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Matthew Pegg (born 27 March 1971) is an English bass guitarist. Pegg is the son of

Fairport Convention Fairport Convention are an English British folk rock, folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Marti ...

and Jethro Tull bass guitar player

Dave Pegg Dave Pegg (born 2 November 1947) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, primarily a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk ...

. He is an experienced bass guitarist in his own right and has been known to stand in for his father on Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention tours. He has recorded with

Francis Dunnery Francis Dunnery (born 25 December 1962) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and record label owner. Dunnery was the lead singer and guitarist for British prog- pop band It Bites between 1982 and 1990. Since 1990 he has ...

Ian Brown Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English musician. He was the lead singer and the only continuous member of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the band's initial split in 1996, he be ...

and

Chris Difford Christopher Henry Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English musician. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze. Early life Difford was born in Greenwich, London, on 4 November 1954, the youngest of three sons. His m ...

. Pegg began his professional career in 1989, aged 18, with the band Blinder who played in a contemporary

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...

style. Blinder played two very successful support slots with the band

It Bites It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, Egremont, Cumbria, in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single "Calling All the Heroes", which gained them a Top 40, Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit. Initi ...

, which brought Pegg to the attention of future employer Francis Dunnery. (The other members of Blinder would later form the band

Headswim Headswim are an English alternative rock band active during the 1990s, best known for their 1997 single "Tourniquet". Band members subsequently went on to projects including BlackCar, Tenebrous Liar and Mew. History The band originally form ...

- who signed to Polydor Records - and BlackCar.) Pegg appeared on Dunnery's ''Man'' album in 2001, and toured with him on his ''Hometown'' tour (as well as appearing on the ''Hometown (Live)'' album of the following year). Since 1993, he has been a member of the group

Procol Harum Procol Harum () were an English rock music, rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold more than List of best-selling si ...

; touring with them regularly and appearing on their '' The Well's on Fire'' and ''

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'' albums and '' Live at the Union Chapel'' and '' Procol Harum – In Concert with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir'' DVDs. He tours with folk-rock group "The Gathering".

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* 1971 births Living people English male guitarists British male bass guitarists Procol Harum members Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century English bass guitarists 21st-century British male musicians {{England-musician-stub