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David Thomas "Dave" Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic. In his long career, Mason has played and recorded with many of the era's most notable rock musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Delaney Bramlett, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Fleetwood Mac and Cass Elliot. Mason's best known song is "Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and later by many other performers, including Joe Cocker, who had a major hit with the song in 1969. For Traffic, he also wrote "Hole in My Shoe", a psychedelic pop song that became a hit in its own right. "We Just Disagree", Mason's 1977 solo hit written by Jim Krueger, has become a staple of Classic Hits and Adult Contemporary radio playlists.
Mason's tenure with Traffic was disjointed. He co-founded the group, but left following the recording of their debut album, Mr. Fantasy (1967), only to rejoin halfway through the sessions for their next album, Traffic (1968), after which he left again. Last Exit (1969), a compilation of odds and ends, features little material by Mason apart from his song "Just For You". Traffic later re-formed without Mason, although he briefly toured with the band in 1971 as captured on Welcome to the Canteen. Even during his brief spells with the group, Mason never quite fit in; Steve Winwood later recalled "We all [Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood] tended to write together, but Dave would come in with a complete song that he was going to sing and tell us all what he expected us to play. No discussion, like we were his backing group."
Actors: Walter Davy (director), Richard Münch (actor), Walter Kohut (actor), Georg Lhotzky (actor), Fritz Schmiedel (actor), Klaus Behrendt (actor), Alfred Reiterer (actor), Peter Jost (actor), Marion Degler (actress), Johannes Ferigo (actor), Malcolm Hulke (writer), Eric Paice (writer), Kitty Stengl (actress), Tatjana Schneider (actress), Peter Bahama (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Irving Bacon (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Ray Bennett (actor), Pat Brady (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Smiley Burnette (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Harry Burns (actor), James Bush (actor), Yakima Canutt (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), Victor Cox (actor), Eddie Dean (actor), Richard Alexander (actor),
Plot: The Governor sends Roy to help bring in a gang of saboteurs. Roy joins a traveling show and soon learns the saboteurs communicate during Maurice's mind reading act that uses a hidden receiver. But Maurice is on to Roy. Roy narrowly escapes when Maurice leaves him tied up in a warehouse they are blowing up. But Maurice then kills a man and blames Roy who now finds himself in jail.
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