Pentangle - House Carpenter

[seacow1970]

RIP Bert

[posthumanhero]

they put weird groove in celtic rock, paving the way for jethro tull (perhaps).......i love jacquis beautiful head too.........such beautiful eyes.

[cabinfeverish]

brilliant!

[kimokaker]

This is fabulous, period.

[ChrysGonz]

love the Pentangle.. they were so exceptional.

[clarkewi]

Phenomenal group.

[kbug7677]

8 people are definitely deaf!

[baroqueman1]

A great tribute to the band, especially to Bert Jansch. They were the idols of so many 'thinking' young people of my generation - and like me, perhaps many guys fell madly in love with the lovely Jacqui Mc Shee in those happy far-off days. Thanks for posting this.

[icebirdz]

GREAT STUFF// Real Talent!

[Rozzar1]

Many thanks - she had the most fabulous voice in them good ol' days

[savart55]

Bert leaves me with all the music I love, thanks to him I love it all...all

[Sojourneer]

Awesome. Love McShee's voice! Cool to see Renbourn playing sitar too.

[nunuloki]

I've now watched several Pentange clips.How did I miss them? incredible sound!, very talented musicians.

[MrMickeybitzko]

Bert was one of the greats, gentle yet infinitely strong in his music. Pentangle were exquisite, utterly transporting, the essence of '60s folk cool transposed to rarefied jazz heights. Sublime.

[Peacemaker591]

A great tragic loss for all music lovers. R.I.P. Bert Jansch. I´ve always loved Pentangle

[Fishmonger1966]

Rest in peace, Bert.

[MsCatwink]

Bon Voyage Bert.....

[johnrakemusic]

This is hard to watch today, but I want so badly to remember Bert.

[MsCatwink]

@johnrakemusic Yes........

[imiiiS]

the low anthem are better

[McBlackBob]

@imiiiS Fuck off !!!

[nkfiddler13]

Man, Bert was cool. What an amazing performance.

[MrExactamundo]

R.I.P Bert...

[davidphilipsmusic]

R.I.P. Bert Jansch

[Kaiser88Franz]

RIP Bert :-(

[Maubuisson7052]

Superbe! Subtils équilibres entre les instruments et les voix masculine et féminine

[justintx87]

One of my all time favorite bands. Such beautiful music they made.

[mudyman1]

hippies ;D

[nicestevez]

i want the dress!

[DeterministaRadical]

Sob a constante e crescente influência de alguém muito especial...

[Putaspellonyou]

sitar on a scots-irish folk tune....effing brilliant!

[nicestevez]

@Putaspellonyou its the best of so many world, so naturally it will sound heavenly!

[brianpage100]

What a great ensemble of musicians. It took me far too long to discover this band.

[Jolie028]

Excellent!

[palendromebob]

Every single clip from this special is indeed, special. Totally brilliant.

[coramunroe]

7 people are deaf.

[zippoloko]

@coramunroe 8 was a misclick, doh.

[ivormerven]

by the olde church organ at the side of the incense tray, yeah that's it, the black and white one, pass it here ! I was 17 that was it along, with disraeli gears and layers of the onion robin williamson, I could'nt stop. cropredy all the free festivals hawklords RDF hippy slags, then I heard vital transformation mahavishnu the american counterparts the 11th house then funk then jazz but I love the sentiment in " let no man steal your thyme " and always come back to renbourn jansch. "

[Broblem12]

Wonderful to see them play this live. A wonderful interpretation!!

[slartibartfast68]

1970 was the best year of the Century.

[zenileon]

@slartibartfast68 I quite agree with you! So much promise! I was five years old at the time!

[Dragonhorse2]

She doesn't sing words...she sings every letter

[delawarr1970]

check out ruby colley for some truly original contemporary music

[ghelgaingadottir]

I relay love this band

[finaljus]

c un pur truc de drogue O_o tmetone que les hyppie ecouter sa <3

[millsclear]

Jacqui McShee & Burt Jansch I believe

[madmanmadis]

@millsclear Bert*

[MissMFinn]

Jaqui McShee is so gorgeous as is her voice!

[xPrisonOfTheMindx]

@MissMFinn

dislike her inflection, but overall agree

[matador483]

This is a broadside ballad I believe- I have heard many versions. I have a 1910 copy of Arther Quiller-Couche's ballad book with a version of this called The Daemon Lover. I always played it in Dm C F. It sounds pretty sweet with the sitar and banjo combo....good stuff

[MrFreako2010]

Not to detract from how amazing this music and performance is I can't resist saying that is one gorgeous outfit she's wearing. It made me instantly and totally groovy.

[xxxTheGuardianxxx]

MY GOD! This is amazing song! Wowowow!!

[FutileExistence]

Incredible cover.

