John was my next-door neighbour here in Ireland for over 10 years up to his passing. He lived in the house I grew up in. John was a wonderful talent and a wonderful man. He funeral was the most beautiful one I've ever been to ❤
@@thomasbarchen Me too, 67. I have been playing May you Never years ago when I first heard it covered by Clapton from his Backless LP (loaded with gems from his country era). Never knew it was JM song until now. I did a deep dive into some of his other performances And came to the same conclusion as everyone else - he is a gifted singer songwriter and guitarist for sure. Maybe just was not commercial enough back then. Its back on my set list.
Better late than never! I was lucky enough to have two British musician friends staying at my apartment and for my birthday, one of them bought me a few lps and John Martyn Live at Leeds was one of them (he actually could have played JM's stunt double in a film...same hair and cute as several buttons), and that did it. A fan forever. Got to see him play a few times in the mid-1980s. If he played in the USA more often, I would have followed him anywhere to see him play. Never saw him soused enough to not be anything but magical and mesmerizing. Gone too soon (but what a handful...want to buy/read his two bios). ❤☮🌎
Yep, over half a century ago now - crazy. John's performance is so deep and rich, seems kind of timeless ... have a feeling this will continue to be loved and appreciated for a long time to come...
I was brought up listening to John's music and I turned my husband on to him,when my husband passed away I put solid air with him and rolled a couple of joints and was blessed with decent weather on that day.
That is both tragic and beautiful at the same time. John brings me happy/sad memories of my wife too. We both loved his early music. I am really sorry for your loss.
John Martyn in 1973 wow, he looks angelic,superb guitar playing, this gorgeous song and his beautiful singing. I've loved this album since first hearing it in 73. I'm 69
My Brother died January 2011. I played and sang this to him at his funeral in Exeter. He was always a good strong brother to me and he knows that I loved him so. I chose this song because I learnt and played it for him for his last birthday a few months earlier. John Martyn was a wonderful songwriter. RIP
Beautiful.. My father met him many moons ago in Cork. He was playing in the Savory and popped into my father's pub for few pints, they later met again.. he was a truly gifted artist. May he rest in peace 🙏
Leeds Uni...early 70's...John and Danny Thompson on stage, place was rammed. Everyone sat down, stoned and transfixed by the first two tracks. Paul Kossof strolled on smoking a rather large doobie...59 sunburst Les Paul hanging low and played on the next two songs then strolled off. What a night of sublime music. I will never forget. Rest in peace brothers.
John Martyn, eh? Spanned more music in his time than anyone, always ahead, always original, lived in the hills, drank too much, but left us with just extraordinary, extraordinary, moving and leading music.
A glass of warm beer and and half trampled on joint listening to “Solid air “ with a rag tag bunch of you’re best mates……good days past. Bless you John.
Just realized it has been more than 50 years since I have been listening to Mr. Martyn. RIP. Brought here by listening to WHFS 102.3 FM, High atop the Triangle Towers, Bethesda, Maryland USA
Saw him 3 or 4 times in the 80s, mostly in Stoke. He was superb every time and now my 23 year old is into him too. You were a genius John, and this song is just beautiful. Thank you for touching our hearts and souls
Stumbled across this Man whilst youtube surfing about a week ago.Blew me away! Apparently unheralded in the U.S. How many musical geniuses go largely unnoticed because we are bombarded with crap?
Almost all of them. Then one day, after they are dead, there's some advert for a car using their music, and boom! That happened to John's friend, Nick Drake.
I have vivid memories of this being sung to me by my dad as he rocked me in his arms when I was a baby. Such a beautiful song, I cry every time I hear it
Kirsty MacLeod I also sing this to my son and I truly hope that someday this tune will play somewhere and he will be filled with memories, happy days 👌🏻
Adolph Oliver Bush My dad died a few years ago. He loved folksy rock like this. At the time, I found it boring, but now I think of him when I listen to James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon and all the rest of the greats.
I'm terribly sorry that I heard of this song from someone else and that my own taste in music didn't bring me here. But I'm glad I listened to this song.
Just back from an old friend's funeral. This is the song his friends chose to play in the middle part of his humanist service. Made me cry. Here's to you Davy. Cheers pal🍻🍷
My dad’s name was john and this song was played at his funeral. Everyone said this song reminds them of him as he was great friend to many people. I was only 6 when he died and my memory of his outgoing personality will live through me forever. ❤
I feel sorry for people who post this. There is not a single music video of any style or genre on youtube that doesn't have a comment like yours, usually near the top. Personally I'm not so insecure that i insist of everyone liking the same music as me.
