Marty Willson-Piper chats to Joe Matera

Heritage Musicians In Conversation with Joe Matera
Episode #8: English born guitarist Marty Willson-Piper chats to Joe Matera about his years as a full-time member of Australian band The Church, his distinctive 12-string guitar approach, working with Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour, his stint with punk rockers The Saints, his life long love affair with record collecting and much more.
Intro Music: Joe Matera
Interview and music © 2021 Mercury Fire Music
www.joematera.com
0:42 Early years with The Church
4:35 12-string guitar playing
8:39 Achieving commercial success
11:57 Working with Dave Gilmour
17:04 The Saints
19:44 Record collecting
24:00 Upcoming projects

[@amandasloan2761]

The Church provided the soundtrack to my life and continue to do so to this day. Kudos to Steve for keeping The Church alive, but I miss Marty xo

[@touka2549]

Marty is class act met him in Melbourne australia a very approachable and a very smart man love you mwp greetings from manly australia

[@remmyk5834]

Under the Milky Way, unforgettable song; starfish beautiful poem.

[@hoffmanjeffreya007]

This is a great interview

[@heritagemusiciansinconvers9993]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@sirenbrian]

A really fascinating interview, thank you for doing it Joe and Marty.

[@heritagemusiciansinconvers9993]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the interview.

[@paulcollins5586]

Great interview, good questions, great guitarist. Intelligent answers.

[@heritagemusiciansinconvers9993]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the interview.

[@DavidSmith-jz6fd]

great interview on ya marty

[@TheBlueskyson]

Joe's relaxed style disarms the guest as his meticulously researched questions hit the mark. Great work on all of those upcoming records Marty. He looks a little like Robert de Niro these days. lol. ty 4 vid.

[@heritagemusiciansinconvers9993]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the interview.

[@rogerbelger2014]

A "dream" collaboration for me would be Marty and The Edge.

[@TheSilverJet]

Great interview Joe, really good chat to sit in on.

[@remmyk5834]

Heyday album I still play time to time.

[@hibwett]

Fascinating. MWP hasn’t heard BelAir in years?

[@TheBlueskyson]

It sure has me stumped Hib. Me and the wife can't work it out. ty

[@hannahmoorhead9965]

Nice convo, Busy Bee!! Miss ya, X

[@glennoc8585]

Too much dope was a bit of a problem though back then in Oz as a lot of kids were chronic users dropping out of school, work and uni. It wasn't as strong as weed now but martys correct in saying it was everywhere. I played gold afternoon fix a lot when I was working at a pub in Cornwall in 1990 and had lots if punters ask me about the songs and band. Funny how Marty later moved to Cornwall. Love All about Eve still listen to them here and there but sadly Never got to see them live.

[@tidepoolbay]

Marty Is a Great Guitar Player! WooF!

[@markwilson1387]

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Really informative

[@heritagemusiciansinconvers9993]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@seanquinlan6887]

Almost convincing toupe. Loved the Church in their "Heyday" At the Noosa Aussie Hop(It was in a huge field in Cooroy)Lot of Great bands that day. The Church,even on a stinkin hot Qld day had an amazing ambience and you almost forgot it wasn't just their show.

[@KevKavanagh]

Edit and delete the first sentence, it's a dickhead troll move, and totally wrong. That said, the particular Noosa gig you referenced was notable because The Church deliberately delayed their arrival so as not to play before The Sunnyboys, a billing that peeved Steve Kilbey.

[@seanquinlan6887]

@@KevKavanagh Well they were awesome,as were the Sunnyboys. I referenced it because I was there.

[@KevKavanagh]

@@seanquinlan6887 Good on you. You got there before The Church. Your stupid toupe quip? That's the issue.

[@seanquinlan6887]

@@KevKavanagh so not a toupee?

[@rogerbelger2014]

@@seanquinlan6887 never heard of the sunnyboys - do they sound like the church? (whats with the toupee comments?)

[@babylemonade2868]

Looking a bit like Stevie Van Zant. Cool interview

[@GreenTeaViewer]

Can't help wondering how well-off he is after 40 years in the biz. His room looks like a student's place. Of course this could be his 3rd beach house. And I know it's none of my business!

[@pedrocarredondo]

When let the church, was not the same. Anyway is the same with Richard