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John Martyn: 11.9.48 - 29.01.09

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Posted Jan 29, 2009 5:29pm

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News has just reached us that singer songwriter John Martyn died this morning, just one month after being awarded an OBE in the new year honours list.

The news was announced on his website with just a single sentence: ‘With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning.’ Actual cause of death is…

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Dangerous Dave Aug 28, 2009 11:37am

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The man who launched a thousand riffs.....a great musician, a poet and a wonderful generous warm hearted human being ...when sober...Im told I was very lucky, I never saw him get in a fight [except in punching a heckler, richly deserved!]or ruin a gig through drunkenness....but like all great artists he lived his life without compromise, with all his demons and angels on display.... I miss him...through my own 40 years of guitar playing...he was always out there doing it for us...


standman6 Jan 29, 2009 11:19pm

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A man with such ability both vocally and instrumentally, a great loss to us all.


hamishjazz Jan 29, 2009 10:59pm

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He'll be sadly missed : (