Search - Artist/Band: Dave Mason

• Name: Dave Mason
• Birthday: 05/10/1946
• Birth Place: Worchester, England
• Decades Active: 1960,1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Contemporary Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock, Soft Rock, AM Pop
• Moods: Carefree, Laid-Back/Mellow, Lively, Playful, Soothing, Summery, Warm, Cheerful, Freewheeling, Rousing, Fun

Title	Release
Dave Mason/Split Coconut W	11/04/2008
26 Letters 12 Notes WA	10/14/2008
Reelsville	04/30/2007
The Definitive Collection	08/29/2006
Alone Together/Headkeeper WA	07/12/2005
It's Like You Never Left/Dave Mason WA	09/26/2000
Super Hits	02/15/2000
Ultimate Collection WA	09/21/1999
Will You Still Love Me? WA	1998
Long Lost Friend: The Best of Dave Mason WA	06/06/1995
Two Hearts	1987
The Best of Dave Mason [Columbia]	1981
Old Crest on a New Wave WA	1980
The Very Best of Dave Mason [Universal]	10/1978
Mariposa de Oro WA	06/1978
Let It Flow WA	04/1977
Split Coconut WA	09/19/1975
Dave Mason WA	10/1974
It's Like You Never Left WA	10/29/1973
Headkeeper WA	02/1972
Dave Mason & Cass Elliot WA	02/1971
Alone Together WA	1970

After serving as road manager for The Spencer Davis Group and meeting Steve Winwood, singer/guitarist Dave Mason found fame as one of the founding members of the jazz/rock/pop fusion group Traffic. However, conflicts between Winwood and Mason over the group's direction led to the latter's departure in 1969 after three albums. Mason moved to Los Angeles and joined Delaney & Bonnie before beginning his solo career. His 1970 solo debut, Alone Together, went gold and is, arguably, his best album. Mason next collaborated with Mama Cass Elliot for Dave Mason & Cass Elliot, but its reception was lukewarm at best. Mason settled permanently in America in 1973 and signed a long-term contract with CBS, recording a series of moderately successful, often inconsistent pop/rock albums featuring originals and a sprinkling of covers. Mason scored his biggest solo hit in 1977 with "We Just Disagree," which reached number 12. New Mason material was scarce in the 1980s, except for a beer commercial. Mason continued to tour, though, and joined Fleetwood Mac in 1994; 1999 saw the release of Live: 40,000 Headmen Tour, which also featured Jim Capaldi. The re-release of It's Like You Never Left followed a year later, and Dave Mason maintained his touring ethic throughout the early 2000s, playing roughly 100 shows per year. When not on the road, he worked on new material, some of which found its way onto the self-produced 26 Letters 12 Notes in 2008. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide