I have have suffered from (what I like to term) 'solipsistic' depression for over 36 years now, as either one form or another, along with many other mental 'distresses'... nobody gets close to the utter futility of the pain of loneliness like John Martyn can could or did. Thanks big man. Still miss you
He is in a happier place now. And when it is my time and i get there, i shall seek him out and shake his hands and say “THANK YOU JOHN, THANK YOU,SO VERY MUCH”
When I first went on a romantic weekend with my now long term partner, he put John on the music in the car, the first time I'd ever heard him. Fell hook line and sinker in love with both.
who ever disliked this amazing man and video needs to look deep inside there brain and recycle there non human thoughts and become one then they will see the beauty of john Martyn
My dad spoke of john martin from when he met and got to know him from living in Hastings England. Now i see what he means. My father said one day i wil understand. i was into acid tunes days of the 80's 90's. But now i understand. 16 then 35 now. Thanks dad love it!!
Just get's better and better. Met John in Scotia bar Glasgow about 22 years ago. Always was a fan, but meeting John just left me with a different perspective on life. Live it!!!!!!!
Johns music has been the soundtrack to my life since I was 17. I first saw him in 1980. Bands have come and gone but for me, John has remained constant. R.I.P Big Man. Your music will stay with me forever. Missing you already. xx
I get a real feeling of true heartache from this man...i don't know that much about him but all i can say is that something good has gone...i've heard a few legends,some good,some not so good but so what...will be greatly missed i'm sure
The man seemed to be so lovable. All I can do is smile when he talks. He makes me wanna cry with him.I'm 21 and I just learned about this man last month. Found him on my own. I'm sad hes passed away.
What a bloody guy. Saw him a few times at the Town & Country club years ago, just brilliant. People come and go, but I'm not ashamed to say, upon hearing of his passing, I too wept. What a loss, both as a musician, song writer and as a human being.
John was voted (in 75) the UKs 11th best guitarist, ahead of Jeff Beck, and thats how he started..but he wrote for me some of the greatest music ever. And when I see this video now, I am convinced he was also the greatest *soul* singer to ever emerge out of the UK . Absolutely no-one to fill his boots, the gap is far too wide. The greatest musical loss, imo, yet a man who, despite being well known as '*the* live act to see', esp' in the 70s, took home just 30 quid after some gigs!
Just watched this and not for the first time since I heard the news... I cried. May you have the peace you deserve John. My feeling of loss is as much for the thought that there will not be any new music to move me like your wonderful body of work has moved me in the past. Its a bit late to say thank you but its still meant
One of the most beautiful voices, and soooo expressive. Soooo sad to hear that he passed away. I first heard of him in Galway, Ireland and was so attracted to his beautiful gravel voice but yet lyrics that tear ur heart apart. Feeling sooo sad tonight....and of course putting on his CDs........Angeline...soooo lovely.....
1 year ago today god took him away for a jamming session , know it realy is the great gig in the sky, take care up there , never forget-always remember xxxxx
Good God, I never knew John Martyn and his music and he's older here. The song is 30 yrs old, his performance of it here just breaks my heart and I'm crying my eyes out as I write this. Thanks John, sorry I never knew you. Thanks Shivering for posting this. Damn!
Followed you from "The Tumbler" right through til your parting, and beyond, through the joy and the torment. This one has the tears running every time. Sheer beauty, gut-felt emotion... Thanks for all the long years of magic, John. Thjere's nobody around doing what you did. Miss you!
Spontaneous indeed: John dropped by 'BLUES', (a blues bar in Chicago), a few times over the last 25 years. Only once, about 14 yrs ago, he sat in with the band, & improvised a new song from scratch over a stone Chicago blues backing from Willie Kent...a song that bears no resemblance to anything I've ever heard him do, before or since. There will never...
