BERT JANSCH
Well here's a tasty treat for a Tuesday (you try saying that without your teeth in!) Big O have posted a lovely Bert Jansch set this morning. From The Palms Davis CA in '96 where Bert recalls playing before with Pentangle. This is simply peerless
Jansch meant a great deal to me and I grew up admiring his voice and above all his guitar playing, unique and always impressive. I wanted to play like him and sadly that was not to be and hardly anyone can match his style. Hence why Johnny Marr got to play with him before his untimely passing from lung cancer. Bert's 'Needle of Death' haunted me all my life . . . . his version of Davy Graham's 'Angie' was the first we all tried to emulate and copy but Blackwater Side and many other songs display his influence upon others too (Led Zeppelin) which never ceased to impress me too! I knew I was in good company. Bert's was one of the first albums I ever bought as a precocious teenager spreading his wings from the older Blues masters
check this out - it's a rare treat, Big O stays fairly to very good sound board and frankly it's superb! Highly listenable and one of the archive
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