U.K. singer/songwriter John Martyn passed away earlier today at the age of 60. The cause of death is unknown at this time. The announcement came with a posting on his website:With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning.Martyn began his career at the age of 17, playing a mix of American blues, traditional British music and the folk music of D...
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Legendary British singer/songwriter John Martyn has been found dead, aged 60.A cause of death is yet to be determined for the Scottish musician with only the following message being left on his official website: "With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning."The celebrated songwriter collaborated with Dave Gilmour, Eric Clapton and Phil Collin...
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As announced on his website, John Martyn passed away this morning. Details are still to emerge, so we'll simply leave you with this… Related Dysart Festival - New Comedy and Dance Tents
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Go over to ciaran's place and read what he says about John Martyn. Follow the YouTube link to hear May You Never from 1973, and then come back here and listen to one of my favourites, Sweet Little Mystery, from a 1987 performance accompanied by Danny Thompson as usual. No more words necessary.
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This song just popped on to the iTunes and I just have to try & express how much I love it. I couldn't possibly explain everything about John Martyn (have a look at his wikipedia entry for the full story), but here's the summary:1 - Friends with Nick Drake, he wrote the song Solid Air about the doomed singer2 - He's been described as the father of trip-hop3 - Hung out with lee Scratch Perry4 - ...
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Surrey born, but Glasgow reared guitarist and singer John Martyn died this morning, as has been reported here earlier, at the age of sixty. He had been in poor health for years, and was confined to a wheelchair in later life after the loss of part of one of his legs.He recorded three albums that should be familiar to all music lovers - "Solid Air" (1973), "One World" (1977) and "Grace and Dange...
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John Martyn's classic album from 1977 has now been Digitally Remastered and is available as a 2CD Deluxe Edition. This new remastered Deluxe Edition of One World is augmented by a disc of bonus material, including five One World numbers recorded live at Regent's Park in the summer of 1978. To round the package off, there are alternate versions and demos of the album tracks, including the sought...
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The British singer and songwriter John Martyn, who died of pneumonia on January 29th, at the age of sixty, wasn't particularly well known to American audiences, but his list of collaborators and close associates includes Eric Clapton, Lee (Scratch) Perry, Phil Collins, and John Paul Jones. Martyn released roughly twenty solo albums in a career that stretched from the late sixties to the present.
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In honor of Elbow's cover of Massive Attack and my last post on Portishead comes John Martyn's amazing rendition of "Glory Box." This is one of the most unique covers I have ever experienced. Bluesy, slow and uniquely original, Martyn someone makes this Portishead classic his own.If only all cover versions could be this good, our music world would be such a better sounding place to live and dre...
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