Alone Together/Headkeeper

by Dave Mason

Overview

It's hard to argue with this two-fer issued by the fine Beat Goes On label from Great Britain, as it pairs two of former Traffic guitarist Dave Mason's finest records on a single disc. Alone Together featured the hit "Only You Know and I Know," as well as "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave," and "Look at You, Look at Me." Headkeeper contains "Pearly Queen," his solo version of "Headkeeper," "Feelin' Alright?," and "World in Changes." What these discs most reveal is just how deep Mason's roots went into R&B, soul, and into country as well. If anything, Mason would have been right at home on a Delaney & Bonnie record as his sensibilities were closely allied with theirs. Mason was always underrated and, in America at least, under-noticed. These records are as fine as anything Eric Clapton ever issued solo. The comparison is fair because they were both digging into the same territory at the time, only Mason's delivery and understated guitar playing come off as far more emotionally honest. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	07/12/2005
Label:	Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261206756
Rank:	51654

Tracks

1. Only You Know and I Know
2. Can't Stop Worrying Can't Stop Loving
3. Waitin' on You
4. Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
5. World in Changes
6. Sad and Deep as You
7. Just a Song
8. Look at You Look at Me
9. To Be Free
10. In My Mind
11. Here We Go Again
12. A Heartache
13. Headkeeper
14. Pearly Queen
15. Just a Song
16. World in Changes
17. Can't Stop Worrying Can't Stop Loving
18. Feelin' Alright

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dave Mason   Primary Artist
Mark Wilson Jordan   Piano,Keyboards
Felix "Flaco" Falcon   Congas,Percussion
Lonnie Turner   Bass
Dr. Rick Jaeger   Drums

Technical Credits

Barry Feinstein   Design,Photography
Tom Wilkes   Design,Photography
Wayne Dailey   Engineer
Terry Stark   Equipment Technician
John Tobler   Liner Notes
Douglas Botnick   Engineer
Wally Heider   Equipment Technician
Andrew Thompson   Remastering
Bruce Botnick   Engineer
Al Schmitt   Mixing,Engineer
Dave Mason   Composer
Chris Chigaridas   Equipment Technician
Bob MacLeod, Jr.   Mastering
Bill Mathews   Original Photography