Re: John Martyn my 2 cents

[agentlesoul2004@yahoo.com]

I remember working at what we use to call "head shops" in the mid 70's; we sold records as well and everytime we played the Solid Air or Bless the Weather album, customers who had never heard  of Mr. Martyn  would buy it immediately.  At the same time there was a college radio station in Georgetown University, and a good friend of mine hosted a show called Solid Air. 

Just a few memories.......

 

John Martyn and Nick Drake R.I.P.

 

peace

marc

--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Jeff Duke <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> wrote:

From: Jeff Duke <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: John Martyn
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 11:44 AM

You may be right about "Live at Leeds". "Big Muff" comes to mind. But his
release "Solid Air" uses lots of beautiful echoplex although not "looping" I
don't think. Listen to "I'd Rather Be The Devil".

J

----- Original Message -----
From: "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: John Martyn


> Martyn definitely qualifies as a proto-looper,
> using his (old style) echoplex to create the effect
> of multi-part playing.
>
> afaik his "Live at Leeds" album contains the only available example of
> this,
> (but I could easily be wrong about that.)
>
> andy
>
> Matt Stevens wrote:
>> sad news about the echoplex
>> king http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7858458.stm
>>
>> Matt Stevens
>> www.mattstevensguitar.com
>> mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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