Martin & Lynn have been singing together for over 40 years... we met at art school in Newcastle in 1964 and discovered common musical interests ranging from traditional Scots/Irish ballads through blues, R&B, jazz and country to early rock'n'roll.
After moving to Liverpool in 1965, we formed an acoustic folk-rock group called the Bo-Weevils. The UK folk circuit was developing then, but we also played in places like the Merseyside Artistes Association, competing with jugglers and comedians in ruthless talent contests.
When we moved back to Newcastle in the late 1960s, we fell straight into the 'Jesmond scene', living in that bohemian area of Tyneside for 17 years; playing our music, working and raising a family. During the 1970s, Martin's band The Sabrejets were signed to Blueport Music, releasing several of Martin's compositions on vinyl. Radioland reached Time Out magazine's Top 5, it received extensive Radio One airplay and was picked up in the USA by Greg Shaw; the Britbike anthem Rockin' at the Ace Cafe charted in Ireland and in the Sounds Rockabilly Chart, At the Quayside was a Radio Luxembourg Powerplay and Voodoo Cave was popular in Germany & Scandinavia. All the Sabrejets singles were broadcast into the former Soviet Union from clandestine radio stations in Norway & Sweden.Although Martin has played in several bands as well as recording and performing solo, we have always sung together, as folk singers and as the acoustic duo MG & LYNNETTE with our show 'The Acoustic Roots of Rock'n'Roll'.