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Dave Mason

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After serving as road manager, Dave Mason, singer/guitarist played in a band that opened for the Spencer Davis Group. The drummer of the was Jim Capaldi. After an American tour, Capaldi and Mason joined forces with Steve Winwood (from Spencer Davis) and Chris Wood (form Shades of Blue) who 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 & Friends

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Article: Film Review

Joanne Shaw Taylor: Blues From The Heart Live

Read "Joanne Shaw Taylor: Blues From The Heart Live" reviewed by Doug Collette


Joanne Shaw Taylor Blues From the Heart Live KTBA Records 2022 The title of Joanne Shaw Taylor's Blues From The Heart Live is no more redundant than the one assigned to her last studio release. On The Blues Album (KTBA Records, 2021), the British blueswoman revealed the roots and influences ...

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Alone Together Again

Label: Shelter Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Only You Know And I Know; Can’t Stop Worrying, Can’t Stop Loving; Waitin’ On You Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave; World In Changes; Sad And Deep As You; Just A Song; Look At You Look At Me.

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Article: Album Review

Dave Mason: Alone Together Again

Read "Alone Together Again" reviewed by Doug Collette


At the time of its release in July of 1970, Dave Mason's debut solo album, Alone Together (Blue Thumb Records, 1970), was the proverbial perfect storm, a flash-point of both creative art and commerce that remains a singular object of fascination in the annals of contemporary rock. Produced by label co-founder Tommy LiPuma, in conjunction with ...

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Article: Book Review

The Ballad of Tommy LiPuma

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The Ballad of Tommy LiPuma Ben Sidran 286 pages ISBN: #978-0578556604 Nardis Books 2020 Keyboardist, vocalist, composer and author, plus long-time compatriot of none other than 'The Space Cowboy' himself, Steve Miller, Ben Sidran is the epitome of well-crafted spontaneity. As was, in his own inimitable fashion, musician/producer/entrepreneur ...

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Article: SoCal Jazz

Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond The BASSics, Part 1

Read "Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond The BASSics, Part 1" reviewed by Jim Worsley


The name Jimmy Haslip needs no introduction. So, he doesn't get one. Seriously, we had a lot of ground to cover and he had so many great stories and interesting asides to share that we are breaking the interview into two parts as it is. So, without further ado... All About Jazz: I ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Original Delaney & Bonnie (Accept No Substitute) and To Bonnie From Delaney

Read "The Original Delaney & Bonnie (Accept No Substitute) and To Bonnie From Delaney" reviewed by Doug Collette


Delaney & Bonnie's best work functions as a primer on contemporary rock and roll, not to mention how the pair functioned as a catalyst to what's arguably the most prolific and productive instances of musical community that arose from the late Sixties and early Seventies. And even if the following two selections are the sole titles ...

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Article: Live Review

Steve Winwood at the Space at Westbury

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Steve Winwood The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY April 20, 2017 Fifty-one years after a teenaged Steve Winwood sang “Gimme Some Lovin'" with the Spencer Davis Group, the rock, pop and rhythm and blues legend can still nail the vocal and hit all the notes on the '60s anthem. On ...

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Article: Album Review

Lauren Bush: All My Treasures

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"I love the human race," sings Lauren Bush on the opening track of All My Treasures, Bob Dorough's life-affirming “I've Got Just About Everything I Need." It's a positive sentiment, just one brief moment on an album that bursts with positivity, an album that sounds like the product of a mature and very experienced artist. Surprisingly, ...

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Article: Live Review

Dave Mason's Traffic Jam at The Paramount

Read "Dave Mason's Traffic Jam at The Paramount" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante


Dave Mason's Traffic Jam The Paramount Huntington, NY July 25, 2015 Dave Mason has seen and done it all. He, along with Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, co-founded Traffic. He was a member (although briefly) of both Delaney, Bonnie & Friends and Fleetwood Mac, served as a temporary second guitarist in ...


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