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Published: Sat, 6 Jun 2009
Description: Music legend Dave Mason on 'Red Eye'
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" He's seen more than he succeed in court he loves uterus. He's one of the most critically acclaimed musicians on the planet he co founded the rock super group traffic he's worked with Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton and George Harrison is named Dave mason the legendary singer songwriter extraordinary just put -- CD called 26 letters twelve notes. By eight copies now we're -- used to refer to yourself as humane. -- it's great to have you here I I -- listen to you without a well I won't tell you outline it with you that older sisters that's okay but it's all about. But you -- you gonna torn out I want to know what -- what inquiring concert goers can can expect from you this summer. But what -- I was gonna start to rethink it after block. I would maybe they -- think about not getting about costumes I was kind of thinking discussion had a much worse yeah."
" No I do -- I do pretty much stuff from all over it you know from the career traffic's. Yes solo stuff and obviously things from -- well. -- I'm really excited about this project you're working on -- work vessels for veterans yes it's a charity tell you about it it's a charity that was started about a year and a half ago with a friend my net lives have been mystic Connecticut. And we we tried to give things to it to the vets who -- coming back and reentry into into life and lead in the computers even wait three votes wow we're giving do when they're not Hostin later and you're giving your tractor. So we try to given the tools they need."
" What's an it's an amazing idea because I -- there's so few people. I guess you don't really focus on the transition you -- either somebody's in the military or their out of the military right and there's a difficult period there are coming back and plus you've got. You Janet Napolitano who's paying you -- returning that is an extremist yes and he's a really feel wonderful people who deserve a chance for success yet they deserve and I mean there you know anybody I think the puts on the uniform. And is that they're defending our yeah our right to the other security yet chit chat and have blah yeah. Goodness if all the help pay about dedication to defending that hot hot hot hot hot well no they can't even defend I. You think this is a close you've ever gotten a bar and you're tired musical career it is the closest -- and if I might be the last yeah. It is amazing and -- you played it up you played with Jimi Hendrix and you I would sort of rid."
" Hendricks son lectured me here and yes and son Leo that's me an acoustic guitar and all along the watchtower. It amazing. -- and saying our crosstown traffic record you have beggars banquet. It was a few of them."
" you you also you most the one most famous songs is still all right and all right -- Joe Cocker as there ever been anyone you wouldn't allow to sing one of your songs. No I don't think she newest tricks just yeah exactly. I'm gonna actually do what you would talk about your charity yes but it's a charity for the military they and it's a patriotic endeavor and its its not a typical. Rock star thing he he seemed like a different type of rock star you -- well I was."
" Actually watching one live here shows what made you -- we -- or actually -- solutions and YouTube the drummer from Def -- yeah yeah. The supporting. The military guys with post traumatic stress disorder gacy had double charity right gone so I just it's a very passionate thing for me damaged as passionate as my music is never feel very strongly here about you know how they're treated no matter -- when they come back."
" But you if I guess you're so musicians tend to be of a certain stripe and politically in data political of Apollo way -- yeah. Terms of picking big they make a lot of money but they hate capitalism. They believe in and what big did they limit it couldn't have all these -- and couldn't beliefs and how did you did escape that."
" I don't know it's I think it's probably got familiar with the way I was brought up when we might. My father was born in 1898. My dad was in the first world war. Wow and my Brothers were driving my brother was driving tanks in north after the second war. So I was born in 46 and I remembered you know bombed out parts of England -- going uphill so. -- if I should have a little history for."
" When I gets a mediator and what you're saying is that. People don't know what it's like to have a hard life or or to understand. They're living in Disneyland he had he had exactly I don't know it's just that it I don't know people it's you know normally it's not something you want to constantly think about yeah obviously. Yeah but the reality is is that it's there and somebody has to defend. No way of life we gotta go -- what you want you come back and into the holes I know I got I got I got halfway there is awesome say what you ma'am I'm ready I'm kind of thing. Now that -- That's it hits almost -- might have giant. Very big head that's mostly good I think you get your new CD 26 letters twelve -- go out and quiet immediately younger -- create what I got back."
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