Vince Martin

Vince Martin's primary claim to fame is that he was briefly in a duo with the far more famous (and talented) singer/songwriter Fred Neil, recording one rare LP with him, Tear Down the Walls, just before Neil went solo. Martin had actually entered the music business as a teenager, getting a Top Ten hit with "Cindy Oh Cindy" (backed by the Tarriers) in 1956, and met Neil around 1960, although the two didn't team up until 1964. The record is far more notable for the contributions of Neil (who wrote about half the songs, the others being largely comprised of folk standards) than t...