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Album: Short Cut Draw Blood (digital only re-release) Label: Island Records Release Date: 26 Feb 2021 Short Cut Draw Blood – Jim Capaldi’s Defining 1975 Album Gets its Long-Awaited Worldwide Digital Release, via Island Records I remember going down to the cottage in Berkshire to jam with him. The arrival of Traffic’s songs and the imagery of Jim Capaldi’s lyrics drove forward and then ahead on a vast surge of beautiful hope and other worldliness” - Robert Plant “a great poet songwriter and musician. I am proud to have been his writing partner on so many songs” - Steve Winwood Hi...

  Article Contributed by BAM Music Marketing | Published on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Jim Capaldi was a major figure on the British rock scene from the 1960s into the new millennium; achieving  stardom both as a founding member of Traffic and successful solo artist who collaborated with some of the most prestigious artists of his day. Whilst Capaldi was most recognized as Traffic's drummer, he was also one of the group's principal songwriters alongside Steve Winwood, co-writing hits including ‘Paper Sun’ and ‘Dear Mr. Fantasy’. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...