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Springfield, Civic Center, 5 Apr 1978

7 Apr 1978

Boston Globe

Steve Morse

Contentment with Clapton

John Martyn opened, and his Echoplexed guitar and woozy vocals made for a strange but uniquely experimental warmup act.

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6 Apr 1978

Boston Globe

Steve Morse

John Martyn, who as a solo performer (just himself and guitar) has opened an American tour for Yes and will soon open another for Eric Clapton, is an underrated but magnetically engaging artist.

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5 Apr 1978

Philadelphia Daily News

Jonathan Takiff

Lots of your mellower folkies from the '60s have lately evolved into a cool jazz style; the mixed bag Richie Havens used to grab all for himself.

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Detroit, Cobo Arena, 28 Mar 1978

29 Mar 1978

Windsor Star

John Laycock

eric clapton

Clapton's greatness shines

The show was opened by John Martyn, veteran Scottish guitarist who's a favorite of British musicians and practically unknown otherwise.

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Martyn is a contemporary singer/ songwriter/ guitarist, originally from Glasgow, Scotland, whose music is not easily categorized for it ranges from seemingly improvised instrumental effects and jazzy vocal phrasing to energetic rock and roll.

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18 Mar 1978

Cash Box

Anonymous

In a world where favorite musical styles are used by hundreds of performers, John Martyn stands out as unique.

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John Martyn, Superstar!

01 Dec 1977

John Walker

Trouser Press

John Martyn, Superstar!

I once saw a girl absolutely cream some poor bastard with a John Martyn record. He'd whispered some lewd suggestion in her ear and she just whipped around and gave him a tremendous shot in the temple with a copy of So Far So Good.