Here is another of my archive interviews with celebrities to mark their birthdays. August 2nd is the birthday of the singer-songwriter and drummer, Jim Capaldi. He co-founded the band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood and they co-wrote the majority of the band's material. He was later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Traffic's original line-up.

Jim also performed with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Alvin Lee, Cat Stevens, and Mylon LeFevre, and wrote lyrics for other artists, such as "Love Will Keep Us Alive" and "This is Reggae Music". As a solo artist he had more than a half dozen chart hits in various countries, the best-known being "That's Love" as well as his cover of "Love Hurts".

In this excerpt he talks about his parents influence