Another Link in the Chain tour 1994/95

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Originally Posted by chiliD

Well, you had an ex-member of Traffic in the band (who also was a songwriter of some renoun in his own right), so of COURSE they're going to play his songs...also, who had a hit with his cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower", so of course that's going to be in the set.

Dave Mason didn't have a hit with "All Along the Watchtower." He just contributed 12-string acoustic rhythm guitar to the hit version by Jimi Hendrix:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Ladyland (musician credits)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY (link to the recording)

He proceeded to use this fairly meager basis to establish the song as a staple of his own. Similar situation with "Dear Mr. Fantasy," which he didn't co-write but merely contributed bass and harmonica (no guitar).

Yes, he did on his own write or otherwise score hits with some strong songs (though not all that many) – most notably "Only You Know And I Know," "Feelin' Alright" (via Joe Cocker's version), and "We Just Disagree." (FWIW, IMO his songs "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave" and "Sad And Deep As You" are stronger than the above hits).

But his connections/contributions to "Watchtower" and "Fantasy" are scant, and in neither case involve vocals or lead guitar.