Overview
- Mason died Sunday at his home in Gardnerville, Nevada, at 79, with no cause disclosed by his representatives.
- He co-founded the British blues-rock band Traffic in the late 1960s and wrote and sang signature songs such as Hole in My Shoe and Feelin' Alright?.
- His guitar work features on landmark recordings including Jimi Hendrix’s All Along the Watchtower, the Rolling Stones’ Street Fighting Man, Paul McCartney’s Listen to What the Man Said, and George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass.
- Beyond Traffic, he scored solo success with Alone Together reaching No. 22 on the Billboard 200 in 1970 and Let It Flow going platinum in 1977 with the hit We Just Disagree.
- He entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Traffic in 2004 and later released A Shade of Blues in 2025 before retiring from touring for health reasons, and he leaves his wife, Winifred Wilson, and daughter, Danielle.