Origin: Lima, Peru
Traffic Sound was a Peruvian rock band founded in 1967 by Manuel Sanguinetti (vocals), Freddy Rizo-Patrón (rhythm guitar), Jean Pierre Magnet (saxophone), Willy "Wilito" Barclay (lead guitar), Willy Thorne (bass) and Luis "Lucho" Nevares (drums). Rizo-Patrón and Sanguinetti had met in school and previously played together played in Los Hang Ten's. The name of the band was chosen because of their special regard for a traffic light, placed as a souvenir in the attic of the Rizo-Patróns house, where they held their practices. After a year of rehearsals and private shows, they were booked at a Per…