Solid Air: John Martyn and Nick Drake
Nick Coleman, Independent on Sunday, 10 November 2013
JOHN MARTYN and Nick Drake have just tipped up backstage at an Oxford College Commemorative Ball. It is 1973. The older, newly-successful man, Martyn, is performing tonight and is having a rummage through the cardboard box containing his backstage rider. His star is on the rise, following the release of his album Solid Air, while his friend Nick's is plummeting from a low zenith. His latest, Pink Moon, has sold a mere five thousand copies.
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