Martin Bernard Duffy, an English keyboardist who originally played with Felt and rose to fame playing for the Primal Scream has died. Duffy was born on 18 May 1967 and died on 18 December 2022. He was 55 years.
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Duffy died following a brain injury he sustained after he fell at his home in Brighton.
Born in Birmingham, Duffy joined the indie rock band Felt as keyboard player in 1985 aged 16.
Felt frontman Lawrence fondly recalled circumstances leading to Martin Duffy joining Felt:
“I put up notices in Virgin in Birmingham advertising for a guitarist saying ‘Do You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star?’ I’d put two up when this guy came up to me and said, ‘I know this keyboard player. He’s 16. He’s just left school.”
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Duffy rose to fame after playing the keyboard on Primal Scream’s first two albums.
After Felt disbanded at the end of 1989, he joined Primal Scream permanently.
Duffy was also a member of “rock supergroup” The Chavs with Burgess and Carl Barât of The Libertines in 2004.
He also contributed to recordings by Heidi Berry, Beth Orton, Paul Weller and the Chemical Brothers, and released a solo album Assorted Promenades in 2014.
His soundtrack work included the films The Laughing King (2016) and Wild Rose (2017).
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