A mean guitarist, Dave Mason was a founding member of the famous West Midlands group, Traffic, along with Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood. While a member of Traffic, Dave Mason composed some classic songs for the group including the psychedelic masterpiece Hole In My Shoe, and Feelin’ Alright.
Here is an excerpt from an interview Robert Silverstein did with Mason in 2003.
Rob: Any other early influences growing up?
Dave: The Shadows and The Ventures. “Walk Don’t Run”, “Rambunctious”, “Perfidia” by The Ventures. The Shadows… “F.B.I.”, “Man Of Mystery”, “Apache”. There were other more obscure things. A guy called Rhett Stoller. The Outlaws was a great instrumental band that Joe Meek produced some great instrumental records for. Great sounding records.
Rob: Do you still remember playing guitar at Olympic Studios on the original Traffic version of “Dear Mr. Fantasy”?
Dave: That’s Steve Winwood. I’m playing bass and harmonica on that… Steve played most of the guitar on the early Traffic stuff. And then the second one came out. I didn’t really start playing anything worthwhile on guitar until I did Alone Together, actually.
Live at the Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY; July 5, 1975.
Very good to excellent FM broadcast.
Very good to excellent FM broadcast.
Thanks to Davmar77 for sharing this in 2006. Davmar also noted: “Some very minor static between songs. Not audible during the music.”
Personnel:
Rick Jaeger (drums)
Gerald Johnson (bass)
Mark T. Jordan (keyboards)
Jim Krueger (guitar)
Dave Mason (guitar, vocals)
Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. Intro1.3602. Split Coconut (Mason) 4.43
03. Waitin’ On You (King/Mason/Washington) 5.21
04. Show Me Some Affection (Mason) 5.14
05. You Can All Join In (broadcast glitch - removed) (Mason) 6.14
06. Tuning 1.58
07. Crying Waiting Hoping (Holly) 4.25
08. Every Woman (Mason) 3.24
09. World In Changes (Mason) 5.43
10. Band Intros 1.08
11. Save Your Love (Mason) 10.03
12. Talk 1.12
CD 2:
01. Long Lost Friend (Mason) 6.24
02. All Along The Watchtower (Dylan) 7.06
03. Only You Know And I Know (Mason) 5.54
04. Baby… Please (Mason) 7.40
05. Crowd/Tuning 2.39
06. Feelin’ Alright (Mason) 6.13
07. Crowd/Tuning 1.49
08. Bring It On Home To Me (Cooke) 4.14
09. Outro 1.36
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