Hmmmm.. Dave Mason.. didn’t he have a little band called Traffic? I think he played guitar on Hendrix’s version of All Along the Watchtower too. He played on The Stones’ Beggars Banquet and appeared on George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass. He toured with Delaney and Bonnie & Friends along with Clapton and George Harrison. In the mid-90’s he toured and recorded with Fleetwood Mac contributing 2 titles to 1995’s ‘Time’ album.

Dosey Doe in The Woodlands just keeps doing it week in and week out. The venue is an old barn they brought from Kentucky and rebuilt on sight so it has a nice ‘wooden’ sound. Most shows will include a fabulous dinner in the ticket price and you’ll get great service from some of the most polite wait staff around. I’ve asked Steve where he finds all this great music, but he just grins and laughs and doesn’t say a word.

Mason was obviously completely on and feeling great that night. His band was amazingly tight and dead on with every kick. Dave on guitar & vocals led Alvino Bennet on drums, Johnne Sambataro on guitars, Tony Patler on keys and Gerald Johnson on bass through more than an hour and a half of some of the best rock n roll ever produced. Legendary songs like ‘Only You Know And I Know’ and ‘Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave’ started the night and got the party started. Wasn’t long before 40,000 Headmen played All Along The Watchtower either. I honestly can’t remember which song it was except that it was a new one, but Dave took a long soulful guitar solo that seemed to bend every note around the seasonings of Traffic, Hendrix, Clapton and Harrison and countless other guitars and sold out houses through his long career. Imagine….50 years at the top of his field…who hasn’t he played with?

I thought the roof was going to come off the place when Dave grinned and kicked off Dear Mr. Fantasy. Everybody was up and moving by then and singing along with the title track of Traffic’s 1967 debut album. Wow….’67? Good music is just good music ain’t it?

All good things must come to an end and finally Dave had to say goodnight..and did so to an incredibly enthusiastic standing ovation. Noone was going to leave without an encore from Mason..and we all knew what it HAD to be. Now..if you left before the end (and I

know some of you did..) you missed what had to be the finest moment of the whole evening when he played Feelin’ Alright. Feelin Alright comes from Traffic’s 3^rd album released in 1968 and it’s just one of those hallmark songs that’ll last forever…or so we hope. By the way, if you check Mason’s Facebook you’ll see he’s excited about his new album…so look for that soon.

I’ll tell you right now, this was one of the best shows I have ever seen in any venue anywhere. This has to be in my personal top 10. Mason will be back and I’ll be there when he comes. Another great show from Dosey Doe in The Woodlands!