My dad loved this song....he sadly passed last summer when my brother and I were with him at the time. The last time he lay his head down he had our hands to hold...'May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold' so powerful, I will forever love this song, thanks John...RIP dad💔.
Early '70's, my bf and I were on a train from Manchester ... corridor carriages, anyone remember them? My bf was in a band called Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts, we were returning from a gig. We heard music coming from the next carriage, we went to investigate, it was John Martyn and a friend, he was just gigging around the folk clubs at that point. We spent the entire journey with them, and got invited back to Johns house in Chelsea ... and left in the early hours !! In the '80's this song became an "our song" ... a different boyfriend though !!!
coolmum47 GRIEF ! but i did like Brett and the bolts. Always wanted to make a zobstick. I remember a wonderful night at Essex uni. And another one when me an the missus saw Johnny. He cheeky monkey tried to pull me missus . RIP Johnno, RIP Lyndy 😥😥
I had the pleasure of seeing John in Liberty Hall Dublin, around 1970 -- solo, a guitar and a 'wah wah' pedal. I swear there was a full band hiding somewhere, except the stage was completely bare except for a chair and mike. Such is the talent of a magical performer, singer and songwriter. Sadly missed, forever remembered and always sung in solo company -- just me and John beside me -- ar dheis de go raibh do anam dilis Iain -- (John Martyn was born as Iain McGeachy) -- sadly gone, but somehow always present -- just another bit of magic --
"Love is the lesson to learn in our time" because "I don't want to know about evil I only want to know about love" Let these words be this man;s lasting legacy If he only gave us these two songs, it wold have been more than enough. Let me proclaim that I believe in Angels and Jon Martyn is now one of them.
I left home at 17 and moved to Bristol to art school. I took a copy of Solid Air that I played over and over again. I still listen to it regularly today, and it is still as good as the first day I listened to it 25 years ago. R.I.P
I was lucky enough to know John as I babsat for him and Beverly as a terenager... I have loved his wonderful sound and quality as musician all my life.
I have a good friend called Robert. I was the singer in a band where he was the lead guitarist for a couple years before covid ruined everything. I've always been happy to think that his dad drunkenly rampaged around my local town of lochgilphead with this great man on a night out many years ago. I'm privileged to live in this area of Scotland.
Sweetness you have the made the right choice. Please have a box of hankies handy. Most of all keep playing it until he understands the sentiments of this beautiful song.
@@andycarpenter3650I only heard of him in the late 90s I'm from north of Ireland and he done the soundtrack to a Irish movie called titanic town... realeased about 97....
I sat my 27 year old daughter down and played this to her. When it finished i asked her what she thought. She couldnt speak as she was crying. Nothing more needs to be said. John Martyn,thank you .
I keep coming back to this video. This song is amazing, but this version is just perfect. When he was at the top of his game. The guitar playing is hypnotic, and his voice here is spot on. RIP you absolute LEGEND!!!
i play guitar and this song is just so intricate to play i find and then john is singing as well! its amazing, he truly left his own style behind... only got into him recently and i wish i could have seen his last tour alas..... maybe in the next life.... what a hero.....
I was privileged to see John Martyn in the 80s on The Grace and Danger tour in The National Stadium in Dublin. I said at the time it was the best concert I had ever been to. 4 decades later and that still stands. R. I . P. John.
All time favourite n dedicating it too my wee dog who had to be put to sleep tonight. 15years n almost 2 days young! Fiesty to the end n I loved the very bones of her xx
I love that no live performance of this song was ever the same, John always switched up the notes or words and gave a really unique experience to the audience at every show. Just wish I was born earlier so I could’ve been one of those lucky people.
Bumped in to John one night in Newry, he was travelling from Belfast to Dublin, he played a few songs for us in mc logans old bar,,,what a night,, a real gentleman.
John also lived in the Biggar (South Lanarkshire) area in the 80s. He was well respected but enjoyed the anonymity the place provided. Every October as part of the Biggar Little Festival there is a tribute night where his songs are played by a local musician. Met him a few times in the pub and one night we had the same type of shoes on.
