Dave Mason, co-founder of the band Traffic, has died.

His career with Traffic was by no means smooth (and he later went on to play with various luminaries) but he wrote and sang their biggest UK hit, a No 2 in 1967.

Traffic: Hole in my Shoe

Mason’s song Feelin’ Alright became something of a standard with many other artists covering it. 

Traffic: Feelin’ Alright

David Thomas Mason: 10/5/1946 – 19/4/2026. So it goes.

This was the song that announced Traffic to the world. It’s always been one of my favourites from the sixties.

I remember one of my schoolmates raving about it. Then he discovered Traffic was the new group got together by Steve Winwood (on whom he had a bit of a downer) and went off it.

It was only with the later release of Hole In My Shoe that it actually became evident that Traffic wasn’t just Steve Winwood and a mellotron.

This is what would later be called a video – except in the sixties they were promotional films.

Traffic: Paper Sun