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 

Bert Jansch - The Palms, Davis, CA USA 1996

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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For those less familiar : here's wiki

Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch was a founding member of the band Pentangle and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter. He recorded at least 25 albums and toured extensively from the 1960s to the 21st century. Jansch was a leading figure in the 1960s British folk revival, touring folk clubs and recording several solo albums, as well as collaborating with other musicians such as John Renbourn and Anne Briggs. Jansch’s work influenced such artists as Al Stewart, Paul Simon, Johnny Marr, Elton John, Ian Anderson, Bernie Taupin, Bernard Butler, Jimmy Page, Nick Drake, Graham Coxon, Donovan, Neil Young, Fleet Foxes, Devendra Banhart, Neil Halstead, and Roy Harper. Jansch passed away in 2011, aged 67, at a hospice in Hampstead after a long battle with lung cancer. - wikipedia