I was lucky to see John and Danny Thompson in Inverness a few years before he passed away. An amazing night. True respect was shown by the theatre audience. The minute a note was plucked the applause stopped, and no one clapped until the last note was played on every song or tune. The whole audience wanted to savour every minute. Most knew they would never get to see him perform again. It was almost reverence.
@@papercup2517 he was born in Peterborough and lived there until he was 11..they moved near Glasgow because of his father's job...but hes English not Scottish
John Martyn grew up in Hastings old town, & did many charity gigs there for the Nelsons Tigers club. Well known around the pubs n streets, lovely sensative fella really deep. Fell for his music & him after seeing him live at Elephant fare 1983/ 4 .
Heard John Martyn play years ago, he was at the Milton Keynes bowl with Genesis. Loved him, rushed out and bought his then current album (Glorious Fool) but I didn't like it, it was produced by Phil Collins and it showed, nothing like the great stuff he was playing onstage that day (remember the rain, anyone?). Confused, I let him go. Then, yesterday, I came across a John Martyn compilation in Tesco for three quid and I thought, why not? This is the first track on the album and it's easily worth the money on its own. Always liked this song - knew the Eric Clapton version - but his own performance of it blows Clapton out of the water. Was sad to discover he is no longer with us. What a great musician.
John Martyn, enduring admitement from my teens. May you never is my designated funeral song. He quietly supported local amateur musicians where I came from in Scotland. Such a sad loss for us all.
Beautiful song and he made it all look so simple. He played fro his heart and soul.. That's a rare thing.. Back then and now. Thanks for giving us some classic music big man
Had a bar room fight with John Martyn in '92. Told me he was a Freemason. I called it the mafia of the mediocre . (He lost his temper) Didn't stop me from loving his music and talent. Heavily influenced my songwriting and playing. Have a listen.
"I'd like to introduce the band, on bass Jaco Pastorius, on drums Phil Collins." Oh boy. Mountford Hall, Liverpool University late 1970s. We sat on the floor. Recall at one point his acoustic guitar discarded on the stage 'playing itself' via a Watkins Copicat or something similar. It was a hoot and so very memorable.
John bless him. He lived a hard life that his own peers were amazed by...weapon of mass destruction is what Thompson and McTell called him...quite a tortured soul. Loved him since i could be one too
Such a tune, RIP John and belated one for Nick Drake for this is written about him.. two musical geniuses whom we'll never tire of listening to as long as we have ears pure magic
Whenever I'm having a bad time I listen to John Martyn and it always helps me resolve things. He's up there with Bach as one of the greatest composers ever
I just had a shi!!y day. And listening to this just made all the stress run away and hide back in the dark corner where it belongs. John Martyn, you are exceptional even after your gone. And you lighten up my life. Outstanding!
I first saw John play live on 12 September 1976 in the Edinburgh Playhouse. He was on the bill alongside Bert Jansch (who I'd really gone to see) and Davey Johnstone. It remains, to this day, the best gig I ever attended. I was seated dead centre in the front row and I was just mesmerised by John's performance. I'd never heard anyone use Echoplex until that night and I could scarcely believe what I was hearing and seeing. From that night on I fell in love with his music and even now, over 40 years later, I still listen to him almost every day. Rest In Peace John and thank you for all of it.
I called around to a mates house after school during the early eightie's and his older brother had this playing on video, never heard the like of it before, it still makes the hairs stand on the back of my neck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that older brother pointed me in the only direction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw him on his own at Madison Square Garden. He had the capacity crowd in awe of his talent . We all were transfixed . Traffic followed , they were great as always !!!! This was around 1973 . MSG is in N.Y. City . Thanks BB
John was my next-door neighbour here in Ireland for over 10 years up to his passing. He lived in the house I grew up in. John was a wonderful talent and a wonderful man. He funeral was the most beautiful one I've ever been to ❤
God bless this wonderful talented man..r.i.p
What a beautiful, amazing, deep memory. I somehow ended up here from a Stephen Murphy video.
Thank you for sharing your memories 🌹
I would have loved to have lived next door to him. Thanks for sharing x
Love is a lesson to learn in our time
Such a true and Holy lyric.
Xxx
I sang this to my son when he was a baby. He died in a car crash aged 18. I still sing it to him..... Great song, great JM.
I’m so sorry to hear that, I hope you’re doing okay.
