On the Cobbles

On the Cobbles was the final studio album by John Martyn released during his lifetime (his last studio album, "Heaven and Earth", was released posthumously), released in 2004. The album was recorded at various studios in the UK and US including Woolengrange in Ireland; The Toolshed, Chicago USA; Doon The Cellar, Birkenhead; Swan Yard Studios, London; Parr Street Studios, Liverpool; Hornyold Road Studios, Worcestershire and at The Caliope Recorders, Chicago, USA. The album was dedicated to "the surgical team & nurses of Orthopaedic Ward One at Waterford Hospital, Waterford, Ireland."

Track listing

All songs written by John Martyn unless otherwise noted.

"Baby Come Home" (Frankie Miller) – 3:28
"Under My Wing" – 4:10
"Ghosts" – 4:03
"Back to Marseilles" – 4:20
"Cobbles" – 3:52
"My Creator" – 7:17
"One for the Road" – 4:05
"Go Down Easy" – 4:57
"Walking Home" – 4:49
"Goodnight Irene" (Leadbelly, John Lomax) – 4:14

Personnel

John Martyn - guitar, vocals
Peter Erskine - conga
Ari Brown - tenor saxophone
Steve Eisen - alto flute
John Giblin - bass
Nick McCabe - guitar on "Walking Home"
Andy Sheppard - tenor & soprano saxophone
Mavis Staples - vocals on "Goodnight Irene"
Jim Tullio - acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards, acoustic bass
Greg Marsh - drums, percussion
John Rice - mandolin
Scott Steiner - Hammond organ
Spencer Cozens - organ, piano
Paul Mertens - bass harmonica
Fred Nelson - piano
Paul Weller - acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer, B3 Hammond organ, backing vocals on "Under My Wing"
Chris "Hambone" Cameron - Fender Rhodes

External links

John Martyn's Website

John Martyn

John Martyn studio albums	London Conversation (1967) • The Tumbler (1968) • Bless the Weather (1971) • Solid Air (February 1973) • Inside Out (October 1973) • Sunday's Child (1975) • One World (1977) • Grace and Danger (1980) • Glorious Fool (1981) • Well Kept Secret (1982) • Sapphire (1984) • Piece by Piece (1986) • The Apprentice (1990) • Cooltide (1991) • Couldn't Love You More (1992) • No Little Boy (1993) • And (1996) • The Church with One Bell (1998) • Glasgow Walker (2000) • On the Cobbles (2004) • Heaven and Earth (2011)

Albums with Beverley Martyn	Stormbringer! (February 1970) • The Road to Ruin (October 1970)

Live albums	Live at Leeds (1976) • Philentropy (1983) • Foundations (1987) • Live (1994) • The Battle of Medway: 17 July 1973 (2007) • The Simmer Dim (2008) • The July Wakes (2008; recorded 1986)

Compilations	So Far So Good (1977) • The Electric John Martyn (1982) • Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology (1994) • Late Night John (2004) • Anthology (2007) • Ain't No Saint (2008)