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In Traffic, Wood primarily played flute and saxophone, occasionally contributing keyboards, bass and vocals. Wood also co-wrote several of Traffic's songs, particularly during the earlier period of the band's recording career. His most notable contribution is as the co-writer (with Winwood and Capaldi), of "Dear Mr. Fantasy".
Nov 6, 2019 · last updated 6 November 2019. A musician best known for his work with Traffic, Chris Wood’s real gift was his ability to inspire and gild the work of other others - while he himself remains a mere footnote in rock history. On April 24, 1983, Chris Wood cut what would be his final piece of music.
Jun 24, 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of Chris Wood, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who played with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, Free, and others. He died in 1983 at age 39, but his music lives on.
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Traffic were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards (such as the Mellotron and harpsichord ), sitar , and various reed instruments , and by incorporating ...
About Chris Wood (Traffic) Chris Wood was a flautist and saxophonist from Quinton, Birmingham, born in 1944. He is mostly known as a co-founder of the British rock band Traffic in which...
Jun 23, 2010 · In April that year, Traffic – Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason and Chris Wood, four friends from the Midlands – became the first white rock act to sign to Chris Blackwell’s Island Records. Previously the precocious singer and keyboard player in the Spencer Davis Group, Winwood was already a chart star.
