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Steve Winwood, Yusuf Islam, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, Paul Weller, Gary Moore, Jon Lord, Stevie Lange, Phil Capaldi, Margo Buchanan - Dear Mr. Fantasy Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic

Steve Winwood, Yusuf Islam, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, Paul Weller, Gary Moore, Jon Lord, Stevie Lange, Phil Capaldi, Margo Buchanan - Dear Mr. Fantasy Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic

Band: Steve Winwood, Yusuf Islam, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, Paul Weller, Gary Moore, Jon Lord, Stevie Lange, Phil Capaldi, Margo Buchanan Title: Dear Mr. Fantasy Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic Rating: Release Date: 21 August, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Paper Sun - Paul Weller 2: Lost Inside Your Love - Stevie Lange 3: Living On The Outside - Joe Walsh, Bill Wyman & Jon Lord 4: Elixir Of Life - Dennis Locorriere 5: Whale Meat Again - Simon Kirke 6: Love's Got A Hold On Me - The Storys 7: Forty Thousand Headman - Joe Walsh 8: Man With No Country - Yusuf Islam 9: Light Up Or Leave Me Alone - Steve Winwood 10: Dear Mr Fantasy - Steve Winwood 11: Evil Love - Gary Moore 12: Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush - Paul Weller 13: Let Me Make Something In Your Life - Stevie Lange & Jon Lord 14: Gifts Of Unknown Things - Phil Capaldi & Jon Lord 15: Love You Till The Day I Die - Margo Buchanan 16: No Face, No Name, No Number - Pete Townshend 17: John Barleycorn Must Die - Joe Walsh 18: Pearly Queen - Paul Weller 19: Rock And Roll stew - Dennis Locorriere, Margo Buchanan & Stevie Lange 20: Love Will Keep Us Alive - Steve Winwood, Joe Walsh & the ensemble

Editoral Review Therefore, this multi-artist, live tribute to the late singer/songwriter/drummer (also available on DVD), recorded in January 2007 in London, will be a revelation to many who only know his work in conjunction with Steve Winwood. Even many Traffic fans probably aren't familiar with the extensive solo career of the band's cofounder Jim Capaldi. About half of these 20 songs are selections from the late Capaldi's many solo releases, several of them relatively obscure. An all-star ensemble led by Winwood, Paul Weller, Joe Walsh, and Pete Townsend give the Traffic/Capaldi catalog a spin with impressive results. Although bandmate Dave Mason is conspicuous by his absence, the cast also features Bad Company's Simon Kirke, blues rocker Gary Moore, longtime Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord, and Capaldi's brother Phil, all interpreting tunes Capaldi wrote or co-wrote. Aside from the Traffic material, he was best known for ballads such as the lovely "Lost Inside Your Love" (gracefully performed here by singer Stevie Lange) and the Eagles hit "Love Will Keep Us Alive," which closes the program on a melancholy note. Yet it's his bluesy midtempo rockers like "Whale Meat Again" (urged on by Kirke), "Pearly Queen" (Weller), and "Gifts of Unknown Things" (Phil Capaldi sounding eerily like his brother) that resonate with the greatest intensity. Yusuf Islam (a. k. a. Cat Stevens) makes a rare appearance (gliding into his "Wild World" during "Man with No Country"), and Pete Townshend also turns in an impassioned performance on this obviously heartfelt tribute to a sadly overlooked talent. --Hal Horowitz .. You can see a complete list of all Steve Winwood, Yusuf Islam, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, Paul Weller, Gary Moore, Jon Lord, Stevie Lange, Phil Capaldi, Margo Buchanan discography, or go back to the Steve Winwood, Yusuf Islam, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, Paul Weller, Gary Moore, Jon Lord, Stevie Lange, Phil Capaldi, Margo Buchanan tabs