Reading some of the comments, I wish to state the following. Nobody is perfect in this world nor ever has or ever will be. We all have our faults and probably so did JM. Yes he always wore his heart on his sleeve in some brilliant performances and songwriting. Look to the music he produced and let it speak for itself. John Martyn - Singer, Songriter, OBE. Most of us don't come anywhere near it.

John Martyn a visionary song writer from the 60's onwards. I expected greater appreciation of this man's unique talents.God knows why.

@gavinparker8637

Жыл бұрын

Too true!.. respect

i'm a Hendrix devotee, but this is as far from JH as it's possible to get - and it's magnificent, pure, astonishing GENIUS!xxx - And he was most probably drunk at the time (he died sadly beginning of last year, from complications of alcoholism - he was only 60) but, my god, could he play!

John Martyn was a GENIUS. It's a shame he had to go, but he left behind quite the legacy. Not everyone can make a standard their own; he officially owned this song. Rest in peace, good sir.

The OGWT! They were the days...AWESOME. John Martyn's brilliant!

i'd never heard of the man until recently..but so far i've found it so easy to slide into his music its untrue!! loads more to discover and appreciate! this man knew how to write good music and for this i am truly grateful.. thank you John Martyn

Such an esoteric soul sound, will never be repeated ever ! Still love you John, never forgotten, always remembered

No other guitarist I've ever seen has the gift of TOUCH that he had and the broad range of it from thunder to the most delicate pressure on the strings. Love how this video allows us to appreciate it.

Maestro echo plex,vox wah and a big muff. Genius

This was the first time I was ever aware of JM when I saw this on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1970, maybe early 1971, and this really turned my head. I hadn’t caught his name, so had to go searching about the Folk & Rock LP sleeves until I found what looked like him in the Folk section on the sleeve for ‘Solid Air’, which I purchased of course! I saw JM more than any other artist, well into double figures, all around the country; saw him do a really great performance at the Kendal Brewery Arts Centre, which was his last there before he passed. I’m 64 now, so when I consider that he was only 60 years old - what a waste, but he certainly lived life like he meant it! 😁

Amazing guitar effects.........!! John was always experimenting. He was so innovative & We ALL Loved him for it!! Phil Collins has talked of his "infuriating Friend" & He having worked with him for the best part of 30 Years truly Loved Him. We must All take John's Music to our Heart & Pass it On to future Generations for them to Love & Enjoy. Only that would be a fitting Epitaph for the Big Man!! His Handshake was a firm One! I'm glad I met this Genius at least once in my Life Doug Reid

The Edge from U2 took his entire sound from this dude The insane delays and arpeggios

@TorkG8

9 жыл бұрын

qoaa John loved his echoplex!. :)

John Martyn is the only reason I kept my acoustic guitar. Clapton is nice, but what a voice this man has with his instrument. "Solid Air" sounds like an album that came out of late 90's experimental bands, not the 70's. What a genius.

7.02 of classic original greatness.

A very imaginative interpretation of a Blues standard. If nothing else it got a few more rock fans turned on to Skip James . In my humble opinion this track shows what a great vocalist John was. He overdoes the effects peddle, but gets aways with it.

This is the best thing in the world, rememberd, when he played in bradford---- best time of my lifexxxx JOHN MARTYN you will always b rememberd

What a total genius. Amazing.

My favorite JM song ever, discovered it after waking up at 3 in the morning to find this very video playing on the tv. Best way to experience John. Ps. Lady from NY that I was talking to on Omegle about this, send me a mail through youtube if you see this comment. Cheers.

one of the first gigs i saw was this. live at the original marquee. everybody was sitting down. the rythmn was panning around the room. best. mid 70's. never forgotten.

What an amazing talent!!! Wonder if the big man just stumbled across a delay pedal one day and thought... that could be good!!! Utter genius with a six string and his songs from the solid air sessions are still relevant today... great stuff!!!

