Talk:Jim Capaldi

Anna Capaldi-Gilbey
I've removed the statements concerning Anna Capaldi-Gilbey and her alleged marriage to Jim Capaldi. I was a bit suspicious about these claims to begin with, since in all the biographical material I've seen on Capaldi and Traffic, this is the first I've heard that he had any wife other than Aninha or any children other than Tabitha and Tallulah. Looking over the cited source, I already see two further problems. First, the source doesn't actually say that Anna Capaldi-Gilbey's daughter Eve is Jim's daughter. Second, it seems the information in the source was gleaned solely from talking to Anna Capaldi-Gilbey. I've had contact with some of Jim Capaldi's surviving family, and they tell me that Anne Westmore dated Jim during the 1960s, by which time Eve was already born, and had her name changed to Capaldi by deed poll during the 1970s without his consent. Obviously this is original research, but combined with the lack of any mention of Anna Capaldi-Gilbey in most biographical materials, it's enough to cast doubt on this claim, which could be considered libelous. I'm going to research further into this, and will post here with any findings.--Martin IIIa (talk) 00:26, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I restored information as "being removed without justification" before seeing the above note. Perhaps some of it is questionable, but if Jim wasn't married to an "Anna," how else can it be explained that a 1971 Traffic song was definitely credited to an "Anna Capaldi"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.101.174.37 (talk) 19:07, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * As already mentioned, Jim Capaldi's surviving family have told me that she had her last name changed to Capaldi by deed poll. I'm still trying to see what I can dig up concerning "Many a Mile to Freedom", as that one-off songwriting credit is really odd. It might be that Jim actually is the lyricist and that he gave her the official credit for some reason; it wouldn't be the first time someone did that.--Martin IIIa (talk) 18:39, 28 April 2013 (UTC)


 * i came here looking for "Anna Capaldi", because it struck me as odd, too, that one song credit. Can't find any mention of her anywhere else (non-exhaustive search, i'll admit) -- i wonder if that original credit was a typo or joke. Doceddi (talk) 11:36, 10 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I met Anna Capaldi in 1973, she was introduced to me as Jim's wife, but that of course proves nothing other than she was known as Anna Capaldi and as Jim's wife by friends. She had a daughter I believe. I have no idea if she is the same person as Anna Capaldi-Gilbey, and can't find any photographs from the seventies with someone I might recognise. She was very beautiful. By 'surviving family' who do you mean Martin? Children from his marriage to Aninha would say that, as also their mother, but their 'evidence' would therefore be subjective and suspect. Interesting the similarity in names, and the presence of the Anna track is a mystery only IF he didn't have a wife of that name, and why would he be annoyed later if they had married? Of course many in the sixties were 'married' in strange ceremonies which may not have been officially recognised, but to the couple were real. I have now seen a photograph of Anna Capaldo-Gilbey and it is the same lady I met called Anna Capaldi. PetePassword (talk) 15:06, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Just found this https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/anna-capaldi/34/843/8a0 you might wish to ask her, or is this Aninha changed her name to Anna? PetePassword (talk) 18:32, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

I’ve arrived at this page by accident, but think I can clear up a couple of things, as I knew Jim in those days. Anna Capaldi-Gilbey was the partner of Jim Capaldi during the early Traffic days. She had a daughter Eve, who was six months old when they started their relationship. Jim was very fond of Eve and wrote a song for her on his album “Oh How We Danced”. They got engaged, but Anna’s first husband refused to give her a divorce, so Jim arranged for her to change her name by deed poll. They later had a son, Damian Capaldi, who tragically died at a young age. She was an influence on Jim’s early writing and it was she who wrote the lyrics to “Many A Mile To Freedom” (see Steve Winwood’s site) -  In the mid 1980’s she moved to the US. Sixties clubber (talk) 09:53, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Anna Capaldi-Gilbey's book "Many A Mile to Freedom" confirms what is stated immediately prior hereto by Sixties Clubber. Damian, who was born in January of 1971, died at approximately 3 months of age from crib death. Jim and Anna were not home at the time of his death, as they had gone to see a performance of 'Madame Butterfly.' Both Jim and Anna were consumed with grief and guilt, which seriously affected their relationship. Their relationship would not survive, and they separated in 1974. Jim continued to see Anna's daughter Eve, who he loved like she was his own (his song 'Eve' was written about her). The book contains a picture of Jim and Anna together, as well as one of Eve holding Damian. Jim's songs "It's All Up To You" and "Goodbye Love" were written for Anna. Upon his cancer diagnosis, Jim reached out to Anna and they had a final phone conversation. The last thing he said to her was, "Together we flow like a river, and together we melt like the snow."WikiRework (talk) 14:30, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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