{"id":2244,"date":"2019-02-01T18:04:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedlekas.com\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2024-02-22T04:51:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T04:51:35","slug":"dave-mason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedlekas.com\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"Dave Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jrmbjzqy-fe40327e0936ea3bf628f675debb19c3\">\n.avia-section.av-jrmbjzqy-fe40327e0936ea3bf628f675debb19c3{\nbackground-color:#2c3539;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-jrmbjzqy-fe40327e0936ea3bf628f675debb19c3 main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap sidebar_right'   data-av_minimum_height_px='40'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:40px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2244'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jrmbk9k1-8f98c9c64b59644eddb28fd29e83fbc0\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-jrmbk9k1-8f98c9c64b59644eddb28fd29e83fbc0{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-jrmbk9k1-8f98c9c64b59644eddb28fd29e83fbc0 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jrmbkz14-ba001afcd5520ade64944d920441fd0a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; 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color: #bcc6cc;\">One of the great perks of living in LA and producing the Mark and Brian Show was getting to meet artists that I had grown up listening to like Dave Mason. One of my rituals before heading to work after school at my Dad\u2019s florist on Avenue J in Brooklyn was sneaking a big gin and tonic, putting on my headphones and catching a buzz while listening to his classic album, Alone Together. \u00a0I don\u2019t know if my father ever caught on but it was during those years that Dave Mason became one of my all-time favorite musicians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #bcc6cc;\">\u00a0The first time I met him was in the early eighties when I found myself at a party for the LA premiere of\u00a0 a new Cheech and Chong movie.\u00a0 I don\u2019t recall \u00a0meeting either Cheech or Chong but it didn\u2019t matter. \u00a0Dave Mason was there and I got to talk to him. That conversation continued later in 2002 when I was producing the Mark and Brian show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #bcc6cc;\">I saw that Dave was doing a show up at the Canyon in Agoura.\u00a0 To help promote the gig he agreed to come down for a studio interview with Mark and Brian.\u00a0 The same morning he\u2019s scheduled on, our incredible maintenance guy Lyn Mink is making pancakes for the entire station. When I went out to meet him I asked him if he wanted some pancakes.\u00a0 He looks at me, gives a chuckle, holds his belly and asked, \u201cDo I look like I need pancakes?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #bcc6cc;\">The interview goes great with Dave telling stories that go back to when he was 17 playing with Traffic.\u00a0 He really needs to write a book.\u00a0 When the interview ends Mark and Brian invited him to perform at our Christmas show and although it\u2019s six months away he graciously accepts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #bcc6cc;\">The 2002 Christmas Show was one of our best ever with Sammy Hagar headlining.\u00a0 The great songstress Joan Osbourne was also on the bill and by coincidence her new album included Dave\u2019s \u201cOnly You Know and I Know.\u201d\u00a0 About a month earlier her manager called me asking for Dave\u2019s number because Joan wanted him to join her onstage to sing his song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #bcc6cc;\">The morning of the show, as usual, we\u2019re way behind schedule.\u00a0 Dave and his band are ready to hit the stage when he says to me, \u00a0\u201cI hear the show\u2019s running late so we\u2019ll take out\u00a0 a song\u201d.\u00a0 In all my years producing Christmas Shows no artist every volunteered to cut their set short because we were not on time.\u00a0 I was really impressed by that small gesture.\u00a0 Dave\u2019s set was great and later he and Joan did a memorable version of \u201cOnly You Know and I Know.\u201d\u00a0 There were no pancakes for Dave that morning either and for the record, no gin and tonic for me. 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