Dave Mason is one of the greatest musicians of all time, but also one of the most unappreciated musicians of all time. I have seen Dave Mason in concert 103 times and he always puts on a great show. Thank you for the video and please continue to do more Dave Mason in the future.
The songs I also love from Dave Mason are “Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave” and “World In Changes.” His songs are so emotionally charged and have a beauty to them that urges a response from the listener. Well, he gets them from me I can assure you. His guitar skills are what I would place in the “Superb But Unappreciated” category. His closing solo on “Look At You Look At Me” is so effing beautiful that I think even David Gilmour would love it.
Great debut album . first concert was a a stadium , a few years later a a 5,000 seat venue , years later at a bar with about 50 people. His popularity had slipped , but always great.
So glad you got to Dave Mason! So, overlooked and so freaking talented! This, my friends, is what rock n roll is all about! Crisp guitar solos, great lyrics, great drums, great piano and vocals. More Mason please...he will NOT disappoint. It's a Traffic vibe. Chod, thanks for playing music from such a deep rock history. Of course if you play anything from the rock monsters you can't lose, but you find great players maybe not top 10 known but top ten talented. Mason did hit radio with "Shouldn't have Take More Than You Gave" and "We Just Disagree", which I quote from quite often. Thank you-thank you.
I would next suggest "Shouldn't Took More Than You Gave". And as a few others have suggested, check out Leon Russell. His "Song For You" gets me every time.
Djeez, most popular...."Alone together" is his masterpiece, front to back. He never topped that again, and that is very ok. Every classic rock vinyl freak has that album, and maybe a "best of....".
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Dave Mason: You must hear Nature's Way. Look at You, Look at Me is as lovely a love song as I've ever heard. Melancholy? Lonely? Nostalgic? He's a very laid-back mood for me.
@@roundabout130 Probably. He's been in several greatest of the great bands and I don't remember which one, but it's probably on one of his own albums too. Did he also cover Delaney and Bonnie's Only You Know and I Know? I think he did.
@@christinerobinson9372 Other way around. Delaney & Bonnie covered Dave Mason's Only You Know & I Know. Am not aware of Dave ever doing a version of Nature's Way. DM was a member of Traffic, and the best known Traffic song he wrote and sang is Feelin Alright. A lot of groups and artists have covered that one, most notably Joe Cocker.
@@roundabout130 I feel like I've slipped into an alternate universe. I would have sworn on a stack of bibles that Dave Mason did Nature's Way, but I can't find it. It was written by Randy California and performed by his band Spirit. I listened to the song, and the song is what I remember, but the voices, no. I could swear I've seen video of Dave Mason singing the song, but it doesn't exist. Can't find it.
For me, it’s that hypnotic vibe, which this songs has. Yeah, it has a melancholy feel.......For me, it hits the same place that Sorrow by Pink Floyd does.....or Why My guitar Gently Weeps......lost in the vibe....and it’s just so EMOTIVE and beautiful.....
saw Dave Mason in a tiny club in Tucson AZ back in 1981. Shook his hand after the show as he walked down the aisle to exit. That how casual and intimate the show was. Great all around musician
Last live show I saw before Covid restrictions kicked in was Dave Mason in early May 2020. Man I miss live music. Dave is an original member of Traffic, played with Jimi Hendrix, Delaney and Bonnie with Clapton, Harrison, Duane Allman, etc. Feelin Alright and Only You Know and I know are two of his songs covered by others.
Man! I haven't heard this song in a long long time..listened to this and J.J.Cale every day in 1973...thanks, buddy. This guy wrote "Feelin' Alright"...
