PHENOMENAL GUITAR/VOCALIST!
Guitar vocalist Martyn has been playing the guitar for 30 years and has been singing and performing as a solo act for over 20 years. He has also worked in many different bands.
In 1996, he was a finalist in the prestigious National Guitarist Of The Year competition (Guitarist magazine), and in 1998, he was also a finalist in the Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year, performing original instrumental guitar pieces at both. He remains the only guitarist to have reached both finals.
More recently he was an online finalist of ‘International Guitar Idol’ In his solo work, Guitar vocalist Martyn can play purely acoustic sets, or a mixture of electric and acoustic songs using high-quality backing tracks, which give a ‘full band’ sound. He sings a very wide range of popular songs from 50’s to present day, adding new songs regularly to his repertoire.
Martyn also plays classical and flamenco guitar styles, which are very popular at weddings and corporate functions, making him a hugely versatile musician, perfect for any event!
EXAMPLE SETLIST
THE 50’S
- Blues Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
- Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers
- C’mon On Everybody – Eddie Cochran
- Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
- Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
- Shake
- Rattle and Roll – Bill Haley
- That’ll Be The Day – Buddy Holly
THE 60’S
- All Day And All Of The Night – The Kinks
- Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
- Daydream Believer – The Monkees
- Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
- It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones
- Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
- Stand By Me – Ben E King
- Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- Wild Thing – The Troggs
THE 70’S
- American Pie – Don Mclean
- Ballroom Blitz – The Sweet
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
- Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
- Ever Fallen In Love – The Buzzcocks
- Hotel California – The Eagles
- Imagine – John Lennon
- Is This Love – Bob Marley
- Sharona -The Knack
THE 80’S
- Animal – Def Leppard
- Baby Can I Hold You – Tracy Chapman
- Careless Whisper – George Michael
- Caribbean Queen – Billy Ocean
- Dangerzone – Kenny Loggins
- 500 Mile – The Proclaimers
- Listen Like Thieves – INXS
- Livin On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
- Shout – Tears For Fears
- Uptown Girl – Billy Joel
THE 90’S
- A Design For Life – Manic Street Preachers
- Back For Good – Take That
- Champagne Supernova – Oasis
- Drugs Don’t Work – The Verve
- Fisherman’s Blues -The Waterboys
- I’ll Be There For You – The Rembrandts
- Losing My Religion – REM
- Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan
- Shape Of My Heart – Sting
THE 00’S
- All Of Me – John Legend
- Buck Rogers – Feeder
- Candy – Paulo Nutini
- Dancing In The Moonlight – Toploader
- Get Lucky – Daft Punk
- How You Remind Me – Nickelback
- I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
- Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
- Perfect – Ed Sheeran
- Shallow – Bradley Cooper
- Lady Gaga
- Wake Me Up – Avicii
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