Matt Irving
Matt Irving (born Scotland - died 3 April 2015) was a Scottish bassist and keyboardist. He moved to London in 1967 and played keyboards with a band called [a429649] (later renamed The Crocodiles). He then went onto join [a1572054] and after about a year, he joined The Babies. Throughout the mid-1970's playing mainly bass guitar, he toured the U.K. and Europe with several American acts including [a80089] and [a8274] and The Times. Irving's next venture was the [a108711] band. On leaving them he went on to form Special Branch with ex-[a170358] guitarist [a=Dave Flett]. In 1981 he joined [a=Manfred Mann's Earth Band] as their bass player. In the studio with this band he played both bass and guitar and was the band's programming expert. He later was involved with [a=Paul Young]. He was also quite heavily involved in the recording studio as a writer and musician with various artists such as French singer [a163109], [a522403], [a140576] and [a100685], plus one of his own projects, [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2164122-The-Vampire-Bats-From-Lewisham]The Vampire Bats[/url].
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