It's a must buy I agree. To think it was put on ice for over a year by Island Records. It's a special album, with John's brilliance, Phil on drums, great bass guitar from John Giblin (and bass pedals on this song) but I think it's Alan Thompson here, fabulous vintage keyboards like Fender Rhodes piano and Mellotron and probably a touch of Prophet-5. That sound is never to be repeated really.

Yes indeed. A super warm sounding album. Guitar sound, Mellotron, delicious Fender Rhodes electric piano and that Phil dude on drums, wots is name?🤣 Good grief. I already replied 2 years ago!🤣😂😅 It's strange that John's live drummer here also has a left handed kit.

WOW ! What an amazing memory. I have a unique memory of John Martyn as well.

Like you I saw him many times and all over Scotland. Always great. He gave it everything! Great memories and a privilege to have seen him.

And both humble and fun and wise.

And lest I forget to mention the equally wonderful bass playing by Alan Thomson. ❤☮🌎

Short term relationship...kid named Rory (?)...haven't heard the name of this woman, and haven't heard Rory mentioned after this. Maybe one of his bios talks about this part of his life. ❤☮🌎

I like to think these are clues that artists did have babies but wanted to protect them

@@SaidarSaraaah If you read the book Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn by Graeme Thomson, unfortunately in this case, you'd find out that your thought is not correct. I believe this is the child he outright abandoned, and the others he had he didn't support financially, or to any decent extent emotionally. He was a beautiful, talented, complicated mess. The only "protection" he provided was to stay away from them since he was an addict (drugs and/or alcohol) and a violent one at times. ❤☮🌎

Humanity is a funny one isn't it...... He's provided more fatherly love , wisdom and lasting comfort that most people never would have the depth or intelligence for. I dare say it's a bit more complicated and intricate than what's been said here.... Closest thing to a father I've ever had. The love and the intellect and an epigenetic leap, for humanity,yet this predictably overlooked...a ,is infinite in but a few. I don't wanna know bout evil. Only wanna know about loveee. Sometimes it gets so hard, to listen, hArd for us to use our eyes and all around the gold it glistens, making sure it keeps us down to size.... Hypnotized... A concept that we say we idealise but then we stigmatize all the while to keen to contradict our idolise.... Are we so sure that we're now the wiser, and our words, second hand told, tweaking the value , interpreted with the most Abundant of human traits, idol eyes....(And ears and all the rest. I'm tired now.

@@SaidarSaraaah If John Martyn was a father to you either literally or figuratively and it was a positive thing, that's great. However, I was around for a brief period when he was abusing one of his partners and though I still adored the good parts (and there were many...so clever and funny and talented beyond talented) and will always love his music, it doesn't excuse his behavior that went beyond the basics of someone being human and not perfect and screwing up every now and again. We're talking multiple women being physically abused and multiple children not being supported in a meaningful way either financially or emotionally. So this is not second hand news, and it's not crucifying the dead or the famous, but being honest about the good, bad, and quite ugly bits of one man's life who happened to be in the public's eye and whose behavior behind closed doors got kind of hard to ignore to those around him. When he was good, he was extremely good and when he was bad, it was pretty bad. Hope the last few years of his life were better spent than some of the earlier ones as far as time off the stage and out of the spotlight. I'm forever grateful for the music he left us while he was here. ❤☮🌎

SO much better than anything Sting & The Police recorded or performed IMHO

@@runmusicbeer i don't mind the Police, but think that this is right up there with their best, for sure