Paul Frank Martinez (born 6 October 1947,

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) is a British

session musician Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a ...

and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

, best known for his work with

Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following th ...

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, Jackie Edwards,

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, Vasco Rossi,

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...

Chicken Shack Chicken Shack are a British blues band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), Andy Silvester (bass guitar), and Alan Morley (drums), who were later joined by Christine Perfect (later McVie) (vocals and keyboards) in 196 ...

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, among others. On 13 July 1985, when Page, Plant, and Jones reunited for the

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concert at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Martinez played bass alongside drummers Tony Thompson and

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.Reunions And Pairings: Live Aid Benefits Create Strange Bandfellows
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''. Retrieved 2 December 2010. Martinez played bass guitar on the only album released by Paice Ashton Lord, ''Malice in Wonderland''.

Discography

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, ''Christmas in Hawaii'' (Lehua, 1987) * Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, ''Tom Cochrane and Red Rider'' (Capitol, 1986) * Mark Oliver Everett, ''Broken Toy Shop'' (Polydor, 1993) *

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, ''

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'' (Groove Merchant, 1973) *

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, ''Volume One'' (Es Paranza, 2007) * Paice Ashton Lord, '' Malice in Wonderland'' (1977) * Louisiana Red, ''Louisiana Red Sings the Blues'' (Atco, 1972) * John Otway, ''Where Did I Go Right?'' (Polydor, 1979) *

, '' Pictures at Eleven'' (Swan Song, 1982) * Robert Plant, '' The Principle of Moments'' (Es Paranza, 1983) * Robert Plant, ''

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'' (Es Paranza, 1985) * Patty Pravo, ''Patty Pravo'' (RCA, 1998) * Patty Pravo, ''Tanto'' (RCA, 1976) *

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, '' Soul Is... Pretty Purdie'' (Flying Dutchman, 1972) *

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, ''A Song for All Seasons'' (Warner Bros., 1978) * Dakota Staton, ''

Madame Foo-Foo ''Madame Foo-Foo'' is an album by American jazz vocalist Dakota Staton recorded in 1972 and released on the Groove Merchant label.Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later i ...

, ''Foreigner'' (Island, 1973) *

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, ''Gwymon'' (Wren, 1972) *

Richard Strange Richard "Kid" Strange (born January 1951) is an English writer, actor, musician, and curator, who was the founder and front man of mid-1970s protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness. Music Strange's first band was Doctors of Madness, formed ...

, ''The Live Rise of Richard Strange'' (PVC, 1980) * Stretch, ''Elastique'' (Anchor, 1975) * Stretch, ''Why Did You Do It'' (Ariola, 1985) *

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, ''Hour Glass'' (Angel Air, 2005) *

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, ''The Creeper'' (Ariola, 1978) * You, Me, and Everyone We Know, ''Party for the Grown and Sexy'' (Rushmore, 2008)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Paul English session musicians English rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists Living people 1947 births People from Casablanca English people of Moroccan descent Chicken Shack members Stretch (band) members Paice Ashton Lord members