Easy Blues Isn't So Easy

I've heard about John Martyn through the record store I visited frequently. I can't tell you enough how much that place meant to me. The music that I've discovered from Skip, Paul, Jimmy and Barance I am extremely grateful for. They told me Martyn's Solid Air album has got to be his essential album. Unfortunately I could never find Solid Air on vinyl. But that doesn't mean I cant find it on youtube, which I have. Easy Blues was the one song that stuck out in my mind. His voice became gravely over the years and I loved it especially on his more bluesy songs. Martyn can jump from jazz to blues to folk without skiping a beat. This song is a blues song true and true. His acoustic twirls from string to string with great plucking power on his heavy strings. I will always be grateful to the Record Exchange in Salam Mass for opening my ears and mind to great music like Martyn.