Tony Patler
Yucca Valley, CA
Keyboardist for Dave Mason band
Question:
You are playing with an artist whose songs are very well known by the audience. Does that put pressure on you in any way?
Answer:
During the Traffic Jam tour, I covered Steve Winwood’s vocal parts on certain songs. There was never pressure from Dave but there is pressure from me to nail those iconic sounds. In 2017 we toured with Steve Cropper on the Rock & Soul Revue tour and I had to sing certain Sam & Dave parts. Try doing that while playing keyboards with your hands and bass with your feet!
