Born in Surrey in 1948 and raised in Glasgow, Iain David McGeachy developed an interest in playing guitar in his teens, aspiring to be just like the “baroque” folk masters of the time, such as Davey Graham or Bert Jansch.
In the mid-‘60s – young, confident and already a capable player – he crammed his life into a guitar case and headed south to make a name for himself on the London scene. Once there, he did so, quite literally, rechristening himself John Martyn upon the advice of his first agent.
