Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. He spent some years with the band Fairport Convention. He has also worked both as a session musician and as a performance artist.
He has toured and recorded with
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle
- Chris Rea
- Ralph McTell
- Mickey Jupp
- Everything But the Girl
- Richard Thompson
- Georgie Fame
- Jethro Tull
- Nick Hayward
- Ashley Hutchings
- Andy Fairweather-Low
- Elton John
- XTC
- Paul McCartney
- George Harrison
- Cat Stevens
- Loudon Wainwright
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Brian Eno
- Alison Moyet
- Martin Phillips
- Joan Armatrading
- Jimmy Page
- The Proclaimers
- Gary Brooker
- Elkie Brooks
- Nick Drake
- Liane Carroll
- Sandy Denny
- Barbara Dickson