by frater » Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:21 am
Had a similar experience in Italy many years ago. Martyn did a fantastic gig but was really, really drunk (very strangely though you could notice that only between a song and the other... while singing and playing he was in total control). His entourage had him quit as soon as possible and took him away to the cars... but a friend of mine had a pile of old LPs he wanted Martyn to autograph, so we chased them. Well, when John saw us, even if his people were trying to push him away, he reached us and signed all the LPs smiling. I remember he wrote "Blessings" on the last one before they manged to push him in the car. He was a sweet soul, a master both on the acoustic and the electric (how rare!), a sublime singer and a poet. Is there anybody out there who will fill his shoes now?
I strongly doubt it.
"Et pas besoin d'avoir de fines moustaches pour jouer cette musique!" B. Lagréne