Martin Curtis

With support Tony Kiesanowski.

Originally from England, Martin got his first guitar at the age of 8. Soon afterwards he heard a new form of pop music called “skiffle” and took to it immediately – not realising that it was basically up-tempo folk music from the USA. He played in small rock, jazz and folk groups while still at school, and after leaving and taking up climbing and walking, he found his interest in folk music was shared by most of his companions. From the day of his first visit to a North London Folk Club he was hooked.

Martin emigrated to Australia in 1969, and almost immediately began performing. Within a year he founded and was running his own folk club and festival in Tennant Creek and became an integral part of the Northern Territory folk scene. Later while living in Perth he first met recent immigrant Eric Bogle, and was so inspired by his wonderfully written yet simply constructed songs that Martin changed his style completely, eventually leading to him becoming a songwriter.

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