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. He asked nothing of the world but to be heard--and when we listened--we were forever changed--
A legend Mate you were such an influence on my life. Just hope you have found peace big man. You'll live on through your wonderful music take care and thanks gonna miss you. RIP
I'm gonna get beat up for this one but as an alcoholic, something that happened thirty, forty even fifty years ago, when I've been drinking and start thinking about that stuff, I cry and I cry. Fifty plus years ago, I was in Vietnam, I cry about that stuff all the time. I'm gonna say it, it's the alcohol and bad living that brings out the tears. It's the regret. I watched the whole documentary about John and I got to say, that guy fucked up his life. He knows it, he says it. Of course Martyn is gonna cry. It takes one to know one I say.
It's when you see this and listen to that very real pain in his voice you realise something very special has been lost .That sad little boy lost face just at the end of the clip,without any mask.Its so devastating to watch yet uplifting because we got to hear him for a while.Rest easy John Martyn,you were and are one of a kind.Having seen you in that clip now I understand how much pain you were in and how you turned it into something creative.Thank you for the songs,stay safe on down the road.
John meant it for sure, if this isn't 'soul music' then I don't know what is. R.I.P John, I will always remember you giving my missus a pack on the cheek when you came off stage at a gig in Coventry in the 80's.
I agree. "Inside Out" is definitely one of his best and takes "Solid Air" that bit further. "Live at Leeds" subsequently sees the albums evolve and alter, each musician being in "the moment". Some people say he was at the top of his game then. But I saw him numerous times in the 80's and he was just fabulous. It was always a big deal going to a John Martyn gig and that hypnotised transcendental state stayed with you for ages.
click the "cc" bit on the bottom right of the video and click transcribe audio. it's quite good to know i can understand what he's saying. adorable guy
I have seen John play for many years at various venues, this video reminds of a gig at the Shaw theatre in London some years ago. He was playing some songs from Grace & Danger but had to curtail mid track due to overwhelming emotion (and I know he wasn't drunk or stoned that night) it really touched me to see a true artist. From my first encounter of him in the 70's to this day he has my admiration and respect
It happens. It was part of the man. Freidrich Nietschke once said; "There can be no art without intoxication" Through history, many of the greats have had some form of addiction; Hendrix, Van Gogh etc. I met John Martyn many times and loved the man, which includes everything. The talent and the addiction. Heart of the Blues! RIP Big Man
I don't think he ever did a gig sober but his playing was so instinctive...clearly from such a deep level of consciousness. I saw him dozens of times and was delighted, my only disappointment was at The Union Chapel, he was too stoned/drunk to perform and in a terrible mood, he walked off after half an hour.
Music like this isn't something you do; it's something you are. Although of course I haven't a fraction of the talent. that Martyn has, I know why he is still playing: for the same reason I will play til I die. I've played since I could sit, and had more instruments than toys. While growing up I could never sleep unless I'd 'played myself out for the day' which took hours. At 43 I can still do a six hour gig and want more. Take 1 born human instrument; 1 ton talent; 2 tons soul; meet John Martyn
Being a teenager (14 or so), I taught how *beautiful* John Martyn "looks" where on the picture of thàt album... I'm 46 today and, funny, how *beautiful* as I taught he used to look; he ain't that much to show for today...BUT, Today his SOUL seems to be proportionally *beautiful*... I love him, and most certainly: I always will. If only a Poët could show up to put this into words without *offending* anyone, especially him. Pascal
Truthfulness. This is why the musician can make music. (In this ole world a VERY WISE FRIEND TOLD ME out of chaos comes change) I think this music-great shares how deep that hurt goes.) I think it is sad, he could not also open his heart with love, HE could have if WE remember "WHAT that LOVE we are supposed to spread, IS. Sadly Love is not what we are told it is. "Why don't you show me love??" The male and female ask each other? Because they do not really know.
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i would say that john martyn is the best acoustic guitarist ever
This clip is so emotional..R.I.P John Martyn.Your music will be eternal...XX
I have have suffered from (what I like to term) 'solipsistic' depression for over 36 years now, as either one form or another, along with many other mental 'distresses'... nobody gets close to the utter futility of the pain of loneliness like John Martyn can could or did. Thanks big man. Still miss you
couldn't have said it better masel!
