on with Traffics music from the age of 2 and now t 56 enjoy to the fullest God bless Chris Jones any time I here a flute I think of him and Steve voice is signature

Reading the comments, it's clear that not mentioning mr. Mason seems to be a great way to put attention on him.

Really special sonority! Traffic! Thanks for share.

What a treat to see. Steve is still so rightfully beloved, and such an amazing talent, but Jim ,Chris and Dave earned a special place all their own that's creatively head and shoulders above so much of what their era produced. I'll never tire of their music!

My favorite band of all time. Very creative, unusual and cool music. Heaven Is In Your Mind and Paper Sun slay me. I will never tire of them. But in fact, due to the high standards of the boys, there were many great tunes, and equally interesting lyrics. I'll tell you what's truly amazing: Traffic, The Band, Cream, The Dead, the Stones, and Hendrix were all playing at the same time! What the hell, man! If you were paying attention, and you had a good ear, you couldn't go wrong. :)

Felt his pain at the end there, great talents.

God bless Chris Wood & Jim Capaldi!

I think i am in love with Steve Winwood.

Great doc of one of the all-time great bands! Dear Mr. Traffic, you wrote and played the soundtrack of our lives at a time in our lives that was unparalleled! And in doing so, you made us all ha-ppy! God bless and keep you all, always!

Traffic was a great band. Cool documentary. Just happen to have Twenty Thousand Headmen on my trail. Cheers

Wonderful band, wonderful sound, wonderful music. Thank you ! 🙏

You guys were and are great! Thanks for the magic.

Until today I listen to Traffic more or less over time on my old records. The melodies are so timeless. You made me happy!

Thank you. The history, telling it now, is important

Love to hear these guys describing what they wanted to do and how they did it...freedom and togetherness was at the heart of it...they truly succeeded in what they set out to do musically...that is pretty rare in life...even if it didn't last nearly long enough...love Winwood's brummie accent, so reflective and quietly joyful

March 1972 I'm a senior in high school. Two friends and I have 3 tickets to see Traffic. We don't have a way to get to the concert though. One of my friends brother has an old Chevy that doesn't run. It's cold out and we work all day and finally we get the car running. We don't shut the car off for fear it wouldn't start again. We somehow make it to the gig and the band Traffic is amazing. Blow away concert. One of the best ever. No band is even close to being as unique and talented.

Thanks, Steve, for more than a half-century of great music! 😎

I saw Traffic in Reno Nevada in the 70’s. Wow, best concert I’ve ever seen. Mesmerizing to say the least. 🌸

Sooooo grateful I saw them live ,in their original line up that summer of 1970.

I have very fond memories of Traffic, they were a great band.

I first heard Dear Mr. Fantasy when I was a teenager. I was experimenting with pot and I interpreted the song to mean something about an altered state of consciousness, like being on drugs. Steve Winwood's vocal and melody was key. John Lennon wrote happiness is a warm gun and it also resonated the same way.

beautiful souls, all. thank you.

Maybe the best show I've been to, Steve Winwood at the Ryman Auditorium here in Nashville. I had perfect seats (a Christmas gift from my wife). Everyone goes to the Ryman to listen to the music, not like going for the show, ya know? Very intimate, acoustically great place to listen and I got to hear Steve Winwood and his band do Everything from Spencer Davis, Traffic, and his solo work... What a deserving Icon of music! Thanks Steve

Gentlemen I thank you and am .. humbled

People....I've just only found now this gem...there'are no other words how to explain and renew my eternal love for TRAFFIC..... Walter from Italy

thankyou steve for all your wonderful music you have given us your up there with the very best

Thanks, Steve. Finally had the pleasure of hearing you in Auckland a few years ago. Your music has had a great influence on me from the early 70's till today. That 'free' state of mind has always remained :)

great band. last summer I saw a Steve concert in Italy. touched my heart. thanks for Your music Sir

Still great music all these years later quite a testament to their talent

Thank you, Traffic had/has a sound that no one else can touch !

Stevie was wide-eyed and innocent in the early days about just how good he really was… I mean, really really good (natural) singer with a great high range and pitch perfect sense of tuning…. what a legend!!

What a great title for the album! This band was a treasure! Thanks!

When it's real, you FEEL it!

One of the greatest albums ever, no mention of Dave Mason. I have to listen to it now !

Thank you for sharing this documentary! You are legend!

"Going to Australia by hovercraft" Fantastic!! you'r my hero matey!!!

Some of the photos taken up the Downs near Aston Upthorpe. Great Band. Thank you Steve spirit in deed Albert! 😎🍀👍🌞🌻🎸🎤

Winwood was a prodigy! Amazing performer and musician! Every era of Winwood was/is amazing!!

Stevie Winwood, Michael McDonald, Joe Cocker, I don't know who's my favorite on any given day but they're great.

Great stories, from great times . Great Musicians

Very interesting. One of my favorite bands.

That was great!

Been groovin' to the album tonight. 56 years of Mr. Fantasy. Next, I'm going to Australia by hovercraft...

Thank you for this Steve. Saw Dave Mason's Traffic Jam in Honokaa, Hawaii in 2015. He's alive and kicking. What a great, nice guy.

What 11 crazies give a thumbs down to the greatest band ever

Beautiful documentary ❤~

This is MUSIC. Created before I was….yet still sounds just as Bold, Beautiful and Relevant!

Mason so conspicuous by his absence !!!

What a song ! What a band ! What a record ;D

I can understand their relationship with Dave and not mentioning him, but we should also give thanks to Mr. Mason.✌

My favorite band! What an insightful interview. Thanks !❤

Pure talent & yeah Jimmy Miller was GREAT Bless you all & thank you

The love of the magic of traffic ⭐️⭐️

Thanks for he music Steve.

It’s all quite simple: hook up with Winwood and it will all workout.

Thank you for this video.

A true iconic Psychedelic Masterpiece , which has endured the test of time , Classic !

Beautiful, thanks.

Thanks . Well done.