Dave Mason
Dave Mason
David Thomas "Dave" Masonis an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic. Over the course of his career, Mason has played and recorded 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, Delaney & Bonnie, and Cass Elliot. One of Mason's best known songs is "Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 May 1946
From the get-go, my musical influences come from hip pop, popular stuff. And then I backtracked into the blues, jazz and classical. I always had a pop sensibility. I mean I'm making records to sell em!
People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business.
Our players were given a week off after Japan. Apart from Andrew Packer who has a back injury, they are all fit.
I never keep them when I make them, so I make a habit of not making them. Once you make them, they're so hard to keep. . . . I used to smoke and used to say, 'OK, that's it,' but 10 minutes later, you're lighting a cigarette.
He's always working hard out there. His splits were very good. His style and the way he runs it makes him look like he doesn't run as hard. But he works hard out there.
At this stage of the game, we don't know what the process will look like, how to determine medical necessity, or what doctors, or patients or physical therapists will have to do. And there's no guarantee of anything, because there's no appeals process.
They have to be heard. It is a little hard to talk about music. They're just good songs. It's something you need to hear. It's like trying to describe a painting.
I won't say extremely prolific, but I try to write stuff that will last a long time.
It was just a friend and his brother that I work with, they had some design concepts for a guitar about six years ago just as a project really, it started as that. And it developed from there,
I get three to five calls weekly from individuals needing further food assistance than what they already have access to.
We'll see how the guitar players of the world take to it
There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree.
Looking back in retrospect, there were some great moments working with some great people, ... I don't know quite how to put it into words. I don't look at it quite the same way other people do.
We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London. I like Liverpool too but there's a lot more to do in Manchester.