Larry Mathews (musician)

Larry Mathews is an Irish musician from County Kerry. He interprets Irish music, original compositions as well as rock and pop. He sings, plays the violin, guitar and bodhran ( Irish frame drum). On stage he has, for example, with Christy Moore, the Furey Brothers, The Dubliners and Achim Reichel worked together in the studio, among others, Martin Roettger and as a guest musician with Chris Evans & David Hanselmann.

With eight years Larry Mathews began to play the violin, five years later the guitar came about. With his brother Terry, the banjo, mandolin and guitar playing, he toured as part of the folk duo Mathews Brothers through Ireland and Great Britain, there were also appearances on radio and television. This was followed by festival appearances in Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the USA. With his brother Terry, he took the album to "A Kiss In The Morning Early ". With Tony Wilson and Mick Doonan as other musicians, the album " Mathews ' Wilson And Doonan " was born.

With the Irish folk band " Spailpin " reach forward positions in the Irish charts. Among other things, entitled The Maggie Thatcher Song, which was boycotted by the Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ Fung Institute.

Since November 2000, will be accompanied on mandolin and guitar Larry Mathews from Seevetaler Ralph Bühr. End of July 2003 the Hamburg bassist Björn Beutler went into the formation. The trio formed the band Larry Mathews Blackstone, named after a bridge over the River Caragh in County Kerry. 2010 Björn Beutler left the band shortly after Andy Schmidt took over the bass. In the same year the band received reinforcement by Bernd Haseneder on bodhrán and cajón. As a soloist, Larry Mathews is touring with violin, guitar and bodhran through Europe, Canada and the United States. 2012 and 2013 was Larry Mathews one of two musicians who Achim Reichel accompanied on his solo musical tour with you.

Discography

  • 2006: Larry Mathews Blackstone: " Solid Ground " CD, with Martin Roettger ( cajón )
  • 2003: Larry Mathews: "Easy and Slow " CD, with Ralf Bühr (mandolin, guitar), Tony O'Flaherty (bass, keyboards), Uiairi O'Flaherty (guitar ), Patrick O'Connor (drums)
  • 2000: Larry Mathews: "To Ferry Me Over " ( Reissued 2011)
  • 1981: " Mathews ' Wilson And Doonan " LP with Tony Wilson (guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo, vocals), Mick Doonan ( uilleann pipes, piccolo, 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 )
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