Career
He played lead guitar with Strawbs (though he was never actually a member), The Overlanders, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, The Velvet Opera, Tintern Abbey, Fire, Roy Harper, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Stewart, Lonnie Donegan, and switched to twelve-string guitar in the 1970s. His first twelve-string guitar suite, Earth Birth, was released on his own label, Phoenix Future, and was produced by artist Ralph Steadman of Fear and Loathing fame. Critical acclaim led to Brett being signed on a four-album deal with Radio Corporation of America Records.
His K-tel Romantic Guitar album went platinum in the United Kingdom, but Brett stopped recording soon afterwards.
Brett wrote for music magazines Melody Maker, Sound International and International Musician and continued working in the music industry in the later part of his career. He now writes a regular column for Acoustic, a magazine specializing in acoustic guitars.
He is also the Associate Editor and Features Writer for Music Maker and Live in London magazines. He has appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation Television"s Antiques Road Show and Flog lieutenant in the mid-2000s.
