The Top Five Songs of ..... John Martyn RIP

Henry Irving

Following on from Nigel W's thread on the sad news of John's death.

5. Big Muff

4.5 Dancing

4. Solid Air

3. John the Baptist

2. Bless the Weather

1. May You Never

May you never lose your temper if you get hit in a bar room fight
May you never lose your woman over night
May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold

nigel

May You Never

Solid Air

Dancing

Spencer The Rover

Just Now

...and a dozen others.

As I 've said in The Times obit in tomorrow's paper:

"... at his height, every note he played or sung seemed to be imbued with a spacious elegance and sublime airiness...''

PeanutsMolloy

It's probably heresy not to have May You Never in your top 5 from JM but mine are:
1 Johnny Too Bad
2 Big Muff
3 He’s got all the Whiskey
4 Don’t Want to Know
5 Piece By Piece