Post by berkley on Nov 26, 2024 0:21:07 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Songs from the Wood, Band on the Run, and Meddle. Traffic I don't know too well, just maybe four or five of their most popular songs. John Martyn I've heard very little from but he is someone I've been meaning to look into.
For John Martyn, look for the very early albums The Tumbler, and Stormbringer, IF you can find them. the compilation that Confessor showed is probably a bit easier to come by. Martyn had a long and varied career, so there's really LOTS to choose from.
Personally, I like his early work the best, primarily because of its folk/blues tinge; even then he still ventures into jazz pockets here and there.
The Tumbler was produced by a very young Al Stewart in 1968, who had only released one album himself by that time. Al said that his experience in dealing with Martyn convinced him that he was most definitely not cut out to be a producer.
Thanks, I'll probably try to follow that advice, especially since I usually like to start with the earlier work anyway, whether it's a musician or a writer or film-maker or whatever. Just taking a glance at the first few lines of his wikipedia page, I see already that I've had some mistaken ideas about him because it describes him as a British singer-songwriter whereas I've had a vague idea he was a guitar player who mostly played instrumentals. Possibly I was confusing him with someone else hat I've heard or heard about only in a hazy way.
