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Wicked cover. What is the tuning?

Terrible sound! Get real!

I've heard of and listened to guys like Steve Hillage but I've never heard of John Martyn until today.

The video makes it look a bit dead and church hall is. But if it had landed round you'd have seen all the open gobs, including mine.

John was a different gravy he didn’t follow anyone that’s for sure

Incredible footage of an incredible man. I shook his hand twice.!😃

simply exquisite 🎤 🎸

may you neeeever lose ya teeempeerrrrrr .... *hick :P :O :=/ :) !!!!!111!!111

Strong powerful playing and a credit to the man. Well done. You are one of the few people who can get his groove.😊😊 Keep it coming

I would bet a million dollars that The Edge was first inspired by JM use of echoi/space, but he never gives him credit.

Minimoog. Oberheim SEM. Old SSM Sequential Prophet-5. Can hardly get better.

6:50 The percussionist looks like Tony Banks!🤣

Sublime

A legend on that guitar!

Great video. I've seen another track from this gig, Hurt In Your Heart, which is also amazing. Is there somewhere on RUclips, the whole recording, all the tracks from this performance? Where was this recorded?

He and Kevin Coyne have possessed me very soul I tell ya

With John Martyn, usually, it's not the work of the fingers the most difficult. It's the slap and tapping. You have it Ian !

If I remember correctly, John Martyn played on a Yamaha FG (180, l think), at the start of his career.

I have a feeling that the chances this comment will be read by you, let alone anyone at all, will be incredibly small. - but I'm 22, and my dad has raised me on John's stuff since I can remember. And I'm now even more of a fan of John's stuff, particularly from 1968-1978, than my dad ever has been! And I'm proud to know John Martyn's music in the depth I do. And I play acoustic guitar, and I feel it's fair to say that if you play, there is that little bit more appreciation that's had when studying the way John's played over the years. I love this version, because it's so raw and by the sounds of it, one of the first times he plays it live all considering. - I wish more people, let alone people my age born in 2000, knew of John's music - and that he got the appreciation he deserved. Even if you're not a massive fan of his music, I feel like his versatility and talent in the many techniques he performed is so overlooked in the history of acoustic/rock/blues/folky genres. But at the end of the day, I know his stuff, his earlier stuff inside out. And come back to it again and again. And I guess to me that's all that matters. There are some people like John who just have "it" and somehow with what seems like the same effort others put into their craft, manages to create, in my opinion, some of the most incredible ways of playing an acoustic guitar that I've come across.

Thank you, Ian, This is superb. Can you tell us who else is in the band?

I keep watching this video over and over to try and figure out the picking pattern with the slap and tweaking my tape echo pedal - not an echoplex sadly - been trying to figure this song out properly for years but your vids have got me the closest so far. Is JM just using an echoplex and boomerang wah on this? Thanks again, great cover.

Accoustic guitar like no other, fabulous! John Martyn has provided the soundtrack to my life since the 1970's and he always will.

Ian..Your right this is F.....Phenomenal !!!!!!!!! Too bad Phil Collins didn't tour with john on Glorious fools Tour!!!

really nice variations

Brilliant!

Brilliant cover this!

This was the first time I saw John, Birmingham Odeon ‘81 and met him briefly after. An indelible experience musically and spiritually. His last outing with the echoplex. Much as I love Max Middletons work, its unnecessary here as is congas, but Johns sound is wonderful as ever. The audacity of the suit jacket without shirt!

Hi 'Ian', I have the full video that this clip was taken from, recorded at the time of airing. I did a VHS transfer recently - the audio is good and video too. As you are such a fan I would happily donate the complete recording to your site. Please advise how best to get the file to you, if you are interested (345MB). The broadcast programme video was entitled One World and features these songs: One World, Johnny Too Bad, May You Never, Outside In/Inside Out and finishes with Hurt in Your Heart - runtime just over 28 minutes. Of course I could start my own RUclips channel but as you have so much great material here, it seems the best place for it.

Wow !!! What a voice. These are amazing guitars and lovely rendition

Brilliant…. Thankyou

Brilliant! Wonderful version. What about the tuning?

If thats Johns Ecoplex I might be the one I got for him in 2004...

My tribute to John: ruclips.net/video/zXdKQp1DbWw/видео.html

Very good sweet beautiful and amazing thank you so much for the dedication to my daddy's music, all my love Spenser Mcgeachy.x

JM In the Zone. Nothing finer.

Excellent!!

This is fecking Rad! Thanks for sharing, Big JM fan here

Only 500 people seen this. Hope you are still strong and singing the master.

So half baked, but still stunning

John Martyn meets Terry Riley?

There is a suspiciously left handed drum kit at 0:55 and 8:44

Who's on keyboards? This is around the time just before Glorious Fool so is it Max Middleton? Minimoog, Prophet-5 and Oberheim SEM. Nice.

John’s guitar playing is simply STUNNING!!!

I've seen this man live twice. Both times in the 1980's and i'd rather have said i'd missed Jimi than missing this gig. During a time in musical history where we have become the McDonalds of the music industry, this is a nice reminder of what we had and what could have been. Rock on John and thanks for all the deep emotional stuff that is so hard to find these days..

Bloody hell, this just appeared out of nowhere when I was writing something on another forum. Hope you're ok Ian - wherever you are. I watched this years ago and it helped to make sense of everything. Motorcycle maintenance stuff. Next time you're over....

The ending of that song, really gets me, good job sir!

So nice. You gotta tab mate?

Whats the tunin sounds like drop d capo 3rd fret ?

Why 6 years late? Can I give you £20 for a beer when the pubs open? You’re as good as the best

Top quality man, serious respect!