[MaiaGlor]

her voices hunting! adore this tune!!!!

[dbvalentine]

Wow just discovered them. She's great (& the rest of the band)

[lissiwill]

This was so beautiful to discover(= The film was so clear!!

[albatross7677]

Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention and Pentangle are the greatest of the English Folk Bands from the Sixties and Seventies!!

[albatross7677]

@lissiwill If you like Pentangle, Look up Trees.

[lissiwill]

@albatross7677 ThankYou!!! ~Do you have a title as 'Trees' are many ~~(=

[albatross7677]

@lissiwill  Trees as in English Folk band

[JOANPOLSITAR]

OH !! after 20 years ago I can hear  that piece , wich did makes me feel so happy

nice tune . every track of this work is special : basket of lights .

[palerider1775]

I like Hurt's version of House Carpenter better. Not saying that this is bad, or anything. Just that Hurt's sound is more to my liking...

[birthofeternity]

Variation on a popular folk-song theme of taking a more profitable mate for a personal sacrifice... and often from a sister....right right? I love Pentangle and Irish, Scottish, and often British folk music.

[LisergicoRojo]

so sweet! thx!

[RNParamedic03]

Love this, knew of the Band back in the day but only recently have got to a place and time where I can really appreciate there music. Thanks for the videos of this group.

[zilac1977]

This is fucking awesome, I didn't even know this band existed until watching this.

[robskiz66]

Americans make me laugh. British/Irish folk predates evrything they know.

[tortugabob]

But the Scots/Irish Americans kept those British/Irish folksongs alive in the hills of Appalachia for 300 yrs. In the 50s and 60s Americans like Moses Asche of Folkways Records and the New City Ramblers made those songs popular again in America. Only then did the British "rediscover" these songs to any extent. Don't get me wrong. I love Pentangle as well as any Brit but please save your patronizing bullshit for some British equivalent of YouTube. Oh that's right, you don't have one.

[birthofeternity]

@robskiz66 Not all Americans. Some of us do read! ;)

[birthofeternity]

@robskiz66 And listen.

[ALISTOSmc]

she has a special beauty! may be is her voice that gives that special thing in her appearence

[tontokurt]

Yes, it is a traditional appalachian folk song.

[MondoBeno]

Did they write their songs? This sounds like an Appalachian folk song.

[fawnface]

@MondoBeno Mostly folk songs, but they did write some orignals. You're right "The House Carpenter" is a very popular American variant of an even older British (maybe Scottish?) song called "The Daemon Lover". Hope you enjoyed it.

[thelastamericandude]

@fawnface Actually "the Daemon Lover" is English

[27722700]

@fawnface I believe it was a Celtic song. If I remember correctly it had Irish roots, but I could be (and probably am) wrong.

[ProcolHarum1967]

@27722700 It's based off an English ballad.

[iodinebabe]

@fawnface He did say in his intro that it's a traditional song!

[taddyd1]

@MondoBeno

Like the Seekers, Mary hopkin, led zeplin, the animals, marianne faithful etc, they listened to their Joan Baez albums.

[tracy070991]

@taddyd1 Agree, Joanie was the first and always will be.

[tracy070991]

@taddyd1 Agree. Joanie was the first  with most of these beautiful folk songs.

[jinjanjane]

thank you so much for posting this! :)

[dogsbreath101]

Al is a smuch that never accepted Davey Graham.

[Daenoxiis]

Jaqui has a flawless voice, but omg does she have some hardcore jaw tension. haha.

[Sumer61]

@Scanlon65 are you deaf & blind? Of course there are strings on it!

[echels]

John Renbourn plays the sitar!

[feristelli]

thanks for uploading! wonderful music!

[orvelski]

MAGNIFICENT!

[Skammee]

Thank you for posting ! This is wonderful music

[aliscot2]

Love the different versions of this song, Pentangle with this version, Natalie Merchant with that awesome voice, Jeff Lang with the fantastic guitar playing and the energy he put into it. Wish I had a fraction of the talent these folk have. Any other versions I should listen to?

[WeriTR]

@aliscot2 Nickel Creek, though the only "clean" version of it i could find on youtube is - well, not so clean. Wow-infested, silly credits song and so on...

[TheDalaiLuke]

banjo and seetar

how truely awsome

[TheMoonKite]

lovely, thank you fawnface

[RebornThroughHate]

It's a good thing she sings so pretty, because she sure is ugly.

[steviej0289]

@RebornThroughHate shes a better person inside than you will ever be. a real wiccan man would never think that way and if your christian your thoughts do not count here so either way be gone with you and may the gods grant you a daughter with such likness as her by the law of 3

[RebornThroughHate]

@steviej0289 Wiccan? That's a more idiotic concept than the Church of Scientology. And what Gods are you referring to? The invisible, make-believe, ones? Grow up.

