Born Iain David McGeachy - Septem(New Malden, Surrey, UK) - January 29, 2009Įnding his musical partnership with Beverley (she'd still write a few lyrics and make the odd appearance in coming album) after the birth of their second child and returning to the UK (Hastings, Kent), John Martyn's musical realm took another giant step with the stunning Bless The Weather. Unfortunately he was prone to excessive drinking and substance abuse even this soon in his career), which caused his erratic behaviour, and later growing health problems often having to cancel gigs with no notice. With the less-successful Sunday's Child in 1974, Martyn's new studio recording, he would eventually decrease the frequency of album releases. With the stunning Inside Out and the career-defining Solid Air, John Martyn developed an incredible sound, helped by the former PENTANGLE bassist Danny Thompson, one of the best and most recognizable bass paw in the genre. With BTW, Martyn proposed us a blend of folk, blues and jazz, that can only maybe compared with Tim Buckley around Happy Sad or Lorca, even if the latter's vocal prowess made him unique as Martyn's Echoplex. Indeed Beverley's acoustic guitar strumming had allowed him to pick up the electric guitar and he became enamoured with the pedal effects (but also daring 'electrify' his songwriting), especially one that would make his guitar sound famous, the Echoplex. Both Stormbringer and Road To Ruin have their own duo charm, but also hold the first hints of the future soundscape of John Martyn.Įnding his musical partnership with Beverley (she'd still write a few lyrics and make the odd appearance in coming album) after the birth of their second child and returning to the UK (Hastings, Kent), John Martyn's musical realm took another giant step with the stunning Bless The Weather. She would quickly become Mrs Martyn and they recorded together two albums, which are essential in Martyn's instrumental progression. Martyn's first two albums London Conversations and The Tumbler are about as straight folk and folk rock as you can get and were both recorded under Joe Boyd's tutelage, and it is through him he met singer Beverly Kutner. Taking influences from DAVID GRAHAM and getting friendly with ISB's Clive Palmer, he soon found his own style, which brought him to Island label's boss Chris Blackwell's ears and earned him a recording deal. Like a vast majority of 1960s UK folk artistes (such as INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, STRING DRIVEN THING, DONOVAN, The PENTANGLE, JETHRO TULL's IAN ANDERSON, etc.), John Martyn (Born Iain David McGeachy), grew up in Scotland and by the age of 15 took up the guitar and by the time he'd finished school, he had started to play folk music in Glaswegian pubs. Born Iain David McGeachy - Septem(New Malden, Surrey, UK) - January 29, 2009

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