John Martyn

HISTORIA

Nacido en Glasgow, en 1948, John Martyn comparte la escena folk inglesa, que aunque no tan politizada como la americana, trajo nombres de peso como Cat Stevens, Donovan, Al Stewart. En escena desde los 17 años, el trabajo de Martyn reconoce varias etapas. Inicialmente acústico, en el 68 saca London Conversations y Trembler. Posteriormente es producido por Joe Boyd, y junto a su mujer, Beverly, edita Road to Ruin y Bless the Weather. Talvez sea Solid Air quien comienza a darle algún reconocimiento, de allí es la música a la que Luca se refiere como relacionada con la heroína. Dicen que fué hecha para Nick Drake, amigo de Martyn, que acababa de morir.

You've been painting the blues and you've been looking through solid air
You've been seeing it through and you've been looking through solid air
Don't know what's going 'round in your mind
And I can tell you don't like what you find when you're moving through solid air
I know you, I love you
And I can be your friend, I can follow you anywhere
Even through solid air
You've been stoning it cold, you've been living on solid air
You've been finding it cold, you've been living on solid air
I don't know what's going on inside
I can tell you that it's hard to hide when you're living on solid air
You've been getting too deep, you've been living on solid air
You've been missing your sleep and you've been moving through solid air
I don't know what's going on in your mind
But I know you don't like what you find when you're moving through solid air
You've been walking your line, you've been walking on solid air
You've been taking your time but you've been walking on solid air
Don't know what's going on inside
But I can tell you that it's hard to hide when you're living on solid air

Ya aquí se observa una mudanza de lo acústico a lo Jazzy. John se junta con Danny Thompson, bajista de Pentangle. En la década del 80, Martyn aparece con una banda. En esta época pasaba por una fase de alcoholismo que lo lleva a situaciones extremas, tal como tocar temas acústicos en recitales de rock, o por el contrario, tocar temas eléctricos para plateas folk ( no les hace acordar a otra persona ? ). Un album interesante para los que quieran ver esta fase es "Live at Leeds" del 75.

OBS: Martyn grabó gran parte de sus discos por la Virgin Records, aquella que lo metió en cana al Pelado por afanarse discos

DISCOGRAFIA

LINKS

Un buen link está en http://www.cybercomm.nl/Keeslely/martyn html.