[TheTimberwolfe]

@RebornThroughHate Fuck you )O( Blessed Be

[RebornThroughHate]

@TheTimberwolfe Holy shit. Is that you in that picture? A fat nerd in a pair of binoculars is saying fuck you to me. The world has gone insane. I blame video games and computers - nerds think they are cool now.

[RebornThroughHate]

@steviej0289 The law of what? You believe in magic and wishes now? What are you retarded?

[Gerry50ify]

Great song. Jacqui sings beautifully. And Terry proves you need no sticks to be a cool drummer.

[NedsMissingTeeth]

....Drugs? Go on then, you've twisted my arm.

[DavidMJordan]

Blending in that sitar is an act of musical genius. In fact my fave bit of Pentangle is John playing the sitar on 'Once I had a Sweetheart'.

[SikoKthxbye]

What a melding of insanely talented individuals. Their rendition of this song always gives me goosebumps.

[cerebroderramado]

Copado.,

[arnaldopata]

Grande banda. A ouvir sempre! (portuguese)

Great band.Listen for ever

[neohip]

I am afraid this clip does not put me in a good mood.

The song is fine,sublime actually,but you have to wonder what might of happened if drugs ,drink, and poor management hadn't got in the way!.

[pfalky2k]

it's not a "good mood" song. not all music is meant to give you the jollies. as for drink & drugs? if you want abstention? go join the quakers. (no great fan of narcotics, but they have been present in the production of some of man's finest artistic achievments) poor mgmt? i'll leave that to those who know better than i.

[neohip]

@pfalky2k "not all music is meant to give you the Jollies"

Never a more true word well spoken!.

I am wondering.,though,what you make of the great absence of this fantastic music in the early 70's.

Couldn't compete with Led Zeppelin?.

No,they disappeared up there own asses on drugs and alcohol,apart from Jacqui,of course.

They left her high and dry,a very ungentlemanly thing to do!.

[pfalky2k]

@neohip don't know about competing with 'zep, who were THE folk/rock band of, well, ever. i agree. chemical indulgence did ruin a lot of such bands. but they did produce some of the finest music in our times, thanks to their "purple haze" as they say. the brightest stars burn out quickest. give me devil-worshipping doped-to-the-eyes alcohol-soaked rock n roll astride two (i'm sure it was not three) fire-breathing whores over our modern manufactured soul-less "pop" fodder for the tw@ts any day ;)

[LordShivasServant]

@pfalky2k It's just a ride, after all ;)

[pfalky2k]

is that you, bill? they told me you died. ok, you missed the 3-day trick, but good to have ye back. lol ;)

[LordShivasServant]

@pfalky2k He's here somewhere....

[roziekizmet]

drugs drink and poor management got in the way of what? fame and riches that inevitably lead to more drink, harder drugs and a harder fall. pentangle still play, they played my local venues, small but still good. what more could a band aspire to than to still be playing thier music together over thirty years later. maybe im old fashioned but isnt music more inportant than all the fame money and bullshit that comes with it.,

[owynferpet]

Love the SITAR

[OllieOxenFree18]

Yo, Imma gonna let you finish - but Joan Baez kills the competition.

[drewsky67]

Great song! I love their take on it.

[drewsky67]

The guys on banjo looks like a young Tim Burton.

[Mbourassaxd]

lol

[LedAnnaFloyd]

Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Incredible String Band, Clannad, Loreenna McKennitt, Steeleye Span...etc.

Britisch Folk Music FOREVER!

[Fishmonger1966]

@LedAnnaFloyd - FYI Clannad and McKennitt are Irish. :)

[Sumer61]

@LedAnnaFloyd Loreena McKennitt is Canadian, with British heretage.

[RockyRoader]

@LedAnnaFloyd With respect , Clannad were Irish - though obviously heavily influenced by Pentangle and similar.

And Loreena McKennitt is Canadian!

[MoontownMoss]

@LedAnnaFloyd Beautiful music from incredible bands there. Clannad are from Donegal. Irish folk music forever.

[Steelyking6725]

@LedAnnaFloyd Don't forget Forest

[taddyd1]

@LedAnnaFloyd  ALL of whom learned it from the JOAN BAEZ IN CONCERT lp from 1962,

There is a reason BAEZ was the first person inducted into the British Folk Hall of Fame.

the Animals got House of the Rising Sun from her per Eric Burden, Zeplin got Babe Im gonna leave you from her etcetc.

[TheRunner75]

@LedAnnaFloyd Try "The Garden of Jane Delawney" by Trees. It's in the same vein but they only released 2 albums.

[jh9214]

@LedAnnaFloyd Clannad were Irish

[mickfolan]

@LedAnnaFloyd Clannad are Irish

[Fishmonger1966]

This IS my favorite version.

