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Nothing as sweet as John & Beverley together....like Richard & Linda Thompson, their interplay on vinyl is timelessly beautiful.

There is as much of a division for fans that love the folk rocking "Stormbringers" together, as those who love John solo in his jazzier incarnation....most of his life actually. Kind of like Dylan...folk vs electric, back in the day.

I LOVE IT ALL!




Go Out & Get It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-EpACmHiCg

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 figure in the British folk scene during the mid-1960s. He signed to Chris Blackwell's Island Records in 1967 and released his first album, London Conversation, the following year.

This first album was soon followed by The Tumbler, which was moving towards jazz. By 1970 Martyn had developed a wholly original and idiosyncratic sound: acoustic guitar run through a fuzzbox, phase shifter and Echoplex. This sound was first apparent on Stormbringer! in 1970, which was written and performed by both John and Beverley Martyn, his then wife, who had previously recorded solo as Beverley Kutner and had worked with artists such as Nick Drake and Jimmy Page. Her second album with Martyn was The Road to Ruin, also released in 1970. However, Island Records felt that it would be more successful to market Martyn as a solo act and this was how subsequent albums were produced, although Beverley Martyn continued to make appearances as a background singer as well as continuing as a solo artist herself.
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Auntie Aviator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJzlaezeAtM



John The Baptist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvhtA4K2mNM



SOLID AIR...from his album ...one of the most influential acoustic jazz rock albums of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UikPQOaJpfU



SHARE YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC AND MOMENTS...live shows you saw?!

...love it...beautiful music man.......

John, Beverley & Nick Drake...

Currently, Beverley is recording an album for release in 2010. The album will feature a previously unrecorded Nick Drake & Beverley Martyn song 'Reckless Jane'. Martyn has recently completed her biography The Beverley Martyn Story which is available now.--wiki



Beverley Martyn (born Beverley Kutner, 1947, near Coventry) is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

While still a student, she was picked to front The Levee Breakers, a jug band who played the folk circuit in South East England. At the age of 16 recorded her first single "Babe I'm Leaving You" which was released on the Parlophone label in 1965.

Martyn was then signed as a solo artist to the Deram Records label. In 1966 she released a single, "Happy New Year" (b-side "Where The Good Times Are"), written by Randy Newman, on which she was accompanied by Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones (musician), Nicky Hopkins, and Andy White. "Happy New Year" was chosen, together with "I Love My Dog" by Cat Stevens, to launch Deram as the progressive branch of Decca Records (see references). She also recorded an unreleased single in the same year, "Picking Up The Sunshine" / "Gin House Blues". These last two tracks also featured John Renbourn and Mike Lease. During this period she was taught the guitar by the folk guitarist Bert Jansch who also encouraged her songwriting. Her follow-up single "Museum", written by Donovan was released in 1967, produced by Denny Cordell.

Closely involved with the folk scene at the time, she met Paul Simon who invited her to New York where she contributed to the track "Faking It" on the Simon & Garfunkel album, Bookends--she's the one who says in the middle of the song: "Good morning, Mr Leitch, have you had a busy day." She later appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 16, 1967, as did Simon & Garfunkel.[1]

In 1969 she met, and later married, John Martyn. As a duo they issued two albums, Stormbringer! and The Road to Ruin[2] both of which were released on Island Records. Following The Road to Ruin, Island persuaded John Martyn to resume his career as a solo artist because they believed that there was more public interest in solo singer/songwriters.[3] Although she was spending more time with her children, Beverley continued to contribute to John's solo projects. However, John's physical violence towards her led to the breakdown of the marriage. The couple divorced during the making of John's album Grace and Danger in 1980, and Beverley retired from the music industry for a number of years. Beverley was interviewed in 2004 for a BBC documentary about John Martyn and despite the decades since their marriage ended the conflicted feelings as regards her ex-husband was there for all to see.

In the 1990s, with her children now grown up, she was invited to join Loudon Wainwright III on his European tour. In 2001 she resumed her recording career with the release of the album No Frills.

In 2004 Beverley's song, Primrose Hill, about the simple joys of domesticity, which she wrote and sang on "Road To Ruin" was sampled by Fat Boy Slim for the track 'North West Three' which is on his 2004 album 'Palookaville.'

At various times, Martyn has worked with Levon Helm, Jimmy Page, Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, John Renbourn, Ralph McTell, Davy Graham, and Sandy Denny. She appeared in the photograph on the album sleeve of Bert Jansch's 1965 album It Don't Bother Me; where she can be seen lounging in the background.

Beverly is back...this from 2010...

Beverley Martyn to play The Trip Festival[/size=5]

Posted by Katy Cowan in Events on Thursday 17th March 2011. Tagged with Festival, Music, wales, bangor.

The Trip Festival is very proud to welcome folk legend Beverley Martyn to play on Sunday 29th May at the Vaynol Estate, Bangor.

One of the most enigmatic singers of the 1960s, Beverley was discovered by Moody Blues producer Denny Cordell and taught to play guitar by Bert Jansch, a leading figure in the British folk music revival of the 1960s.

When Paul Simon heard the young Beverley sing he was so impressed he took her to New York. The resulting partnership with Paul, both personal and professional, saw Beverley tour the US with Simon and Garfunkel playing major venues and festivals, and she lent her clear English tones to the recording of Simon and Garfunkel song 'Faking It'.

Beverley's own previous recordings include two Witchseason LPs'- 'Stormbringer!' and 'Road to Ruin' with late ex-husband John Martyn - and the couple's blend of English folk and Americana coupled with Bev's smoky voice made the pair the king and queen of the UK's new folk rock scene. Beverley also collaborated with Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page, who played guitar on her two pop singles with Decca's sister record label Deram.

Beverley's long-awaited new album is currently being recorded at the Les Cousins Music studio in Llandudno, where she's been recording with ex-Oasis and Paul Weller guitarist Matt Deighton and producer Mark Pavey, the studio's owner.

Beverley is thrilled to be playing a retrospective set of songs from her long career at the Trip Festival, in the beautiful surrounds of the Vaynol Estate and the shadow of Mount Snowdon.

The Trip Festival will be held at Vaynol near Gwynedd on 27-29 May. Vaynol, a site with over 1000 years of history and 1000 acres of walled parkland, gardens and agricultural estate on the banks of the Menai straights in Gwynedd, North Wales, will provide the perfect location for The Trip's laid back, family friendly three-day event.

The Trip boasts a mix of live music and DJs, with a dance tent with the musical emphasis on the Balearic and cosmic boogie vibes, along with a sprinkling of the latest house, techno and electronic music. This year, the master of ambient chill MixMaster Morris will have his own area which will also feature a selection of poetry, circus performances, workshops, therapies and other family-friendly activities.



Of course, SOLID AIR was John's tribute to his dear friend and Island Records label-mate: Nick Drake.

Sweet Honesty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOp4MBR4 ... re=related