Dutch Tilders

Dutch Tilders
A sixty-nine-year old man is playing a guitar. He is sitting on a white plastic chair, strumming with his right hand while staring to his left. A microphone with its stand is near his chin. He wears a cap, check shirt, blue jeans and black shoes. Behind him is stage equipment, at his feet to the left of his chair are three cans of drink.
Dutch Tilders performing at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, October 2010
Background information
Birth nameMattheus Frederikus Wilhelmus Tilders
Also known asMatthew Tilders
Born(1941-08-29)29 August 1941
Nijmegen, Netherlands
OriginMelbourne, Australia
Died23 April 2011(2011-04-23) (aged 69)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresBlues, folk, jazz
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar (electric, acoustic), harmonica
Years active1956–2011
LabelsBootleg/Fable, Jazznote, Eureka/Electric, Empire/MGM
Websitedutchtilders.com.au

Dutch Tilders (29 August 1941 – 23 April 2011), born Mattheus Frederikus Wilhelmus Tilders, anglicised as Matthew Tilders, was a Netherlands-born Australian blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. He performed and released material as a solo artist and also issued a blues-rock album with Kevin Borich, The Blues Had a Baby and They Called It Rock'n'Roll (November 1980). He has toured with John Mayall (1974), Brownie McGhee (1976, 1980s), and Taj Mahal (1986, 1990s). Tilders was diagnosed with oesophageal and liver cancer in May 2010 and died on 23 April 2011, aged 69. In May 2012 Australian Guitar magazine listed him in the top 40 on their Definitive Australian Guitarists of All Time.