Traffic Jam

The sole claim to fame of Traffic Jam, who released one flop British single in 1967, is that they soon evolved into the much more renowned Status Quo. Traffic Jam actually grew out of the Spectres, another pre-Status Quo group who released a few obscure singles of their own. In May 1967, the Spectres changed their name to Traffic, which had to be changed to Traffic Jam to avoid conflict with the soon-to-be-famous group named Traffic that had Stevie Winwood in the lineup. Traffic Jam's sole single, "Almost but Not Quite There"/"Wait a Minute," was unremarkable pop, the A-side b...