Has there been a thread about John Martyn?

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I feel like I may have posted that “One World” performance two or three times on this thread already. Not that I’m complaining.

Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link

I saw him just before he died doing a "Solid Air in full" thing at the Roundhouse in London. He was carried on stage and launched apathetically into about 45 minutes of corporate blues-rock w/rock-gargling vocals. I recognised one song - Dealer - but the rest was 80s/90s stuff I think. Occasional gruff barking. He then said "Well I suppose we'd better get on with the business of the evening" and delivered the aforementioned sweetest, most delicate “Over the Hill” vocal you can imagine. Entire crowd singing along. Then the rest of the album (out of order, so as not to keep changing guitars) brilliantly, then another half hour of blues/rock crud. A memorable event.

That sounds like a fuck ton of music for a dude who was on deaths door.

Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 23:56 (one year ago) link


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