RIP John Martyn

[Gaspode]

Dead at 60. Mind you, with the amount he used to drink, I'm surprised he lasted this long.

Thanks for the music.

[ultegra]

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

I had to google him.

Still none the wiser.

[Puff Puff]

That's very, very sad. I listened to his music a lot - he received an OBE in this year's New Years Honours.

RIP John.

[PaulHogan]

Very sad. One of my heroes. Saw him dozens of times over the years. Will play Solid Air VERY LOUDLY tonight and sink a dram or two for him.


May you never...
RIP

[robinhood21]

Very sad news. RIP John.

[Gaspode]

ultegra said:

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

I had to google him.

Still none the wiser.

Experimental electronic folk. Top bloke, lots of phasing and flanger on his guitar. Check out "Solid Air" & "One World" (my favourites).

Edited to add: "Experimental electronic folk" is maybe putting it a bit strong, I'm not looking to start a mass debate (snigger) on how to categorise the bloke, just to describe what he sounds like to someone who never heard of him.

Edited by Gaspode on Thursday 29th January 14:16

[spikeyhead]

Another good one gone

RIP

[Semi hemi]

ultegra said:

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

I had to google him.

Still none the wiser.

You will have heard him,
try finding the track "May you never"

[GetCarter]

Shame. Saw him in the Roundhouse circa 76. Great voice.

[Bob Loblaw]

I've tried to see him twice in the last two years and missed him

[ratbane]

Bit young to go.

Saw him in Cardiff a couple of years ago. Used to listen a lot back in the early '80s. - Shame.

[Semi hemi]

GetCarter said:

Shame. Saw him in the Roundhouse circa 76. Great voice.

caught him in Aberdeen a couple of times, was hoping to catch him at 'Fifestock' at "the Inn at Lathones" http://www.list.co.uk/r/www.theinn.co.uk

[paulmurr]

Mad, but the best kind of mad. RIP

[audidoody]

ultegra said:

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

I had to google him.

Still none the wiser.

A proper musician .... one of the old guard

YouTube is your friend.

[Big Al.]

RIP John your live music will now be sadly missed. His music to me was all part of growing up.

[Semi hemi]

True testament to the big mans talent,
a list of his songs covered by other artists
http://www.johnmartyn.com/?location=/web/Covered%2...

[raharley]

Best acoustic songwriter I've ever heard - RIP

[Baby Huey]

Danny Baker payed fitting tribute to John Martyn by playing nothing but his songs on his show this afternoon. 2 whole hours.

Baker, who had just found out before he went on air sounded genuinely distraught, and seemed like he wouldn't be able to do the show.

For anyone who doesn't know his work or just wants to enjoy the music this is a link to the show.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0020vzx/Danny_Baker...

[The Dude]

Legend

RIP

[anonymous-user]

Baby Huey said:

Danny Baker payed fitting tribute to John Martyn by playing nothing but his songs on his show this afternoon. 2 whole hours.

Baker, who had just found out before he went on air sounded genuinely distraught, and seemed like he wouldn't be able to do the show.

For anyone who doesn't know his work or just wants to enjoy the music this is a link to the show.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0020vzx/Danny_Baker...

Was listening to the show as well today, Robert Elms had played May you Never earlier which bought a tear to my eye and I think Danny did the right thing by letting John's music do the talking. In a sea of st radio stations it's days like this which remind me why I like listening to Radio London so much.