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However, with the recruitment of two of his former Traffic bandmates, that solo album turned into Traffic\u2019s fourth album, one of their most celebrated &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Barleycorn Must Die. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a classic album that relies on all of Traffic\u2019s blues, jazz and rock influences.\u00a0 But amid all of these exciting progressive sounds, lies the album\u2019s remarkable (and a little unusual) title track &#8211; an 18th century ballad for the 20th century\u2026\u201dJohn Barleycorn (Must Die)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traffic was formed in Birmingham England in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Despite their young age (Winwood was only 19) they all had an impressive amount of music experience. Winwood had been the lead singer for the Spencer Davis Group since he was 14. That group had released four Top Ten UK Singles and three Top Ten Albums. They had even had two Top Ten US singles. Capaldi, likewise, had formed his first band at age 14. Soon after he was recording alongside Dave Mason in a Birmingham group called the Hellions, who had been signed by Pye records. Mason then left the Hellions to work as a roadie for Winwood\u2019s Spencer Davis Group.\u00a0 Chris Wood had been playing in Locomotive and Sounds of Blue. While Winwood, Capaldi and Mason had overlapping experiences working with their early groups, the origins of Traffic can really be traced to their shared experience jamming on stage, at a club in Aston, Birmingham called The Elbow Room. It was here that all four original members of traffic began to play music together and the idea for Traffic was formed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To kick off their development as\u00a0 a band, the four musicians escaped to a cottage in Aston Tirrold, Berkshire, where they rehearsed, wrote songs together and threw parties (now legendary for their high profile guests, including Pete Townshend, Eric Burdon, and Eric Clapton). Winwood recalled, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main idea was that we wanted to be able to get together and play at all times of day or night, without having complaints from neighbours.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In these early days tensions were already arising between Mason and Winwood, who had different artistic visions for the music they wanted to create. The band\u2019s first releases were unattached singles: \u201cPaper Sun\u201d (written by Winwood and Capaldi) was released in May of 1967, only a month after the band had formed. It hit number five in the UK.\u00a0 \u201cHole in My Shoe\u201d (written by Mason) followed in August and peaked at number two on the UK singles charts. However, despite its commercial success, the other members of the band were not pleased with its style. Winwood explained: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dave very quickly started writing these quite poppy songs&#8230;But of course we didn\u2019t know how to deal with that, as we didn\u2019t want to be a part of the pop world \u2013 Traffic for me was all about mixing jazz, folk, ethnic music, rock, R&amp;B. 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After the dissolution of Blind Faith, Winwood headed back into the studio, intending to record a solo album.\u00a0 However, this project became the site of a Traffic reunion (minus Mason) and resulted in the band\u2019s fourth release, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Barleycorn Must Die.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Traffic has embraced a wide range of musical influences in its history &#8211; especially jazz and blues, his particular album is notable for the folk-rock center of its title track. \u201cJohn Barleycorn\u201d is a haunting track which, on the surface, seems to be a song about a brutal murder. It\u2019s opening lines begin:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were three men came out of the West<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their fortunes for to try<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">se three men made a solemn vow:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Barleycorn must die<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Traffic\u2019s track actually relies on the folksong of John Barleycorn as a personification of the crop barley (used to make bread, beer, whisky).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Barleycorn Must Die<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was recorded in the Spring of 1970 at both Island Studios and Olympic Studios in London.\u00a0 Since the sessions were originally intended to create Winwood\u2019s solo album, he began the process by trying to perform everything himself: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI began trying to make music all on my own with tape machines and overdubbing and stuff. It was a very good way of writing, but it was a weird way of making music. The whole thing that makes music special is people. I was getting to the point that I needed the input of other people. It seemed inhuman to make records just by overdubbing.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This inspired him to bring in his old Traffic bandmates Capaldi and Wood. But with the trio back together, the album moved in a new creative direction which embraced all of their talents. Winwood recalled: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI felt we really had something that was our own&#8230;I played most of the instruments? Well, you say that, but the flute and sax were crucial. Chris played the smallest part, but contributed the most to Traffic. He used to bring us music to listen to, Japanese classical, obscure American jazz. When we did these jams, he was the one in control of the recording equipment. 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The vocal harmonies enter as the lyrics move to the time of harvesting\u2026.Its a powerful choice emphasizing the dramatization of this action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album was produced predominantly by Winwood and Island records co-founder Chris Blackwell. Guy Stevens also received production credit on the album.\u00a0 It was mixed and engineered by Brian Humphries and Andy Johns &#8211; brother of legendary engineer and producer Glyn Johns.\u00a0 Andy Johns boasts his own impressive catalog including engineering and mixing several huge albums with artists like Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, and the Rolling Stones. He had worked on the Blind Faith album with Winwood shortly before <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Barleycorn<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album was released on July 1, 1970. 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