On the Cobbles was the final studio album by John Martyn released during his lifetime (his last studio album, "Heaven and Earth

Heaven and Earth (John Martyn album)

Heaven and Earth is a posthumous studio album by John Martyn, completed by Gary Pollitt and Jim Tullio, released online on the 16 May 2011. During recording the album was provisionally entitled Willing To Work.-Track listing:...

", 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.

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

Personnel

• John Martyn - guitar, vocals
• Peter Erskine
  Peter Erskine
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   - conga
• Ari Brown - tenor saxophone
• Steve Eisen - alto flute
• John Giblin
  John Giblin
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   - bass
• Nick McCabe
  Nick McCabe
  Nick McCabe is a musician best known as the lead guitarist of The Verve.-Early life:Nick McCabe was the son of a bus driver and has two older brothers, Alan and Paul...
  
   - guitar on "Walking Home"
• Andy Sheppard
  Andy Sheppard
  Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow.-Biography:Sheppard was born in Warminster,...
  
   - tenor & soprano saxophone
• Mavis Staples
  Mavis Staples
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   - 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
  Spencer Cozens
  Spencer James Cozens and brought up mainly in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England is a musician, writer and producer.Spencer has written music and toured with John Martyn. He has also toured with Joan Armatrading....
  
   - 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