Black Waterside (Trad. / Arr. Bert Jansch)

[youngjeno]

Has to be said this is one fo the best covers I have evr heard

[guitarnut81]

I have loved this video of yours for about 4 years now. Thank-you. It's an excellent version.

[EversoleKid]

Wow, I like this song too, very much, and I like your version of this song as well! Great voice. I think, Bert would be glad about it.

Just one thing: When played a bit slower, the intimacy and discreet sound of Berts voice would come out a bit more.

[Ac2Emeraude]

That's great stuff my man.



[leemadd92]

awesome version...could you possibly maybe tab it out please? I tried to learn it from watching the video but it's too fast

[rapperfrgman]

Awesome. I think Bert plays it in DADGAD and drop-D variously. Yours captures it. Thanks!

[acapulco3estrelles]

Wow; that was brilliant... Congratulations.

[Coyoteboy12]

Nice work. I like your voice and the guitar sound is really nice.

[JoeyBishop]

Interestingly enough, Bert Jansch did it in drop D tuning, and Jimmy Page did it in DADGAD tuning. Anyhow, very good cover. A bit sped up for my tastes, but still a very good cover. :)

[Yairyona81]

Wow. 

[theskinswxm]

absolutely fantastic mate. I play this in drop d but not quite to the standard you play it. top job =]

[ProducerEffects]

Bert showed the tune to Al Stewart, (Year of the cat), who in turn showed it to Jimmy Page...

[philxbx]

Very, very good!

[gffWillie]

Excellent playing. Must give this a try.

Willie

[mp7272]

Very nice rendition of this classic celtic folk song. You nail Jansch's guitar to a T.

Thanks for sharing your skills.

[mcadarette]

Nailed it.

[lucabez]

Killing rendition of this wonderful Jansh song!... Bravo!...*****

Cheers,

luca

[2112studdard]

Excellent job good sir!

[edgluhrs]

Absolutely fine. Thanks!

[krose90]

This is a really excellent cover of this song. =] Thank you for giving me something nice to listen to.. =]

[nMendez1027]

What a beautiful song

[makitfunkee]

WHOA!!!! I much prefer your singing to Jansch's version, and your playing is absolutely wonderful.

Fantastic job!!!

[TheDruidKing]

Thanks very much! Really appreciate all comments.

[madaiadam]

this is pure bliss!

[1189wanado]

lovely,bloody LOVELY

[LtStarkiller]

Nice frickin job.

[cysthead30]

Man...you're really talented......very well done. =]

[ippusor]

love your singin, wish I had a voice like that

[philxbx]

5 stars!!

[sharrer2]

I like pages version better (rip off or not)

Just flows better to me anyways.

A little slower too i think.

[colbrot]

theres something to be said for that.. it kinda like sympathy for the devil for me... like the GNR version better than the original, but still have to give RollingStones credit!! they wrote it.. I agree with you by the way...

[sharrer2]

I love led zeppelin and jimmy page is STILL an amazing song writer and producer and his version STILL founded the music we know today, Yea it was wrong for him to steal the song and not give credits, but really. Like he did any harm to the song.

[colbrot]

yea, if it were just one or two riffs or songs, but plant took sooo many lyrics and page took soo many guitar riffs and phrasing that IT is robbery. LIke i said earlier love zep, but i lost A LOT of respect when i actually saw how badly they ripped some of the old folk and blues to no end... oh well if it werent for them i guess i would have never really heard the original stuff. so they made all the money, I wasnt getting any of it anyways.... take it easy man

[LookItsSully]

@sharrer2 he did do harm to the song, because noone gives any recognition to Mr. Jansch because everyone things that jimmy page wrote this.

[sharrer2]

@LookItsSully Jimmy Page's version, is different. It gives you another take. i think thats well worth it. Also, do you really want the comment sections full of crap as if everyone knew of Bert. P3oPle CuD FiLL ThE C0mm3NT S3ctI0N L!k3 dIS. I like to think of this particular music as a little special secret, and that'll mean more to mean then nearly any other song.

[Rigbyband]

Awesome!

[marlowe2219]

Wow, really nice Druid...thanks for posting! *****stars

[LiteGauge]

Great version, well done! I'm pretty certain that Bert's original arrangement was like this in DADGAD, although he brought out a songbook in '83 with it in dropped D.

[theboycalcoen]

Actually it was in drop D. You can tell on the Fresh as a sweet Sunday morning DVD and also in Colin Harper's biography of Bert which mentions it. Confusion arose from Jimmy Page's 'interpretation' of the song (Black Mountainside)which is in DADGAD.

[t0n3d0g]

fantastic version... but doe sit seem a bit rushed?

[liamduzrocks]

very impressive technique

great song as well

page is my hero but the first time i heard black mountainside i cringed lol

[pachacamacs]

You are really good ! Very impressive.

[johnsabia]

Youtube is so great .. I have the same guitar and am in into this type of music as well as American folk music.Well done sir ! I have enjoyed this alot!

