John Martyn - Dealer - Empty Ceiling


John Martyn - Dealer from the DVD empty ceiling - Live in concert 1986. available autumn 2006 from www.voiceprint.co.uk. Tracks on the DVD - Dealer, Mad Dog Days, Piece by Piece, Love of Mine, Jelly Roll Baker (The Easy Blues), Lookin on, John Wayne, Johnny too Bad







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Uploaded: October 19, 2006 at 11:37 pm
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Tags: Empty Days Dealer Ceiling Roll Martyn Too Blues Mad Piece Bad Jelly Dog Johnn John

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LongTallYamlaJay (November 21, 2008 at 12:49 pm)
Some perspective for those trashing this: Think of the difference b/w Clapton's Slowhand (1977) and Behind the Sun (1986); McLaughlin's Electric Guitarist (1978) and Electric Dreams (1984); Jackson Browne's Runnin' On Empty (1977) and 1980s' stuff; to grasp what the 1980s demanded of urban music genres (country folk and progressive bluegrass etc. sidestepped those demands). Kristofferson was right--"Shipwrecked in the 1980s." Don't shoot them, they are just the piano (and guitar) players!
LongTallYamlaJay (November 18, 2008 at 11:02 am)
Brain specialist, was it a lobotomy you underwent? This is 1986, as mentioned above. 1986 is not 1977. If you want to be part of a community of fans of an intelligent artist, you will need that lobe back.
maccles1 (November 16, 2008 at 12:03 pm)
I agree. John spans lots of genres and is always experimental.

I think this is the studio version anyway, so he has every reason to perform it as it is on the record.

A performer has an obligation to the audience to set a particular tone, mood; not everyone wants to hear something ultra deep and intense; not all the time anyway.

I love all his sounds, whether he's alone and acoustic or with a band and electric.
funtlewerp (November 9, 2008 at 11:25 am)
not sure its utter shit, but the 77 version was definitely much more immersive, and i think that's a big part of his appeal. this is a different genre altogether, and it can be appreciated as such. i guess if u never heard the other version, this wd sound good from a funk point of view. discuss?

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