Willie Nile,Richard Thompson,Mike Scott (The Waterboys),Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds,Al Stewart,Ronnie Lane,Leonard Cohen,Robbie Robertson(The Band)Steve Forbert,Rolling Stones,Hank Williams,Jacques Brel,Scott Walker,Syd Barrett,Marc Bolan,Mark Knopfler,Dave Sharp etc....oh yeah,
JERRY GARCIA and THE GRATEFUL DEAD!
Guitarist-singer-songwriter and mandolinist Michael Martin plays with fire and fury with energy to spare.Martin literally grew up in San Antonio crafting inventive folk/rock.
while he's influenced by the usual suspects from Bob Dylan to The Waterboys,
Martin has buckled down,dug in and added his own excellent compositions to the book.and since he's been backing storied singing songwriter Tom Russell,
Martin has kicked his picking into overdrive"
(Jim Beal Jr.,San Antonio Express-News)
with a voice that's been described as "Marc Bolan meets Arlo Guthrie",
his CD "Fatal Flower Garden" (produced by Leonard Cohen producer,LeeAnne Ungar and featuring past and present Cohen alumni)
is all "dark beauty" and "world weary grace".
Martin is currently touring with singer songwriter Tom Russell.performances on "Late night with David Letterman",major folk festivals
in the U.K and a steady stream of European,U.S and Canadian tours make the pair "one of the hardest working acts around".Michael has also recently begun performing and writing songs with fellow San Antonian,Patricia Vonne.
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Michael's interests are Photography, Illustration/drawing, and MOTOR RACING...........(FORMULA ONE/ late 60s,early70s)
anything regarding the great AYRTON SENNA (1960-1994)
Happy Thanksgiving Michael...I am blessed that our frienship is still alive after so many years--lotsa love, Mikey! Thank you for sharing your music..it's in my soul.
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ... I get most joy in life out of music.”
HEY MICHAEL MARTIN!!! I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SEEING US OUT HERE!!! AND I WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY 2009!!! YOUR FANTASTIC MAN !!!WELCOME ABOARD!!!MUSIC FOREVER!!!SHAKY DON
The moon arises the wrath booms not down the clear skies somtimes the clouds so inviting, such a friendly sound...(click your fingers applauding the play).
Un petit passage sur ton Space pour te souhaiter de passer de joyeuses fêtes de fin d’année… Quelques vidéos pour agrémenter tes soirées dans le rire et la bonne humeur. Un gros bisou
