Steve Winwood, on the other hand, had plenty of upside potential but needed to mature so he could rid himself of the expectations heaped on a teenage wonder and figure out how he wanted to apply his ample talent. He wrote pleasant and catchy little songs in the 60’s and would continue to do so throughout his recording career. The problem with Dave Mason in the context of Traffic was that he had zero upside potential. Once again, Mason split the scene, and after the patched-together Last Exit, it looked like Traffic was history. Incredibly, Winwood and Capaldi brought him back because they needed material to fill out the second Traffic album, the not-very-cleverly-titled Traffic. Fantasy, leaving his mates short of a full lineup when they hit the road in support of the album. Mason couldn’t even wait long enough to stay for the release of Mr. The collaboration with Dave Mason was starting to look like the rock equivalent of the Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor romance, though Liz and Dick’s first marriage lasted a lot longer than any of Mason’s stints with Traffic. Winner of 30 Public Relations awards.The best thing Traffic ever did was to take a break from being Traffic. Placed 2nd (1st among radio participants), 6th, 10th (twice), and 21st in the five competitions.Īwarded 14 gold & platinum records and an international sales award from various record companies.
Placed as a winner in five Active Industry Research Contemporary Hit Radio "Pick the Hits" competitions from 1983 through 1987. Beeman Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research in Communications and Marketing for Higher Education Advancement and was the 2008 Leo and Margaret Goodman-Malamuth Outstanding Dissertation Award for Research in Higher Education Administration. Graduate of Marshall University, West Virginia University, Southern New Hampshire University, Kentucky Christian University and Mountain State University.ĭissertation on institutional rebranding (see ) was the 2009 international winner of the Alice L. Romeo Void: A Girl In Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)Īssociate Provost and Professor of Mass Communication at Alderson Broaddus University and an adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University.
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