Dave Mason
Visitors Co-Founder Lifeless at 79
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Dave Mason, the co-founder of rock band Visitors, has died at age 79.
He handed peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, his household introduced on his official Fb web page. They are saying he died “after cooking an amazing dinner with his beloved wife Winifred,” whereas he was taking a nap with their Maltese canine, Star, at his toes.
They went on … “He passed away peacefully, in his favorite chair, surrounded by the beautiful Carson Valley that he loved so much. A storybook ending. On his own terms. Which is how he lived his life right up until the end.”
The English musician is greatest recognized for creating Visitors in 1967 alongside Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wooden. The group had main hits with “Paper Sun,” “Hole in My Shoe,” and “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush,” however Mason was fired in 1968 … solely briefly rejoining in 1971.
He spoke about his departure from Visitors in his 2021 memoir “Only You Know & I Know,” wherein he remembered bandmate Steve telling him … “I don’t like the way you write, I don’t like the way you sing. I don’t like the way you play and … we don’t want you in the band anymore.”
His music with Visitors, “Feelin’ Alright?”, turned a staple classic-rock tune lined by dozens of stars through the years … first changing into popularized by Joe Cocker in 1969. Regardless of being separated from the band, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame for his work with them in 2004.
He additionally had a flourishing solo profession, taking part in with Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones, plus 3 albums that went gold. He launched his final album, “A Shade of Blues,” in 2025, although he stopped touring in 2024 on account of his doc discovering a severe coronary heart situation.
He’s survived by his spouse and by his daughter Danielle Mason, who was born throughout a earlier marriage. A son named True, from one other marriage, died in 2006.
He was 79.
RIP
