No - Gilly made her living touring with Keith Donnelly, firstly as part of Waterfall (with Martin Oram on fiddle), then as Little Aeroplane, then as Nothing By Chance. Before she met Keith she had been busking in Europe (apart from a brief unsuccessful spell as a double-glazing sales person). Keith wrote (and still writes) many of the routines for Phil Cool and Jasper Carrott and during the 80s and 90s he and Gilly did extensive tours with them, appearing in virtually every major venue in the UK. They also had their own TV show on BBC2 and in the 90s they made it onto the Radio 2 playlist with their single Will Not Shelter - interviewed by the likes of Gloria Hunniford.

Gilly's singing voice was heard on the sound track of the BBC TV drama The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall. She has a superb jazzy, bluesy voice that brings out the best in trad and modern songs.

As for the extra A in Maart's name - not sure why it first appeared (could be a reflection of his pronounciation) but it was round about the time of his first solo album release after he'd joined Fairport. I think he was plain ol' Martin when he was in the Bully Wee Band.