Sending you so much love, so sorry for your loss, so tragic😢
@@twiggy1253 Many thanks. Getting on....
@@tarancameron5831 Many thanks. Getting on....
Happy Fathers Day to you!! I hope you’re thinking of those times you sang to him.❤
I am 58 years old and have been listening to music my whole life and I just discovered John Martyn recently. Wow, what an amazing musician!
Ditto. However I am 57. Just discovered him as well!!
58 and found today from Nick Drake 💙💜
@@thomasbarchen Me too, 67. I have been playing May you Never years ago when I first heard it covered by Clapton from his Backless LP (loaded with gems from his country era). Never knew it was JM song until now. I did a deep dive into some of his other performances And came to the same conclusion as everyone else - he is a gifted singer songwriter and guitarist for sure. Maybe just was not commercial enough back then. Its back on my set list.
Better late than never! I was lucky enough to have two British musician friends staying at my apartment and for my birthday, one of them bought me a few lps and John Martyn Live at Leeds was one of them (he actually could have played JM's stunt double in a film...same hair and cute as several buttons), and that did it. A fan forever. Got to see him play a few times in the mid-1980s. If he played in the USA more often, I would have followed him anywhere to see him play. Never saw him soused enough to not be anything but magical and mesmerizing. Gone too soon (but what a handful...want to buy/read his two bios). ❤☮🌎
Listening in 2024. This stands the test of time.
Just the best ❤
Yep, over half a century ago now - crazy. John's performance is so deep and rich, seems kind of timeless ... have a feeling this will continue to be loved and appreciated for a long time to come...
I was brought up listening to John's music and I turned my husband on to him,when my husband passed away I put solid air with him and rolled a couple of joints and was blessed with decent weather on that day.
So sad 😢
That is both tragic and beautiful at the same time. John brings me happy/sad memories of my wife too. We both loved his early music. I am really sorry for your loss.
John Martyn in 1973 wow, he looks angelic,superb guitar playing, this gorgeous song and his beautiful singing. I've loved this album since first hearing it in 73.
I'm 69
My Brother died January 2011. I played and sang this to him at his funeral in Exeter. He was always a good strong brother to me and he knows that I loved him so. I chose this song because I learnt and played it for him for his last birthday a few months earlier. John Martyn was a wonderful songwriter. RIP
Beautiful.. My father met him many moons ago in Cork. He was playing in the Savory and popped into my father's pub for few pints, they later met again.. he was a truly gifted artist. May he rest in peace 🙏
What a moving comment. G-d bless you, your brother and John Martyn.
I saw him at UEA circa 1971 - fabulous - so sorry for his loss and for your brother
My dad funeral song too. Heartbreaking but I can't stop listening to it
Such an amazing lyrical artist!
Still listening in 2023 🙏🏻
RIP, John 🕊️
One of the greatest singer songwriters we have ever produced.
Very underrated singer,/songwriter
The 60s and 70s were a golden age, and produced so many great British and Irish guitarists.
I love this song. It's so comforting to listen to. I love the whole album "Solid Air."
So true.
Leeds Uni...early 70's...John and Danny Thompson on stage, place was rammed. Everyone sat down, stoned and transfixed by the first two tracks. Paul Kossof strolled on smoking a rather large doobie...59 sunburst Les Paul hanging low and played on the next two songs then strolled off. What a night of sublime music. I will never forget.
Rest in peace brothers.
I'm 66. I cry every single blessed time I hear this song.
@mattwalker5129
I don't think you're alone there.
I'm 57 (and yes I had to work it out), I have a handful of such songs.☮️🏴
Me too I'm 69 so does my daughter she's 32
It's beautiful. I saw him 12 times and an old friend, Graham Hally was his sound engineer for a long time. 🩷
Precious! Love this song!!! One of the underrated singer songwriters! RIP!
John Martyn, eh? Spanned more music in his time than anyone, always ahead, always original, lived in the hills, drank too much, but left us with just extraordinary, extraordinary, moving and leading music.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written, or performed.
Amen. Seen him live a few times, and he was shit hot.
I just sent this to my daughter earlier Sara saying just what you have said.
I'm always greeting ( crying) by half way through.x
@@johnwilson1997 A fantastic largely unrecognised song, unless you were clued up at the right time.
Wonderful!
You stole my line! Two years after posting it.... 😅❤️
In my opinion, one of the best songs ever written. Performed exquisitely by John here.
