The Guest List

on 'the guest list' guitarist martin belmont is reunited with many of the singers he's played with: - all new recordings with guest vocals by nick lowe, carlene carter, graham parker, geraint watkins, hank wangford, sean tyla, paul carrack, johnny nicky, barbara marsh and reg meuross. martin belmont's long and varied career has found him playing with many outstanding artists. after an initiation as roadie for brinsley schwartz, in 1972 he formed ducks deluxe, issuing two albums on rca. in 1975 he formed graham parker and the rumour who were much-feted over their 5 years and six albums. then he spent two years from 1980 as guitarist for carlene carter, succeeded by five years with nick lowe's cowboy outfit, in both line-ups playing alongside paul carrack. martin continued as an in-demand sideman across a wide spectrum of music, with sessions for elvis costello, billy bragg, carl perkins, jona lewie, john hiatt, desmond decker and johnny cash to name but a few. in 1995 demon records issued his first solo album, 'big guitar'. currently martin can be found playing variously in los pistoleros, the johnny nicky band, hank wangford and the lost cowboys, and ducks deluxe. when his first manager and old friend dave robinson suggested he should send out invites to his old band-mate vocalists to record on his own project, everyone was eager to join in. the result is this unique rock 'n' roll and country blues album, on goldtop recordings.