"Dear Mr. Fantasy" is a rock song by Traffic from their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy. Jim Capaldi contributed the lyrics, while Steve Winwood and Chris Wood...
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asked his favourite memory of engineering, he responded: "Recording Dear Mr Fantasy, one o'clock in the morning, November 1967." The UK release was one...
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Traffic could never be: my lifelong friend and partner, Jim Capaldi." Dear Mr. Fantasy was a celebration for Capaldi that took place at The Roundhouse in...
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in celebration of Capaldi's life and music came out under the name Dear Mr Fantasy. The first was a tribute concert that took place at the Roundhouse...
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particularly impressed by "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (calling it "eleven swirling, blending, building, wondrous minutes of 'Fantasy' with Winwood as pensive/yearning/mournful...
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In 1995, Big Sugar released two EPs, Dear M.F. (which featured a cover version of Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy") and Ride Like Hell. Drummer Stich Wynston...
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Bloomfield's insomnia, and the failure of a vocal microphone during "Dear Mr Fantasy"; the track "I Wonder Who" is faded during a Bloomfield solo for no...
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Billy Joel and Elton John. In 2007, he was musical director for "Dear Mr. Fantasy: A Celebration for Jim Capaldi" featuring Steve Winwood, Joe Walsh...
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guests by lifting his glass and saying: "My dear guests, I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to Fantasy Island." This toast was usually followed with...
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Mitchell – drums Noel Redding – bass guitar Buddy Miles – drums on "Dear Mr. Fantasy Part 1 & 2" "Experience Hendrix LLC & Legacy Recordings Launches Fourth...
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Capaldi) - 14:36 "Light Up Or Leave Me Alone" (Capaldi) - 16:26 "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (Winwood, Capaldi, Chris Wood) - 7:44 "John Barleycorn (Must Die)"...
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Winwood, Wood) 4:18 "Smiling Phases" (Capaldi, Winwood, Wood) 2:43 "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (Capaldi, Winwood, Wood) 5:40 "Pearly Queen" (Capaldi, Winwood) 4:20...
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highlights from this tour has been released.. Jim Capaldi's 2011 box set, Dear Mr Fantasy, includes a reggae version of the song. The song also appears as the...
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popular songs such as "Paper Sun", "No Face, No Name, No Number", "Dear Mr. Fantasy", and "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys", and outlived the band, producing...
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incorporated songs from Dave Mason's time with Traffic, including "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Feelin' Alright?". Mason and Bekka Bramlett also performed a...
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a Traffic gig in 1970 and played dual lead guitar with Winwood on "Dear Mr. Fantasy", fuelling rumours of a reunion of the pair. Grech joined Traffic's...
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vocals Jimmy Karstein – drums Rebop Kwaku Baah – percussion (2011). In Dear Mr Fantasy: The Jim Capaldi Story (pp.32–43) [CD booklet]. London: Freedom Songs...
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as well as the more contemporary rock "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Dear Mr. Fantasy". At the time of his death, Hendrix was writing and recording for a...
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Blues Revue) 2020 "Feelin' Alright" (featuring The Quarantines) 2023 "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (featuring Joe Bonamassa) 1981: Live at Perkins Palace (Pioneer, laser...
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Vandellas "Dark Hollow" Bill Browning "Day Tripper" The Beatles "Dear Mr. Fantasy" Traffic "Dear Prudence" The Beatles "Death Don't Have No Mercy" Reverend...
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releases, included on Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968 "Killing Floor" "Red House" "Catfish Blues" "Dear Mr. Fantasy (Part One)" "Dear Mr. Fantasy (Part Two)"...
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three-song set which included Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll", Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Going Down", a song often performed by Hagar and Anthony in their...
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the greatest hits album Prince of Darkness (1995) and the boxed set Dear Mr Fantasy: The Jim Capaldi Story (2011). It featured his former bandmate Steve...
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was often seen sitting in with Mason and his band, particularly on "Dear Mr. Fantasy", "Feelin' Alright", and "All Along The Watchtower". McFee was also...
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notable contribution is as the co-writer (with Winwood and Capaldi), of "Dear Mr. Fantasy". He [Chris Wood] used to study maps and charts and watch birds. He...
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Mississippi" "Born Under a Bad Sign" "Mannish Boy" "It's Too Bad" "Dear Mr. Fantasy" "Valleys of Neptune" "Tears of Rage" "Things I Used to Do" "Testify"...
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"Little Red Rooster". He sang lead on many covers, including Traffic's "Dear Mr. Fantasy", the Beatles' "Hey Jude", the Meters' "Hey Pocky Way", and, with Lesh...
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Mitchell – drums Noel Redding – bass guitar Buddy Miles – drums on "Dear Mr. Fantasy Part 1 & 2" "Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968". Jimihendrix.com (official...
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Hendrix his first interview, published in Record Mirror with the headline: "Mr. Phenomenon". "Now hear this ... we predict that [Hendrix] is going to whirl...
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recorder, glockenspiel on "Little Wing", harpsichord on "Bold as Love", voice of Mr. Paul Caruso on "EXP" Noel Redding – bass guitars (four- and eight-string)...
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