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"Feelin' Alright?", also known as "Feeling Alright", is a song written by Dave Mason of the English rock band Traffic for their eponymous 1968 album Traffic. It was also released as a single, and failed to chart in both the UK and the US, but it did reach a bubbling under position of #123 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
One of Mason's best known songs is "Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and later by many other performers, including Joe Cocker, whose version of the song was a hit in 1969. For Traffic, he also wrote " Hole in My Shoe ", a psychedelic pop song that became a hit in its own right.
In January 1968, after some initial success in Britain with their debut album Mr. Fantasy, Dave Mason had departed from the group. He produced the debut album by the group Family, containing in its ranks future Traffic bass player Ric Grech, while Traffic went on the road. [4] In May, the band had invited Mason back to begin recording the new ...
Listen out for Traffic songs such as “Pearly Queen,” “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” “Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys,” “Empty Pages” and, of course, “Feelin’ Alright,” which Mason pretty ...
Dave Mason's storied career playing in Traffic, as well as with luminaries including Paul McCartney and Fleetwood Mac, is examined in his memoir, "Only You Know and I Know," out Sept. 10, 2024.
Traffic were an English rock band formed in Birmingham [4] in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. [5] They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards (such as the Mellotron and harpsichord), sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their ...
The "Feelin' Alright" and "We Just Disagree" artist will undergo heart surgery, Monday's announcement said. His team and loved ones "are expecting a successful recovery." Mason's tour will resume ...
As the dispute with Mason continued, Blue Thumb issued Dave Mason Is Alive, composed entirely of recordings from the same live performance that had been used for Headkeeper. Of the seven tracks on Alive, two of them, "Feelin' Alright" and "Just a Song", are repeated from Headkeeper. [3] [4]