been listening to this genius for nearly 50 years - saw him many many times live. i once read somewhere that his concerts can be like religious experiences...so so true. totally and utterly mesmerizing.
He looked pissed yeah and he may well have been off his face but in spite of this he can coax the angels from heaven to send shivers up my spine got to love that man - he was a musical maverick in a world of his own and us ...,,.... just lookin on .... in awe
He was in his own musical world, nobody could conjure up that feeling that John portrays through music. Always been part of my musical life and luckily saw him at the jazz cafe in the late 90s. God bless you John .We are all just looking on 😊
a dj on the late night radio show opined " if you consider yourself a serious fan of music and never listened to john ? think again ! " irreplaceable ( honoured to have been in the audience many times ) 🎶 🎸
I'm in love with this. Wish I had seen him live. I was introduced to 'Solid Air' in '94; I then bought 'Sunday's Child' around the same time. I once heard he was playing 'Lochgelly Centre' but he just wasn't my boyfriends cup of tea and I didn't want to go on my own. Years down the line , out of all the music I've listened to he was the only one that stuck to me emotionally (and the Cocteau Twins and other bits here and there) that I started watching him on You Tube and he is my deep favourite ....will order 'the man upstairs' on DVD soon so I can watch in awe and get a bit drunk and have a night in. That boyfriend, (he's now my husband) just leaves me to it when I put him on TV, although on a night out he's come in drunk and serenaded me with 'Gun Money' which was well entertaining.
😉 nice piece Helen, the man was outstanding, met him during different stages of his career (1970-2005), mindboggling!!! cheers (how's the boyfriend? ;-) )
I sang harmonies with John on his album Well Kept Secret, which is the album Gun Money is on. To sing harmony with a brilliant singer who improvised all the time was challenging but amazing. Best Wishes, Lee.
THIS is the great period of his life. He went from sublime to simply genius the closer to the end he got. Magical. Alan Thomson (of course) and Spencer. They cook it up. Fantastic.
Ok, John Martyn has always his incredible voice. But a great period! Car accident with injuries, one cyst on his knee. After, he had been amputated of his leg. He made, with courage and always smiling , his come back. But, l didn't find his voice.
loved john's music always. he was my very first concert, in dublin 1981. this is very fuckn special ! a masterpiece ( also like the black suit and slippers too )
Simply love what he can do whatever the vibe, it always works. My fondest memory is the night I photographed John After he playing solo in a Stoke pub back in 1996. Just him, his guitar, amp and a pedal. Just great.
Check out Liverpool singer Mick ROACH on Spotify his track Meantime and good in blues he says it's a Martyn tribute...amazing vocal just like John ....
Oh John you nailed it again.......fabulous performance as always....Jazz JM style....God bless you big man. Saw you at Reading university way back when...been a fan for ever. Big shout out for bass player.
Loved recording/mixing the audio. Thanks for posting Eleanor/Lyn. Also 'John Wayne' amazing that night in Vicar Street. Great people to work with. Really miss John.
been listening to this genius for nearly 50 years - saw him many many times live. i once read somewhere that his concerts can be like religious experiences...so so true. totally and utterly mesmerizing.
True. Also seen the big man many times.
RIP Johnny
Alan Thomson on fretless bass 😮
May John rest in paradise !!!
A giant in every sense of the word; he could squeeze every last drop out of a song. Bless you John.
He looked pissed yeah and he may well have been off his face but in spite of this he can coax the angels from heaven to send shivers up my spine got to love that man - he was a musical maverick in a world of his own and us ...,,.... just lookin on .... in awe
I often think how underestimated were the superb musicians John surrounded himself with. His 80's lineup were superb.
Can only ever understand him when he sings ... stunning performance
He was in his own musical world, nobody could conjure up that feeling that John portrays through music. Always been part of my musical life and luckily saw him at the jazz cafe in the late 90s. God bless you John .We are all just looking on 😊
Damn. Johnny Boy is wasted, and still sounds brilliant! 💙
Man man wat een gigantische sound weet die man neer te zetten groot
Late to the John Martyn party, but so glad I came.
he is not drunk, he is talented
a dj on the late night radio show opined " if you consider yourself a serious fan of music and never listened to john ? think again ! "
irreplaceable ( honoured to have been in the audience many times ) 🎶 🎸
he is talented beyond words. he is also absolutely plastered drunk
I would say both. Been listening to John for almost 40yrs. Love his character, and above his music.
I love how the artistic expression is intertwined with how drunk he is😂
I'm in love with this. Wish I had seen him live. I was introduced to 'Solid Air' in '94; I then bought 'Sunday's Child' around the same time. I once heard he was playing 'Lochgelly Centre' but he just wasn't my boyfriends cup of tea and I didn't want to go on my own. Years down the line , out of all the music I've listened to he was the only one that stuck to me emotionally (and the Cocteau Twins and other bits here and there) that I started watching him on You Tube and he is my deep favourite ....will order 'the man upstairs' on DVD soon so I can watch in awe and get a bit drunk and have a night in. That boyfriend, (he's now my husband) just leaves me to it when I put him on TV, although on a night out he's come in drunk and serenaded me with 'Gun Money' which was well entertaining.
Top class ..John and the band at their sublime best
😉 nice piece Helen, the man was outstanding, met him during different stages of his career (1970-2005), mindboggling!!! cheers (how's the boyfriend? ;-) )
@@brucebherman Hi Bruce. Lucky you! The boyfriend's my husband now; he's got sketchy taste in music but excellent taste in women. :D
I sang harmonies with John on his album Well Kept Secret, which is the album Gun Money is on. To sing harmony with a brilliant singer who improvised all the time was challenging but amazing. Best Wishes, Lee.
