Also known as Martin Allcock Years active 1976–present | Name Maartin Allcock Role Multi-instrumentalist | |
Born 5 January 1957 (age 67)
Middleton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom ( 1957-01-05 ) Genres Celtic Folk, Rock, Folk Rock Occupation(s) Musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer Instruments Guitar, keyboards, Violin, Bass guitar, Pipes Associated acts Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, The Mission, Beth Nielsen Chapman Movies Fairport Convention: Live Legends Music groups Jethro Tull (1988 – 1991), Fairport Convention (1985 – 1996), Swarb's Lazarus Similar People Dave Pegg, Doane Perry, Glenn Cornick, Andrew Giddings, Gerry Conway |
Maartin allcock ten thousand miles
Maartin Allcock (born 5 January 1957 as Martin Allcock), is a multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer.
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- Maartin allcock ten thousand miles
- Struck it right huw williams maartin allcock
- Biography
- Session work and production
- Solo Albums
- With Fairport Convention
- Other collaborations
- References
Struck it right huw williams maartin allcock
Biography
Born in Middleton, Greater Manchester, Allcock studied music at Huddersfield and Leeds. He began playing professionally in January 1976, playing in dance bands and folk clubs. His first tour was in 1977 with Mike Harding as one of the Brown Ale Cowboys. He went to Brittany in 1978, for a temporary stay, but ended up remaining longer than intended, and learned to cook while there. On returning to Manchester he studied and qualified to become a chef, working in the Shetland Islands in 1980.
In 1981 he joined the Bully Wee Band, a Celtic folk group, which led to an 11-year stint as lead guitarist with the electric folk band Fairport Convention from October 1985 to December 1996, and concurrently four years as keyboardist with rock band Jethro Tull from January 1988 to December 1991. In summer 1991 he also played keyboards for The Mission. From the early 2000s he began working freelance from his home on the west coast of Snowdonia as a session man and record producer with the Welsh language Sain record label.
Session work and production
Allcock's session career includes more than 200 albums, including Robert Plant, Beverley Craven, Judith Durham, Breton guitarist Dan Ar Braz (six albums), Ralph McTell, Dave Swarbrick, Yusuf Islam and Dafydd Iwan. He began producing Welsh music in 2005 and has produced ten albums for Sain Records in Caernarfon. He is UK bass guitarist and tour manager for Nashville songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman.
Solo Albums
With Fairport Convention
Other collaborations
As a record producer: