Martin Quittenton (22 April 1945 – 16 April 2015) was a British
guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...
and composer. He played in the
blues rock
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band
Steamhammer, formed in 1968. Their debut album ''
Steamhammer'' was released in 1969.
Quittenton also worked with
Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time, having sold ...
, along with
Pete Sears,
Micky Waller, and fellow Steamhammer guitarist
Martin Pugh. In collaboration with Stewart, Quittenton co-wrote the international hit singles "
Maggie May"
and "
You Wear It Well", along with the British top ten single "
Farewell", from Stewart's 1974 album ''
Smiler''. Stewart invited Quittenton to join his group
The Faces, but Quittenton was not attracted by the wild off-stage antics for which the Faces were notorious.
In 1973, Quittenton formed an instrumental band with Pete Sears,
Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann were an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. They were named after their keyboardist Manfred Mann (musician), Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The group had two l ...
drummer John Lingwood and keyboardist
Max Middleton. The band never got beyond the rehearsal stage.
Suffering from mental health problems, Quittenton left the music business and moved to
Llanrhyddlad, on the isle of
Anglesey
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,
Wales
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.
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References
External links
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Steamhammer official website
1945 births
2015 deaths
English blues guitarists
English male guitarists
English rock guitarists
British blues rock musicians
Steamhammer (band) members
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