Had the privilege of seeing this guy 1973 made a missive impression took my breath away
Me too
A glass of warm beer and and half trampled on joint listening to “Solid air “ with a rag tag bunch of you’re best mates……good days past.
Bless you John.
Just realized it has been more than 50 years since I have been listening to Mr. Martyn. RIP. Brought here by listening to WHFS 102.3 FM, High atop the Triangle Towers, Bethesda, Maryland USA
This is possibly my favourite song of all time ✌️
Saw him 3 or 4 times in the 80s, mostly in Stoke. He was superb every time and now my 23 year old is into him too. You were a genius John, and this song is just beautiful. Thank you for touching our hearts and souls
Were you Stoked to see him?
@@stevemarshall6564 lol!!! That comment is so on Trent!!!!
@@sarahjay600 hahaha!
Stumbled across this Man whilst youtube surfing about a week ago.Blew me away! Apparently unheralded in the U.S. How many musical geniuses go largely unnoticed
because we are bombarded with crap?
It's called the Zeppelin effect.
He certainly was special.
Miss him badly, toured endlessly and annually hit Cambridge England .
Far too many mate. :(
Almost all of them. Then one day, after they are dead, there's some advert for a car using their music, and boom! That happened to John's friend, Nick Drake.
I have vivid memories of this being sung to me by my dad as he rocked me in his arms when I was a baby. Such a beautiful song, I cry every time I hear it
Kirsty MacLeod you will have those memories for ever, real good solid memories.
Kirsty MacLeod I also sing this to my son and I truly hope that someday this tune will play somewhere and he will be filled with memories, happy days 👌🏻
It has a lullaby quality to it...and the words go with it... I feel sorry for children who were never sung to as they drifted off to sleep...
Same
Me too Kirsty.
My dad died last week, we had the funeral yesterday. This song has been playing in my head ever since.
I miss you, Dad.
Adolph Oliver Bush
My dad died a few years ago. He loved folksy rock like this. At the time, I found it boring, but now I think of him when I listen to James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon and all the rest of the greats.
I feel your pain keep your head up pal
kev b
Much appreciated, Kev. Been pretty tough, but he had an amazing life. Thanks.
Adolph Oliver Bush Sorry to hear AOB John Martin is a great Spirit of expression like you too ..
*****
Thank you. Much appreciated. Love them while they are here.
Unbelievable. 40 years I have loved this.
I'm terribly sorry that I heard of this song from someone else and that my own taste in music didn't bring me here. But I'm glad I listened to this song.
Just back from an old friend's funeral. This is the song his friends chose to play in the middle part of his humanist service. Made me cry. Here's to you Davy. Cheers pal🍻🍷
How can anyone give this song a thumbs down. Beggars belief. John Martyn was a one off.
My dad’s name was john and this song was played at his funeral. Everyone said this song reminds them of him as he was great friend to many people. I was only 6 when he died and my memory of his outgoing personality will live through me forever. ❤
Literally the most beautiful song ever created.
It's 2020 and this song still hits better than most. Using the guitar as a rhythm instrument like few can, raw soul and a poet
A big influence on this guy I would say too! th-cam.com/video/ZlG1Qi5K_Mw/w-d-xo.html
Unique talent . Much missed .
truth will out
Without doubt the most underrated British singer songwriter of all time - RIP john
And there we go, didnt take long for that meaningless youtube comments section word 'underrated' to appear . ..
Rated most highly by the enlightened, you mean. Sadly, the vast majority dwell in darkness.
@@jamescarr4662 Here here -- that overused epithet is overrated.
Underrated??? By who?
@@marioloi337 by whom x
you gotta feel sorry for the people who have hit the dislike button. to live your life without a soul is tragic
+the mighty joe Totally. They have forgotten that the sun sets on us as well as the land... remember the 70's, so relaxed compared to nowadays.
I feel sorry for people who post this. There is not a single music video of any style or genre on youtube that doesn't have a comment like yours, usually near the top.
Personally I'm not so insecure that i insist of everyone liking the same music as me.
197 downs? Trolls at best die im a car crash at worst..2018
Well said. But I don't feel sorry for their stupidity.
Feckin so ething wrong with em
My dad loved this song....he sadly passed last summer when my brother and I were with him at the time. The last time he lay his head down he had our hands to hold...'May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold' so powerful, I will forever love this song, thanks John...RIP dad💔.