He is hugely missed, I loved him and his lyrics, like many of us! I😢🌝❤️🔥💗💙
He is in a happier place now. And when it is my time and i get there, i shall seek him out and shake his hands and say “THANK YOU JOHN, THANK YOU,SO VERY MUCH”
Save me a seat
Ive been glad to be part of his music.. rip big man!
I can't decipher a word he's saying when he talks, but you know, I still understand what he's saying.
A total Master and Legend that will NEVER be forgotten. Always remembered xx
This is pure soul. Always remembered. Rest easy, Johnny boy.
When I first went on a romantic weekend with my now long term partner, he put John on the music in the car, the first time I'd ever heard him. Fell hook line and sinker in love with both.
who ever disliked this amazing man and video needs to look deep inside there brain and recycle there non human thoughts and become one then they will see the beauty of john Martyn
My dad spoke of john martin from when he met and got to know him from living in Hastings England. Now i see what he means. My father said one day i wil understand. i was into acid tunes days of the 80's 90's. But now i understand. 16 then 35 now.
Thanks dad love it!!
the hurt in our hearts will never go, until we meet again somewhere over the rainbow. rip, you were the best one, incomparable...
very hard to listen to without choking up. an incredible musician, turned his life around, but too late. very sad. rip john x
Just get's better and better.
Met John in Scotia bar Glasgow about 22 years ago. Always was a fan, but meeting John just left me with a different perspective on life.
Live it!!!!!!!
Johns music has been the soundtrack to my life since I was 17. I first saw him in 1980. Bands have come and gone but for me, John has remained constant. R.I.P Big Man. Your music will stay with me forever. Missing you already. xx
I get a real feeling of true heartache from this man...i don't know that much about him but all i can say is that something good has gone...i've heard a few legends,some good,some not so good but so what...will be greatly missed i'm sure
I saw him live in Northampton in the late 1990s and he was so drunk he could hardly stand yet he still played and sang perfectly.
so deep the pain behind his eyes.
The man seemed to be so lovable. All I can do is smile when he talks. He makes me wanna cry with him.I'm 21 and I just learned about this man last month. Found him on my own. I'm sad hes passed away.
What a bloody guy. Saw him a few times at the Town & Country club years ago, just brilliant. People come and go, but I'm not ashamed to say, upon hearing of his passing, I too wept. What a loss, both as a musician, song writer and as a human being.
So sad ... Not seen this before ... A true ledgend, wonderful lyrics and music ...
Thank you Mr Morrison ! x x x
Ditto above RIP .....
Ive just found this man again, i thaught he passed yrs ago! he was a beautiful soul xx
John was voted (in 75) the UKs 11th best guitarist, ahead of Jeff Beck, and thats how he started..but he wrote for me some of the greatest music ever. And when I see this video now, I am convinced he was also the greatest *soul* singer to ever emerge out of the UK .
Absolutely no-one to fill his boots, the gap is far too wide.
The greatest musical loss, imo, yet a man who, despite being well known as '*the* live act to see', esp' in the 70s, took home just 30 quid after some gigs!
There will never be another John....the best....
Just watched this and not for the first time since I heard the news... I cried. May you have the peace you deserve John. My feeling of loss is as much for the thought that there will not be any new music to move me like your wonderful body of work has moved me in the past. Its a bit late to say thank you but its still meant
Immenso john... Grazie di essere esistito . Ho avuto l emozione di averti visto dal Vivo. Che concero a San Benedetto del Tronto ... !!!
R.I.P. Big John .. a great talent and a TRUE individual .... hurt in my heart .... you are with us ... slainthe !
so so sad, i only discovered his music in 2001 but it has touched me. deep, soulful and above all a great musician.
"The power of the notes is very good for the heed..."
Well said.
RIP Big Muff, Theres Hurt in our hearts now.... safe journey man xxxx
This video is heartbreaking. What a talent...he will be missed. RIP John
Thanks John, your music will remain engraved in our hearts. Good journey my old. Antonio from Naples (Italy)
can't get over it, his music had so much heart and soul in it, such a link
Some people keep diaries, I make records. A quote from the big man himself. R.I.P Ian John Martyn Mc Geachy. x
One of the most beautiful voices, and soooo expressive. Soooo sad to hear that he passed away. I first heard of him in Galway, Ireland and was so attracted to his beautiful gravel voice but yet lyrics that tear ur heart apart. Feeling sooo sad tonight....and of course putting on his CDs........Angeline...soooo lovely.....