A crucial altering of the Skip James lyrics: From: "...than to be -that- woman's man..." to "....-my- woman's man..." followed by the last verse's change from: "...he stole her back again..." to "...I know ... he'll steal her back again...". From "I'm glad to be rid of that woman", to "I can't leave that woman," by changing two words.

R.I.P John. There will never be another one like you

The music's bouncing all around the room-awesome!

great, simply great, all covers should be like this.

This music makes me want to explore space.

hypnotic. Love it love it love it. Thanks for uploading

One of the most imaginative re-workings of an old blue standard ever.

Have several versions of this on vinyl and CD...but the BEST version is the one I recorded on my Walkman at Cropredy in 1987: its an absolute blinder, better than "Live At Leeds" - and it includes John marching up - mid set - to the sound tower to have a few "choice words" with the sound guy. He and Danny Thompson are absolute giants during this set: one of the best musical experiences of my entire live-gig life, 1972-present (this includes Zappa & the Mothers, Santana, + many other notables...)

@Pompstah: It is a very good album. I remember the first time I heard it (on a REALLY crappy "Voice of Music" stereo (one can not refer to this 'record player' as a "system". It probably cost $45... and was junk. But it did get a LOT of use... Doors, LZ, Iron Butterfly... etc et cetera). At any rate, it played and this John Martyn LP (yes, it was vinyl!) blew me away.

I'd rather be the devil and I will leave my woman's ?mane? Yes, I'd rather be the devil and I will leave my woman's ?mane? 'Cause nothing but the devil knows my baby's Nothing but the devil knows my baby's Nothing but the devil knows my baby's name Well, I laid down last night and I was trying to take my rest Yes, I laid down last night, I was trying to take my rest But my mind starts a-rambling like the wild geese in the My mind starts a-rambling like the wild geese in the Mind starts a-rambling like the wild geese in the west The woman I love, though she's evil all the time Yeah, the woman I love, oh she's evil all the time Studies so much evil, just add it on So much evil, just add it on So much evil, just add it on to mine The woman I love, I stole her from my own best friend The woman I love, I stole her from my best friend But I know you'll get lucky, steal her back I know you'll get lucky, try to steal her back I know you'll get lucky, steal her back again

@TorkG8

9 жыл бұрын

Tomas Horn Sorry, that's incorrect, here you go: I’d rather be the devil Than I would be my woman’s man Yes I’d rather be the devil Than I would be my woman’s man Cos nothing but the devil Knows my baby.. Nothing but the devil Knows my baby.. Nothing but the devil Knows my baby’s mind. Well I lay down last night And I was trying to take my rest Yes I lay down, last night I was trying to take my rest But my mind starts a rambling Like the wild geese in the.. My mind starts a rambling Like the wild geese in the.. My mind starts a rambling Like the wild geese in the west. Yes the woman I love Oh she’s evil all the time Yeah, the woman I love She’s evil all the time She studied so much evil Just to have it on.. So much evil Just to have it on.. So much evil Just to have it on her mind. The woman that I love Stole her from my best friend The woman I love I stole her from my best friend But I know he’ll get lucky Steal her back I know he’ll get lucky Try to steal her back I know he’ll get lucky Steal her back again.

Somehow I didn't expect this kind of sound to come from him - but I love it!

I'm listening to the audio of the book "I'd Rather be the Devil" so had to check out the song! Cool. Looks like a plain old guitar but such different sounds! So cool!

the magical sound of the echoplex. great.

Very good indeed. God Bless John

love the bit about coming and going with spliffs.. an thoroughly entertaining comment, as i roll my spliff.

I know there is really no comparison...but the feeling I got after watching this was the same 'surprise' feeling I got after seeing Gavin DeGraw by accident by being in NYC and getting free "Dave" tickets. So raw. I hope this guy hits it big because...well just because....DO NOT QUESTION ME! :p

the guy was the best.....sad yes that he was a drunk............wonder about his kids..anyone know about them.....just the best.love you JM

SUBLIME! R.I.P. John.....Thanks for the music!

just A.W.E.S.O.M.E ! thanks for the inspiration.. when I first saw this, I got out my echo pedal and wrote Desert Eyes.. THANK YOU Quist

He was at least ten years "before" the others! Great guitarist and singer!

