Dave Mason

Dave Mason (born May 10, 1946) is a musician from Birmingham, England who found fame with rock band Traffic.

Mason was a close friend of Jimi Hen

Dave Mason (born May 10, 1946) is a musician from Birmingham, England who found fame with rock band Traffic.

Mason was a close friend of Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix first heard "All Along The Watchtower" by Bob Dylan at a party he was invited to by Mason, and decided to record his own version. The same night he recorded the song at Olympic Barnes, South West London, with Mason playing acoustic guitar and Brian Jones hanging out at the session. When the song came out as a single, in October, 1968, it reached number 5 in the UK charts.