John Martyn
 

The wonder that is John Martyn..........

Ok, so his music can span across Rock, Jazz, Blues etc, but I thought I'd go with the Folk board for now.

Do we have anyone who appreciates this wonderful talent on MB?

I've heard so many versions of many of his songs, I never get a chance to get bored of any of his music. Many people will recognise his name if they've read anything about Nick Drake - because Solid Air is linked with him.

Stand out songs for me include:

Over The Hill
Angeline
Couldn't Love You more
Head & Heart
Hurt In Your Heart

The instrumental is great. I love it to no end but he tends to mumble sometimes and it's a little distracting. He's greatly underrated. Don't have an album. I really need to pick one up.

I have just downloaded live@Camden palace, London 1984, which i will watch when i get back from spain. looking forward to that muchly.

on preview it seems pretty good quality

The Classics album is very good, or Anthology if you're looking for a mixture of his work.

Other than that, obviously Solid Air , or Bless The Weather , or London Conversation all stand out for me.

http://www.myspace.com/johnmartyn

I like this quite a bit, May You Never is really good.

The instrumental is completely beautiful and I like how his voice goes with it.

He has made some absolutely amazing music, but never one true stand out album, although SOLID AIR is very close. I DONT WANT TO KNOW is in my all time top ten-amazing beautiful track.

Here is a compilation that will help with your appreciation of the man:

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"I know you, I love you / And I can be your friend / I can follow you anywhere / Even through solid air."

Show some more appreciation guys, this dudes incredible.

I'm bumping this. It is absolutely criminal that his name is not revered more, especially in the U.K.

Has this poor guy got to croak before he recieves more attention?



Now that is honesty in music!