Name: Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn
Brand: Graeme Thomson

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9781913172657

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Limited edition

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2024-03-14

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Macmillan

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Graeme Thomson

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Omnibus

Music

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Paperback version of Small Hours with updates.

'[An] excellent and necessary biography... As well as displaying a love and understanding of his subject's finest music, the author is clear-eyed'&nbsp;Guardian

Did any musician in the Seventies fly so free as John Martyn did on&nbsp;Bless The Weather,&nbsp;Solid Air,&nbsp;Inside Out&nbsp;and&nbsp;One World? Did any fall so far?

Small Hours&nbsp;is an intimate, unflinching biography of one of the great maverick artists. Though Martyn never had a hit single, his extraordinary voice, innovative guitar playing and profoundly soulful songs secured his status as a much admired pioneer.

Covered by Eric Clapton, revered by Lee Scratch Perry, produced by Phil Collins, Martyn influenced several generations of musicians, but beneath the songs lay a complicated and volatile personality. He lived his life the same way he made music: improvising as he went; scattering brilliance, beauty, rage and destruction in his wake.

Drawing on almost 100 new interviews,&nbsp;Small Hours&nbsp;is a raw and utterly gripping account of sixty years of daredevil creativity, soaring highs and sometimes unconscionable lows.

'Acknowledges Martyn's musical beauty where it's due while never shying away from the beastly aspects of his personality... It's the most rounded portrait we're likely to get of this wayward perfectionist.'&nbsp;The Wire

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Discover Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn by Graeme Thomson. Paperback version with updates. An intimate biography of the maverick artist. Label: Omnibus.