2008, or earlier, he established his company Fidock Drums, creating handcrafted snares and drumkits. He died from cancer in April 2020. John Bliss co-authored the book The A to Zen of Lawn Bowls with John Salter in 1997. David Mason appeared in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert series in Australia between late-August and early-September 2007 as a solo performer. He sang only one song, "Quasimodo's Dream". In 2007, Mason released a new album, Reelsville on Liberation Blue. He performed one gig to launch the album at The Basement in Sydney on 16 May 2007. A further gig was booked for the Factory Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 24 May 2008. This show became a local cause celebre when police with sniffer dogs arrested two 60-year-old punters for smoking illegals. On 26 March 2011, Mason appeared on episode 114 of RocKwiz on Australian SBS TV. He performed "Quasimodo's Dream" and ended the show in a duet with Sally Seltmann performing the Conway Twitty song "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone". Mason, who now suffers from bipolar disorder, continues to play occasionally in three separate shows, an acoustic duo with Brendan Gallagher from Karma County and an electronic (one man show) 'Dark' with visuals by artist Libby Blainey, music by Scott Saunders from Dig; both these shows are mostly interpretations of Reels songs. 2017 saw the formation of the group Sandy Shores with Mason, Gallagher, Blainey together with Lindy Morrison and Amanda Brown from the Go-Betweens playing hits from past bands but mostly new original material. Members Dave Mason – production, design, lead vocals (founding member Native Sons) Keith Greig – keyboards (founding member Native Sons) Tony Martin – bass (founding member Native Sons) Colin 'Polly' Newham – keyboards, vocoder, brass, production, songwriter, vocal Craig Hooper – guitars, keyboards, sax, production, songwriter, vocals (founding member Native Sons) Paul Abrahams – bass, vocal John Bliss – drums (founding member Native Sons) Karen Ansel – keyboards, design, costumes, vocals Stefan Fidock – drums, vocals (deceased) Timeline Discography Studio albums Compilations EPs Singles Notes Awards and nominations Countdown Music Awards Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974–1987, it presented music awards from 1979–1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards. |- |1982 | "This Guy's in Love with You" | Best Australian