John Martyn 11th September 1948 - 29th January 2009
Been my favourite musician since 1981.
I'm in tears just now,but will spark up a fat one later,I'm sure he'd approve.
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John Martyn OBE RIP
John Martyn 11th September 1948 - 29th January 2009
Been my favourite musician since 1981.
I'm in tears just now,but will spark up a fat one later,I'm sure he'd approve.
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Oh no....
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Pass one over here too...Originally Posted by snapper
<filling up a bit now>
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Really sad news
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Very sad. I got a text about this an hour or two ago from my bro'... definitely a legend lost. 'London Conversation' tonight, and something to toast one of the good guys...
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F*ckin' nightmare... That's a total pisser
It seems all of a sudden. Was he ill?
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Hi Guys
This is very sad news indeed. I wouldn't dare class my self as a fan, but I do love the Solid Air album very much. I assume that his drink problem finally caught up with him.
Very sad
Regards D S D L---Neil
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Crap quality video, but a great little performance. John Martyn and Dave Gilmour from Rock Steady back around 1990: Take A Look At That Girl live at the Shaw Theatre I think.
I was looking for a clip of the interview they did - there's a snippet before the song. Gilmour and Martyn obviously got on really well. Loads of in-jokes and mutual back slapping. My favourite moment was Gilmour talking about how good Solid Air was, and Martyn responding about how he loved the Floyd too : 'Set The Controls For 'Eart Of The Sun ... (pretends to take a long loud drag on an invisible spliff) ... and you're off...'what a star. I have an old Betamax tape I recorded of it somewhere. It looks a lot better than that YouTube footage
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Have a listen to this, it's not what you might think, let it get going...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...er_29_01_2009/
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the moon on the water.
- Choshu.
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