Secrets of a Schizoid Man
23 Oct 1982
IT WAS Sandy Roberton, John's manager, producer, adviser and umbilical chord to the trends of the Eighties, who finally put my suspicions in focus.
23 Oct 1982
IT WAS Sandy Roberton, John's manager, producer, adviser and umbilical chord to the trends of the Eighties, who finally put my suspicions in focus.
24 Jan 1982
Dopo anni di circuiti più o meno limitati John Martyn sta per avere una grande rivincita in special modo dopo il sodalizio artistico con Phil Collins.
01 Jan 1982
Host: Neben mir, John Martyn...
JM: Hi...
H: Not from England, from Scotland...
JM: Scotland, Scotland.
H: Die Schotten legen ja immer sehr viel Wert darauf daß man also 'Schotland' sagt und nicht 'England', it's very important that we always have to say 'Scotland' instead of...
John, in Glasgow geboren, aufgewachsen Ende der sechziger Jahre, sixty-eight, you started with folk music, hast du mit Folkmusik begonnen. Dann, in the mid seventies, Mitte der siebziger, bist du umgestiegen auf Rock. Warum, why?
17 Dec 1981
If the publicity machine has not yet made him a Rod Stewart or a Gerry Rafferty, then a loyal following around the world has certainly made a cult figure of John Martyn.
John who? It is still a fair question in his own native city of Glasgow, where the former Shawlands Academy boy is perhaps less of a name than he is in London, Vienna or New York.
21 Nov 1981
"Toen ik in 1967 met platen maken begon, dacht ik de mensheid even hardhandig met de neus op de feiten te kunnen drukken. Ik spiegelde me vooral aan Robert Johnson en andere blueszangers die de kop in de wind gooiden. Ik tegen de rest van de wereld. Dat werk."
18 Nov 1981
John Martyn spreekt bijna achteloos over z'n mateloze obsessie voor vrouwen. "Ach, ik ben nu eenmaal een geboren romanticus," voegt bij er breed grijnzend aan toe. Martyn (33) praat in de vierde versnelling, doet druk, lacht veel, maar het merkwaardige gevoel dat z'n jovialiteit ieder moment om kan slaan blijft voortdurend aanwezig. Vanuit een folk-hoek heeft bij zich ontwikkeld tot een niet te categoriseren artiest. Z'n muziek is stijlvol, ingetogen emotioneel en werkt vaak op welhaast bedrieglijke wijze bedwelmend.
10 Oct 1981
Over a wee dram o'champagne, John Martyn meditates on life, loyalty, loneliness and love's labours lost.
Sympathetic ears: Chris Salewicz
Eyes: Jean-Bernard Sohiez
03 Oct 1981
Steve Sutherland slips on his rose-tinted glasses and pops along to hero-worship JOHN MARTYN. Half-tones: Janette Beckman.
YOU'LL have read, no doubt, from time to time, the type of image-boosting tripe we hacks dish out in a bid to force some fab new fad on the world's affection just to gloat in reflected hip glory. You've probably even taken the bait occasionally, enticed by the fashion, reputation and one-upmanship of novelty.
01 Sep 1981
John Martyn gets filed under M for Miscellaneous when it comes to the mainstream categories of popular music. His eclectic style has taken in traditional Scottish folk, picked up on blues, jazz and dub on the way, all the while retaining a distinctive personal feel. He must rank among the most unique guitar stylists this country has produced.
23 May 1981
John Martyn, in concert in London tonight, has been a cult figure for far too long. Now he plans to change all that, as Mick Brown reports