Episode 29: Steve Mason, The Beta Band

The James McMahon Music Podcast

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Okay – so here’s the bad news. Remember I was sniffling and spluttering on the last few episodes? It’s just cold I said. Nope. It was COVID. I’m on the back end of it now I think, but it’s been a nasty business. Probably best to wash your hands after you’ve listened to this episode.
But here’s the good news! On this episode, I’m speaking to Steve Mason – formally of The Beta Band, formally of King Biscuit Time, formally – I think – of Black Affair. Steve kindly took some time out of his time in the studio – excitingly he’s recording a new full length record, the follow up to 2019’s excellent About The Light – so do excuse a bit of banging and clanging.
And I’m excited to speak to Steve for two reasons. One – for over twenty-years he’s proved himself to be a consistently innovative, unique, interesting, soulful voice in the pop realm. But also because twenty-odd years ago, he wrote a song – The Beta Band’s 'Dry The Rain' – that soundtracked the very onset of my Obsessive Compusive Disorder... and the madness that ensued. Before there were therapists, and doctors and medication, there was that song, and that song might just have helped saved my life.
It was a thrill to get to speak to Steve about his own experiences with mental illness, the chaos and creativity of The Beta Band, his outlook on music culture in the here and now, and – perhaps most interestingly – the challenges musicians face now that the world is learning to live with COVID. I’m so happy he spoke to me, and so happy you can join us for this episode.
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