john martyn

John Martyn’s 1973 album Solid Air is an undisputed classic. As guitarists, why should we care about it?

John Martyn had battled through some serious health difficulties to create a fine album when we caught up with the folk maestro on the comeback trail to talk gear, effects and recently broken guitars in this interview from March 2004.

Guitar great Carlton on how a 60-year-old song, Sleep Walk changed his life twice, and why Johnny Farina is still playing this timeless classic that influenced everyone from Peter Green to John Lennon.

McCartney was explaining the backstory to a song he penned about Lennon after the infamous Beatles split.

Was the original a bit too stoic for you? Good news!

Few guitars have even one celebrity owner; this instrument has had two.

The tracks are folk songs, featuring Hinckley singing and playing guitar.

“John hasn’t been in our group in ten years. That’s a long time. So of course it’s going to sound different,” says drummer Chad Smith.

Marr embraced the genre in Electronic, his band with Joy Division/New Order’s Bernard Sumner

The previously unheard recording is part of Peter Jackson's upcoming documentary on the Fab Four.