DUTCH TILDERS WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1941...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 RocknRoll (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.In May 2010 Tilders manager, Lynne Wright, announced that he had been diagnosed with oesophageal and liver cancer (although incorrectly reported in the media to be lung cancer). Tilders wrote and recorded Going on a Journey after learning of his diagnosis, it became the title track of his final album. In July that year a benefit concert was held with a line up of Tilders, Chain, Kevin Borich Express, Chris Finnen, Steve Russell, Geoff Achison, Lloyd Spiegel, Stevie Page, and Jeannie Lushes Band. He retired from performing in January the following year due to the illness and ongoing treatment.On 23 April 2011 Matthew Dutch Tilders died, aged 69. Tilders was dubbed the Godfather of Blues in Australia, he is survived by two sons and four siblings. Suzanne Petersen issued Fine as Wine in July 2011 as a tribute to Tilders. In May 2012 Australian Guitar magazine listed Tilders in the top 40 on their Definitive Australian Guitarists of All Time...R.I.P.
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