Martin Duffy (musician)

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Martin Duffy is an English keyboardist who originally played in Felt and currently plays with Primal Scream.^[1]

Career

Duffy was born in Birmingham and grew up in Rednal in the south of the city, attending St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in King's Norton, and growing up listening to 2 Tone, punk, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.^[2]

Duffy joined the indie band Felt as keyboard player in 1985. Felt frontman Lawrence later recalled "I put up notices in Virgin (Records) in Birmingham advertising for a guitarist saying 'Do You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star?' I'd put two up when this guy came up to me and said, 'I know this keyboard player. He's 16. He's just left school. He's a genius."^[3]

In 1989, Duffy played piano on Primal Scream's second album. He joined the band permanently after Felt disbanded at the end of the year.

Duffy also played with The Charlatans following the death of founder-member Rob Collins, appearing with the group at Knebworth supporting Oasis in 1996 and contributing keyboard parts to the bands fifth album Tellin' Stories along with Collins. He has also played on recordings by Heidi Berry when she recorded for Creation Records and he played on several Airstream singles.

References

↑ Collins, Abbie (2004-01-12). "Primal Scream Interview". BBC. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
↑ Thandi, Gurdip (2004-01-16). "A mixed reaction". Evening Mail (Birmingham Post & Mail). Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ McFadden, Lee. "Felt". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 2011-06-19.

v t e Primal Scream

Bobby Gillespie Andrew Innes Martin Duffy Darrin Mooney Barrie Cadogan Jim Beattie Paul Harte Martin St. John Denise Johnson Mani Stuart May Tom McGurk Paul Mulreany Phillip "Toby" Tomanov Robert "Throb" Young

Studio albums	Sonic Flower Groove Primal Scream Screamadelica Give Out But Don't Give Up Vanishing Point XTRMNTR Evil Heat Riot City Blues Beautiful Future More Light

Live albums/videos	Live in Japan Riot City Blues Tour Screamadelica Live

Compilation/remix albums	Echo Dek Dirty Hits Shoot Speed - More Dirty Hits

EPs	Dixie-Narco EP

Associated people	Brendan Lynch Hugo Nicholson Kevin Shields Andrew Weatherall

Record labels	Creation Elevation Sony B-Unique

Related articles	Discography Tours

v t e Felt

Lawrence Gary Ainge Maurice Deebank Martin Duffy Nick Gilbert Mick Lloyd Marco Thomas Mick Bund

Studio albums	Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty The Splendour of Fear The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories Ignite the Seven Cannons Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death Forever Breathes the Lonely Word Poem of the River The Pictorial Jackson Review Train Above the City Me and a Monkey on the Moon

Compilation albums	Gold Mine Trash Bubblegum Perfume Absolute Classic Masterpieces Absolute Classic Masterpieces Volume II Stains on a Decade

Singles	"Index" "Something Sends Me to Sleep" "My Face Is on Fire" "Penelope Tree" "Mexican Bandits" "Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow" "Primitive Painters" "Ballad of the Band" "Rain of Crystal Spires" "The Final Resting of the Ark" "Space Blues" "Get out of My Mirror"

Videos	A Declaration

Related articles	Denim Go Kart Mozart Cherry Red Creation Records

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