If Mr. Martyn felt like calling it something different, no problem, but this is a heavily reworked interpretation of Skip James' blues classic "Devil Got My Woman".

@hamishincrieff

8 жыл бұрын

you come up with some thing fresh and cool , show it to the world , then piss on our sunshine.

It's really mind boggling how much this genius (a word l rarely use to describe musicians) was overlooked here in the US. Sometimes genius goes unrecognized l suppose

Wow, that was amazing !!! Really incredible. This guy can make some great sounds.

great stuff- He came to play at my school in 1968 - first time I experienced an echo pedal!I was transfixed.

RIP Still love the music

That was all done live. Including amazing video mixing. Thanks.

Fuckin hell...now i know why my brother and all my mates that play guitar love this dude! Unbelievable mastery

@ALfaDuB101 I'm 19, so you might argue I'm a kid. Hendrix is my hero. And I love this.

LOL. this is so awsome. Never heardanything like it. He really experimented with his sound after his first record hehe.

Just be there in the moment and be there for the second kind.

used to turn everyone I met on to him. RIP

can't believe I've never seen this clip. Anazing! Thanks for posting

RIP John

crazy CRAZY sounds coming out of that there acoustic guitar

Beautiful x

Simply Vinyl are reissuing 'Solid Air' LP on 180g vinyl in September!

@Prometheus1st You are not alone I had never heard of him until I happened on a rerun of this OGWT on TV last week

rip uncle jonh

This guys good, anyone else think dave Gilmore borrowed a note or two for "run like hell"?

Thanks for posting!!

yeah!

thank the lord (well persons responsible) for you tube!!

Truly trippy

R.I.P BIG MAN!

bloody awesome - people think they are listening to good modern music these days - bullshit! this is what its all about!!!

great!

Unbelievable

@Prometheus1st I never knew of this artist. I am humbled that his notice passed me by. Please pardon my ignorance.

@cosmicrider287 thanks i enjoyd this a lot henrey

excelllentte

Good job with the music

Takes me right back to when I was 18 and living in Brighton with Mark Reilly. Yer,

soo dope

My friend

Hi I love this track but wish I had it on MP3 as only get to listen to it on my OGWT videotape!! Marvellous.

@Bossness123 Looks to be a fairly standard accoustic guitar with a DiMarzio DP Super Distortion Humbucker Pickup bolted into the hole and he's fading between the pickup and the microphone out in front. But I could be wrong!

Deadly :)

I wan't this guitar and this effect!

@pixiewilson42 :This is a story that bears repeating!

love this, guise probly a pirahnah though

very well ,done ,, nikos tarantella taverna xersonisos kreta

@jonasser8 ...you can get the solid air album on vinyl easy enough....and there is a great solid air special edition double CD with an alternative version of this on

wowwow that's the real deal

Cool

He's so fuckin' hypnozizing!

@Pompstah : Solid Air (February 1973)

@jonasser8 ...you can get the solid air album on vinyl easy enough

@EuanMcKee1984 The song you are referring to is Solid Air.

@ALfaDuB101 You're obviously too smart, cool and outlandish for me.

@26354BladeRunner Thank you! I Shall try and do that to my guitar :D

@ALfaDuB101 This is exactly my point. I'm not even a gaga fan. I just have the respect to dislike music and not call it a huge turd because it's not rock/progrock that came from the 'good old days'

tuning CFCCGD - echoplex - thumb slap.

@panzermort Thanks, but how'd they get the video feedback?

@panzermort sorry you saying this track ("i'd rather be the devil") was written about Nick Drake or are you saying "Solid Air" was?

so THAT'S where pink floyd got their sound from! :P

@panzermort Thanks! But do you know how they did the video effect too?

@speedytheo solid air was

killer song! Does anyone know how the delay video effect was achieved?

Commenters! shutup! stop distracting me from listening to this.

God he was good, pushing the frontiers with his Echoplex. Pity about those crappy, 1970's vision mixer effects.