John Martyn & Danny Thompson - Spencer The Rover (Transatlantic Sessions, 5th April 1996)
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- John Martyn & Danny Thompson performing 'Spencer The Rover ' on Transatlantic Sessions on 5th April 1996.
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Besides the magic of nature there is nothing greater than this
this man's voice could break your heart
Beautiful beyond words
Best version I've ever heard. Jay Ungar and Aly Bain on fiddles and Phil Cunningham on accordian are such a fantastic addition.
This is the most beautiful song ive ever heard
When I found Johnny. I never lost him again. ❤️☮️
I hope you read these comments, Danny. Thank you, just thank you!
John"s brilliant retelling of the story of a ballad that relates to the tale of the prodigal son. One feels this one was most certainly dear to this troubled heart.
One of the greatest songs ever written.
Yes, but by who? It was first collected in 1907 or 1885 (according to differing sources) and the famous Copper family version was taught to John during a car journey. Heard him do it many times. Never bettered. Great guitar.
His life took him far away from home in a musical sense this was such a pleasure to see him home and at his pleasure ...the expressions postures and overall demeanour a word cannot describe I'm preserving this myself I don't want this to ever be taken down.
I couldn't keep my eyes dry listening to this one. Thank you!
I shook John's hand twice, but this is the first time I've heard this version. Thanks, Danny, for a lifetime of good tune & the good friends you've had.
thank you so much for putting those Transatlantic Sessions on youtube in high quality. Have been listining to them on youtube for 10 years and always in shitty quality. Finally I can hear and see everything. They are timless works of art and deserve to be enjoyed and listened to.
My word i've been listening to this since I found it in 2009 and by God it gets even more powerful as I age
Same for me!!..
Johns voice is in fantastic form, what a pearl of a version
Love this and the May You Never performance from transatlantic sessions, such a great series.
Ok, but the greatest JM's cover on the Transatlantic Sessions is Solid Air with John and Danny. Not ethereal like the original but bluesy.
In your opinion @@gillesserrigny6324
Nice one Danny. You excelled on these sessions. Thank you for posting this.
Yes indeed , so much Beauty here!!..
This takes me back to 1973 to 75 ish - listening to solid air etc on wgbh from Georgetown university on fm… my first exposure to lots of amazing music - and whfs, high atop the triangle towers in Bethesda, mb lol
Magic
C'è una sofferenza e malinconia incredibile nella sua voce....ho sempre adorato John
yes, just yes.
this looks and sounds fantastic. very talented bunch of musicians.
Lovely stuff...
Didn't know Shakin' Stevens was a fan of JM
Sublime ☺️
How I miss you John
Two of Our Fabourites ❤🎉
Oh yes!!
Hypnotic.
Gefühl. !
Magnificent.
❤
Aly Bain!
Great version. Would have been nice to maybe acknowledge the other musicians.
look it up, it's easily found
Doesn't need the extra musicians. John and Danny only stripped back version better.
That's the great thing about music it can be played many ways it certainly does not hurt the song in any way
Ms. Beverly Martyn, I am sorry to learn about you having to suffer so much through him. I know that was bad, bad.
But one thing you are not right, his music. When he had an instrument, he is the best human in the world.
A troubled Genius with Hellhounds on his trail !
Most of us have personal Demons!..
Oh but such Sublime music from this Man!!..
@@AntonyFleck He had a lot of demons.
But when I listen to his life version of John Wayne on German TV, my god, how he was John Wayne for 6 minutes ...
For John Martyn read Gordon Lightfoot .
Hardly
Thank you Danny Thompson.
Brilliant singer songwriter but a truly hideous domestic abuser , he deserves to rot in hell.
I'm not trying to excuse him !
But from experience I do know that many of us have personal Demons on our trail
And the Mans Music cannot be denied!!!....
I don't know many junkie couples who have an easy, blameless path through life.
Through personal experience, life is not the unblemished Highway it's supposed to be!
There's possibly a lot of Roadkill making you change lanes?!!!..
🦉@@AntonyFleck
@@philipthomas3629l don't think that his first wife, Berverley, was a junky (l speake of hard drugs). I don't know for the others.