Ah... the classics!!! Okay, I admit, I love to listen to the great guitar players of the 70s. For most people, Dave Mason's name doesn't necessarily come to mind as quickly as Clapton, Page and others of that era. I have him in in the top spots of my list. Unfortunately, the band that started his career, Traffic, was more known for its trippy songs than for chartbusters. Their album John Barleycorn Must Die, put out when they reunited in 1970, was an instant classic, but turned out to be their swan song. All four members went on to their individual solo endeavours. Steve Winwood, Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi came up with a few albums while Chris Wood was mostly a session musician.
Alone Together was Mason's first record and contained quite a few classic rock songs. Pulling out of the psychedelic stylings of Traffic, his guitar licks remain some of the most notable hooks of the classic rock era. And, as it was the case for many bands of the 70s, lengthy musical pieces were included on their records. This the the case for the seven minute plus song Look At You Look At Me. The guitar solo at the end is one of my all-time favourites, not by its complexity because it is quite simple, but by the melody and mood it conveys.
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