It was very disheartening to read about the death of multi-instrumentalist Martin "Maart" Allcock. Veteran guitar player with Fairport Convention, Keyboard player for Jethro Tull and session player extrodinaire for names such as Robert Plant & Yuseef lsam, a/k/a Cat Stevens, Ralph McTell, etc. Was there a stringed instrument Maart couldn't play? Bass & Fretless bass were his forte, but guitar, bouzouki, mandolin all came naturally to him. Heck, he was such a great musician that his fellow Farporter, Dave Pegg, recruited him to play keyboards for Jethro Tull, in which Peggy played bass for 17 years.
Maart leaves a tremendous legacy in British music, having either played on, or produced 200 albums. I was proud to have known Maart and enjoyed his company whenever he came ot NYC with either Fairport or Tull and had a great time at the Fairport Reunion show where the boys filled in for Led Zeppelin with special guest Robert Plant and absolutly crushed it. I will miss him and extend my sympathies to his family and to all current and former members of Fairport Convention as well as their fans.
http://www.fairportconvention.com/
http://www.maartinallcock.com/
How is this for a lineup? From left to right, Steve Hackett, Richard Sinclair, Mel Collins, Martin Barre and Maart on keyboards. Photo pinched from Martin's website. R.I.P. Martin Allcock.
Maart leaves a tremendous legacy in British music, having either played on, or produced 200 albums. I was proud to have known Maart and enjoyed his company whenever he came ot NYC with either Fairport or Tull and had a great time at the Fairport Reunion show where the boys filled in for Led Zeppelin with special guest Robert Plant and absolutly crushed it. I will miss him and extend my sympathies to his family and to all current and former members of Fairport Convention as well as their fans.
http://www.fairportconvention.com/
http://www.maartinallcock.com/
