TRAFFIC- 40,000 Headmen

[bodosegogo]

JIM CAPALDI!!

[eapappas]

any idea what year this was?

[Lucky8Joe]

@eapappas : I have this DVD , it's called : The last great Traffic Jam ( 1994 tour ) wich includes Jerry Garcia on Dear Mr. Fantasy playing Guitar and the DVD includes a Live CD !!!!!!

[cutie2shu123]

it has been said that nothing, not even sweat fell from JC out of time!

[TheBcasey55]

grew up on traffic, stevie windwood is just amazing, to this day!!!

[wylfaman]

@audesemusic ....'and just the original drummer'! The original drummer just happens to be Jim Capaldi who co-wrote the majority of Traffic's greatest tracks, and sang on many. He was an integral part of the great Traffic sound....not just a hired in bit part player that you seem to suggest. what did you expect them to do?.....exhume Chris Woods for the reunion?

[comisar99]

my old Hammond Organ I learn on

[comisar99]

my old Hammon Organ I learn on

[antonzurich]

One of the greatest songs ever!

[snake3218]

I wore this album out 3 times. All 3 had a big scratch at the end of "Vagabond Virgin" and at the beginning of "Crying To Be Heard".

[Bullydogairsoft]

I wish Avenged Sevenfold could do a version of this song! Awesome song!!!



[mastoidrama]

I have always loved this song from the first day it was sang.

[incra2]

isso que é musica chapa!

[incra2]

BOM DEMAIS meu chapa

[incra2]

BOM DEMAIS!

[Witig]

Collection of some of the greatest talent of the time.

[bohdi316]

Randell Bramblett on flute!

[eggymoo]

Great Hammond playing. A lesson in economy. Less is more, for sure. This version grooves!

[barrelhousechuck]

This is one of the best Traffic songs of all time!

Traffic was one of the best bands I ever hear in my life! Still Steve can do a traffic song that will give you cold chills. Steve Winwood- Chris Wood- jim Capaldi was the best band Traffic ever had as a group( 3 piece) Thanks for posting this cool video!

[citizenx319]

Yeah, I love Traffic too as one of my old time long favorites ... I wish there were MORE on this site ... I really liked this and Tales of Brave Ulysses I got to see now if there's one to watch. This is the best thing since sliced bread! If big brother moved in, at least he brought his toys.

[barrelhousechuck]

hey! This is a wonderful but their is even a better one! If you want to go to my favs videos at barrelhousechuck myspace take a look at the 40.000 headman i have posted It will blow you away! Traffic 3 piece band was their best! Take a listen to " Last EXIT " side two live @ The Fillmore.

[dennybop]

A nice version with more finesse but less punch than the original recording.

[rolannddoe]

It must be from the reunion in the '90s because that's Capaldi on drums. There's one short glimpse of him at around 1:15.

[phildirt3]

whats traffic chris and jim are dead how about stevie doing traffic songs

[plattform5163]

Thanks for sharing a great song!

[wq54]

goog, good goog, them were some good times...

[guyglowmore1]

just saw/heard the old version from santa monica civic and then this. both are exquisite. winwood plays guitar on the old concert. what a carreer. amazing

[guerreiroinfante2001]

traffic is a great band aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

[jcharlesguitar]

Alfredo, Randall, have mercy...

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

P O I F E C T sound! for a great song!

[sanfranciscobay]

What a great song.

Thanks for posting.

[sanfranciscobay]

Lyrics Part 3: Laying down my treasure before the iron gate Quickly rang the bell hoping I hadn't come too late But someone came along and told me not to waste my time And when I asked him who he was he said, 'Just look behind' So I turned around and forty thousand headmen hit the dirt Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload And by the time they'd done that I was heading down the road

[sanfranciscobay]

Lyrics Part 2:

Filling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose

I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes

I ventured forth before the dawn had time

to change its mind

And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine

[sanfranciscobay]

Lyrics Part 1:

Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind

If I had to take the choice between the

deafman and the blind

I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me

I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea

Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw Three small ships a-sailing out towards a distant shore

So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit

And found a secret cave where they obviously

stashed their loot

[dullsville]

I recently saw the "Last Traffic Jam" DVD and it is wonderful.......highly recommended

[jayscott49]

That looks like Jim Capaldi on drums? Along with Clive Bunker, someone who doesn't get nearly enough attention.

[DYNODRUM]

It, Is MATE, & May God Forever Bless Him........Yes & CLIVE WAS THE BEST TULL, DRUMMER. I saw him live on thier first U.S. TOUR & GUESS WHO THEY OPENED FOR ? TRAFFIC!!!!

[infinitebadger]

Clive Bunker - what a drummer! My band plays "New Day Yesterday" and I have been trying to get the drum part right for two years with limited success.

[dylansdad1970]

Fantastic material - particularly the original LP version.

[fionn1999]

nice

[guyglowmore1]

for every decade i age winwood ages a year, the lucky gene. i like this song better on guitar but still, winwood's a saint

[dukeodray]

I'd like to see the lyrics to this classic piece.

[Longshotsblues]

I replied once, so how it ended up three times???

[Longshotsblues]

No he didn't write the lyrics. He wrote and Composed a completely different arrangement of the song, with a full orchestra. The version was phenomenal. That is what I meant.

[Longshotsblues]

No he didn't write the lyrics. He wrote and Composed a completely different arrangement of the song, with a full orchestra. The version was phenomenal. That is what I meant.

[was113]

Is he young or is it a facelift?

[langelo68]

Awesome!!! What incarnation of Traffic is this? Winwood looks younger than he does now. Is this from the early 90's? A TV special?? they sound totally awesome! what a voice!

[helmuthb]

The 1994 reunion tour.

[Longshotsblues]

To bad nobody has posted the version of the writer,

David Clayton Thomas of Blood, Sweat & Tears. That version is also fabulous. Caught BS&T in Dearborn, Mi. three or four years ago. And they did the song. Man goose bumps broke out on me listening to it. Great song and traffic also did it justice.

[mdm172]

This song was written by Steve Winwood and the late Jim Capaldi. Both from Traffic. David Clayton Thomas while a good composer/performer didn't write this song.

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Cheers,

MickeyD

[Longshotsblues]

No he didn't write the lyrics. He wrote and Composed a completely different arrangement of the song, with a full orchestra. The version was phenomenal. That is what I meant.

Blood, Sweat & Tears 3. Also had a link for you but, You Tube wouldn't allow it posted.

[mdm172]

Ahh! Ok. Well the implication from your comment was that D.C.Thomas wrote this song. If B,S&T did this song it probably was good. Especially if Al Kooper was involved. Dave Mason does a great version of it on his Live At XM studios Album with Jim Capaldi on vocals recorded just before he died. You can see Dave Mason do this song by searching alrightdmason here on youtube.

[DYNODRUM]

Well,God Bless Jim Capaldi,I loved him as a Drummer,and he wrote almost all of Traffics lyrics,a great storyteller, at the least .I saw the original Traffic in N.Y.C and they were one of the great Bands of our time.

[bebinonins]

Grande Stevie..ma mi manca Chris Wood...

[rblechta]

Probably my favorite traffic tune of all time.