Described by Empire Magazine as 'Britain's best ever blues singer', John Martyn was one of rock music's last real mavericks. This book documents his upbringing in Glasgow and rise through the Scottish and London folk scenes of the 1960s, his highs and lows, and his friendships with the lost souls of British rock music, Nick Drake and Paul Kossoff.
The story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq is here told by its musical director from its inception to its eventual end. The NYOI came through the most difficult and dangerous of times to produce fine music not only in Iraq but also in Britain, Germany and France.
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