As I said before, I saw him on Kauai several years ago in a small venue. Great show! Later I found a PBS special available somewhere which was basically the show and an interview with him. Good video.
hey Chod. I think I get what you're saying. It's like watching the sun set. You're sad to see the day end, but at the same the colors and cloud shapes are so beautiful. It gives you a real melancholy feeling.....great reaction
I saw The Band and Dave Mason live in 1983 amazing concert. Chod, for more Dave Mason, 1 of his hits was We Just Disagree. Really good song that got lots of radio play. Hope all is well. PEACE
Chod, you should take a listen to Delaney & Bonnie & Friends live rendition of “Coming Home” from 1970. The “friends” include Dave Mason, George Harrison and Eric Clapton. This informal supergroup toured Britain in late 1969. The entire album is considered a masterpiece.
It gave me a feeling of melancholy/piquancy/poignancy, weighty, meaningful, full of portent. And, yeah, sometimes crying makes you feel better afterward. It can release endorphins in your brain, your body’s own feel-good drugs.
Big fan of Dave, i’ve only heard the live version of this and that’s been decades. it’s cool that you liked this. Normally I don’t think hits are the best songs by people but his “We Just Disagree“ I think is a beautiful tune. Possible you’ve heard it before. Some more I like are, “Don’t it Make You Wonder?”; “Searchin’”; “Words”; “No Doubt About It”; “Gotta Be on My Way”; and off his “certified live“ album, “sad and deep as you“.
Two other greats by Dave Mason are "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave" ruclips.net/video/Um1Qn0CBE4s/видео.html and "Sad and Deep as You" ruclips.net/video/h6zQ6sJ4r0o/видео.html .
Mason was hotter than a pistol for 2-3 years in the mid 70's after he left Traffic. Then he seemed to disappear. I saw his picture on a poster in a restaurant in Cincinnati about12-13 years ago; was the first I'd heard in forever.
I saw him on PBS or some channel in 2000. I wasn't paying to much attention but I heard his unmistakable voice so I started watching. The guy singing was bald and chunky. It took me a few minutes to realize it was Dave. It blew me away and I enjoyed the hell out of the show.
Chod, It does have a Mystic vibe or something, I get it ! That Organ, and a piano, that tone with the guitar is deep, Id say mystic, I agree also, kinda dark, haunting ? So cool. Freaking GREAT guitar sound
If you've never checked it out (and apologies if I missed it), Dave Mason's "Save Me" feat. Michael Jackson is great. Also "Let it Go Let it Flow," "Show Me Some Affection," "So High" are all fantastic!
GREAT Song you brought us ! Zeppelin top tier unique sound, same with Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes, Steely Dan etc etc. Dave Mason top tier with this sound, Crisp Organ, and Piano, Drums, that electric guitar, the acoustic, seemingly effortless vocals, all clear, Riffs are not Joe Satriani intense but that wouldn’t fit. Dave Mason and band do make a sound I’ve never heard anyone else make, Is there anything like it out there ? I see other comments this guy is still performing 👍 ! Top Notch, Love it, Thanks Chod !
Completely off topic, but I have a request with Mother's Day coming up. "I'll Always Love My Mama" by The Intruders from 1973 (studio version). I think it will touch a lot of people in a lot of different ways. Thanks
If you look up underrated in the dictionary Dave Mason under the guitar player catagory would be there. If you like this(haven't watched yet) then you'll love "Only You Know and I Know" It's also on this album. Best song he ever wrote. Hey Dell...I'll never buy another product from you for putting a 15 sec commercial in the middle of this song.
We Just Disagree, Only You Know and I Know, Let It Go Let It Flow, Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave, As Sad and As Deep As You, Every Woman, So High, and Save Me.
Saw him play this live. No Clapton on stage. He has been compared to Clapton. Dave also did a killer version of All Along the Watchtower live. No reason to deny his ability on the guitar. He also played back up on Hendrix version of Watchtower
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Dave Mason is one of the greatest musicians of all time, but also one of the most unappreciated musicians of all time. I have seen Dave Mason in concert 103 times and he always puts on a great show. Thank you for the video and please continue to do more Dave Mason in the future.
Dave was a member of Traffic....great songwriter
This whole album has great songs on it.
