Hello, I was a good friend of Martin Carter in the late 70's as he lived next door but one to me in Bingley for a year or two. When he appeared on radio 2 Folk 78 with Jonnie Silver I recorded it on cassette and still have the recording. Martin was an excellent musician and worked really hard to get himself some decent exposure nationally and in Holland where he often went for a short tour. He taught me guitar techniques, helped me write soem songs and we had a lot of fun together. At one time he had a full band and recorded a number of demo tracks for a manager, but then the money ran out and the project died down. He moved out of his partner Liz's home and then simply disappeared as far as I knew around 1980. It was good to read Leigh Stoddart's contribution above as I knew leigh as well and used to "babysit" for him and his sister Fiona if mum and martin were at a gig. I knew Leigh had become a musician (and a cook!) but had not realised how much of an inspiration Martin had been on him, but considering how much he influenced me, its not surprising. At the time I also knew Jon Sesions and Graham Jones and in fact I sold them a wonderful old Wolseley car around 1978! Now what happened to that?
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