Brothers Ben Martyn (singer / bass) and Emile Martyn (drums) spent their formative years living in New Orleans surrounded by world class musicians from the New Orleans music world.
The picture on the right was taken by Eric Clapton of Emile as a baby at London Zoo in 1965 with legendary New Orleans musicians Louis Nelson and George Lewis. So there was no doubt where Emile’s career would be going.
Emile spent 10 years living and working in New Orleans with some of the top musicians in the world in this line of music. He’d been playing on Bourbon St with his Godfather Harold Dejan and also been working with Fats Domino’s side men when they weren’t on the road. He often played, and still does, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. Then suddenly he found himself back in Europe asking himself ”what do I want to do next?”
The answer came on tour while riding to work across a Swiss mountain on a snowcat with trumpeter Paul Bonner who he’d just met. Paul said he wanted to form a band in London, England playing contemporary New Orleans style music, Emile went home and thought about the idea and a month later the band was born.
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