With a career spanning some 60 years and more than 50 albums, Iain Matthews is a veteran of touring and recording. Now based out of Horst aan de Maas in the Netherlands, the former frontman for the folk rock band, Fairport Convention, said he is looking forward to hitting the road to promote his Oct. 25 solo album, “How Much is Enough?” ( https://sunsetblvdrecords.
ffm.to/iainmatthews ) “In [September, I was] off to your East Coast for a dozen shows,” said Matthews, 78. “I was based in Philadelphia and [went] to [places like] upstate New York and Virginia.
I have a couple of shows in the Basque region of Spain [this month] and two nights in Paris in November. There are whispers of a few shows in the United States in November to promote the new album as well. Music keeps me young!” The British musician described himself as a “social media nitwit,” but maintains the Facebook pages Matthew’s Southern Comfort ( https://www.
facebook.com/MatthewsSouthernComfort2017 ) and Iain Matthews Music ( https://www.facebook.
com/profile.php?id=61560573934955 ). Q: What memories can you share about your tours with Fairport Convention and your other groups? A: I’ve probably played over 3,000 concerts in my career, with 50 different alter egos.
Fond and other travel memories vary, from losing a member of [the group] Plainsong in a cow field in north Wales at 2 a.m., to jumping out of the car on the Berlin outer ring to fight with Brad [Kopp] – my best friend and guitar player.