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Mathew James White
12+ albums
singer-songwriteracousticfolkunder 2000 listenersfunk
about
Mathew James White is a New Zealand born, Berlin based singer-songwriter. He is almost always on tour, performing mainly in Germany. Mathew kicked off his musical career while still at school, naturally enough in New Zealand, playing in a band with school friends in local area pubs that could only be described as 'toilets' & constantly arguing with police who would invariably come & check everyone's proof of age at the concerts. 'The whole band was under drinking age' Mathew points out, which was fine, as long as we didn't drink of course. 'One night this cop just wasn't buying my story that I was playing in the band when he came up & asked me for my ID during one of our breaks. A drunk local (ironically & luckily) came to his rescue & the show continued. His move to Melbourne, Australia in 1988 continued his string of Australiasian toilet appearances, this time playing a multitude of solo gigs to crowds that largely weren't listening. Two years of that almost brought on early insanity, only to be replaced by near death through food poisoning on a four month cruise ship stint, performing cover versions of some of the worst tunes ever written. The passengers, mostly over the age of 93, loved it however.* After a good feed & relocation to Sydney in 1992, Mathew was hired to play guitar for his country singing cousin, major label signed, Shanley Del on various tours up & down the east coast of Australia. 'A thoroughly enjoyable experience' he recalls. This was soon followed,
