Chris Wood (rock musician)

Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood (24 June 1944, in Harborne, Birmingham – 12 July 1983, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham) was a founding member of the English rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Dave Mason.

History

Chris Wood had an interest in music and painting from early childhood. Self-taught on flute and saxophone, which he commenced playing at the age of fifteen, he began to play locally with other Birmingham musicians who would later find international fame in music; Christine Perfect (later Christine McVie,McVie was an art student in Birmingham for five years, with the goal of becoming an art teacher: see Christine McVie. of Fleetwood Mac), Carl Palmer,Born in Birmingham: see Carl Palmer. later of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Stan Webb, later of Chicken ShackA predecessor band of Chicken Shack was the Birmingham-based Sounds of Blue, formed in 1964 and featuring Birmingham art student Christine Perfect, among other later Chicken Shack members, plus Chris Wood. See ; www.fleetwoodmac.net. and Mike Kellie,Born in Birmingham: see Mike Kellie. later of Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones.

He attended the Foley College of Further......
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