John Martyn after a few too many is a million times better than most, he was unbelivably brilliant
THIS is the great period of his life. He went from sublime to simply genius the closer to the end he got. Magical. Alan Thomson (of course) and Spencer. They cook it up. Fantastic.
I agree.......as some one who was a close friend for thirty years. facebook.com/groups/495218443957702/
Guy Perry Bass player is ALAN THOMSON🏴‼️✌️
...but totaly blasted!!...
tHAT'S NOT pINO IT'S tICH gWILYM!
Ok, John Martyn has always his incredible voice. But a great period! Car accident with injuries, one cyst on his knee. After, he had been amputated of his leg. He made, with courage and always smiling , his come back. But, l didn't find his voice.
🏴🏴I’ve never yet watched this version of Looking On without it leaving me in stunned silence! Cheers! John....Slainte!..✌️🥃🏴🏴
So glad you like this Bill, I'm thinking of releasing another dvd sometime
Lyn and Eleanor...whoa there...!another DVD ..serious? This is indeed a wondrous take..
The best version of Lookin on that's true
loved john's music always. he was my very first concert, in dublin 1981.
this is very fuckn special ! a masterpiece ( also like the black suit and slippers too )
Indeed. And the reason for this is: the more jazz the better
it says everything about John Martyn that he mastered two kinds of music, this jazzy style and his Solid Air Period too.
40 years in November since I saw him in Southampton - and still I come back to John; just love him!
Just superb
Gorgeous
If I just listen without looking at his band mates, I could swear I was hearing Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette and Jaco Pastorious. Fab fusion.
I was just thinking the same my friend….it’s called Jazz JM style…the bass player nails it ( John Giblin)
I love John’s music especially when he started that beautiful echoplex style guitar playing
Simply love what he can do whatever the vibe, it always works. My fondest memory is the night I photographed John After he playing solo in a Stoke pub back in 1996. Just him, his guitar, amp and a pedal. Just great.
It's been too long John, God I miss just knowing you are around.
If the universe had a voice this would be it. Proper musicians here.
Legend, that is, John Martyn💎
Still miss the man..saw him at the shepherds bush gig close to the end...a sublime talent,uncompromising
this is painful to watch....but I can't stop.
Great bass and drums. And Martyn being his great self!
No words....as per. Miss him like Hell!
Check out Liverpool singer Mick ROACH on Spotify his track Meantime and good in blues he says it's a Martyn tribute...amazing vocal just like John ....
Absolutely brilliant.
Lovely chords ....
You are so good man! So deep and wide!! And gathered good guys around!!! God bless your soul!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh John you nailed it again.......fabulous performance as always....Jazz JM style....God bless you big man.
Saw you at Reading university way back when...been a fan for ever.
Big shout out for bass player.
Sheer class. This is the best live line-up that John ever worked with.
Good on martyn
Very big miss He's legend ❤
Brilliant !
Glad you like it Ian, to me, this was the best version of Lookin On he ever did.
definitely the best version, yes
Totally agree with that ...this is fabulous.
Spoiled only by the rockist riff that John thought worked here but in my opinion it was out of place...
They don`t come any better. Always a pleasure never a chore.
Gap in my heart
"Giant steps are what you take..."
He could shit out a song on the toilet better than 99% of others, what a great perfomance
Not the best way to put it.
😅😍🤣
i appreciate the notion of shitting it out specifically 'on the toilet' and not just any old place
Absolutely awesome
Brilliant.
the best
Boys having some jamming fun I mean how better does a show get. The voice of Earth
Alan Thomson.... One seriously underrated player.
They are all underrated that's why we love them.
BRILLIANT BASSIST ALAN
So true
Great,great performance!
восторг и восхищение!!!!!!!
Loved recording/mixing the audio. Thanks for posting Eleanor/Lyn. Also 'John Wayne' amazing that night in Vicar Street. Great people to work with. Really miss John.
Pfff how come I haven't seen this version before.... FASCINATING !
Glad you like our film.
@@ELEMAY100 I have been trying to get hold of a copy of this DVD for ages. Do you have any copies for sale?
@@bluegrid6848 Have you a private email address?
@@ELEMAY100 Paul.futek@gmail.com
@@bluegrid6848 Sorry, can't send email, says it doesn't exist.
❤❤❤
Brilliant. Just brilliant. Thanks for this upload muchly. - ian
amazing'...
John Martyn=Miles Davis..... Wonderful!
John arguably at his best...
My God how much "grace and danger"
Красавчик! Уважаю! Там встретимся..
Thanks Lyn. Love this live version, such a groove going on.
great great.. in a band with a band.. sir john martyn
John martin looking good
Fine drummer.
TheVOICE
Wasted but never a wasted moment with John...
What year was this and where was it performed? It's out of this world.
How sweet........haway Mr McGeachy, we'll just have a wee push now shall we?
I AM JOHN WAYNE
The more out of it the better
Sorry. Alan Thompson on bass.
on peut dire qu'il savait s'entourer , on peut dire qu'ils savaient choisir leur projet , tout colle , Musique et seulement Musique et donc Au Delà
Struggente. Soul at Zero.
Bit pissed but godlike . Missed .
Fabulous. From which album originally..?
Mark York Hi, Grace and Danger is the name of the album, Cheers, Lyn
Can't work out if it is theatre, or just pissed, great though.
It can be both
Nay lad, ye do know divvent ye that there canna ever be 2 John Waynes?.....
Pissed as a fart lol
So what
first rule of being a professional alcoholic, learn when to know you fucked up playing and bring on the loyal team to assume the limelight lol
His type are no longer.