FourStrongWinds Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 best look away!! just uploaded my version of 'Go Easy', http://www.myspace.com/jackjosephmusic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Never been much of a John Martyn fan, but I have a friend named John Martin. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FourStrongWinds Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 he should totally spell his name with a Y too JM is awesome provided you only listen to his early stuff and pretend he never worked with Phil Collins Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 He is one of Brit folk artists I never listened to much, although I know who he is... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FourStrongWinds Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 try his first record 'London Conversation' if you like other singers from that time, Bert Jansch etc you'll dig it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reverandgroove Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 My band actually supported him in July in a village in Ireland. There are pictures on our myspace site. Brace yourselves when ye see him though. He's not in the best shape these days. www.myspace.com/vickersvimy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 try his first record 'London Conversation' if you like other singers from that time, Bert Jansch etc you'll dig itI do like both Jansch and Renbourn alot and have heard Martyn on occasion, so I will check it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 He is in pretty rough shape these days but classic albums like Solid Air, London Conversation and Grace and Danger get a fairly regular outing on my stereo. Well worth investigating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Solid Air is one of my all time fav albums Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FourStrongWinds Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 thats so cool reverand, get to speak to him much?? got solid air on right now, The Easy Blues man!...does he play a fierce acoustic guitar! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I'm a big fan of the stuff he recorded in Woodstock with his wife Beverley Martyn (Stormbringer & The Road To Ruin), they've got a great sound to them, and it help that Levon Helm plays drums on some of the songs and John Simon is on it too. "John The Baptist" from Stormbringer is certainly a classic song, at the very least. They are a lot like Richard & Linda Thompson's first few albums in regard to the fact that they take it in turns to sing lead - which I think gives them a nice variation in feel without changing things about too much. Oh, and Bless The Weather is fantastic too. Not a massive fan of Solid Air for some reason, One World is really good and then that's where my liking for him ends. I actually haven't heard his first 2 albums, because I took them to be not so in keeping with my liking, but maybe I should check them out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FourStrongWinds Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 was looking through the record collectors price guide at work today and his first record goes for around 90 quid and the second not alot less which explains why dont see a whole bunch of them about the first one features his version of Dont Think Twice Its Alright which is in my opinion the best version ive heard of the tune, aswell as 2 other songs that are written around the same melody Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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