Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
GUEST,Tony Hardy Help: Martin Carter and Graham Jones (71* d) RE: Help: Martin Carter and Graham Jones 31 Oct 22


I came across this forum randomly and see it goes back many years. I met Martin & Graham at Poynton Folk Club in my teens and was involved with them for several years getting them folk club bookings when a lot of clubs didn't want to know about contemporary music. They played several times at Exeter University Folk Club (73-76) and I met them again when I moved to London. They had a manager and some support for a year or so (I guess around 1977-78) but nothing ultimately came of it. They also had a great supporter in sound engineer Greg Jackman (someone else I should look up). I lost touch with them eventually and have looked before for info about where they are both now. Reading this thread has been invaluable but I do hope Martin's by-pass operation was successful and he's still around. It's a little worrying that the trial runs cold in 2017. I think the Bandcamp page for Spida is dormant as they has been nothing posted for 7 years. I have some Carter & Jones songs from the 70's on cassette tapes - mainly live recordings in clubs. Graham's bass playing was something else. I'll have to dig it out to remind me of song titles but I remember they often opened with "Roger & Me", a song about Martin's guitar and I also particularly loved "Market Day in Montpassier" (spelling might not be right but it was about a small village in Frances near the Dordognes and its special tourtiere pies with prunes & custard!) If everyone has any kind of update I'll check in here and can also be contacted via my music website www.fifty3.net


Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
   * Click on the linked number with * to view the thread split into pages (click "d" for chronologically descending).

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.