British - Musician | August 2, 1944 - January 28, 2005
I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America.
Jim Capaldi
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We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.
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Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.
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I turned everybody on so, psychologically, I guess I was pushing the boundaries creativity.
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We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.
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We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything.
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Traffic was very, very free. It was great.
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But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.
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I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?
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They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage.
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Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen.
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After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together.
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