The great Dave Mason, former member of Traffic, is one of the great solo artists of the 1970’s and the studio album “Alone Together” and his “Certified Live” album are must owns for any record or CD collection . For those in the know, Dave Mason is an incredible musician who puts on a great live performance and for a time he headlined arenas like the Nassau Coliseum as a solo artist.
A couple of years ago, I caught Dave Mason opening a triple bill at the former Westbury Music Fair with Blood, Sweat and some replacement players and Eric Burdon and some very young Animals. While Dave Mason looks every bit his age now, he was in fine voice playing a low frills set with a second guitarist in tow. He chatted up the crowd between songs, spoke of playing with Jimi Hendrix, and lamented the state of the music industry that he could not get his new music heard.
Bob Welch was a former member of an early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac who had a monster hit as a solo artist with the song “Ebony Eyes”. Bob Welch apparently fell on some hard times in later years and reportedly committed suicide in 2012.
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