[8] A well-known Birmingham club, the Elbow Room,[7] was an after-hours venue for local bands and musicians, and it was here that Wood used to meet up with Winwood and Jim Capaldi.

Initially without electricity, telephone or running water, The Cottage (as it became universally known) was so remote that a generator had to be installed to power the group's equipment.

[12] In Traffic, Wood primarily played flute and saxophone,[6] occasionally contributing keyboards, bass and vocals.

He was kind of the spiritual leader [of the band].Wood and Winwood played with Jimi Hendrix, and both appeared on the 1968 album Electric Ladyland (1968).

[16] Wood was then invited to perform in concert with the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall, in South Kensington, London, on 24 February 1969.

For Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left 1969 debut album, Wood added flute on the song "Three Hours" accompanied by future Traffic member Rebop Kwaku Baah.

[7] It was previously believed that Wood featured on the Small Faces' The Autumn Stone (1969), but the flute work was credited to Lyn Dobson.

[7] In 1970, Wood and Jacobs travelled back to London, and along with Steve Winwood, joined Ginger Baker's Air Force.

In the recording sessions, Wood introduced the 17th-century traditional song "John Barleycorn" to the band after hearing it on The Watersons album Frost and Fire.

[12] In this reincarnation of the Traffic, Rebop Kwaku Baah joined in 1971, providing the band with a rhythmic base and dynamism.

They released The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) and Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory (1973), featuring Wood's self-composed song "Tragic Magic".

[7] Throughout the existence of Traffic, Chris was in demand as a session musician with his immediately identifiable flute or saxophone playing.

He featured on albums for fellow band members Jim Calpadi, Rebop Kwaku Baah, as well as John Martyn, Tyrone Downie, Fat Mattress, Gordon Jackson, Crawler, The Sky, and Bobby Whitlock among others.

[8] The death of two close friends, Free's Paul Kossoff and former bandmate Rebop Kwaku Baah, along with his former wife, lay very heavily on Wood.

Jayne Gould, from HiddenMasters, was in charge of the photoshoot in Berkshire Downs, returning to the location of Traffic's cottage.