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Iain Matthews

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Biography

Iain Matthews (born 16 June 1946) is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, and from the late 1960s until 1989 as Ian Matthews.

Influenced by both rock and roll and folk music, he has performed mainly as a solo act, although he was a member of Fairport Convention during the early period when they were heavily influenced by American West Coast folk rock. He later had a solo career and fronted the bands Plainsong, Hi-Fi, No Grey Faith, More Than A Song and Matthews' Southern Comfort.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
Pure and Crooked 1990
Shook 1984
Spot of Interference 1980
Valley Hi 1973
Excerpts From Swine Lake n/a
 

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