Dave Mason is a well known Musician, English singer, guitarist and songwriter from Worcester, United Kingdom. Dave Mason first gain many popularity from his joining with the rock band named “Traffic”. Since then he has a very long career and In this long successful career he recorded many superhit albums with many so popular rock musicians such as including Jimi Hendrix, The George Harrison, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Mama Cass Elliot and Russ McLellan.
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Age
As of 2021 he is 74 years old. He was born on 10 May, 1946 in Worcester, United Kingdom.
Wiki/Biography and Personal life
Dave Mason was born in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. His full name is David Thomas Mason. His zodiac sign is Taurus. Later in 1971, he permanently moved to the United States and lived for almost b16 years in the city Ojai Valley in California. As per some reports in September 2017 he also have his homes in Carson City, Nevada and Hawaii. One of the very famous magazine network The New York Times Magazine include Mason in the list of hundreds of artists whose important materials was destroyed in fire of Universal studios in 1 June 2008.
Mason is a supporter for music education for kids. He became a official supporter of “Little Kids Rock” in 2005. Little Kids Rock Is a charity organization which provides free training and free musical instruments to the children who loves music but couldn’t afford training and instruments cost. Mason sits as board of directors of the organization as he is honorary member.
He is also board member of other non profit firm “Yoga Blue” which providing Yoga training and some other holistic practices to people who are recovering from self-destructive disorders and substance abuse.
Dave Mason and his very good friend named Ted Knapp have established “Rock Our Vets”. Rock Our Vets is a charity firm running by many musicians. They are helping to families of law enforcement and firefighters who lost their lives while on duty. They mainly provide food, clothes and some other needy stuffs to homeless veterans, computers, laptops for vets who wants to aspire their education but due to their financial condition they can’t. As well as they also works on suicide prevention.
| Full Name | Dave Mason |
| Nickname | Dave |
| Date of Birth | 10 May, 1946 |
| Age | 74 years |
| Birthplace | Worcester, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | England |
| Profession | Musician |
| Zodiac sign / Sun sign | Taurus |
| Famous For | Traffic |
| School | Not Known |
| College | Not Known |
| Educational Qualifications | Not Known |
| Debut | Traffic |
| Years Active | Not Known |
Career
Mason gets his fame with famous rock band Traffic. After that eventually he works with many other musicians. Mason is known for giving many hit albums. One of the best song of him is “Feelin’ Alright” which was recorded by Traffic in 1968. After that many other musician created different version of this song. From all these versions Joe Cocker’s version went hit in 1969. Other song “Hole in My Shoe” was also went hit and created by him.
He was lead member of group Traffic. He left the group after releasing his first album Mr. Fantasy in 1967. After he rejoined in halfway for their next albums namd Traffic in 1968 and after that he again left the group. After that Traffic was reunited but without Mason. Mason rejoined with the band third time and went on tour in 1971 and playing on Welcome to the Canteen.
Mason was very good friend of Jimi Hendrix. Jimi started his career in 1966. Hendrix released his own version of Olympic Studios, South West London in which Mason playing 12-string acoustic guitar. this song was launched with the album Electric Ladyland in September 1968. Mason also sings a song on “Crosstown Traffic”. Mason was seen in the Rolling Stones album Beggars Banquet in 1968 where he played the ”Shehnai” and ”bass drum” on Street Fighting Man. Mason travelled along with Eric Clapton and George Harrison for Delaney and Bonnie and Friends in 1969–1970. he was labeled to be the second guitarist for Derek and the Dominos. He performed at his first gig at the London Lyceum but left the group traffic soon after that.
After leaving Traffic, Mason started his solo career. His first solo song was famous named “Just for You”. He released an song with Cass Elliot in 1970. After that he officially launched his major solo album Alone Together in 1970 which touch No. 42 on the Billboard chart. In April 1977 he traveled and recorded album “Let It Flow” with keyboardist Mike Finnigan, guitarist Jim Krueger, bassist Gerald Johnson and drummer Rick Jaeger. Mason also played role in the film Skatetown, U.S.A.,where he performed two songs in a roller disco as well as writing and performed the film’s theme song. Mason released “Old Crest on a New Wave” In 1980 and had one single create the charts “Save Me,” this failure of the album caused Mason leaving his label Columbia. he released two albums, “Some Assembly Required” and “Two Hearts” in 1987.
In 1997, Mason was casted as member of “Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band” but unfortunately due to some reasons he was dropped from band before tour. Mason again reunited with his Traffic bandmate Jim Capaldi for The 40,000 Headmen Tour. He released DVD named “Dave Mason: Live at Sunrise” which is recording of his tour of the Sunrise Musical Theater in Sunrise, Florida. in 2004 he established a new electric guitar company with his business partner and industrial designer Ravi Sawhney.
He released his first studio album in more than twenty years in 2008, named “26 Letters 12 Notes”. after this he came with another music album titled “Future’s Past” in 2014. As per some reports in 2018 he was continue perfoming in U.S.
Girlfriend/Wife & Relationships
Mason was born in Cristian family in United Kingdom. there are not much information available of his parents. He was in relationship with Leigh Taylor in early 90s. couple started to dating with each other in 1993. unfortunately they broke up in 1996. As per some resources it said that mason got married with Winifred.
| Father Name | Not Known |
| Mother Name | Not Known |
| Brother Name | Not Known |
| Girlfriend Wife | Leigh Taylor Winifred |
| Marital Status | Married |
Net worth
Dave Mason’s approx net worth is around $10 million.
| Money Factor | |
| Net Worth | $10 million |
Social Media
| Not known | |
| @Dave Mason | |
| @davemasonmusic |
Contact Information:
| Address | Worcester, United Kingdom |
| Mobile Number | +44 20 723XXXXX |
| dave**@gmail.com | |
| Whatsapp Number | +44 20 723XXXXX |
| Office Phone Number / Mobile Number | Not Known |
Interesting Facts and Information
- English Wikipedia page of Dave Mason has recorded more than 1,360,918 page views Since 2007.
- He received too many awards for his performances.
- He is 4,446th most popular biography from United Kingdom.
- He is 304th most popular British Musician.
- Mason is 1,810th most popular musician in U.K.