the musician steve winwood and the other members of his rock band traffic (jim capaldi, dave mason, and chris wood) lived at a country cottage near aston tirrold in the late 1960s and wrote much of the "mr. fantasy" album there. other visitors included stephen stills and pete townshend. subsequently the guitarist eric clapton and drummer ginger baker, previously of cream, visited, which led to the formation of the short-lived rock band blind faith. steve winwood left the cottage in 1969, but returned for a bbc four documentary screened in june 2010 and june 2013.