‘I was in an altered state. I’m often in an altered state. I like it. I’ve been like that all my life.’ JOHN MARTYN
John Martyn is one of rock music’s last real mavericks. Despite long-term addiction to alcohol and drugs, he produced a string of matchless albums. Loved by fans and critics, loathed by ex-managers, he has survived the music business he despises for forty years. With contributions by Martyn, many of his lovers and over twenty musicians who know him well, this book documents his upbringing in Glasgow and rise through the Scottish and London folk scene of the 1960s, recalling his many subsequent highs and lows, and his friendships with the lost great souls of British rock music – Nick Drake and Paul Kossoff. Includes rare, previously unseen photographs, gig list and discography.
John Neil Munro lives in Laxdale, Isle of Lewis. He studied Modern and Economic History at Glasgow University and then completed a postgraduate journalism course in Cardiff. His previous publication is The Sensational Alex Harvey (Firefly Publishing, 2002). He has a great affection for unfashionable 1970s rock music.
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