Just a true genuine human being,he hurts, we also hurt,just emotions,and we cry too,one awesome muscician,a top man
So touching leaves a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. I played this a week ago and always come back to it from time to time.
What a gift, he shows us such vulnerability. Thank you John.
crying my eyes out !! wot deep deep sounds ! music for my soul ...
1 year ago today god took him away for a jamming session , know it realy is the great gig in the sky, take care up there , never forget-always remember xxxxx
Amazing voice and talent.
That songs made me cry for years and still does. Absolutely beautiful. rest in peace John.
Good God, I never knew John Martyn and his music and he's older here. The song is 30 yrs old, his performance of it here just breaks my heart and I'm crying my eyes out as I write this. Thanks John, sorry I never knew you. Thanks Shivering for posting this. Damn!
RIP John Martyn. What a talent. Drink - what a curse. Rest in peace John x
Followed you from "The Tumbler" right through til your parting, and beyond, through the joy and the torment. This one has the tears running every time. Sheer beauty, gut-felt emotion... Thanks for all the long years of magic, John. Thjere's nobody around doing what you did. Miss you!
mad scotch bastard! I loved him.
He always tears me up ❤❤❤❤
God i love Johnny's music
Spontaneous indeed: John dropped by 'BLUES', (a blues bar in Chicago), a few times over the last 25 years. Only once, about 14 yrs ago, he sat in with the band, & improvised a new song from scratch over a stone Chicago blues backing from Willie Kent...a song that bears no resemblance to anything I've ever heard him do, before or since. There will never...
The 3 golden vials - Health, Love and Emotions. Some people are lucky enough to have all 3 .... Rip John.
Ive just found this man again, i thaught he passed yrs ago! he was a beautiful soul xx and what a smile xx
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
He asked nothing of the world but to be heard--and when we listened--we were forever changed--
R.I.P John Martyn, unique and unreplaceable music
God I cried when I heard this song but at least he was still with us...
This man was an artist of music.
don't know whether to laugh or cry ...doing both ...that accent! ... god , i love this man
Hopefully the hurt in your heart has gone now, ours is just beginning mate. Thanks for the gigs, good times aye.
A legend Mate you were such an influence on my life. Just hope you have found peace big man. You'll live on through your wonderful music take care and thanks gonna miss you. RIP
I'm gonna get beat up for this one but as an alcoholic, something that happened thirty, forty even fifty years ago, when I've been drinking and start thinking about that stuff, I cry and I cry. Fifty plus years ago, I was in Vietnam, I cry about that stuff all the time. I'm gonna say it, it's the alcohol and bad living that brings out the tears. It's the regret. I watched the whole documentary about John and I got to say, that guy fucked up his life. He knows it, he says it. Of course Martyn is gonna cry. It takes one to know one I say.
Very well put.anyone that can explain away the big questions,the cry of the soul I suppose is the antidote too these facile times.good on ya.
It's when you see this and listen to that very real pain in his voice you realise something very special has been lost .That sad little boy lost face just at the end of the clip,without any mask.Its so devastating to watch yet uplifting because we got to hear him for a while.Rest easy John Martyn,you were and are one of a kind.Having seen you in that clip now I understand how much pain you were in and how you turned it into something creative.Thank you for the songs,stay safe on down the road.
John meant it for sure, if this isn't 'soul music' then I don't know what is. R.I.P John, I will always remember you giving my missus a pack on the cheek when you came off stage at a gig in Coventry in the 80's.
Thanks John for all the wonderful music.
Yay Johnny Martin. Love his music.Such a talent. He sung with such an honesty, like all great singers. What a talent.
