ERC140 John Martyn - Solid Air

Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Martyn began his career at age 17 as a key member of the Scottish folk music scene, drawing inspiration from American blues and English traditional music. He signed to Chris Blackwell's Island Records in 1967 and released his first album, London Conversation, the same year. By 1970 inspired by the saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders, Martyn had developed a wholly original and idiosyncratic sound: acoustic guitar run through a fuzzbox, phase shifter and Echoplex.  In February 1973, Martyn released his seminal...