The band that was formed in 1967 at Birmingham, England included Steve Winwood, who was the lead singer for the Spenser Davis Group at age 14 ("Gimme Some Lovin'"), and Dave Mason, an underated solo performer who wrote the classic hit "Feeling All Right" covered famously by Joe Cocker and Three Dog Night. The Traffic broke up when Winwood and Mason left the band. But the band reformed in 1970 and then released its most successful album, John Barleycorn Must Die reaching number 5 in the USA. The title song is a traditional about the barley harvest NOT a dipsomaniac. Imagine the things you can learn from listening to rock music! The fourfounding members were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. As an added bonus here is Dave on the hit TV music show, Midnight Special. The seventies were definitely cool.
And US could not resist this clip where Mason sings his classic with members of the Doobie Bros and Mick Fleetwood! The talent just drips as they jam: