Dave Mason - A Shade of Blues

[chriskisn]

Not sure if anyone else saw this, I don't really keep up with Fleetwood Mac releases these days, but apparently Dave Mason released a new album back in 2023 called "A Shade of Blues" which I completely missed.

I know he's not well-loved in the FM community, but he has certainly got a second wind in his later years.

https://www.davemasonmusic.com/a-shade-of-blues

[WalkAThinLine.]

The link mentioned that Mason released a memoir titled Only You Know & I Know. Has anybody read this yet? What did he say about his time with Fleetwood Mac?

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

The link mentioned that Mason released a memoir titled Only You Know & I Know. Has anybody read this yet? What did he say about his time with Fleetwood Mac?

What I remember is this 2014 interview, where he commented about the lineup he was part of.

NICK DERISO: Do you feel like that period has been treated unfairly by critics who focused solely on a return of Buckingham Nicks? After all, it’s a band that’s had several lineups, going back to the Peter Green days.

DAVE MASON: Oh, yeah, it’s had a number of incarnations. I could understand, from some people’s point of view, because the Rumours album obviously sold so many copies. It was so huge that that sort of overshadowed everything else. We did the album, and Warner Bros. didn’t really bother with it, frankly. So, it sort of just came out and died a death. And that was that. But we spent six or eight months making that record, on and off. It wasn’t just slapped together. The problem was that [long-time Fleetwood Mac contributor] Christine [McVie] was on the album, but she wouldn’t go on the road. That probably would have lent more credence to it. By the time we got on the road, all you had was [band founders] Mick [Fleetwood] and John McVie. So, it got to be classified as a Fleetwood Mac cover band.

https://somethingelsereviews.com/201...g-his-own-way/

[Villavic]

I hope he's recovered. An infection that lasts more than a month must be serious.

Dave Mason dealing with health issues, leading him to cancel all tour dates this year.