John Martyn ft. Danny Thompson - I Don't Want to Know About Evil

 John Martyn ft. Danny Thompson - I Don't Want to Know About Evil (Transatlantic Sessions 10.05.1996)

For Danny

and John

long gone now and missed as much

We will not see another Danny as much as we will never see another John Martyn

John Martyn and Danny Thompson - One World (Live in Germany 1986) | jt1674

 One World was a favourite of my brother's .  . . . . here live and dedicated to my Steve’s memory 

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/781381904897359872/john-martyn-and-danny-thompson-one-world

Smiling Stranger - John Martyn (live) feat. Stevie Winwood 1977

Smiling StrangerJohn MartynLive

So Sweet - John Martyn

So SweetJohn MartynGlasgow Walker

Le Ramasseur De Mégots

John Martyn . . . . . .

 When It’s Dark (Demo) - John Martyn - Solid Air sessions

Iain McGeachy [John Martyn] New Malden, Surrey born on this day in 1948.(76) May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold.

 For my brother Steve who introduced me to John Martyn’s work and loved his work and bought pretty much everything I think . . . . . . 

May You Never

We miss the ole grouch . . . .of whom I said 15 years ago

one about the Devil! John Martyn was born as Iain McGeachy in New Malden, Surrey on this day in 1948. A favourite of my brother's who played me an album called Solid Air and I was hooked!

A difficult curmudgeonly awkward bloody minded man, died too early from the effects of alcohol and drug abuse, given to affecting a strong Scottish accent when the mood took him and yet possessed of the most extraordinary musical and poetic talent at once unique and ethereally beautiful at times.

BBC Four - OGWT - I’d Rather Be The Devil

Sounds of The Day | JOHN MARTYN - Sunshine's Better (Talvin Singh Remix)

 From John Martyn 'May You Never' - The Very Best Of John Martyn

℗ 1996 Go Beat Ltd.

speaking of Martyn which we were and to make up for the link at AD being pay-per-view now . . .there is this . . . how incredibly beautiful a track is this?!

Aquarium Drunkard | John Martyn | One World | AD now Pay per View!

John Martyn :: One World

Posted on April 24, 2024

It is perhaps at the peak of his unhinged behavior in the mid-70s that Martyn stumbled into his creative apex. Solid Air confirmed that the chops were there, but it was with One World that the artist cemented his potential for crafting masterworks that transcend the folk-singer moniker.

*Please note Aquarium Drunkard is now Membership of $10 per week or $100 a year to read on so note but I will be linking fewer articles as a result . . . .shame really but these are the times we live in!  

John Martyn AQUARIUM DRUNKARD - LIVE AT LEEDS 1975 | j annis

John Martyn :: Live At Leeds

John Martyn - Live At Leeds 1975 - Aquarium Drunkard

Live 1975. John Martyn-guitar, echoplex & vocals; Danny Thompson-double bass; John Stevens-drums. From the album "Live at Leeds" (1976).

this brilliant article over at Aquarium Drunkard on the Maestro at his very peak by 

 j annis

JOHN MARTYN :: I'd Rather Be The Devil - on his birthday

JOHN MARTYN

on his birthday

Song For A Sunday . . . . . . . one about the Devil!  

John Martyn was born as Iain McGeachy in New Malden, Surrey on this day in 1948. A favourite of my brother's who played me an album called Solid Air and I was hooked!

A difficult curmudgeonly awkward bloody minded man, died too early from the effects of alcohol and drug abuse, given to affecting a strong Scottish accent when the mood took him and yet possessed of the most extraordinary musical and poetic talent at once unique and ethereally beautiful at times.

I'd Rather Be The Devil

Some People are Crazy - Rock Goes To College BBC broadcast

May You Never (for my brother, Steve)

JOHN MARTYN - GERMANY 1989 - Big O

 More goodies from Big O (ignoring the puerile juvenile waffle, filth and disgusting racism of the comments section if you can) this from John Martyn from 1989

John Martyn - Osnabrück,Germany 1989 - Big O

John playing the London Barbican a year before he died

Martyn was a tragic figure at the end, a lifetime fighting alcoholism and drug addiction, prone as he was to music by cocaine influenced inspiration, his early promise and influence by Nick Drake (another tragic loss!) He had lost a leg and refused to seek treatment becoming a loud obnoxious bore, yet his 'highs' (sic) produced fine fine music of inspired combination of folk roots with electronic effects box and pedal compositions. 

This is at the height of his fame and he left his label before recording this tour and the release of The Apprentice in 1990. John (born Iain David McGeachy in Surrey but with staunch Scottish roots he could turn his accent from broad Glaswegain to soft Home Counties dependent upon who was with) passed away from a severe respiratory illness in 2009 brought on by a lifetime of substance and alcohol abuse, a unique artist and voice, songwriter and iconoclast he will be remembered as a great innovator of electronic guitar music blended with folk roots

Disc 1

Track 101. Angeline 4:43

Track 102. Big Muff 6:29

Track 103. Same Difference 5:20

Track 104. The Easy Blues 3:47

Track 105. Solid Air 5:01

Track 106. Cocaine 7:02

Track 107. May You Never 4:01

Track 108. Sweet Little Mystery 5:34

Track 109. Discover The Lover 4:26

47 mins

Disc 2

Track 201. John Wayne 7:12

Track 202. Look At That Girl 13:01

Track 203. Johnny Too Bad 8:04

Track 204. Bless The Weather/Make No Mistake 10:28

Track 205. Send Me One Line (fades out) 6:30

Track 206. Lookin’ On 7:26

53 mins

The whole thing is available on YouTube also

 Sweet Little Mystery recorded 1988 broadcast 1989 (with Ian McCallum)

a comment about mismanagement! John Wayne 1986

in Germany again . . . . . . he seemed to love touring Europe and played a lot in Germany

JOHN MARTYN

ROCKPALAST 1978

This just in from Aquarium Drunkard

Now I loved John Martin and have pretty much everything I think. A genius guitarplayer who extended the capability of the instrument through electronic gizmos but it is his more pure guitar sound and songwriting I admire more in retrospect and despite becoming a grade one pain in the ass alcoholic (they are all the SAME) and coke freak par excellence who began to lose limbs towards the end, inevitable in some, I have seen it over and over in the addict and especially those who combine their drug of choice washed down with untold volumes of alcohol. Despite all this he remained a soul tortured by demons we can only imagine who bastardised his talent and saw it finish him off before his time, his influence by Nick Drake and his interstellar rise to greater heights than his mentor left us some fine fine songs . . . not least 'May You Never' which always reminds me of my brother who adored him too

John Martyn Rockpalast '78 - Aquarium Drunkard