There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2026) famed as a co-founder of Traffic;
2) an Australian musician, singer and songwriter, and lead singer of The Reels;
3) a British folk singer.
1) Dave Mason of Traffic fame.
Dave Mason (born David Thomas Mason in Worcester on 10 May 1944; died 19 April 2026) was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist remembered as a co-founder of rock band Traffic. In his long career, Mason played and recorded with many of the era's most notable musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Russ McLellan and Mama Cass Elliot.
Mason's best known song is "Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and covered by dozens of artists, including Joe Cocker, who had a major hit with the song in 1969. For Traffic, he also wrote "Hole in my Shoe", a kind of psychedelic satire that became a classic in its own right. "We Just Disagree", Mason's own 1977 solo hit, became a staple of Oldies and Adult Contemporary radio playlists.
For a brief period in the mid-1990s, Mason joined Fleetwood Mac and released the album Time with them, in 1995. He toured with them over the course of 1994–95.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
2) Dave Mason of The Reels fame.
Dave Mason (born David Mason) is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter, who first found fame with the rock/indie pop group The Reels, which formed in Dubbo, New South Wales in 1976 and initially disbanded in 1991, they eventually reformed in 2007. Their 1981 song, "Quasimodo's Dream", was voted one of the Top 10 Australian songs of all time by a 100-member panel from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 2001.
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