[puppetmastr45]

Nickel Creek does my favorite version of this, by far. But this one is good, too.

[thallassocracy]

Banjo, double bass, sitar - there was so much irreverence, and such a lot of innovation going on back then.

Thank goodness for stick-in-the-mud Bob Dylan for stopping music from getting too interesting.

[nightingalerider]

Yeah sure. As much as i like Pentangle, putting in exotic instrumentation isn't the only way to keep the music interesting

[Thorsson64]

You're missing the point.

[nightingalerider]

Which is? I assume it should have something to do with Bob Dylan being boring. So maybe i'm not the only one missing something here.

[Thorsson64]

Maybe you are. It's about pushing boundaries.

[folkmew]

@nightingalerider I think Renbourn (a truly excellent guitarist) just thought it would be fun to have an excuse to learn sitar. :-D

[SinisterTeddybear]

Wow, very different from the Dylan version for sure, but definitely cool. Danny Thompson is an awesome bassist

[LedAnnaFloyd]

Amazing! Thank You fawnface:)

[gennx30]

great PQ for a 35 yo video

[Autumncider]

best band ever along with old and in the way and jethro tull

[JoeyPencils]

she is an awesome singer

[Joker2201]

Or check out Dylan's version....one of my fav songs of his! ^^

[nomesart]

Es un video fantastic, d'una bellesa poètica de primer ordre. Em fa companyia. Salut amics!

[1dudeman2]

whats her name?

[fawnface]

Jaqui McShee

[stopglobalswarming]

This music is cool. I never heard of them before today.

[banjodawgg]

I love the little joke he makes about it bein' a traditional song w/sitar & banjo! lol!

[banjodawgg]

brings back great memories for me, thanks for posting the great vids fawn!

[jackh4eva]

She looks so bored when she sings.

[heliotropezzz333]

Not boredom I think. Just concentration and dignity.

[Conny68]

Amazing! Thanx for posting x

[KazakageoftheSand]

dylan kills 'er

[fawnface]

I think firstly I'd have to say that Dylan would almost certainly disagree.

This is a traditional song, Dylan did not write this, His version of House Carpenter has exactly the same chords and melody as has been played for centuries, with very little original input.

Indeed while I am a big fan of Dylan's early work, most songs of his in the years up to "Bringing it All Back Home" are very heavily based on traditional melodies, with new lyrics tacked on to them....

[fawnface]

What Pentangle whave done to this song is completely reinvent it musically, breaking from the traditional interpretation, and it is for this reason that this version has be be regarded as superior to Dylan's.

Listen to Dave Van Ronk's (one of Dylan's peers and influences in the Greenwich Village days) version of this song to understand what I mean, A lot of folk artists in this time had this one as one of their repertoire.

[upsidedowni]

i may be wrong, but the original poster might have been complimenting dylan by saying he kills 'er, as in he's playing very well.

[clean3]

Far better to just enjoy the music, and not get caught up in meaningless competitive scenarios that most musicians don't concern themselves with

[1diesel1]

@fawnface In my short 68 years who changed the face of music? Dylan-The Beatles-Elvis Yes, yes, I know Elvis didn't create his songs but he changed what we all listen to.

[DavidMJordan]

I was at the Isle of Wight fest in '69 when an American band called Eclection played this. I said to my friend' Hey, these are good!' He said ' If you think these are good, wait til you hear Pentangle. They came on and performed this and the rest of 'Basket of Light' and I've been a fan since.

[fosenda]

Wow, i've vener heard them before!!! They are nicest...

[flamencojaymo]

This is music right here. The instruments all combine perfectly, this sort of music hits my soul.

[edwards21416]

telltale songs are great !

[variatingmule]

Anyone knows if we can get this on DVD?

[bradshawvincent]

yes its on "basket of light"

[mravovi]

This music reminds me on the best days of my life

[nenaud]

Une belle et naive interprete et tellement sexy... Un guitariste talentueux, perdu dans son rêve. Gageons qu'ils se connaissent un peu, déjà...

[jrichardson6]

great but i can hardly hear this hippy stuff with all sliders set to 11

[buddhafulgrl]

What an amazing rendition of this song. It really doesn't get much better than this!

[danielion999]

Pentangle was an awsome group. I love Jansch's accent.

[arscott69]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!! Pure Pleasure!

[nicecoolbuddy]

the singer lady is so beautiful

[telesette]

Excellent!

[cccaravanserai]

yeah !

[irelephant]

All the members of Pentangle were virtuoso players in their own right. They really were too much of a class act for huge mass appeal, so IMO under-recognized. This video is rare for its high sound quality.

[Lamvesp]

This has just blown me away. I am renderd speechless.

[tradeyouforphysics]

like her butter, her voice.

This song is haunting for me as it reminds me of the love