Sorry about your dad, yes so powerful.
This one my favorites, as I played it live many times. But the guitar tuning and the finger picking took me ages to learn. Thank you, J. Matin!❤
Early '70's, my bf and I were on a train from Manchester ... corridor carriages, anyone remember them? My bf was in a band called Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts, we were returning from a gig. We heard music coming from the next carriage, we went to investigate, it was John Martyn and a friend, he was just gigging around the folk clubs at that point. We spent the entire journey with them, and got invited back to Johns house in Chelsea ... and left in the early hours !! In the '80's this song became an "our song" ... a different boyfriend though !!!
great story from good times .
What a fantastic story! I loved those trains
With desperate compartments, and JM just down the way. Far out!
'Desperate' darn autocorrupt!
Seperate. Of course with shutters on window and door, wonderful.
+coolmum47
Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts, you say....well Blow Me Down.
coolmum47 GRIEF ! but i did like Brett and the bolts. Always wanted to make a zobstick. I remember a wonderful night at Essex uni. And another one when me an the missus saw Johnny. He cheeky monkey tried to pull me missus . RIP Johnno, RIP Lyndy 😥😥
I had the pleasure of seeing John in Liberty Hall Dublin, around 1970 -- solo, a guitar and a 'wah wah' pedal. I swear there was a full band hiding somewhere, except the stage was completely bare except for a chair and mike. Such is the talent of a magical performer, singer and songwriter. Sadly missed, forever remembered and always sung in solo company -- just me and John beside me -- ar dheis de go raibh do anam dilis Iain -- (John Martyn was born as Iain McGeachy) -- sadly gone, but somehow always present -- just another bit of magic --
Do you know what he was doing in Kilkenny where he died?
He lived in Kilkenny with his partner.
@@oliveraherne5547 drinking mostly
We play this tune always when performing. Most underrated singer/song writer/ performer. Gifted!!😢
"Love is the lesson to learn in our time" because "I don't want to know about evil I only want to know about love" Let these words be this man;s lasting legacy If he only gave us these two songs, it wold have been more than enough. Let me proclaim that I believe in Angels and Jon Martyn is now one of them.
This is 40 years old now ! sounds so fresh still.
Just goes to show how the standards have slipped over the years. 😎
I left home at 17 and moved to Bristol to art school. I took a copy of Solid Air that I played over and over again. I still listen to it regularly today, and it is still as good as the first day I listened to it 25 years ago. R.I.P
I was lucky enough to know John as I babsat for him and Beverly as a terenager... I have loved his wonderful sound and quality as musician all my life.
I have a good friend called Robert. I was the singer in a band where he was the lead guitarist for a couple years before covid ruined everything. I've always been happy to think that his dad drunkenly rampaged around my local town of lochgilphead with this great man on a night out many years ago. I'm privileged to live in this area of Scotland.
JM was the best singer song writer to come out of the UK, saw him many times and always inspired. Miss seeing him live.
My son is being born in the morning and I'm gonna sing him this. Especially the last bit ;) x
Excellent choice of first song
Hope it goes well
Sweetness you have the made the right choice. Please have a box of hankies handy. Most of all keep playing it until he understands the sentiments of this beautiful song.
This was the lullaby I sang to both my kids when they were little!
@@hjhstaff great minds or fools seldom differ haha
Just Pure.
This Genius touches souls.
Delightful performance.
JM nailed that, in my humble opinion .
Never forgotten.
wow the perfection..amazing
he was the man :)
Had the pleasure of speaking to this gem, such a gentleman
John Martyn never got the credit he deserved
Folk singers rarely do. Look at Nick Drake
@@andycarpenter3650I only heard of him in the late 90s I'm from north of Ireland and he done the soundtrack to a Irish movie called titanic town... realeased about 97....
The guy was a pure genius , acoustic legend, and song writer, very missed, 😔♥️🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Damn, so much empathy and warmth in the chords, melody, voice, words. Just a big warm hug of a song.
Being 17, I'm so lucky that I listen to his songs rather than today's music.
I love to share this with ppl i love
Try Neil young- Harvest album especially ❤
I can listen to this song thousands of times (I think I may have) and I never get tired of it. Not many songs do that for me.
I sat my 27 year old daughter down and played this to her.
When it finished i asked her what she thought.
She couldnt speak as she was crying.
