‘Johnny Boy Would Love This’, A Tribute To John Martyn the Irish legendary singer songwriter is now available in Ireland.
The album features Martyns songs recorded by huge names in the music community including Beck, Phil Collins, Snow Patrol, David Gray, Paolo Nutini, Morcheeba, Beth Orton and The Cure’s Robert Smith, Joe Bonamassa and The Swell Season amongst others.
The package will also include a DVD that will contain interviews with a number of the artists, some special John Martyn performances and a music video. All proceeds from the record will go to Martyn’s family. It has taken two CDs to complete this tribute album and some would say there could easily be two more.
The full track listing looks like this:
CD1
David Gray – Let The Good Things Come
Clarence Fountain and Sam Butler – Glorious Fool
Robert Smith -Small Hours
Beck – Stormbringer
Ted Barnes (featuring Gavin Clark) – Over The Hill
The Swell Season – I Don’t Wanna Know
The Emperors Of Wyoming – Bless The Weather
Lisa Hannigan – Couldn’t Love You More
Vetiver – Go Easy
Skye Edwards – Solid Air
Cheryl Wilson – You Can Discover
Joe Bonamassa – The Easy Blues
Sonia Dada – Dancing
Sabrina Dinan – Certain Surprise
Paolo Nutini – One World.
CD2
Snow Patrol – May You Never
Beth Orton – Go Down Easy
Bombay Bicycle Club – Fairytale Lullaby
Syd Kitchen – Fine Lines
Vashti Bunyan – Head And Heart
Morcheeba – Run Honey Run
Nicholas Barron – Angeline
John Smith – Walk To The Water
Judy Tzuke – Hurt In Your Heart
Jim Tullio – Road To Ruin
Oh My God – John Wayne
The Blackships – Rope Soul’d
Ultan Conlon – Back To Stay
Brendan Campbell – Anna
Phil Collins – Tearing And Breaking.