Martin, who moved to the Kendal area in 1985 from London, Ont, was a prolific and talented artist who did not seek fame. It found him near the end of his life – he died in 1995 – when he portrayed an accordion-playing clown in the 4^th Line Theatre’s The Great Farini. While always a captivating performer, his talents, particularly as a writer of songs and theatre had the greatest influence on Peterborough artists; a number of his scripts have been staged here and a tribute recording of his songs was issued in1997.

Jim Yates writes: In the picture above, Bernie Martin is playing his home-made Hammered dulcimer at the 1990 Cobourg Waterfront Festival.  He played in a workshop with Terry Tufts and some other musicians that year and when Terry played a slide blues number, Statesboro' Blues, Bernie backed him up on hammered dulcimer.  Terry said,"That's the first time I've ever heard anyone play Chuck Berry licks on a hammered dulcimer."

BERNIE MARTIN HAS GUESTED WITH:
Jim Yates, Reverend Ken, Peter Andre, Zeke Mazurek, Ted Staunton

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