John Martyn
The son of an opera singer, John Martyn learnt to play the guitar at 15 and on
leaving school at 17 started his professional musical career by playing in local
folk clubs, mentored by Hamish Imlach. His unique blend of blues and folk saw
him signed to Island Records in 1967 and he released his first album London
Conversation in 1968. By the Seventies, Martyn developed a new sound by running
an acoustic guitar through a fuzzbox, Echoplex and phase-shifter, evident on his
1970 album Stormbringer! It was also his first album recording with his then
wife Beverley, who also recorded T...
