Jim Capaldi "Oh How We Danced" 1972

Oh How We Danced isn't so much a solo effort from one of Traffic's founders -- it is more of an extension to what Traffic had been doing at the time. Jim Capaldi, drummer, songwriter and sometime singer for that band, found that he had more songs in him than Traffic could use on any given record, so he went about assembling this disc to use up some of the excess. Oh How We Danced uses the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section along with various combinations of Traffic along with ex-Traffic member Dave Mason and even Free's Paul Kossoff for maximum effect. The truth be known, if you were to intersperse some of these cuts in with cuts sung by Winwood, you would probably think they all sound pretty much alike. Highlights here include "Eve," "Don't Be a Hero" and the Al Jolson classic "Anniversary Song," which is where Capaldi gets the title of the disc from. The track "Open Your Heart" is actually a complete Traffic lineup circa Low Sparks and it wouldn't have sounded out of place on that disc either. Capaldi's Oh How We Danced isn't anything but fine music made to be enjoyed. ~ James Chrispell, All Music Guide

Jim Capaldi: acoustic guitar, piano, drums, keyboards, vocals
Dave Mason: harmonica, electric guitar
Steve Winwood: organ, bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Paul Kossoff: electric guitar
Sue Glover: vocals
Sunny Leslie: vocals
Jimmy Johnson: electric guitar
Jim Gordon: drums
Roger Hawkins: drums
Mike Kellie: drums
Trevor Burton: bass
Rick Grech: bass
David Hood: bass
Chris Wood: flute, wind, electric saxophone
Muscle Shoals Horns: horn
Rebop Kwaku Baah: percussion, conga
Barry Beckett: organ, piano
Robert Griffin: piano
Produced by Jim Capaldi & Chris Blackwell