Nothing more needs to be said.
John Martyn,thank you .
I'm a kiwi.. I was in England (long time ago) and I heard and saw this man. Ah, jesus. How brilliant is he..
I keep coming back to this video. This song is amazing, but this version is just perfect. When he was at the top of his game. The guitar playing is hypnotic, and his voice here is spot on. RIP you absolute LEGEND!!!
Effortless perfection! One of my favourite songs of all time! There is no cover that does this justice. JM was a genius, sadly underrated in his time.
Hi Robert, I agree! Michael Hedges did a surprisingly beautiful rendition though. th-cam.com/video/35gseUUyc5g/w-d-xo.html
i play guitar and this song is just so intricate to play i find and then john is singing as well! its amazing, he truly left his own style behind... only got into him recently and i wish i could have seen his last tour alas..... maybe in the next life.... what a hero.....
I was privileged to see John Martyn in the 80s on The Grace and Danger tour in The National Stadium in Dublin. I said at the time it was the best concert I had ever been to. 4 decades later and that still stands. R. I . P. John.
I love his voice, his music ... RIP dear John!
One of my favourite artists of the 70's! What an artist.
The singing is even more masterful than the guitar. It's like he has a never ending supply of oxygen. Never seems to take a breath.
All time favourite n dedicating it too my wee dog who had to be put to sleep tonight. 15years n almost 2 days young! Fiesty to the end n I loved the very bones of her xx
Carol Reddington.. rip wee dug 💙
Cop on to your self woman, your obviously childless, fucking stupid dog.
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I don't know what's more pitiful than a troll with a tenuous grasp on the English language.
Don't pay attention to that sad excuse for a human being. Links lizard you are a soulless shit.
the links lizard Bless you for this. I feel for you & wish you well.
Ps try using spell check when commenting. It’s you’re. Not your. You’re welcome 🙏
I love that no live performance of this song was ever the same, John always switched up the notes or words and gave a really unique experience to the audience at every show. Just wish I was born earlier so I could’ve been one of those lucky people.
Bumped in to John one night in Newry, he was travelling from Belfast to Dublin, he played a few songs for us in mc logans old bar,,,what a night,, a real gentleman.
What a fantastic experience and memory.
John also lived in the Biggar (South Lanarkshire) area in the 80s. He was well respected but enjoyed the anonymity the place provided. Every October as part of the Biggar Little Festival there is a tribute night where his songs are played by a local musician. Met him a few times in the pub and one night we had the same type of shoes on.
I just can't listen to this song enough. His syncopation coupled with that unforgettable melody and lyrics makes this my favourite of all time.
I was lucky to see John and Danny Thompson in Inverness a few years before he passed away.
An amazing night.
True respect was shown by the theatre audience.
The minute a note was plucked the applause stopped, and no one clapped until the last note was played on every song or tune.
The whole audience wanted to savour every minute.
Most knew they would never get to see him perform again.
It was almost reverence.
I'm crying cos its perfection! its like it hits all of the right frequencies to stir my bones...genius, 1 of the best songs in the last 150 years
Those who dislike, fools. Those who like, rules. He made music for himself. Enriched my life to see him live. Man took no prisoners.
I saw John Martyn in London in the late 70s and remember this song as being very inspiring and comforting
me too. Archway Tavern
My partner died in 1999 I couldn’t listen to this for a decade or more… much more
Now it is brings me as much joy as ever x still learning x
John is a first class guy and musician. Scotland is well proud of him.
Hes not Scottish he was born in Peterborough
Steven Duffy So Nick Drake was born in Burma doesn’t mean he is Burmese
@@stevenduffy6601 His father was Scottish, I believe, and he grew up mostly in Glasgow.
@@papercup2517 he was born in Peterborough and lived there until he was 11..they moved near Glasgow because of his father's job...but hes English not Scottish
@@stevenduffy6601 He was a drunk, a citizen of the world
John Martyn grew up in Hastings old town, & did many charity gigs there for the Nelsons Tigers club. Well known around the pubs n streets, lovely sensative fella really deep.
Fell for his music & him after seeing
him live at Elephant fare 1983/ 4 .
Ole John giving us his best with his instruments...head, heart, guitar and voice!
