Two years after his untimely death, fans, friends and collaborators are uniting for a tribute album to the late, great John Martyn.
Direct Current reports that an enormous 30-song LP, entitled Johnny Boy Would Love this….a Tribute to John Martyn, is to be released on July 12 having been a work in progress since the guitarist died in January 2009.
Those to take part in the project include peers from John Martyn’s own generation such as Donovan and Vashti Bunyan, as well as more recent admirers such as Beth Orton, and some of the so-called ‘nu-folk’ generation for whom Martyn was a towering figure, such as Vetiver and Devendra Banhart. Also on board are Beck, Robert Smith, Phil Collins, Snow Patrol and The Swell Season.
The album will be accompanied by a DVD with footage of recordings and interviews.
In other news, Martyn’s final studio album, Heaven and Earth, is to be released on May 3. Martyn was working on the album before he died.
The unofficial tracklisting for Johnny Boy Would Love This… A Tribute To John Martyn is:
1. Fine Lines – Syd Kitchen
2. Back To Stay – Ultan Conlon
3. One World – Paolo Nutini
4. Fairy Tale Lullaby – Bombay Bicycle Club
5. Anna – Brendan Campbell
6. Small Hours – Robert Smith (from The Cure)
7. Rope Soul’d – The Blackships (Nick McCabe and Simon Jones from The Verve)
8. Go Down Easy – Beth Orton
9. Glorious Fool – Clarence Fountain and Sam Butler (Formerly Of The Blind boys Of Alabama)
10. Couldn’t Love You More – Lisa Hannigan
11. Sweet Little Mystery – Devendra Banhart
12 Go Easy – Vetiver
13. Let The Good Things Come – David Gray
14. Lay it All Down – Donovan
15. May You Never – Snow Patrol
16. John Wayne – Oh My God
17. Tearing and Breaking – Phil Collins
18. Head & Heart – Vashti Bunyan
19. Solid Air – Skye Edwards (Morcheeba)
20. Over The Hill – Ted Barnes featuring Gavin Clark (Clayhill and Unkle)
21. I Don’t Want to Know – The Swell Season
22. Dancing – Sonia Dada
23. Certain Surprise – Sabrina Dinan
24. Angeline – Nicholas Barron
25. You Can Discover – Cheryl Wilson
26. The Easy Blues – Joe Bonnamassa
27. Walk to the Water – John Smith
28. Road to Ruin – Jim Tullio
29. Hurt in Hurt – Judy Tzuke
30. Stormbringer – Beck
