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John Martyn RIP



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Deano's Right Foot

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Singer, guitarist and all round genius John Martyn has died. Not as recognised as his friend and contemporary Nick Drake, John was equally as talented. He never got to pick up his OBE :down:

RIP John.
 
















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cheshunt seagull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Absolute legend. Solid Air, Inside Out, Sundays Child, Live at Leeds, Bless the Weather, Grace & Danger and more. I can't think of any other artist that has fused so many different musical styles to create something so totally his own.

I've seen him live a few times; often brilliant, sometimes barely able to stand up. I'll miss him.
 






blue'n'white

blue'n'white

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I saw him at the Royal Festival Hall once.
Totally perverse - he'd been asked to play at the first LaBradford International Festival of Drifting mainly I suppose because of "Solid Air" and the chill out stuff.
Came on, took the piss about the festival and ripped into one of the heaviest rock sets I have ever heard !!!
An absolute legend
 




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Thanks for the heads up. I hope it’s Solid Air stuff and not heavy rock as mentioned in the posts above.

I saw him at the Dome in the mid to late seventies, very good but definitely worse for wear.
 




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raymondo

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Is it PotG? said:
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Thanks. Saw him live in the smokey basement at Brighton Art College about 1970? (Bless the Weather just releasing) and a couple of times in London later.
Eric Clapton once said of him (well, something like this): "John is so far ahead of the rest of us in guitar techniques and song writing...it's frightening".
 


sydney

sydney

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Jul 11, 2003
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Flounce said:
Thanks for the heads up. I hope it’s Solid Air stuff and not heavy rock as mentioned in the posts above.

I saw him at the Dome in the mid to late seventies, very good but definitely worse for wear.
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are you sure it wasn't 83 /84 ...?? i saw him there in october from memory , he was bladdered but nailed it.

Solid Air is an amazing album.
 


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Flounce

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sydney said:
are you sure it wasn't 83 /84 ...?? i saw him there in october from memory , he was bladdered but nailed it.

Solid Air is an amazing album.
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Nope, checked on his gig guide and it was

December​

1975-12-01 UK, Brighton, Dome
 




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raymondo

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sydney said:
are you sure it wasn't 83 /84 ...?? i saw him there in october from memory , he was bladdered but nailed it.

Solid Air is an amazing album.
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Yep. He could still play very well when smashed...he got completely lost in the emotion of his songs. Brilliant.
 








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CHAPPERS

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Jul 5, 2003
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Very late to John Martyn. First heard him properly during lockdown when Luke Una was doing his 6 hours sets on t'radio and played Sweet Little Mystery. Instantly spellbound by it. Loads to go back through, trying to pick his albums up in charity shops.
 


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