Marti Pellow at Colston hall in Bristol on Thursday 31st May 2018
Marti Pellow at Colston hall in Bristol on Thursday 31st May 2018
Best known as the frontman for the long-running Scottish pop group Wet Wet Wet, Marti Pellow has also enjoyed success as a solo act. Born Mark McLachlan in Clydebank, Scotland, on March 23, 1965, Pellow was 17 when he co-founded Wet Wet Wet with friends Neil Mitchell, Graeme Clark, Tommy Cunningham, and Graeme Duffin; upon signing to PolyGram in 1985, the group scored their first hit two years later with “Wishing I Was Lucky,” followed in 1988 by their first U.K. number one, a cover of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends” cut for the charity ChildLine. Hits including “Sweet Surrender” and “Goodnight Girl” preceded a 1994 cover of the Troggs’ “Love Is All Around” which spent an astounding 14 consecutive weeks atop the British charts; however, in the wake of 1997’s 10, the Wets began splintering amid copyright squabbles, and in May 1999 Pellow left the group.
For 2017’s super-funky, soulful Mysterious, Pellow pulled out all the stops, traveling to the iconic Ocean Way studios in Los Angeles, where he got the opportunity to collaborate with many of his musical heroes including percussionist Lenny Castro, guitarist Dean Parks, drummer Herman Matthews, bassist Freddie Washington, and the legendary Tower of Power horns.
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