Ray Martinez

The fine Uk guitarist Ray Martinez has divided his career between playing in bands and session work, earning a reputation among the brighter lights in the progressive rock glow and finally developing expansive studio skills in arranging and production. Until the first ’70s he was just about only referred to as an area musician in Leicester, but this all transformed because of a highway break down endured by among the rings he was most specialized in, Springtime. Members of the group such as for example vocalist Pat Moran and drummer Choose Withers also became well-known on the United kingdom rock and roll scene, carrying on to collaborate on / off with Martinez as the years advanced. All that occurred after and due to an night time when the Planting season touring truck collapsed along the way house from a gig in Cardiff, Wales. Along emerged Kingsley Ward, who owns a recording studio room in the region and the initial fellow who made a decision to end and help the stranded combo. Ward would afterwards recall in interviews that he previously spent a few months wandering the united states looking for brand-new talent, and then finally discover the band of his dreams “within a broken down vehicle in my city”. One details Ward was particulary keen on was the group’s usage of the mellotron. Certainly, listeners fixated with this unusual electronic device invariably end up sipping on the Springtime discography. The band’s initial self-titled release for the Neon label was made by Gus Dudgeon of Elton John popularity. It ended up being the sole Spring and coil release, although people from the group’s cult demand there’s a complete second record that was under no circumstances released. Listeners received a peep in to the task when three paths were put into a reissue collection in the ’90s. Martinez focused on session electric guitar playing following the Springtime went dried out in 1972. His discography contains focus on the interesting single projects of Nation Joe as well as the Seafood business lead guitarist Barry Melton as well as the folk rock and roll recordings of Tim Rose. He also sings some back-up on Robert Vegetable single efforts like the strike “Big Log”, which underground cartoonist insists can be a song in regards to a terd. The blast of studio room calls didn’t avoid the guitarist from wading around in music group waters, nevertheless. He performed in Airwaves, another ’70s rock-band whose debut work was made by previous bandmate Moran. In 1985 he became a member of the classic rock and roll aggregationShowaddywaddy on business lead guitar, remaining with this group for ten years before splintering away into another combo, The Teddys. This music group was mostly noticed round the Leicester region, Martinez shedding out in nov 2000.