The live versions are outstanding. Solo is called the GREAT SOLO
Played with Hendrix often. Played acoustic guitar on the studio version of Hendrix
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
The songs I also love from Dave Mason are “Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave” and “World In Changes.” His songs are so emotionally charged and have a beauty to them that urges a response from the listener. Well, he gets them from me I can assure you. His guitar skills are what I would place in the “Superb But Unappreciated” category. His closing solo on “Look At You Look At Me” is so effing beautiful that I think even David Gilmour would love it.
Great debut album . first concert was a a stadium , a few years later a a 5,000 seat venue , years later at a bar with about 50 people. His popularity had slipped , but always great.
The Rodney Dangerfield of guitarists
I totally get it. A lot of music brings me to tears. It's not sadness, it's joy
So glad you got to Dave Mason! So, overlooked and so freaking talented! This, my friends, is what rock n roll is all about! Crisp guitar solos, great lyrics, great drums, great piano and vocals. More Mason please...he will NOT disappoint. It's a Traffic vibe. Chod, thanks for playing music from such a deep rock history. Of course if you play anything from the rock monsters you can't lose, but you find great players maybe not top 10 known but top ten talented. Mason did hit radio with "Shouldn't have Take More Than You Gave" and "We Just Disagree", which I quote from quite often. Thank you-thank you.
Dave does a great version of "all along the watchtower".
You probably know that he played rhythm guitar that day when Jimi recorded it.
Certified Live album
I would next suggest "Shouldn't Took More Than You Gave". And as a few others have suggested, check out Leon Russell. His "Song For You" gets me every time.
Dave Mason is one of the best guitarists around, he never got recognition for all his contributions to the music world.
Coming in the top 5 guitar solos of all time.
Excellent response to Dave Mason! You're good
The term you may have wanted was that the keys were playing in a lower register than the guitar, not likely playing in a lower key.
If you haven't listened to "We Just Disagree" and the flip side of the 45 called "Let it go let it flow" both excellent songs!
One of the great guitar outros ever.
Forgot what other song you did by him but "We just Disagree" and "Let it flow" are two of his most popular.
Holy cow dude. Dave Mason's most popular song is the other great one from this album..."Only You Know and I Know"
Djeez, most popular...."Alone together" is his masterpiece, front to back. He never topped that again, and that is very ok.
Every classic rock vinyl freak has that album, and maybe a "best of....".
If you like this you must hear (only you know and I know) by Dave Mason. I think you will like it
Havent heard this since Summer of 71
Great choice my favorite DM song. The second guitar solo is just it, very tastefully emotional.
One of the seminal guitar albums. Students learn these songs, these guitar bits, and they'll be starting right.
ok Chod im back too bug you i know how much you Love the Keys so this song is for you Leon Russell Tight Rope the KEYS are great in this song or A Song For You or Delta Lady or Lady Blue all by Leon Russell thanks
@taddeo ruggerio yes sir one of the greatest ever can't go wrong with Leon Russell
brilliant - Alone Together is one great album
That was one great guitar solo. Awesome.
Dave Mason: You must hear Nature's Way. Look at You, Look at Me is as lovely a love song as I've ever heard. Melancholy? Lonely? Nostalgic? He's a very laid-back mood for me.
Nature's Way by Spirit?
@@roundabout130 Probably. He's been in several greatest of the great bands and I don't remember which one, but it's probably on one of his own albums too. Did he also cover Delaney and Bonnie's Only You Know and I Know? I think he did.
@@christinerobinson9372 Other way around. Delaney & Bonnie covered Dave Mason's Only You Know & I Know. Am not aware of Dave ever doing a version of Nature's Way.
DM was a member of Traffic, and the best known Traffic song he wrote and sang is Feelin Alright. A lot of groups and artists have covered that one, most notably Joe Cocker.
@@roundabout130 I feel like I've slipped into an alternate universe. I would have sworn on a stack of bibles that Dave Mason did Nature's Way, but I can't find it. It was written by Randy California and performed by his band Spirit. I listened to the song, and the song is what I remember, but the voices, no. I could swear I've seen video of Dave Mason singing the song, but it doesn't exist. Can't find it.
