It's
funny, I had heard his name well before I heard his music. It danced
on the periphery of my awareness for years. I don't know whether I
had actually received his prior CDs, or had just read about him, but
for whatever reason, it is now that I am catching up to john Arthur
martinez. And having just moved to Texas, that has tripled. He has a
new band, and they rock. He writes with so many people I have been
fortunate to make the acquaintance of through the years, that it is a
wonder how I missed him in the first place. No longer. From his new
CD Purgatory Road, here is a solo take on Cobalt Blue, written for
his wife when they were courting. And listen at the end of the song
for the Nashville rain pouring down on the roof of the bus...

-Jessie