Artist
John Martyn
John Martyn is a blues artist from New Malden, England, UK formed in 1970. 46 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Blues · New Malden, England, UK · Best blues albums
- 46
- Releases
- 1967–2024
- Active years
- 1970
- Formed
Artist
John Martyn is a blues artist from New Malden, England, UK formed in 1970. 46 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Blues · New Malden, England, UK · Best blues albums
Most popular
Solid Air
1973
London Conversation
1967
One World
1977
Glorious Fool
1981
Bless the Weather
1971
Stormbringer!
1970
The Road To Ruin
1970
Sunday's Child
1975
Inside Out
1973
The Tumbler
1968
Well Kept Secret
1982
Piece by Piece
1986
Sapphire
1984
Glasgow Walker
2000
On the Cobbles
2004
The Apprentice
1990
Cooltide
1991
The Smiling Stranger In Bremen (Live at Schauburg 1983)
2023
You Can Discover the Best of John Martyn (Live)
2022
Head And Heart – The Acoustic John Martyn
2017
Live From London
2016
May You Never: The Essential John Martyn
2016
The Electric John Martyn
2015
Piece By Piece (RePresents)
2015
Sapphire (RePresents)
2014
The Island Years
2013
Live At Leeds Deluxe Edition
2010
May You Never - The Very Best Of John Martyn
2009
On Air
2009
In Session At The BBC
2006
Live at Leeds & More
2006
Classics/Live
2004
Live in Milan 1979
2002
Classics...The Very Best Of
2002
Germany 1986
2001
Sweet Certain Surprise
2001
Live at Leeds
1998
The Church With One Bell
1998
Serendipity: An Introduction To John Martyn
1998
No Little Boy
1993
Couldn't Love You More
1992
Grace & Danger
1989
Electric
1982
Grace and Danger
1980
John Martyn, OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009) (born Iain David McGeachy) was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40 year career, he released 21 studio albums, working with artists such as Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and Phil Collins. He has been described by The Times as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues". Early life Martyn was born in Beechcroft Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, England to an English mother and a Scottish father. Martyn's parents, both opera singers, divorced when he was five and he spent his childhood alternating between Scotland and England. Much of this was spent in the care of his grandmother, as well as on his mother's houseboat. He attended Shawlands Academy in Glasgow. At school Martyn, or McGeachy as he was known, was a keen rugby player. On leaving school he attended Art College in Glasgow, but left to pursue his musical aspirations. Late 1960s and collaborations with Beverley Martyn Mentored by Hamish Imlach, Martyn began his professional musical career when he was 17, playing a blend of blues and folk resulting in a distinctive style which made him a key figur…