Dave's solo at the end belongs in the greatest of all time rankings. Thanks for reacting to one of my favorites from my youth.
One of the great groove drummers, jim gordon, features here.
He was on the whole album! Also played on Traffic’s Low Spark Of High Heeled boys! Superb drummer!
For me, it’s that hypnotic vibe, which this songs has. Yeah, it has a melancholy feel.......For me, it hits the same place that Sorrow by Pink Floyd does.....or Why My guitar Gently Weeps......lost in the vibe....and it’s just so EMOTIVE and beautiful.....
What a voice Dave has. And it's as good today as it was back in the day.
Dave Mason was such an under appreciated artist !
WORLD IN CHANGES
Dave Mason was a member of the original group Traffic with Steve Winwood. Every song on the Alone Together LP is terrific.
saw Dave Mason in a tiny club in Tucson AZ back in 1981. Shook his hand after the show as he walked down the aisle to exit. That how casual and intimate the show was. Great all around musician
Dave was in Traffic. Many of the images in this video are from Traffic. You really need to listen to Glad & Freedom Rider
Last live show I saw before Covid restrictions kicked in was Dave Mason in early May 2020. Man I miss live music. Dave is an original member of Traffic, played with Jimi Hendrix, Delaney and Bonnie with Clapton, Harrison, Duane Allman, etc. Feelin Alright and Only You Know and I know are two of his songs covered by others.
Man! I haven't heard this song in a long long time..listened to this and J.J.Cale every day in 1973...thanks, buddy. This guy wrote "Feelin' Alright"...
dave mason's music takes me somewhere.............to a good place, smmooooth
A great talent ! WOW ! How about some THE BEACH BOYS ! Let’s catch this wave and ride it all the way to the sunset ! ✌️
a true Dave Mason classic. Look forward to you discovering more of his song library. One of the under appreciated guitarists
As I said before, I saw him on Kauai several years ago in a small venue. Great show! Later I found a PBS special available somewhere which was basically the show and an interview with him. Good video.
I'M blown away that you played this. thanks, you are my #1 go-to reaction.
"Melancholy" may be the word you were searching for .
Yay, thank you Chod! Love Dave Mason.
That solo is killer! Great album. Vastly overlooked☺
hey Chod. I think I get what you're saying. It's like watching the sun set. You're sad to see the day end, but at the same the colors and cloud shapes are so beautiful. It gives you a real melancholy feeling.....great reaction
I saw The Band and Dave Mason live in 1983 amazing concert. Chod, for more Dave Mason, 1 of his hits was We Just Disagree. Really good song that got lots of radio play. Hope all is well. PEACE
Chod, you should take a listen to Delaney & Bonnie & Friends live rendition of “Coming Home” from 1970. The “friends” include Dave Mason, George Harrison and Eric Clapton. This informal supergroup toured Britain in late 1969. The entire album is considered a masterpiece.
It gave me a feeling of melancholy/piquancy/poignancy, weighty, meaningful, full of portent. And, yeah, sometimes crying makes you feel better afterward. It can release endorphins in your brain, your body’s own feel-good drugs.
Big fan of Dave, i’ve only heard the live version of this and that’s been decades. it’s cool that you liked this.
Normally I don’t think hits are the best songs by people but his “We Just Disagree“ I think is a beautiful tune. Possible you’ve heard it before. Some more I like are, “Don’t it Make You Wonder?”; “Searchin’”; “Words”; “No Doubt About It”; “Gotta Be on My Way”; and off his “certified live“ album, “sad and deep as you“.
Two other greats by Dave Mason are "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave" ruclips.net/video/Um1Qn0CBE4s/видео.html and "Sad and Deep as You" ruclips.net/video/h6zQ6sJ4r0o/видео.html .
