John Martyn - I'd Rather be the Devil

John Martyn I'd Rather be the Devil OGWT [1973].avi

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[davidoffon]

He captured in song that which life never allowed him, capturing it like nobody else could, simple as. If not for the music he would have been nothing, as it was he was pretty awful, very sad indeed!!

[ASentimentalMood]

It's a line from a skip James song

[Shep Trop]

soo dope

[trance1gen]

I'd rather be the devil, to be that woman man I'd rather be the devil, to be that woman man Aw, nothin' but the devil, changed my baby's mind Was nothin' but the devil, changed my baby's mind I laid down last night, laid down last night I laid down last night, tried to take my rest My mind got to ramblin', like a wild geese From the west, from the west The woman I love, woman that I loved Woman I loved, took her from my best friend But he got lucky, stoled her back again -skip james

[sitwosaints]

Autocorrect will die in agony

[sitwosaints]

There's a cut of the first time he played this live in a folk club in Essex is think, and they had to reach out for a plugboard. He got booed, just like Dylan at the Isle of Wight.. He was a pig, of the sexist variety. De Morris nil nisi bonum, and all that, but.