Never lay your bed out in the cold, Gorgeous man and songwriter
Heard John Martyn play years ago, he was at the Milton Keynes bowl with Genesis. Loved him, rushed out and bought his then current album (Glorious Fool) but I didn't like it, it was produced by Phil Collins and it showed, nothing like the great stuff he was playing onstage that day (remember the rain, anyone?). Confused, I let him go. Then, yesterday, I came across a John Martyn compilation in Tesco for three quid and I thought, why not? This is the first track on the album and it's easily worth the money on its own. Always liked this song - knew the Eric Clapton version - but his own performance of it blows Clapton out of the water. Was sad to discover he is no longer with us. What a great musician.
John Martyn, enduring admitement from my teens. May you never is my designated funeral song. He quietly supported local amateur musicians where I came from in Scotland. Such a sad loss for us all.
Beautiful song and he made it all look so simple. He played fro his heart and soul.. That's a rare thing.. Back then and now.
Thanks for giving us some classic music big man
Had a bar room fight with John Martyn in '92. Told me he was a Freemason. I called it the mafia of the mediocre . (He lost his temper) Didn't stop me from loving his music and talent. Heavily influenced my songwriting and playing. Have a listen.
Good tale
I am completely mesmerized by this beautiful man with the beautiful voice and music. Can't stop watching this vid.
"I'd like to introduce the band, on bass Jaco Pastorius, on drums Phil Collins." Oh boy. Mountford Hall, Liverpool University late 1970s. We sat on the floor. Recall at one point his acoustic guitar discarded on the stage 'playing itself' via a Watkins Copicat or something similar. It was a hoot and so very memorable.
Wow Phil and John legendary
One of the masters of music of the 20th century
Still gutted he is gone. Fantastic player. Love listening to The Small Hours in the dark. Sadly missed
Never fails to put a smile on my face. Happy Birthday big man !!
John bless him. He lived a hard life that his own peers were amazed by...weapon of mass destruction is what Thompson and McTell called him...quite a tortured soul. Loved him since i could be one too
I can`t believe John Martyn never managed to get a hit? This is a fantastic song and worthy of being a hit.
who gives a shit about this?
G DeLo A man of this talent needs no hits.
Well he isn’t poppin his pootang, so unfortunately MSM doesn’t care
Such a tune, RIP John and belated one for Nick Drake for this is written about him.. two musical geniuses whom we'll never tire of listening to as long as we have ears pure magic
Solid Air was written for Nick, not this. Sorry, this sounds confrontational I'd love both to be true!
Josh Bray I thought that to be true too.
@@joshbray7183 I can't imagine Nick Drake ever having to be advised to keep his temper in a brawl
@@zootsanchez be said that about himself because he was known for getting in fights and generally being a bad drunk
Whenever I'm having a bad time I listen to John Martyn and it always helps me resolve things. He's up there with Bach as one of the greatest composers ever
Just revisited this after many years of not listening to it. Blew me away all over again.
I just had a shi!!y day. And listening to this just made all the stress run away and hide back in the dark corner where it belongs. John Martyn, you are exceptional even after your gone. And you lighten up my life. Outstanding!
John, gone 10 years but your memory and music still lives on.
Ten years ago today. RIP. Thank you for the music.
Just brilliant. This song has brought me comfort in some difficult times.
World's a lesser place without you in it mate.
Your music thru my life has been both a pleasure and a privilege, thanks John.
RIP mate.
I first saw John play live on 12 September 1976 in the Edinburgh Playhouse. He was on the bill alongside Bert Jansch (who I'd really gone to see) and Davey Johnstone. It remains, to this day, the best gig I ever attended. I was seated dead centre in the front row and I was just mesmerised by John's performance. I'd never heard anyone use Echoplex until that night and I could scarcely believe what I was hearing and seeing. From that night on I fell in love with his music and even now, over 40 years later, I still listen to him almost every day. Rest In Peace John and thank you for all of it.
Did you notice that one of my other videos is Bert.
No matter how much pain I've felt in my heart. John Martyn can always heal and give me hope that there's humanity out there.
I called around to a mates house after school during the early eightie's and his older brother had this playing on video, never heard the like of it before,
it still makes the hairs stand on the back of my neck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that older brother pointed me in the only direction !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. R.I.P john.
Saw him on his own at Madison Square Garden. He had the capacity crowd in awe of his talent . We all were transfixed . Traffic followed , they were great as always !!!! This was around 1973 . MSG is in N.Y. City . Thanks BB