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Dave Mason will play slightly reworked songs by his first famous band Traffic during two sets of the Traffic Jam in concert at The Moon.
David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) [3] is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic, and went on to play and record with many notable pop and rock musicians, including Paul McCartney, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Steve Winwood, Fleetwood Mac ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dave Mason, a Traffic founding member and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, vows 'I'll be back' as he cancels his tour to address a heart condition. Traffic rocker Dave Mason cancels tour to ...
"I’ll be back, and better than ever, in 2025," said the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
Thus Winwood's erstwhile solo album became the reunion of Traffic (minus Dave Mason), and a re-launch of the band's career. [6] Mad Shadows would go on to be the title of Mott the Hoople's second album, also produced by Guy Stevens, and the new Winwood/Traffic album took its title from one of its tracks and became John Barleycorn Must Die.
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.