Have you ever heard of the band Traffic? Do you know Jim Capaldi? Well if the answer is no, you have lost your chance because he is dead. His years of hard livin’ and scotch drinking finally caught up with this rock hall of fame inductee.

The least we can say for this man I never heard of is that he probably had a lot of sex with a lot of groupies and to us that is worth some respect.

Death is never a funny thing…even it when it happens to a hippie but Jim ol’boy we hope you’re drumming down on us from heaven.

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Jim Capaldi, the drummer with sixties psychedelic rock group Traffic, died early today aged 60, a spokeswoman for his family said.

Capaldi, who formed Traffic with fellow Birmingham musician Steve Winwood, was suffering from stomach cancer.

Traffic were inducted into the American Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in March last year.

The band, whose motto was “to sound like the same group but never to sound the same�, had top five hits with Paper Sun and Hole in My Shoe in 1967.

As well as drumming with the band, Capaldi penned many of its hits and his musical career spanned over four decades.

Outside of Traffic, he achieved chart success with Love Hurts, a version of the Roy Orbison song, in 1975.

The musician died in the early hours at the London Clinic in Harley Street.

“He passed away peacefully at 2.30am with his wife Aninha and his two daughters Tabitha, 28, and Tallulah, 26, his brother Phil and other family members at his bedside,� spokeswoman Judy Totton said.

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