Visit to visit the folks, Pop in Adams and Mom in Williamstown.

Rock and Roll Heaven added another member today, Dave Mason passed at age 79.

Had his start in Traffic, appearing on the albums:

• 1967: Mr. Fantasy (US, released as Heaven is in Your Mind)

• 1968: Traffic

• 1969: Last Exit two tracks on Side 1

• 1971: Welcome to the Canteen (live album)

After leaving Traffic, Mason participated in varied Session Work:

• Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland (September 1968), playing 12-string acoustic guitar on "All Along the Watchtower".
• He played the shehnai and bass drum on "Street Fighting Man" on the Rolling Stones' 1968 album Beggars Banquet.
• Mason appears on George Harrison's 1970 solo set All Things Must Pass. 
• Also in 1970, he played on early studio sessions for Derek and the Dominos, including the Phil Spector production of "Tell the Truth", which was released on Eric Clapton's 1988 box set Crossroads. 

Solo Records:

• 1970 Alone Together

• 1971 Dave Mason & Cass Elliot
• 1972 Headkeeper
• 1973 It's Like You Never Left
• 1974 Dave Mason
• 1975 Split Coconut
• 1977 Let It Flow

• 1978 Mariposa de Oro
• 1980 Old Crest on a New Wave
• 1987 Some Assembly Required
• 1987 Two Hearts
• 2008 26 Letters – 12 Notes
• 2014 Future's Past
• 2017 Pink Lipstick (EP)
• 2020 Alone Together, Again
• 2023 A Shade Of Blues

I am only familiar with his solo work up until 1978's Mariposa de Oro.