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[DavidMn]

I was just wondering how high this tune got on the charts?

[amber]

I don't know, but it's strange you mentioned it. I just started hearing it on the radio, and it's was stuck in my head for a couple days. I hadn't heard it in a very long time, and was very happy when I did.

[face of glass]

FM Legacy has the chart information at: http://www.fmlegacy.com/charts/DMUScharts.html. So it hit #12 and thus was Dave's highest charting single.

[goldie]

Speaking of that song ... Dave Mason is coming to a small venue about 2 miles from me in August ... I am on the fence about going. That's the only song I know by him! (But I really really like it!)

[GateandGarden]

Oh, this is very cool. This whole time I didn't realize this was the same song that Billy Dean covered years ago. I love the song. Was Dave the first person to record it?

[David]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Oh, this is very cool. This whole time I didn't realize this was the same song that Billy Dean covered years ago. I love the song. Was Dave the first person to record it?

I believe Dave & his friend Jim wrote it. Dave was the first to record it. It was a big hit in the 1970s. Billy Dean just covered an old song.

Fleetwood mac played a nice version of it on tour in 1994 & 1995: they omitted the full drum kit, played the strings on synth & let the acoustic guitars & piano carry the rhythm. It was nice hearing three technically proficient singers -- Billy, Bekka (how do you spell her name?) & Dave -- harmonize.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by goldie

Speaking of that song ... Dave Mason is coming to a small venue about 2 miles from me in August ... I am on the fence about going. That's the only song I know by him! (But I really really like it!)

You might know a few other songs. He usually plays "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Feelin' Alright" from his Traffic days. The latter is better known as a hit song by Joe Cocker as well as Grand Funk Railroad. He also usually plays "All Along The Watchtower," a Bob Dylan classic best known as a hit for Jimi Hendrix (Dave played acoustic on the Jimi Hendrix version). And, a lot of his set is made up of songs from his "Alone Together" album, which Lindsey cites as a major influence on his songwriting. So really, you can't go wrong.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

You might know a few other songs. He usually plays "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Feelin' Alright" from his Traffic days. The latter is better known as a hit song by Joe Cocker as well as Grand Funk Railroad. He also usually plays "All Along The Watchtower," a Bob Dylan classic best known as a hit for Jimi Hendrix (Dave played acoustic on the Jimi Hendrix version). And, a lot of his set is made up of songs from his "Alone Together" album, which Lindsey cites as a major influence on his songwriting. So really, you can't go wrong.

Let's not forget that it was Dave's tune that made Delaney & Bonnie famous:

"Only You Know & I Know"


Not that it REALLY matters, but I just wonder what Dave's facination with "Dear Mr. Fantasy" is. He wasn't in Traffic when they recorded it, he didn't write it, he basically had nothing to do with it. (I also find it hilarious that the Traffic albums that Dave is on, he's not pictured on the cover, but the ones he isn't, his photo is included.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

I was just wondering how high this tune got on the charts?

my son is 6 & this was the 1st song he learned all the words to , i will put the cd on & just watch him belt it out!!!~