Dave Mason Trivia Question

[blueman335]

Dave Mason, former Traffic member, did a few solo albums decades ago. On his Alone Together album, there's a song "Look at you, Look at me" which has a great solo for the last several minutes. Beautifully done, with lots of feeling. Anyone know who did that wonderful guitar work? Was it Dave or someone else?

 

[jeremy]

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not sure, i know it was delany and bonnies backing band on alot of the tracks but...

 

[Dangerine49]

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That was Dave. He is a truly great guitarist, and has always been on of my favorites.

 

[blueman335]

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That was Dave. He is a truly great guitarist, and has always been on of my favorites.

Are you sure of that? This solo is way beyond anything else that I've heard from him.

 

[Curly]

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Dave

he can play ... and write ... and sing

great album, BTW

 

[Bludave]

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I saw him do it live. Great player.

 

[blueman335]

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I saw him do it live. Great player.

Well. I wish he would have done more of that. That solo blows me away. It puts him in my list of favorite guitarists. To me, a beautifully executed solo like this has so much more feeling & dimension than shredders that play scales super fast & yank on their whammy bars like chimps. Call me old fashioned...

What kind of guitar(s) was he playing when you saw him, and how long ago was it?

 

[Bludave]

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Well. I wish he would have done more of that. That solo blows me away. It puts him in my list of favorite guitarists. To me, a beautifully executed solo like this has so much more feeling & dimension than shredders that play scales super fast & yank on their whammy bars like chimps. Call me old fashioned...

What kind of guitar(s) was he playing when you saw him, and how long ago was it?

I'm with you... B.B. can play one note and say all that needs to be said. There are so many players that as great as they are still don't know when NOT to play!

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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I'm with you... B.B. can play one note and say all that needs to be said. There are so many players that as great as they are still don't know when NOT to play!

I Love B.B. too Dave but he only knows how to play in one area scale position and normally in C.....But he can shake one note and play fewer notes better than most...

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Dave Mason Trivia Question

Dave Mason, former Traffic member, did a few solo albums decades ago. On his Alone Together album, there's a song "Look at you, Look at me" which has a great solo for the last several minutes. Beautifully done, with lots of feeling. Anyone know who did that wonderful guitar work? Was it Dave or someone else?

I Love Dave Mason and I'll have to listen to this one,as I'm not familiar with it.Thanks for sharing..

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Pretty cool song....Definately sounds like a Dave Mason solo,as I have some of his other albums....I Like the album "Let It Flow"...Has "So High" and "We Just Disagree" on it..

 

[jeremy]

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last time i saw dave he was playing a tele with some pedals thru a super reverb but i think it was a backline amp

 

[Rich_S]

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I remember Dave playing a red Firebird when he was on the cover of Guitar Player back in the mid-70's. I think he played Strats back in those days, too.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Yep I've seen Dave playing strats and Teles...Haven't seen the firebird,but could see him playing one...

 

[Rich_S]

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[STRATDELUXER97]

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Awesome! Thanks for sharing! Without the beard,Dave looks alot like Peter Tork from the Monkees! LOL ;o)

 

[jeremy]

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yeah, much better with the beard

 

[gkoelling]

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His version of All Along The Watchtower has some tasty playing in it too.

 

[martyman]

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+1 on Watchtower. And he plays acoustic backing Jimi on his studio version of the song as well. Check out wikipedia for interesting info. I saw him many moons ago in a small venue at Hofstra U. Really talented, moving performer. Very underrated.

 

[Andrew Lamprecht]

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I personally prefer Bob Dylan's version of All Along the Watchtower to Hendrix's

But that's just me...