Miss you big time big john R.I.P BLESS YOU.🙏🙏🙏
I'm actually in tears. Thankyou so much for what you've given us. May you Rest In Peace. :-(
I agree. "Inside Out" is definitely one of his best and takes "Solid Air" that bit further. "Live at Leeds" subsequently sees the albums evolve and alter, each musician being in "the moment". Some people say he was at the top of his game then. But I saw him numerous times in the 80's and he was just fabulous. It was always a big deal going to a John Martyn gig and that hypnotised transcendental state stayed with you for ages.
Heaven was needing your music John! R.I.P
He always did that for years...since the 70s. He had character.
Saw him in Dublin a couple of nights ago, and he played this. He nearly had me in tears, that man is incredible.
John reared me, I miss you so much John 😢
Rest in Peace John, May you serenade with the angels now......
click the "cc" bit on the bottom right of the video and click transcribe audio. it's quite good to know i can understand what he's saying. adorable guy
I have seen John play for many years at various venues, this video reminds of a gig at the Shaw theatre in London some years ago. He was playing some songs from Grace & Danger but had to curtail mid track due to overwhelming emotion (and I know he wasn't drunk or stoned that night) it really touched me to see a true artist. From my first encounter of him in the 70's to this day he has my admiration and respect
Whenever a Jake Lamotta, a Martin Scorsese.
Whenever a John Martyn, a Danny Thompson.
I'm glad they live in my life time.
Beverely, I'm up for it ;)
*take it to the church*
My heart hurts just listening to him.
that was breathtaking, what an emotive huan being!
I have loved him for years and this video just takes the ships biscuit.
chills all around my body
Indeed.
Great singer.
Such a beautiful soul expressed through music and lyrics.
Truly unique and totally honest.
It happens.
It was part of the man.
Freidrich Nietschke once said; "There can be no art without intoxication"
Through history, many of the greats have had some form of addiction; Hendrix, Van Gogh etc.
I met John Martyn many times and loved the man, which includes everything. The talent and the addiction.
Heart of the Blues!
RIP Big Man
I don't think he ever did a gig sober but his playing was so instinctive...clearly from such a deep level of consciousness. I saw him dozens of times and was delighted, my only disappointment was at The Union Chapel, he was too stoned/drunk to perform and in a terrible mood, he walked off after half an hour.
Music like this isn't something you do; it's something you are. Although of course I haven't a fraction of the talent. that Martyn has, I know why he is still playing: for the same reason I will play til I die. I've played since I could sit, and had more instruments than toys. While growing up I could never sleep unless I'd 'played myself out for the day' which took hours. At 43 I can still do a six hour gig and want more.
Take 1 born human instrument; 1 ton talent; 2 tons soul; meet John Martyn
It's a shame John Martyn isn't around today, I'd love to hear him do a duet with one of todays current superstar singers such as Susan Boyle.
i have NO clue what he's saying, but his music releases me.
the greatest ever.thanks for posting
Being a teenager (14 or so), I taught how *beautiful* John Martyn "looks" where on the picture of thàt album...
I'm 46 today and, funny, how *beautiful* as I taught he used to look; he ain't that much to show for today...BUT,
Today his SOUL seems to be proportionally *beautiful*...
I love him, and most certainly: I always will.
If only a Poët could show up to put this into words without *offending* anyone, especially him.
Pascal
A wonderful programme about one of my favourite artists. Thanks shiveringgoat :-)
I have so many gosse bumps it hurts
Perfect in everyway! :)
Truthfulness. This is why the musician can make music. (In this ole world a VERY WISE FRIEND TOLD ME out of chaos comes change) I think this music-great shares how deep that hurt goes.) I think it is sad, he could not also open his heart with love, HE could have if WE remember "WHAT that LOVE we are supposed to spread, IS. Sadly Love is not what we are told it is. "Why don't you show me love??" The male and female ask each other? Because they do not really know.
I LOVE John Martyn like a brother.
Awesome! Thanks for posting this video. And rest in peace, Big John!
this is so touching
Wonderful !!
Awesome RIP John Martyn x
wow-eeeee! tae ye ,kindred kindler ,awash wi' yr joy soaked blues.love be upon ye. al
a true loss, an inspiration x
I hust iove him. Hes lived with me all my live. And now hes gone. xxxxx
What a beautiful man.