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-lsb- http://www.iainmatthews.com/ iainmatthews.com -rsb- fairport convention , plainsong , matthews southern comfort 1967 -- present guitar decca/deram , mushroom , windham hill , mooncrest , brilliant , polydor , vertigo , elektra , columbia alternative rock , surf , jazz iain matthews
 iain matthews musician , singer-songwriter
iain matthews

iain matthews -lrb- born iain matthew mcdonald , 16 june 1946 -rrb- is an english musician and songwriter .
he was a singer with fairport convention , before forming his own band matthews southern comfort , which had a uk number one in 1970 with a cover of joni mitchell 's `` woodstock '' .
born in scunthorpe , lincolnshire , england , matthews was known in the 1960s first as ian mcdonald , then as the 1960s progressed , as ian matthews .
in 1989 , he reverted to the original spelling of his first name .
influenced by both rock and roll and folk music , he has performed mainly as a solo act , although he was a member of fairport convention during the early period when they were heavily influenced by american west coast folk rock .
he later had a solo career and fronted the bands plainsong , hi-fi , no grey faith , more than a song and matthews southern comfort .
