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Dave Mattacks
with the Jason Crigler Band
Presented by the Percussion Department
Drummer Dave Mattacks will be featured as part of the 2010
Berklee Percussion Festival performing a program of original rock with the
Jason Crigler Band (www.jasoncriglermusic.com). Mr. Mattacks is is return-
ing to BPF because of a successful appearance last year. This year's concert
will prove just as enjoyable. The professional career of Dave Mattacks
("DM") started in the UK with big bands before joining the influential folk-
rock group Fairport Convention, freelancing extensively throughout his ten-
ure with the band. In March 2000, Dave left the UK and moved to Boston,
Massachusetts where he continues to enjoy a full career in music, spanning
live and studio work, both as a musician and producer. His discography
includes 5 CD's with Paul McCartney and various CD's/tours with, among
many others, Elton John, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Everything But The
Girl, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Richard Thompson, XTC, Jethro Tull, Joan
Armatrading, Brian Eno, George Martin, Susan Tedeschi, Nick Drake, and
Loudon Wainwright. Mattacks’s early career began as an apprentice piano
tuner; then he worked at London's Drum City Music Shop under Johnnie
Richardson. His first professional engagement was with a provincial Mecca
Big Band, which spanned a 3-year period; it included residencies in Belfast,
Gla! sgow, and London. During this time, he played with a variety of jazz
groups throughout the UK which provided the foundation for his continu-
ing affection for the art form.
It was in autumn of 1969 when Mattacks joined Fairport
Convention, recording seven LP's with the group (including Liege & Lief)
and extensively touring the UK, United States, Europe, Antipodes, and
Japan. He left Fairport Convention in 1974 to focus on his freelance
career but re-joined in late 1985. Mattacks successfully combined Fairport
Convention’s schedule with his freelance commitments for 12 years; how-
ever, he left in March of 1998 and moved to the United States in early
2000.
with the Jason Crigler Band
Presented by the Percussion Department
Drummer Dave Mattacks will be featured as part of the 2010
Berklee Percussion Festival performing a program of original rock with the
Jason Crigler Band (www.jasoncriglermusic.com). Mr. Mattacks is is return-
ing to BPF because of a successful appearance last year. This year's concert
will prove just as enjoyable. The professional career of Dave Mattacks
("DM") started in the UK with big bands before joining the influential folk-
rock group Fairport Convention, freelancing extensively throughout his ten-
ure with the band. In March 2000, Dave left the UK and moved to Boston,
Massachusetts where he continues to enjoy a full career in music, spanning
live and studio work, both as a musician and producer. His discography
includes 5 CD's with Paul McCartney and various CD's/tours with, among
many others, Elton John, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Everything But The
Girl, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Richard Thompson, XTC, Jethro Tull, Joan
Armatrading, Brian Eno, George Martin, Susan Tedeschi, Nick Drake, and
Loudon Wainwright. Mattacks’s early career began as an apprentice piano
tuner; then he worked at London's Drum City Music Shop under Johnnie
Richardson. His first professional engagement was with a provincial Mecca
Big Band, which spanned a 3-year period; it included residencies in Belfast,
Gla! sgow, and London. During this time, he played with a variety of jazz
groups throughout the UK which provided the foundation for his continu-
ing affection for the art form.
It was in autumn of 1969 when Mattacks joined Fairport
Convention, recording seven LP's with the group (including Liege & Lief)
and extensively touring the UK, United States, Europe, Antipodes, and
Japan. He left Fairport Convention in 1974 to focus on his freelance
career but re-joined in late 1985. Mattacks successfully combined Fairport
Convention’s schedule with his freelance commitments for 12 years; how-
ever, he left in March of 1998 and moved to the United States in early
2000.
