John Martyn: Blood, Sweat And Cheers
Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 5 March 1977
JOHN MARTYN rivets attention performing. You'd be wrong in assuming that just because he's one-man-with-a-guitar he doesn't make every crevice of the stage swing.
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