Dear Mr. Fantasy
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| Song by Traffic | |||||
| Album | Mr. Fantasy | ||||
| Released | December 1967 | ||||
| Genre | psychedelic rock | ||||
| Length | 5:44 | ||||
| Label | Island Records | ||||
| Writer | Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood | ||||
| Producer | Jimmy Miller | ||||
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"Dear Mr. Fantasy" is a rock song by Traffic off their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy. It was written by Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood, although Winwood took on most of the musical construction of the song and sang it on the album.
The song was covered by Canadian rock band Big Sugar in 1995, Calgary rock band Souljacker, and by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
In addition the song was famously performed on multiple occasions throughout the 80's by the Grateful Dead with keyboardist Brent Mydland on vocals. Gov't Mule and Widespread Panic are known to occassionally cover the song. It also appeared on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper in 1969, where its chord progression morphed into "Hey Jude".
The song was used in the promotion of the NFL Network and the movie, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
The song was also covered in the 1973 made for T.V. movie Go Ask Alice starring Jamie Smith Jackson and Jennifer Edwards.
The song was recently covered by the American rock band Tesla on the album Real to Reel (2007).
A live version of the song appears on Steve Winwood's album Nine Lives, released on April 29, 2008.[1]
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