Alone Together/Headkeeper in Bloomington, MN

It's hard to argue with this two-fer issued by the fine
Beat Goes On
label from Great Britain, as it pairs two of former
Traffic
guitarist
Dave Mason
's finest records on a single disc.
Alone Together
featured the hit
"Only You Know and I Know,"
as well as
"Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave,"
and
"Look at You, Look at Me."
Headkeeper
contains
"Pearly Queen,"
his solo version of
"Headkeeper,"
"Feelin' Alright?,"
"World in Changes."
What these discs most reveal is just how deep
Mason
's roots went into
R&B
,
soul
, and into
country
as well. If anything,
would have been right at home on a
Delaney & Bonnie
record as his sensibilities were closely allied with theirs.
was always underrated and, in America at least, under-noticed. These records are as fine as anything
Eric Clapton
ever issued solo. The comparison is fair because they were both digging into the same territory at the time, only
's delivery and understated guitar playing come off as far more emotionally honest. ~ Thom Jurek