Friday, January 30, 2009

Track of the Day - Solid Air


John Martyn - Solid Air



He's going home - over the hill...



The last thing I saw him play live was the whole Solid Air LP at the Albert Hall



We shared a birthday - RIP
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Douglas Miller said...

I saw him live about a dozen times. The first at University in 1984 the last I think at the Forum. One of the most important musicians of my life and I found myself choked for a few seconds on hearing the news as I got off a plane this morning. For me Grace and Danger for its stellar musicianship and depth of songwriting and One World because it is an album only he could have made stand as his greatest works although I fully understand why others place 'Solid Air' at the top. I note how, in the Guardian obituary they remind us how influenced he was by Pharoah Sanders. That probably prevented him form being a superstar but made him all the better for it.

For me his great friend Phil Collins got it right 'Uncompromising ...infuriating...but I loved him dearly'. Fans who never knew him will feel the same.

One of the important musicians of the last 40 years.

January 30, 2009 5:00 pm
Douglas Miller said...

How fantastic to see Solid Air ranked 2nd in the Amazon best sellers tonight and Grace and Danger and One World also in the top 100. There was a lot of latent love out there...

January 30, 2009 9:58 pm
Douglas Miller said...

Make that 7 albums in the top 100

January 30, 2009 10:46 pm
ArkAngel said...

Shifting the convo over to http://aarkangel.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/has-anybody-here-seen-my-old-friend-john

January 31, 2009 12:40 am
Douglas Miller said...

Feel free to add the emails I have sent you on this

January 31, 2009 12:46 am
ArkAngel said...

Thanks, have done

February 01, 2009 12:13 am

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