"Eddie is the hottest blues musician to come out of Britain since the 1960s" Dick Heckstall-Smith (founder member of John Mayalls' Bluesbreakers and Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated)
"The best prospect for the future of British Blues" Paul Jones (Manfred Man)
"Sweet Playing!" John Hammond
"Eddie is a great musician doing great work" Mighty Sam McClain
"a fine rack harp-player " Sugar Blue
"Damned impressed..real talent and a true feel for the Blues" Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records
"the ghosts of Albert Collins and Freddy King haunt this British Bluesman who sounds like he means it.. blistering guitar" Guitarist Magazine
Born in London in the 1960s British Blues Boom that brought Cream, John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones to prominence, Eddie Martin turned professional in 1999 when he won nominations for UK best album of the year and best UK blues guitarist of the year .
He has played and recorded in one-man-band, electric and acoustic trio and big band formats, sharing stages with the best electric and acoustic players on the international scene, including Taj Mahal, Junior Wells, Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza, Robert Cray, John Hammond and John Mayall.
Though a generation younger, he has now played and recorded with many of the greats of the British Blues Boom, including John Mayall, Paul Jones and Dick Heckstall-Smith.
He is one of few recent UK bluesmen to have won some recognition on the US blues circuit.
"A live act not to be missed" Blues Revue USA
"I've never heard a really good current guitar player who also blows good blues harp while simultaneously playing lead/rhythm guitar.. Eddie Martin is a man who I hope will be heard from a lot more in the blues world". South West Blues.
On his debut 1999 US tour, he was befriended by the Texas Blues community, played with U.P. Wilson and the late Robert Ealey many times. He toured for 2 years with the ex-Smokin' Joe Kubek rhythm section before recruiting his current band with UK bassist, Marion Dolton and Chicagoan Michael Wiedrich on drums (full biogs on www.eddiemartin.com).
In school choirs he showed early musical ability and from the time he first picked up the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 he began his education into roots music. From Bob Dylan and other folk guitarists he worked back through Woody Guthrie to early country blues. He formed his first band aged 16 writing a whole set with just three chords and some of his mother's poetry for lyrics. A year later he bought his first electric guitar, studying British Rock guitarists like Jimmy Page, before being converted to electric blues by Freddie King's "Burglar" album. His first blues band was called the Mysterons. Taking up rack harmonica at this time, he left school to work on the railway and gig at weekends.
From the age of 17 Eddie studied every blues style he could working back from Freddy King to T Bone Walker, and Delta and East Coast acoustic players. Working part-time in a furniture shop he would answer the phone in the evenings and practice the guitar, harmonica and songwriting. He first moved to Bristol in 1979 and has stayed there since, where he holds lectureships in blues guitar and harmonica and hosts a regular blues jam when not away on tour.
His bands, his guitar-playing and his 6 previous albums have all been rave-reviewed in the international press. He was nominated every year from 1996-2000 for various national blues awards. He tours constantly as an acoustic and electric player in solo or band formats, mainly in the EU but as far abroad as Jamaica, playing about 275-300 shows a year, in clubs and major festivals.
His composing and arranging skills have led his music to be used for TV, Film and drama productions and his cds are regularly on the playlists of international blues radio programmes.
"Mastery of electric and acoustic styles" Blues and Rhythm Magazine
"Eddie Martin is the most remarkable blues man of his generation" Blueprint Magazine
www.eddiemartin.com www.bluebloodrecords.com
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.eddiemartin.com
Track List:
1. Lets Move It On
2. Ice Cream
3. Put The Brakes On
4. Elmore's Stomp
5. Love is Like A River
6. Keep It Natural
7. Cherry Red (335)
8. Blues Took Me By The Hand
9. Tough But Tender
10. Lazy Monday
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
"The best prospect for the future of British Blues" Paul Jones (Manfred Man)
"Sweet Playing!" John Hammond
"Eddie is a great musician doing great work" Mighty Sam McClain
"a fine rack harp-player " Sugar Blue
"Damned impressed..real talent and a true feel for the Blues" Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records
"the ghosts of Albert Collins and Freddy King haunt this British Bluesman who sounds like he means it.. blistering guitar" Guitarist Magazine
Born in London in the 1960s British Blues Boom that brought Cream, John Mayall, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones to prominence, Eddie Martin turned professional in 1999 when he won nominations for UK best album of the year and best UK blues guitarist of the year .
He has played and recorded in one-man-band, electric and acoustic trio and big band formats, sharing stages with the best electric and acoustic players on the international scene, including Taj Mahal, Junior Wells, Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza, Robert Cray, John Hammond and John Mayall.
Though a generation younger, he has now played and recorded with many of the greats of the British Blues Boom, including John Mayall, Paul Jones and Dick Heckstall-Smith.
He is one of few recent UK bluesmen to have won some recognition on the US blues circuit.
"A live act not to be missed" Blues Revue USA
"I've never heard a really good current guitar player who also blows good blues harp while simultaneously playing lead/rhythm guitar.. Eddie Martin is a man who I hope will be heard from a lot more in the blues world". South West Blues.
On his debut 1999 US tour, he was befriended by the Texas Blues community, played with U.P. Wilson and the late Robert Ealey many times. He toured for 2 years with the ex-Smokin' Joe Kubek rhythm section before recruiting his current band with UK bassist, Marion Dolton and Chicagoan Michael Wiedrich on drums (full biogs on www.eddiemartin.com).
In school choirs he showed early musical ability and from the time he first picked up the acoustic guitar at the age of 16 he began his education into roots music. From Bob Dylan and other folk guitarists he worked back through Woody Guthrie to early country blues. He formed his first band aged 16 writing a whole set with just three chords and some of his mother's poetry for lyrics. A year later he bought his first electric guitar, studying British Rock guitarists like Jimmy Page, before being converted to electric blues by Freddie King's "Burglar" album. His first blues band was called the Mysterons. Taking up rack harmonica at this time, he left school to work on the railway and gig at weekends.
From the age of 17 Eddie studied every blues style he could working back from Freddy King to T Bone Walker, and Delta and East Coast acoustic players. Working part-time in a furniture shop he would answer the phone in the evenings and practice the guitar, harmonica and songwriting. He first moved to Bristol in 1979 and has stayed there since, where he holds lectureships in blues guitar and harmonica and hosts a regular blues jam when not away on tour.
His bands, his guitar-playing and his 6 previous albums have all been rave-reviewed in the international press. He was nominated every year from 1996-2000 for various national blues awards. He tours constantly as an acoustic and electric player in solo or band formats, mainly in the EU but as far abroad as Jamaica, playing about 275-300 shows a year, in clubs and major festivals.
His composing and arranging skills have led his music to be used for TV, Film and drama productions and his cds are regularly on the playlists of international blues radio programmes.
"Mastery of electric and acoustic styles" Blues and Rhythm Magazine
"Eddie Martin is the most remarkable blues man of his generation" Blueprint Magazine
www.eddiemartin.com www.bluebloodrecords.com
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.eddiemartin.com
Track List:
1. Lets Move It On
2. Ice Cream
3. Put The Brakes On
4. Elmore's Stomp
5. Love is Like A River
6. Keep It Natural
7. Cherry Red (335)
8. Blues Took Me By The Hand
9. Tough But Tender
10. Lazy Monday
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- BLUES: English Style
- BLUES: Guitar Blues
- MOOD: UPBEAT