Beverley Martyn

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Beverley Martyn (* 1947 in Coventry as Beverley Kutner ) is an English folk - singer , songwriter and guitarist .

Career

She released her first single in 1965 with the youth band "The Levee Breakers". Several solo singles followed under her first name. She met Paul Simon , with whom she went to New York . She can be heard in the Simon & Garfunkel song Faking It on their 1968 album Bookends , where she says: "Good morning, Mr Leitch, have you had a busy day". On June 16, 1967, she performed at the Monterey Pop Festival , as did Simon & Garfunkel.

In 1969 she met John Martyn , whom she later married. As a duo, they released two albums in 1970, Stormbringer! and The Road to Ruin . After that, John Martyn resumed his solo career. The couple divorced in 1980. Beverley Martyn retired from the music business.

She made a comeback in the 1990s . She went on tour with Loudon Wainwright III . In 1998 her album No Frills was released . In 2004 their song Primrose Hill was sampled by Fat Boy Slim for his track North West Three on the album Palookaville .

During her musical career, Beverley Martyn has worked with numerous artists including Levon Helm , Jimmy Page , Dave Pegg , Richard Thompson , John Renbourn , Ralph McTell , Davy Graham and Sandy Denny . She can be seen on the cover of the album It Don't Bother Me (1965) by Bert Jansch , who taught her to play the guitar in the 1960s. She was friends with Nick Drake , who temporarily helped as a babysitter. With him she wrote the song Reckless Jane , which was released on her album The Phoenix and the Turtle in 2014 . In 2018 Fly Records released the album Where The Good Times Are ("The lost 1967 album") with partially unreleased recordings from 1967.

Discography

Singles

  • 1966: Babe, I'm Leaving You / Wild About My Lovin ' - with the Levee Breakers
  • 1966: Happy New Year / Where The Good Times Are - as "Beverley"
  • 1966: Picking Up The Sunshine / Gin House - as "Beverley" (unreleased)
  • 1967: Museum / A Quick One For Sanity - as "Beverley"

Albums

  • 1970: Stormbringer! - with John Martyn
  • 1970: The Road to Ruin - with John Martyn
  • 1998: No Frills
  • 2014: The Phoenix and the Turtle
  • 2018: Where The Good Times Are - ("The lost 1967 album")

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d biography on Beverley Martyns web presence, see web links.
  2. ↑ Fly Records release note
personal data
SURNAME Martyn, Beverley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kutner, Beverley (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH at Coventry