Traffic - 40.000 Headmen (Live 1974, Deutsches Museum, Munich, West Germany, March 13)

The BEGINNING of the END... NO ESCAPE...

Dedicated to my very good friend TRAFFIC Aficionado Dr. Carolina SIlva - the BEST Geologist around Santo Tomás, CHILE...🔥 😎

Yet, another amazing performance from EARLY 1974, as the compositions are very RAW and the Masters are still in fine-tune mode intertwining the Old with the New... At this point, "40.000 Headmen" had become the OLD STAPLE - A TRUE Psychedelic MASTERPIECE...

As I keep on preparing/releasing tracks from this recently surfaced TRAFFIC gig from West Germany, I began to contemplate about the reasons for the DISSOLUTION of the GREATEST ROCK BAND in HISTORY... Recently my thoughts started to point towards QUEEN ELIZABETH II - the Ocean Liner that is... The transatlantic LEVIATHAN that began to roam the seas in 1969 until its retirement in 2008... currently operating as a HOTEL in DUBAI...

By the end of August 1974, TRAFFIC had just wrapped up their UK tour at the READING Music Festival... At this point, Master Winwood made an executive decision... rather than flying as usual, he was to purchase a Rolls Royce "Silver Cloud" Sedan and load it on to the boat and travel to America... While Master Wood accompanied him on the WEEK LONG JOURNEY, Master Capaldi & Master Gee wanted to be there {probably Fenway Park} much quicker... 🛩️

Even though, Master Wood & Master Winwood probably had a great time during the journey, I believe Master Winwood may have started to contemplate the FAITH of the BAND while gazing at the HORIZON over the ATLANTIC... He had ample time to reflect... Who Knows?

Enjoy Loud...