John Renbourn teaches "Lord Franklin"

[Les3201]

I've been listening to this song for over 20 years and I never even considered that it was in standard tuning. What a great song and arrangement. Thanks very much for posting this !!

[WilhelmKojac]

Superb musician, superb human being... And I've met him... Exceptional whichever way you think about it

[mackhomie]

jeez, guy is painfully out of key at time

[WilhelmKojac]

@mackhomie Jesus, if there is a key he is out of, that must be some of your own keys....

[chrileboy]

this 'un makes me cry

[barolo1889]

You have to hear the recording on the original Pentangle album with Bert Jansch on concertina and Jacqui McShee singing in the backround--it's excellent! Renbourn does a better singing job on the album,also, which was over 40 years ago. By the way, John, trim those eye brows, will ya?

[sharegod]

might help if you could see his fricking hands...doh

[KingofRoath]

@sharegod  You obviously stopped watching before he started the lesson! Watch it to the end.

[vinnothelizard]

he cant sing

[himself801]

There's nothing worthy of criticisim in this vocal performance.

You wanna be critical of go listen to recent Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and early Yoko Ono for a truly trying experience.

[himself801]

His fret work is uncharactristicly sloppy. You shouldn't hear his fingers sliding/rubbing on the strings, which is bad in an instructural video.

Otherwise it is an engaging performance

[kearneyderry]

i wonder what grade you are?

[himself801]

I have know several guitarist who made me aware when people don't clean fret because it was one of their frequent criticizisms/ pet peeves and they often responded the first time like someone running a finger nail down a blackboard.

Thumbs down to your hearts' content, this isn't one of his better moments. He usual does much better. he's played this better on record. Such is life.

[ramezk]

adds to the dynamic of playing guitar live. plus chicks dig it

[rosswilchman]

As sloppy as your spelling?

[himself801]

My spelling is generally good, but my proofreading on this occasion is open to the fault finding. Fortunately, I dont get paid trying to teach spelling.

[CaptainKaneko]

great video. Does anybody know if he goes into more detail on the right hand picking style on the instructional dvd that this is taken off? I find it too fast to follow here. thanks

[guitarchic100]

I'm looking for a man, with a handsome face, glasses, frizzy long hair, who covered this song at Bideford Folk Festival in the session tent one night. I think I am in love with him.

[zimmerface]

Bob Dylan ripped this off with "Bob Dylan's Dream."

[wombab143]

One way of looking at it. Another is that he added to the tradition of a traditional song.

[himself801]

I can see the comparsion.

I has potential it was an influence, Dylan, like a lot of 60's folkies, started out playing traditional songs

[theskinswxm]

tuning?

[PeterOzanne]

Standard

[deadwood2]

Lord Franklin its one of my favorites tradicional irish song ever!

[wombab143]

OK, I'll bite... It's English.

[Toofartony]

thats not john renbourn...

[savagerabbit]

What?

[Mntgoatsfan]

yes. it is.

[echofilms]

Check out Gypsy Dave Smith at echofilms, he's a great mate of John's.

[himself801]

Didn't Gypsy Dave work with Donovan early in his career?

[celloprofundo]

There's a lot of livin' in that face, as my grand-mother used to say. Nice guitar, like to know how they 'mic ' ed it.

[3276246]

hurry and check them out before yt deletes them!

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[jwpretd]

Two interesting things. First, he uses classical technique with both hands, though the guitar's somewhat closer to horizontal than most classical guitarists would have it. Second, the use of chords without the 3d was also common in the work of John Fahey (and others).

[CrimsonThorne]

What a farking awesome song!

[taylor355]

I just ordered this DVD, I'm looking forward to getting started on it.

[Mattboy2388]

Can someone tell me what guitar he is using?

[taylor355]

It's a Franklin, made by a guy named Nick Kukich who I believe is from Missouri. Stefan Grossman played one too.

[joeninetyjoe]

There's a lot of good stuff in this vid. Been playing all my life and didn't know that open E chord.

[Dreadtower]

Yeah - a useful tutorial. Thanks for that :)

[squeakymonkfish]

One of the world's finest acoustic guitar players.

[ythanside]

The original tune is 'The Croppy Boy', used for many songs including 'MacCafferty', sung by British soldiers since around 1862.

[Raymantico]

I think that this tune was originally entitled:"Bob Dylan's Dream".

[jimboofharrock]

Ray, Bob Dylan "borrowed" this tune "Lord Franklin" from the playing of Martin Carthy and used it for Bob Dylans Dream on freewheelin'.

[Raymantico]

Twas a wee joke, me esteemed friend.

[TheGB1950]

@jimboofharrock Thats pretty well known back in the folkie days, Bob got some criticism for using it,

[taylor355]

The story he tells about this song on the live DVD is pretty funny.

[plyzorba1]

I love this song. Thanks for posting it.

[cjwaywell]

Love this song - very nicely played and sang John - thanks GtrWorkShp

[Jengybhoy]

I first saw John when i was 18.. The Riverside in Glasgow...i had just picked up the guitar..he blew me away...and he spoke to everyone after the gig...a true gent and a genius

[spaceword]

John is not only a brilliant guitarist but a brilliant storyteller. He has a warm speaking voice that could be used to narrate beautiful stories. I only hope someone in television reads this and sets him off on another career for his twilight years. Peace

[empiremonkey]

He is a great performer all around. I took a master guitar workshop years ago and he was very patient with my inexperience. I apologize to Mr. Renbourn, but a finer lesson I've never had! He was a true gentleman, and I was glad to support him on his US tour by taking the workshop and, in return, learned directly from a master guitar player. I think he would be somewhat pleased that I continued with guitar and it is now one of the most special thing in my life. It keeps me sane.

[criltunieddu]

Un mito vivente!!!

[GoMaGreGi]

Non è facile trovare persone come te che amino questa musica....Mi è tornata la voglia di riprendere in mano la chitarra e registrare qualcosa su YouTube......

Anche grazie a te.

Marcello

[Bearsville0]

I strongly suspect this is violating somebody's copyrights by posting it here.

[murrmac]

Stefan posts these videos himself, he owns the copyright.

Hope this helps.

[spaceword]

long overdue..thanksforposting..jus­t wonderful everytime..never enough

[glaoud]

John is great !*****

[ThePeacefulCat]

Thank you for posting these Renbourn videos:)