• March ??, 1948 - Edgeware, Middlesex, England

Played With:

• Fairport Convention (1969 - 1974) - drums
• Fairport Convention (1985 - 1992) - drums
• Jethro Tull #14 (Mar 1992 - Nov 1992) - drums
• Fairport Convention (1992 - Feb 1998) - drums

Appearances outside Jethro Tull::

• Solo album: Sing The Line (1996)
• Solo album: SeptPiece (1998)
• Guest musician: Nick Drake - Bryter Layter  (1970)
• Guest musician: Steeleye Span - Hark! The Village Wait (1970)
• Guest musician: Allan Taylor - Sometimes (1971)
• Guest musician: Spirogyra - Old Boot Wine (1972)
• Guest musician: Harvey Andrews - Writer Of Songs (1972)
• Guest musician: Ralph Mctell - Easy (1973)
• Guest musician: John Martyn - Solid Air (1973)
• Guest musician: Harvey Andrews - Friends Of Mine (1973)
• Guest musician: Bill Wyman - Compendium Complete Solo Recordings (1974)
• Guest musician: Steve Ashley - Stroll On (1974)
• Guest musician: Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
• Guest musician: Steve Ashley - Speedy Return (1975)
• Guest musician: Albion Band - Battle Of The Field (1976)
• Guest musician: Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
• Guest musician: Brian Eno - Before & After Science (1977)
• Guest musician: Albion Band - Prospect Before Us (1977)
• Guest musician: Joan Armatrading - Live At The Bijou (1977)
• Guest musician: Phil Manzanera/Eight-O-One - Listen Now (1977)
• Guest musician: Cat Stevens - Back To Earth (1978)
• Guest musician: Brian Eno - Music For Films (1978)
• Guest musician: Albion Band - Rise Up Like The Sun (1978)
• Guest musician: Trevor Rabin - Face To Face (1979)
• Guest musician: Ralph Mctell - Slide Away The Screen (1979)
• Guest musician: Arizona Smoke Revue - A Thunder In The Horizon (1981)
• Guest musician: Bill Wyman - Bill Wyman (1981)
• Guest musician: Richard Thompson & Linda - Shoot Out The Lights (1982)
• Guest musician: Albion Band - Light Shining (1982)
• Guest musician: Paul Mccartney - Tug Of War (1982)
• Guest musician: Richard Thompson - Hand Of Kindness (1983)
• Guest musician: Paul Mccartney - Pipes Of Peace  (1983)
• Guest musician: Paul McCartney - Give My Regards To Broad Street (1984)
• Guest musician: Albion Band - Shuffle Off (1984)
• Guest musician: Dream Academy - Dream Academy (1985)
• Guest musician: Elton John - Ice On Fire (1985)
• Guest musician: Brian Eno - Desert Island Selection (1986)
• Guest musician: Elton John - Leather Jackets (1986)
• Guest musician: Nick Drake - Fruit Tree (1986)
• Guest musician: Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (1988)
• Guest musician: Joan Armatrading - Shouting Stage (1988)
• Guest musician: Paul Mccartney - Flowers In The Dirt (1989)
• Guest musician: Joan Armatrading - Me, Myself, I (1989)
• Guest musician: Richard Thompson - Watching The Dark  (1993)
• Guest musician: Albion Band - BBC Radio One - Live In Concert  (1993)
• Guest musician: John Gorka - Out Of The Valley (1994)
• Guest musician: Proclaimers - Hit The Highway (1994)
• Guest musician: The Etchingham Steam Band - The Etchingham Steam Band (1995)
• Guest musician: John Martyn - Sweet Little Mysteries (1995)
• Guest musician: John Gorka - Between The Five And The Seven (1996)
• Guest musician: Linda Thompson - Dreams Fly Away (1996)
• Guest musician: Martin Barre - The Meeting (1996)
• Guest musician: Mary-Chapin Carpenter - A Place In The World (1996)
• Guest musician: Soundtrack - McVicar (1996)
• Guest musician: John Jennings - Buddy  (1997)
• Guest musician: Richard Thompson & Danny - Industry (1997)
• Guest musician: Roger Daltrey - Martyrs & Madmen (1997)
• Guest musician: Simon Nicol - Before Your Time/Consonant Please Carol (1998)
• Guest musician: Peter Green - Blues For Dhyana (1998)
• Guest musician: Sandy Denny - Gold Dust - Live At The Royalty Theatre (1998)
• Guest musician: John Jennings - I Belong To You (1998)
• Guest musician: Steeleye Span - Horkstow Grange (1998)
• Guest musician: Duffy - I Love My Friends (1998)
• Guest musician: Ralph Mctell - Boy With A Note (1999)
• Guest musician: Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor (1999)
• Guest musician: Paul Mccartney - Run Devil Run (1999)
• Guest musician: Steve Ashley - Stroll On-Revisited (1999)
• Guest musician: Steve Ashley - The Test Of Time (1999)
• Guest musician: Richard Thompson & Linda - Best Of Richard & Linda Thomps (2000)
• Guest musician: Mary Ann Redmond - Here I Am (2000)
• Guest musician: Steeleye Span - Bedlam Born (2000)
• Guest musician: John Mcvey - Jigsaw (2000)
• Guest musician: Cathal Mcconnell - Long Expectant Comes At Last (2000)
• Guest musician: Sandy Denny - No More Sad Refrains-Anthology (2000)
• Guest musician: Where The Heart Is - Score (2000)
• Guest musician: Kimberley Rew - Tunnel Into Summer (2000)
• Guest musician: Richard Thompson - Best Of Capitol Years (2001)
• Guest musician: Cat Stevens - Box Set (2001)
• Guest musician: Mary-Chapin Carpenter - Time Sex Love (2001)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief   (1969)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Full House  (1970)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Angel Delight  (1971)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Babbacombe Lee  (1971)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - History Of  (1972)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Fairport Nine  (1973)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Rosie (1974)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Live - A Movable Feast (1974)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Rising For The Moon  (1975)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention (Tour Sampler)  (1975)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Live At The LA Troubadour (1976)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Chronicles  (1976)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - The Airing Cupboard Tapes 71-74 (1981)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Moat On The Ledge - Live At Broughton (1982)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Gladys Leap (1985)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Expletive Delighted (1986)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - In Real Time - Live '87 (1987)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Fiddlestix 1970-84  (1998)
• Performer: Fairport Convention - Meeting On The Ledge - The Classic Years (1999)
• Producer: Robin Dransfield & Barry - Up To Now (1997)
• Producer: Stephen Duffy - They Called Him Tin Tin (2001)

More info:

• Dave made his debut with Jethro Tull along with Andy Giddings on March 13, 1992, at the Plymouth Pavilion.
• Dave Mattacks can be contacted on this email: dm@folkcorp.co.uk
• Dave also has his own website, with news and other information: www.folkcorp.co.uk/dm/