Dave Mattacks

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Dave Mattacks (born March 1948 in Edgware, Middlesex, England) is a rock and folk drummer. He began as a trainee piano tuner before taking up the drums. He played with several jazz bands before joining Fairport Convention in 1969. He has also worked both as a session musician and as a performance artist.

In 1998 "DM", as he is known, moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts in the United States, where he is a sought-after studio musician, though he still tours the UK and Europe regularly with various acts.

He has toured and recorded with

• Kate and Anna McGarrigle
• Chris Rea
• Ralph McTell
• Mickey Jupp
• Everything But the Girl
• Richard Thompson
• Georgie Fame
• Jethro Tull
• Ashley Hutchings

He has toured with

• Nick Heyward
• Andy Fairweather-Low
• Steeleye Span
• Grey DeLisle
• Rosanne Cash

He has recorded with

• Mike Heron
• Incredible String Band
• Elton John
• XTC
• Paul McCartney
• George Harrison
• Cat Stevens
• Loudon Wainwright III
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Brian Eno
• Alison Moyet
• Martin Phillips
• Joan Armatrading
• Jimmy Page
• The Proclaimers
• Gary Brooker
• Elkie Brooks
• Nick Drake
• Liane Carroll
• Sandy Denny
• Super Genius
• Four Piece Suit
• Barbara Dickson
• The Happy Kenneths
• Sebastian Santa Maria

[edit] External links

• Dave Mattacks official website

Jethro Tull
Ian Anderson | Martin Barre | Jonathan Noyce | Andrew Giddings | Doane Perry
Mick Abrahams | Clive Bunker | Glenn Cornick | Barriemore Barlow | Jeffrey Hammond | John Evan | David Palmer | John Glascock | Mark Craney | Peter-John Vettese | Eddie Jobson | Dave Pegg | Gerry Conway | Maartin Allcock | Dave Mattacks
Discography
This Was | Stand Up | Benefit | Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Aqualung | Thick as a Brick | Living in the Past | A Passion Play | War Child |Minstrel in the Gallery | M.U. - The Best Of Jethro Tull - Vol I | Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! | Songs From The Wood | Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II | Heavy Horses | Bursting Out | Stormwatch | A | Broadsword and the Beast | Under Wraps | Live at Hammersmith '84 | A Classic Case | Original Masters | Crest of a Knave | 20 Years of Jethro Tull | 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights | Rock Island | Catfish Rising | Jethro Tull In Concert | A Little Light Music | 25th Anniversary Box Set | The Best Of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection | Nightcap | Roots to Branches | J-Tull Dot Com | The Very Best of Jethro Tull | Living with the Past | The Essential Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | Aqualung Live