Editing Jim Capaldi (section)

===First success===
Capaldi and the band played frequently in London, and [[Jimi Hendrix]] played guitar with them at the Knuckles Club as an unknown musician. Back in Birmingham Capaldi would occasionally join his friends Mason, Winwood, and [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]] for after-hours impromptu performances at [[The Elbow Room]] club on Aston High Street.<ref name="Mojo">Black, Johnny (May 1997). [http://www.stevewinwood.com/news/5765 Feature: Steve Winwood] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928165937/http://www.stevewinwood.com/news/5765 |date=28 September 2011 }}, ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''.</ref> Early in 1967 they formalised this arrangement by forming [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]], and Deep Feeling disbanded.

The new band was signed by [[Island Records]] and rented a quiet [[cottage]] in [[Aston Tirrold]], Berkshire, to write and rehearse new material.<ref name="Mojo"/> The cottage did not remain quiet and had frequent visitors including [[Eric Burdon]], [[Eric Clapton]], and [[Pete Townshend]] as well as [[Trevor Burton]] (of [[The Move]]) amongst many others.

Capaldi wrote the lyrics for Traffic's first single "[[Paper Sun]]", which appeared in the [[UK singles chart]] at number 5 in summer 1967. This was the beginning of a songwriting partnership between him and Winwood which would produce the overwhelming majority of Traffic's songs: With the exception of "No Face, No Name, No Number", Capaldi would pen a lyric first, and then hand it over to Winwood to write the music.<ref>Perrone, Pierre (29 January 2005). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jim-capaldi-488707.html Jim Capaldi: Extrovert drummer, singer, and songwriting with the rock group Traffic], ''[[The Independent]]''.</ref>

Despite his key role in writing the band's material, Capaldi rarely sang lead vocals with Traffic, and his lyrics were nearly always keyed towards Winwood's soulful voice rather than his own more hard-edged vocal style.

Two more Traffic singles were released successfully in 1967, and in December the band released the album ''[[Mr. Fantasy]]''. After one further album, ''[[Traffic (Traffic album)|Traffic]]'', the group disbanded.<ref name="Mojo"/>