Sweet Honesty - The Beverley Martyn Story

by Jaki daCosta (Compiler)

Sweet Honesty - The Beverley Martyn Story ... as told to Jaki daCosta. Beverley was a rising star in the 1960s' British folk/rock music scene when she met and married singer/songwriter John Martyn, who died in 2009. For years she kept silent about the abusive relationship they shared. Here she tells her story in her own words, taking us from her childhood in post-war Coventry through the making of classic albums "Stormbringer!" and "Road to Ruin" to today, where she survives as a woman beaten but not bowed and still a gifted musician in her own right.

Genres: Music

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 7, 2011

Reviews

[Daniil Fedtsov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet and Honest

Absolutely lovely read and tragic. A story of a talented singer Beverley Martyn with a tale of surviving victimhood of misogyny of the music business and domestic abuse.

[sean fullerton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Desperately depressing read.

[Georgina Delany · Rating 5 out of 5]

worth a read

A great read it was fascinating it was like the author was sitting back having a conversation with me, can’t have been easy to bear her soul like that

[Chris Lilly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grim story of domestic abuse and mental affliction, not guaranteed to make you feel more positively about John Martyn. But interesting.