John Martyn - Lookin' on / The dealer

[@zackspaulding]

Absolutelyyyyy killer performance of these songs 🎵 especially looking on....awesome.👌

[@rogueplanet1142]

RIP you crazy,beautiful, mad boundary pushing bastard.

[@spelf]

Just outrageously good.

[@maxinemckenzie5765]

I was at this Gig, and was amazed that He was able to blow us all away~ without a Band. God bless you John.R.I.P.

[@aidan9218]

Where was this gig?

[@maxinemckenzie5765]

@@aidan9218 Hi. St Andrews in Scotland. Fish played his last Gig with Marillion as the headline act. If You look for that, here on KZbin, it'll give the precise details. Cheers. Be Well.

[@davebellamy4867]

Dealer is just crazy good. The Master at work.

[@davebellamy4867]

@@maxinemckenzie5765 JM and Fish. Would have lived to have seen those two crazy alpha dudes on stage at the same time. Wouldn't be allowed nowadays.🤣

[@davebellamy4867]

He sure got a warm reception and quite a young crowd.

[@davebellamy4867]

This is utterly BRILLIANT. Gold.

[@tomrott5333]

Genius at work ...

[@Cor_Bach]

Just remarkable!!

[@paddas1612]

Incredible ! A master at work

[@davehorrocks1223]

How can one person be so talented?

[@georgemcelroy3058]

Nobody does/did anything close to this except JM. Amazing!!

[@suzannezoubeck5216]

Thanks for posting! This is feckn exquisite. ❤☮🌎

[@wingandaprayer]

The Legend keeps growing..

[@estoesesto4]

Absolutely Fantastic Artist!

[@paulgannon3261]

God I love him....a real enigma...su h talent from the early folk to the deep jazzy feel..what a waste thoufh at times it still angers me how drugs and alcoholism make and also break an artist. Iverused but LEGEND

[@bluesman4298]

Just brilliant 😀

[@colindawson6076]

THE man!

[@davebellamy4867]

JM using the echo unit like a drum machine in the Dealer.👍👍👍👍👍 Man he's on top of it here. Those harmonics!

[@ianroberts3948]

The special one in action

[@captainweard]

Amazing to find this. I was there too , doing the sound for Tam White and Boz Burrell - didn't know any of it was filmed. It was a wet and muddy event and when I finally caught up with John (We knew each other from back in the late sixties) he was 'trademark' pissed in the St Andrews bar. Wonder if there is any more footage.

[@derekedmonds1670]

Marvellous!

[@davebellamy4867]

I've seen him with just the keyboards guy and his other mate Roland the drum machne but never alone with Roland the drum machine.🤣😂😅👍👍👍 It was just after this and even further north at Aberdeen Ritzy's. Saw Richard Thompson there too. Both legends.

[@craigstobie1205]

I wish booze had the same effect on my live playing as it did his... absolute machine

[@jamescarter9973]

My guitar playing always gets better after a few beers - at least it sounds that way to me ... and then it falls off a cliff! I saw him live around this time and he was p****d out of his head and brilliant.

[@marxman00]

I engineered sound for some of his gigs, it was an act ,ive seen him do the scary drunk John for a local radio interview and then be totally sober John within 10 minutes for a BBC radio interview, I think it worked as a entertainment for him. He was often "difficult" for no reason, Love the music , but the person.......

[@davebellamy4867]

@@marxman00 Like after the crazy dealer harmonics 11:34 ... the elegant chord right at the end. Sounds sober as a judge. Best version of Dealer I've seen.

[@marxman00]

@@davebellamy4867 Hes levitating on those repeats ,I bet Gilmour raised his eyebrows at some of that.

[@davebellamy4867]

7:23 YEAH!

[@erickjimenez4851]

that solo is unique !

[@roguealien423]

No wonder Danny Thompson loved duetting with him! John & Jimi: twin sons of different mothers...

[@davebellamy4867]

Just 5 seconds before I read that, I thought something similar.

[@SilentMic1]

Sweet pulsating Spider-Christ!

[@peterperry268]

Iain and hees feckn echoplex.....

[@q10a]

good stuff

[@TomFazzini]

This song is an exorcism

[@peterperry268]

We'll be jammin in d hot room again McGeachy

[@ScorthyBoiish]

There are far better versions of Lookin on at least 2 and with all important band. Wheres the subtlety?

[@billhargreaves7337]

I’d say different rather than better. I’ve seen and heard many different versions of a lot of his songs and I’ve usually liked them all. I wonder how he felt about the various versions, like if he had a favourite. Or maybe he just liked to vary the performances, rather than just churning them out the same way at every gig. I like ‘with band’ versions and this solo version. It could even be that when he was booked for this gig, none of the guys he usually worked with were available.

[@ScorthyBoiish]

Not good. Best version on 1980 studio album Grace and Danger Pure poetry and jazz, no heavy leaning on various gizmos. Did not need to be tampered with