I presume that's a dreadnaught, and he is flogging it like it's a matchstick! He had so much power in those fingers...and such a great touch. Brilliant.

@iggypopshot

7 жыл бұрын

yaisum he fucking treat that dread like a uke bud.... Ian M J Martyn....

John's the reason Blue's never fades...we miss you John...Peace

Now THAT... Ladies and gents, is how to make an entrance. Already playing one of the coolest licks in acoustic music as you walk on. wearing shades... not even looking. Bastard! Why can't I do that?

Yeah blues in A and pick it like this but to get it like that...forget it. no one can do it like John it's his personality coming out. My wife's uncle saw him play in Glasgow and said he sloshed a pint into the air and put the glass down in which the flying beer landed in the glass without spilling a drop. A character indeed.

Truly exceptional. Many can play, not too many can sing so exquisitely at the same time.

The Late Great... Many great memories of the man, his music and his gigs... Feel privileged to have known him albeit briefly and had him play on home turf for many a year! Great Loss in his passing!

LEGEND

Mama loves this in the very FIRST degree, baby. Got the best way to keep my OLD MAN rollin', even if he don't know the blues like we do. Gotta appreciate it all, but you've gotta be true to your own music, too. No matter how you got to do it. Me, I'll just never get married again. Gotta keep my own space.

And Mr. Martyn, you are very welcome in my space, wherever you are now.

God Bless you,a lotta love & respect John Martyn,R.I.P Your music will live on & stand the test of time forevermore ..You are sorely missed x

R.I.P your music touched many and many more

This is the tune you head to the crossroads, and sell your soul to play it like that :P amazing

so close and yet so far away, I missed you that night and always will.

I really do feel that JM just grows in stature. Great interpreter, great voice, great guitar work.... Miss you so much

Ah finally! Been looking for this John Martyn song for over 30 years! First heard it on radio and recorded on a reel-to-reel tape player, but didn't get the name of the song. Thanks! He's magnificent!

John would get you into his gigs for free!!...if you arrived at the door at the same time as the master!! a good dude...shared his time and always would let you take a beer from the crate!! great spirit X great soul X...another great time in the UK for music.

Genius !!!!! thank you for posting this :)

Incredible !

Beautiful this.

@Ma_rkw589

6 жыл бұрын

you from lpool?

Love

Amazing!

Love it! Wish I could play geetar like that...

Brilliant! always enjoyed John Martyn work, nice post my good friend! Thumbs up!!

Some entrance big man!!!!! Get in!!!!!

Bloody awesome!

I can play Sandy Grey but this is a whole different thing - love it

: ) : ) : ) : ) Loving it! Cheers!

Top class

Were covering this in our band with some harp through it!!! spend hours looking for a few special songs and this is one of many of his :)

dem shadessssssss.

c'est bonnard Bernard, cela fait 35 ans que samfait frémir comme un tapir!

very nice,thx buzz

yep...what can we say...its all there!

My favourite JM song … except for … and … oh, and … and then there's … et cetera et cetera … Great fun to sing along to!

nice

His voice is in that mid period here between the 80s JM and the 'gravel voiced JM'. I really like this period alot,esp vocally, from him. Great to see this on youtube Bernard, and Im *still* loving the DVD!!. (By the way message me back with what you want from me will you...was it 'Tell them Im somebody Else' documentary on John?- Regards, Ian.

Holy shit

@ianmcgeachy Thanks Ian...

You can. Listen watch and practise.

one hell of a cat!

intro to the set, strewth

awesome fingerwork! What a song-writer we're missing too. just watched today some similarly frenetic and wonderful guitar playing; Karl Culley playing Icarus and Whisky here; /watch?v=9cEg9GmxiFc

Astonishing playing! Oh yeah, not bad vocals either...

That's in G so what'his guitar tuned to?

@efcgarv

7 жыл бұрын

Cant see a G chord in that song. The strings maybe all tuned down though instead of standard but like a tone lower. But the song is A E and D with f# bass though with most of the song filled with hammer ons and pull offs that take some practice. The song is driven by the way he plucks and slaps the strings in his right hand. Great tune.

@nickyG7515

7 жыл бұрын

kiltimaghlad All i know is when I tune to concert, Johns A is in my G?

@efcgarv

7 жыл бұрын

nRg risn Is in standard tuning though. Though maybe tone down.... if yo know what i mean. When he plays the E chord check if your low E is in tune to that. if no its probably tuned lower by a tone. I don't have a guitar at the moment to check myself.

@nickyG7515

7 жыл бұрын

kiltimaghlad He just went with the tuning that fitted what he was doing I think. Dopped E to D, variations on d a d g a d etc. That takes some doing with one guitar which he must have gigged on one time, but i noticed as yiome went on, three would be a main num for him, one being electric. Personally I am a bit of a acoustic/electric. Drop you some links of a guy I became freinds with, and even one to one jam's!

@efcgarv

7 жыл бұрын

John Martyn had loads of tunings, so many songs he did different ones from dropped D to dadgad to variations round C and C minor... he got some lovely melodies out of them

Wwhoo! Had to get up an' dance in the kitchen! Hands clappin' n titties flappin'. Yeah! Gotta listen again afew times to understand the lyrics tho. Twirled a couple times too and didn't even hit nothin. Luv them Blues!

How the hell did this guy do all this by himself?

For thr record Easy blues are nothingness but.

i am a huge John Martyn fan, but Joe Bonamassa blows john right out the water with his version.

@bobbarber1638

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob b from another Bob B, that is bollocks. Joe is very good but john put this arrangement together

@1b0b

8 жыл бұрын

Joe has a much better technique and Joe is much cleaner in is fingering John is a much better singer than joe

@MarkJVSomers

7 жыл бұрын

That might be so, but Bona doesn't have the feel of John, not by a mile. He's good for advertising or demonstrating gear.

@gipsy2376

7 жыл бұрын

+Bob b agree 100 %

@davehorrocks1223

6 жыл бұрын

What colour is the sky in your world? JM Owns this!