Dave Mason obituary (opens in new tab)

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of the British rock group Traffic who clashed with the frontman Steve WinwoodThe singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave Mason, who has died aged 79, was the superstar who never was. He first found fame as a founder member of Traffic, and wrote some of the most popular songs from their early repertoire, but could never quite see eye-to-eye with the band’s precocious genius Steve Winwood.Mason’s self-evident talents, which included copious skills on a...