Jim Capaldi - Traffic Drummer, Dead at 60

[LOST]

This Friday

Jim Capaldi died only 60 years ......cancer what a terrible ilness

great drummmer from Traffic he was real good

think there are 11 albums from Traffic he played on

Edited January 28, 2005 by LOST

[Umma]

I heard this on the radio earlier... too bad.

Stomach cancer I believe.

[DudeAsInCool]

Bummer. He as an excellent drummer!

[Meehowski]

What a bummer..........

I'm sad and shocked.........

:cry: :( :cry:

[Kooperman]

That's the second member of Traffic. a great band, who has passed away...the flute player, Chris Wood, passed away years ago from, I believe, alcoholism. I used to have Jim Capaldi's first solo album many years ago, and if memory serves me well, I liked it.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...hq6gtr49kl7x~T1

[KiwiCoromandel]

oh no..another one......a great english musician....i`ll go and play low spark of high heeled boys in his honour...... r.i.p.

Love and hatred were walking down a heavy road.

Love was sweetly singing for she did not mind her load.

Hatred looked across and said, "You make me sick to death"!

But, love just kept on walking while the wind stole hatred's breath.......

Jim Capaldi

[Redneck4sure]

Traffic was great. r.i.p.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Dave Mason Comments on the Death Today of His Friend and Fellow Traffic Co-Founder Jim Capaldi

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Regarding the news of Jim Capaldi's death today, Dave Mason commented, "I was really saddened when I heard about Jim. I had been hoping that we would have the chance to do one last Traffic tour together before we all checked out. Jim was a great inspiration on so many Traffic songs, he was a tremendous songwriter."

Mason added, "I'd known Jim since we were fifteen years old. We lived close by each other in Worcestershire. He had bands, I had bands, and we gravitated towards working together. We had the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the music business when we formed Traffic along with Chris Wood and Steve Winwood. Jim was a great collaborator and a great friend. I'll miss his lyrics, and his humor, he always had great jokes. I know we'll all miss him dearly."

Read entire story here.