Traffic

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Biography

Christopher Gordon Blandford Wood was a British rock musician, best known as a founding member of the rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason.

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Traffic

blues rockeclectic progfolk

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Biography

Christopher Gordon Blandford Wood was a British rock musician, best known as a founding member of the rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason.

Genre Connections

eclectic progNetwork Signal

86%

folkNetwork Signal

86%

blues rockNetwork Signal

86%

rockNetwork Signal

72%

progressive rockNetwork Signal

72%

jazz rockNetwork Signal

72%

psychedelic popNetwork Signal

72%

psychedelic rockNetwork Signal

72%

Mood Signals

left-field explorationintimate songwritingpop immediacyjazz-rooted musicianship

Discography

Albums

Album

Heaven Is in Your Mind: An Introduction to Traffic

1998

Album

Far From Home

1994

Album

Smiling Phases

1991

Album

Heavy Traffic

1975

Album

When the Eagle Flies

1974

Album

Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory

1973

Album

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

1971

Album

John Barleycorn Must Die

1970

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Origin

United Kingdom

Years Active

1970 – Present

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