Dave Mason (Australian musician)

David Lawrence Dave Mason is an Australian singersongwriter and record producer originally from Dubbo. He is the founding mainstay of indie pop, rock group, The Reels. For the group Mason wrote and sang their hit singles, Love Will Find a Way , Prefab Heart , After the News and Shout and Deliver . He also wrote Quasimodos Dream, which was a noncharting single from May 1981. However, in May 2001 it was listed by Australasian Performing Rights Association at No.16010 of their Top16030 Australian songs of all time.

Mason was born in ca. 1954 and raised in the rural New South Wales town of Dubbo. His father, John Marsden Mason was a Methodist Minister, and from 1965 to 1981 was the Liberal Party member for the electoral district of Dubbo in the New South Wales state parliament. His mother, Lorna Meg , married John in March 1953 and they raised a daughter and three sons. His older brother is Paul Mason. Mason played piano and composed original material in his parents basement.

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