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Larry Mathews is a musician from

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in the Irish County Kerry. He sings and plays

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, his own compositions as well as Rock and Pop. He plays

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, Guitar und

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(the Irish frame drum). On stage he has played with

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, the Furey Brothers,

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, Achim Reichel and many others. He has recorded with Martin Röttger, as guest musician for Chris Evans &

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and with many others.

Early career

At the age of eight years ''Larry Mathews'' started playing the violin. Five years later the guitar became his second instrument. Together with his brother Terry, who plays banjo, mandolin and guitar, he toured Ireland and Great Britain as one of the folk duo ''Mathews Brothers'',Gigs at the ''Topic Folk Club'' Bradford 1970–2009
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and the USA.

Recordings

In 1977 he recorded the album ''A Kiss in the Morning Early''
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With the Irish folk band ''Spáilpín,'' he reached high positions in the Irish charts, including with ''The Maggie Thatcher Song'',

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which was banned by the public broadcaster of Ireland RTÉ.

Music tours

Since November 2000, Mathews, now living in Hamburg, Germany, has been accompanied by Ralph Bühr from

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Mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

and Guitar. In 2003 they were joined by bass player Björn Beutler from

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. They founded the band ''Larry Mathews Blackstone'', named after a bridge over the river

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in the Irish County Kerry. In 2010 Björn Beutler left the Band and Andy Schmidt took over the bass. The same year Bernd Haseneder joined the trio to play

and

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. Since the beginning of 2014, Henning Wulf is a member of the "Larry Mathews Blackstone Band". He plays whistles, banjo, mandolin, harmonica and the Irish bagpipe, the "Uilleann Pipes". As a solo musician ''Larry Mathews'' is touring Europe, Canada and the US with fiddle, guitar and

. In 2012 and 2013 ''Larry Mathews'' was one of two musicians accompanying Achim Reichel on his ''Solo mit Euch'' (''Solo with You'') Tour of Germany.

Discography

* 2016: Larry Mathews: "Falls On You", CD * 2014: Larry Mathews: "Stuck here inside", EP, with Stefan Wehrmann (electric guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals), Moncef Dellandrea (drums, keyboards) * 2006: Larry Mathews Blackstone: "Solid Ground", CD, with :de:Martin Röttger (

) * 2003: Larry Mathews: "Easy and Slow", CD, with Ralf Bühr (mandolin, guitar), Tony O'Flaherty (bass, keyboard), Uiairi O'Flaherty (guitar), Patrick O'Connor (drums) * 2000: Larry Mathews: "To Ferry Me Over" (re-issue 2011) * 1981: "Mathews' Wilson And Doonan", LP with Tony Wilson (guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo, vocals), Mick Doonan (

Uilleann Pipes The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from thei ...

Piccolo The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the so ...

and Irish flute ("Whistle"), vocals), Rola Records R009 * 1977/78: The Mathews Brothers: "A kiss in the Morning Early", LP, Canon Records Ltd CNN 5959 (1977), Avada Records AVA 101 (1978)

References

External links

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Larry Mathews official homepage

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