Editing Dave Mattacks (section)

==Fairport Convention==
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[[File:Optreden op Holland Popfestival in het Kralingse bos, 1970 - 16.jpg|thumb|300px|Mattacks with Fairport Convention, 1970]]
He replaced [[Martin Lamble]], who had died on 12 May 1969 in a [[traffic collision|road accident]] on the [[M1 motorway]], as the [[drummer]] for [[Fairport Convention]]. Mattacks left Fairport Convention in early 1972 to join [[The Albion Country Band]].<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
| location= London
| page= 237
| id= CN 5585}}</ref> Meanwhile, he had also contributed to numerous studio recordings such as the [[Morris On]] project, [[Nick Drake]]'s ''[[Bryter Layter]]'', [[Steve Ashley]]'s "[[Stroll On]]" sessions, [[Steeleye Span]]'s debut album ''[[Hark! The Village Wait]]'', [[John Martyn]]'s ''[[Solid Air]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/solid-air-mw0000190937/credits |title=Solid Air - John Martyn|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> and [[Harvey Andrews]]' album ''Writer of Songs''. He returned to Fairport Convention in order to help complete the 1973 album ''[[Rosie (Fairport Convention album)|Rosie]]'' with a revamped line up of the band.

Mattacks also played on ''[[Nine (Fairport Convention album)|Nine]]'' (1974) but left halfway through the making of the follow-up ''[[Rising for the Moon]]'', following an altercation with engineer [[Glyn Johns]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fclist.org/fairport-convention-interviews/dave-pegg-talks-about-fairport |title=Dave Pegg talks about Fairport|website=The Fairport Convention Discussion List |access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> Some of Mattacks' most notable participation in studio recordings in the late 1970s are the work on [[art rock]] studio albums by [[Brian Eno]] (''[[Before and After Science]]'') and [[801 (band)|801]]'s ''[[Listen Now]]'', as well as several [[Ashley Hutchings]]-related folk rock projects (The Compleat Dancing Master, [[Son of Morris On]] etc.).

When Fairport Convention re-formed in 1985 after a six-year absence, Mattacks was recruited as drummer. He had already been playing with them again during annual reunions at the fledgling [[Cropredy Festival]]. Mattacks remained with Fairport until 1997. He has rejoined them on occasion, such as at [[Cropredy]] in 2019, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of ''[[Liege & Lief]]''.