Paul Martin – For the love of drums, and a cover song Jeremy Clarkson made famous
The antiques expert turned TV favourite discusses Foo Fighters and Tom Grennan, and reveals his former life as a professional drummer.
Click here to listen to the Spotify playlist that accompanies this episode.
Paul Martin presented almost 1500 episodes of Flog It! But despite being a daily presence on our screens, how many of us knew that Paul was once a professional drummer?!
Hello and welcome to this episode of All About The Music, where I’m chatting to Paul – a musician with stories as colourful as any found in the auction room, and someone for whom music and emotion are never far apart.
Well else to start but drumming – the foundation of everything, as Paul explains. But, like the sorely missed Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters’ fame – some drummers have managed to break out from providing mere rhythm. Technical brilliance arrives in the form of Jeff Porcaro from both Steely Dan and Toto, with Paul revealing the one song all good drummers have to master.
Elsewhere, Paul tells me of the tearful day he left home to join a band, hints at bachelor life listening to Keith Jarrett’s record breaking solo piano album, and revels in his kids keeping him up to date at a Tom Grennan concert.
Paul’s absolute love of music pours out of him. Although it hasn’t helped him keep up with Jeremy Clarkson’s bank balance, yet.
Featured artists & tracks:
Foo Fighters – “Times Like These”, “Best of You”
Steely Dan – “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”
Toto – “Rosanna”
Hothouse Flowers – “I Can See Clearly Now”, “Don’t Go”
Keith Jarrett – “The Köln Concert (Part I)”
Tom Grennan – “Full Attention”, “Somewhere Only We Go”