Great reaction Chod, it is exactly how I felt about the song when I first heard it almost 50 years ago
Great stuff
Mason was hotter than a pistol for 2-3 years in the mid 70's after he left Traffic. Then he seemed to disappear. I saw his picture on a poster in a restaurant in Cincinnati about12-13 years ago; was the first I'd heard in forever.
I saw him on PBS or some channel in 2000. I wasn't paying to much attention but I heard his unmistakable voice so I started watching. The guy singing was bald and chunky. It took me a few minutes to realize it was Dave. It blew me away and I enjoyed the hell out of the show.
he was great live
Chod, It does have a Mystic vibe or something, I get it ! That Organ, and a piano, that tone with the guitar is deep, Id say mystic, I agree also, kinda dark, haunting ? So cool. Freaking GREAT guitar sound
🎸 ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" (STUDIO VERSION) By "DAVE MASON" Is the best version Made of this Song Hands Down! 🥁
Wow! I haven't listened to this since I was in my 20s! Nice
Haven’t heard a lot of Dave Mason but what little I have heard, I really liked.
"We Just Disagree" is my favorite Dave Mason song
Oh good. You are hitting one of my favorite, but not well known, tunes from a true Desert Island Disc.
If you've never checked it out (and apologies if I missed it), Dave Mason's "Save Me" feat. Michael Jackson is great. Also "Let it Go Let it Flow," "Show Me Some Affection," "So High" are all fantastic!
GREAT Song you brought us ! Zeppelin top tier unique sound, same with Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes, Steely Dan etc etc. Dave Mason top tier with this sound, Crisp Organ, and Piano, Drums, that electric guitar, the acoustic, seemingly effortless vocals, all clear, Riffs are not Joe Satriani intense but that wouldn’t fit. Dave Mason and band do make a sound I’ve never heard anyone else make, Is there anything like it out there ? I see other comments this guy is still performing 👍 ! Top Notch, Love it, Thanks Chod !
Still have this album. It's not black--it's beige.
From the "Let it Flow" album listen to "Taking the Time to Find" might cheer you up a bit
Completely off topic, but I have a request with Mother's Day coming up. "I'll Always Love My Mama" by The Intruders from 1973 (studio version). I think it will touch a lot of people in a lot of different ways. Thanks
Chod...Try Hold your head up by Argent.....Organ Organ Organ
Bruce Springsteen Kitty's Back is a killer song for you! Are you familiar?
😊👍
If you look up underrated in the dictionary Dave Mason under the guitar player catagory would be there. If you like this(haven't watched yet) then you'll love "Only You Know and I Know" It's also on this album. Best song he ever wrote.
Hey Dell...I'll never buy another product from you for putting a 15 sec commercial in the middle of this song.
I'm not a paying member but you should listen. Allman Brothers. Fillmore East Live. " Stormy Monday".
About the same chord progression as All Along The Watch Tower and Season Of The Witch....
Lots of good tunes from Dave though.
Let it go Let it flow please.
Try the live audio version on xm , newer recording
Great reaction, always like Dave's superb guitar playing more than Eric Clapton.
Played with s.winwood in traffic
We Just Disagree, Only You Know and I Know, Let It Go Let It Flow, Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave, As Sad and As Deep As You, Every Woman, So High, and Save Me.
Dave Mason--We Just Disagree...dern near perfect
We just disagree. Puttin our good stuff
please react to NCT 2020 - RESONANCE 😅
Though they deny it, I still believe that's Clapton on the lead out guitar.
You are so right, Clapton style all the way ! So great, Clapton was probably in the studio with him, sounds like a telecaster, so crisp
Saw him play this live. No Clapton on stage. He has been compared to Clapton. Dave also did a killer version of All Along the Watchtower live. No reason to deny his ability on the guitar. He also played back up on Hendrix version of Watchtower
I thought that organ (keys) would grab you.
Great guitarist songwriter and singer. Gets no respect. Try Warm Desire or Baby Please
The live versions are outstanding. Solo is called the GREAT SOLO
The live versions are outstanding. Solo is called the GREAT SOLO