Maggie May co-author Martin Quittenton died almost exactly ten years ago

Do you know Martin Quittenton? Or rather, did you know him? Martin Quittenton died on 16 April 2015, almost exactly ten years ago. The Brit was a musician, more precisely a guitarist and composer, and also a founding member of the blues-rock band Steamhammer.
He left the band in 1969 and joined Rod Stewart's studio band. In the following years, he was instrumental in the creation of the Stewart albums An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969), Gasoline Alley (1970), Every Picture Tells A Story (1971), Never A Dull Moment (1972) and Smiler (1974).
Quittenton achieved particular fame as co-author of the songs Maggie May and You Wear It Well. Maggie May was Rod Stewart's big breakthrough, and You Wear It Well is still one of Rod Stewart's great classics and can still be found on the singer's concert set lists today.
Stewart also saw the guitarist as a suitable member for the Faces and invited him to join the band. But the musician was not so fond of the Faces' often dubious reputation away from the stage and thankfully declined.
Quittenton retired from the music business in the mid-1970s and lived in Wales until his death in 2015.

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