. "One of my favourite singers/guitarists died on Thursday; it is a sad day, even though all his fans knew he was on borrowed time and had been for a while.John Martyn was a gentleman, a pain in the arse,a brilliant and sensitive songwriter, a man of principle, a pisshead, and someone who could reduce 3000 people in a concerthall to tears with an extraordinary rendition of somewhere over the rainbow," . . .