Paul Martinez

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Paul Frank Martinez (6 October 1947 – February 2024) was an English session musician and songwriter. Born in Leicester, England, Martinez was best known for his work with Robert Plant, Cat Stevens, Jackie Edwards, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Maggie Bell, Vasco Rossi, Peter Gabriel, Chicken Shack, and The Adverts, among others.Barney Hoskyns. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9f3q Robert Plant- The Principle of Moments: Review]. BBC. Retrieved 2 December 2010.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=pictures-at-eleven-r1906352/credits|pure_url=yes}} Pictures at Eleven: Robert Plant]. AllMusic. Retrieved 2 December 2010.

On 13 July 1985, when Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones reunited as Led Zeppelin for the Live Aid concert at the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, Martinez played bass guitar alongside drummers Tony Thompson and Phil Collins.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-12-ca-9062-story.html Reunions And Pairings: Live Aid Benefits Create Strange Bandfellows]. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 December 2010.

Martinez also played bass guitar on the only album released by Paice Ashton Lord, Malice in Wonderland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/malice-in-wonderland-mw0000011980|title=Malice in Wonderland - Paice, Ashton & Lord | Album |website=AllMusic}}

Martinez died in February 2024, at the age of 76.[https://ultimateclassicrock.com/in-memoriam-2024-deaths/ "In Memoriam: Paul Martinez", Ultimate Classic Rock]. Retrieved 21 April 2024[https://www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-live-aid-musician-paul-martinez-669240 Nick Hartland, "Tributes paid to Live Aid musician Paul Martinez", Monmouthshire Beacon, 4 March 2024]. Retrieved 21 April 2024