Interviews

Entretien Avec John Martyn

Gérard Nguyen/ Xavier Beal
Atem magazine #12

John Martyn, on n'a pas tellement l'occasion de le rencontrer. Il était cependant programmé au Bus Palladium, mais le concert a été annulé à la dernière minute. Et puis, oh surprise, on a appris qu'il était quand même à Paris, pour donner quelques interviews...

John Martyn: Het Scherp van de Snede

Bert van de Kamp
Oor #5

John Martyn komt niet meer bij van het lachen. Hij slaat zich op de knieën van de pret. Hij is zojuist gekonfronteerd met een uitspraak van zichzelf twee jaar geleden. 'I call my works rather materialized actions of passing by and coincidental meetings in time', deelde hij zijn gesprekspartner van toen onomwonden mee.
"Phew! Heb IK dat gezegd? Ha!"

John Martyn: Talking through Solid Air

Dave Belbin
Gongster

THE release of One World, coupled with John Martyn's second appearance in Nottingham this year, seemed good reason to renew a slight acquaintance with the man, by the way of an interview for this tome. Tempting as it is to devote the music pages' entire space to Mr Martyn, discretion prevails, so what follows is a match-of-the-day edited highlights, with commentary left to a minimum.

This man is a walking, playing bag of his own

Chris Salewicz
New Musical Express

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"Actually," admits John Martyn, as he gives in to one of the great groundswells of spluttering, infectious laughter that carry along his speech, "I see myself as a dignified observer of the music business. I feel a bit like a voyeur sometimes. I just flit in and out. I really" -now he's offering great howls of very honest laughter- "don't want much to do with it."

John Martyn, Superstar!

John Walker
Trouser Press

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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.

Up To Date with John Martyn

Andy Childs
ZigZag magazine #70

Only six weeks or so gone, and already it looks as if 1977 is going to be a cracker of a year for rock music! In the month of January alone we had superb albums from Spirit and David Bowie plus the exceptional music of Ry Cooder and his band at the Hammersmith Odeon, and February promises long-awaited albums from Neil Young and Roy Harper, with the latter about to return to the road with his new band Chips.

Player Of The Month

Anonymous
Beat Instrumental

John Martyn

Fans of John Martyn have probably noticed that the genial songster has been a little elusive of late. We decided that it was about time we brought him out into the open and got some straight answers about what he's been up to for the last year.

Man of many parts

Karl Dallas
Melody Maker

THE news that Danny Thompson is getting back into jazz will please the many who have missed the big, fat tone of his bass during his protracted flirtations with other types of music.

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