[catuvellauni1]

Great, added to my faves

[highwayman1700]

dam good...very very impressed, i gave up trying to play this years ago..now will try again.. you have inspired me

[numair23]

You're my hero for playing this. Bert Jansch is a genius.

[Brendanthepimpshit]

Very well done sir!

[Babalawatata]

Great job budd!

[vigilantgnome]

Love the singing and guitar work synergy.

[subgang]

YEAH! Amazing performance, played with such fluidity, never lost that hypnotic rhythm...very inspiring.

[cleveroonie]

great guitaring

[TheDruidKing]

Thanks all for the kind words and ratings. Very much appreciated.

[Kelgann]

Led Zeppelin did play this song as well, but they actually did give credit where it was due.

I think you did an amazing job on this song, better than Jansch himself infact. Good job man.

[tomscotland]

beautiful, 5*

[carswell98]

Great job with the guitar/vocals, I can play one, but not both.

excellent, 5 stars from me

[lighteningboy]

Man, very well done.

[robindavies24]

Bloody brilliant, really well played this tune has a really great old English feel.

[pcsbyte]

Fantastic work on the Guitar and the Vocals. For what it's worth You got some big time approval.

[rakmond]

enjoyed that, thank's...

[terrencethetractor]

this deserves praise DruidKing... good job

[omni1963]

Druidking that was amazing.

I like your finger work and the style.

Wish I was half as talanted but still struggling along.

Try again with your influence in it - that is what folk is all about.

Don't just copy from B.J but borrow from him.

I am impressed, thanks again. OM

[dw94702]

Nice job - great playing and singing!

[BMXER1987]

sick

[HappyRick]

Hi Druidking:

Great guitar playing. I'm just starting to learn this song. What guitar tuning are you using? I recently found a guitarpro tab with a tuning  of F#, C#, B, F#, C#, F#. Can you point me in the direction of a better tab version of this great Bert Jansch classic.

Thanks

Rick

[TheDruidKing]

I figured it out by ear using DADGAD but believe BJ uses drop-d only. My hi-fi survived the constant stop/rewind/play; my girlfriend didn't. Try getting tab for Led Zep's Black Mountainside and adapting?

[IGuitarV2]

@TheDruidKing Led Zeppelin's version was on DADGAD. Bert Jansch played on Dropped D. I love both versions however Bert's Version shows a different side to what Jimmy Page did. Bert put work into the lyrics, and played it almost exactly as the traditional song, and Jimmy Page tricked and took out lyrics with the guitar but Bert did the same. But in conclusion, all I really wanted to say is Good job on the performance and singing, and that this song is one of my favorites from both artists.

[azulluz]

That's great man. Wish I could honour Bert as well.

[KevyNova]

Great job! I love to play this song also, just to see the looks on people's faces when you start singing. "Hey, there's no words to that song!"

Let's keep spreading the word....

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[ixEmpyrean]

the vocals are dead on! well done mate

[bobskins808]

this is fantastic m8

[TheDruidKing]

Thanks very much to all. If I've prompted anyone to check out Mr Jansch then its a success!

[Fredthedonky]

Today I just learned that Page took credit for this song and called it what we know. It's been one of my favorite songs of all time...period...for the emotions it evokes. So, I can't tell you how heartbroken I am to learn this..that Page ripped it. I know...what a pussy. But, to the point...I've been a lover of traditional Celtic music for a long time now. You, dear sir, have done this very well. Excellent Celtic tone in your voice.

[flip9388]

he didnt "rip" it. He used it for inspiration. Everything came from somewhere. There's not telling what song bert heard to inspire him to write this.

[Fredthedonky]

Yeah, you're right. Good point, mate. I mean, what artist isn't "inspired" by another?

[colbrot]

inspiration??? ha ha, he got "inspired" and made more money of these songs and arrangements and never even whispered their names, maybe ill get some "inspiration" from about 20 songs that other people wrote (not give credit) and make money off it, they wont mind.. what ass hat you are...

[flip9388]

ooo ass hat...what are you 12?

before you go off on another one of your ignorant rants you may want to be sure you actually know a thing or two about music and it's history. For instance did you know that Bert ripped off "Black Waterside" along w/ several others from

Anne Briggs. No you didn't know that, b/c you are an insecure person w/ a pathetic life that goes out of his way to bring down others in attempt to bring himself up...The fact is everything came from somewhere. And Page is Page

[mamacornettesmoney]

Bert did NOT "ripoff" blackwaterside from Ann Briggs. He palyed it with her & he is the one who came up with the guitar arr. that Page lifted. Look it up. Briggs credits Jansch with the arrangement.

The point you are ignoring is that Briggs credited it as a traditional folk song. Jansch did the same but took credit for the guitar arrangement which is his own.

Then Page came along, took Jansch's arrangement & registered it as an original composition. I LOVE Page but that is the way it is.

[viking1au]

Apparently Jansch & Briggs were "an item" when she gave him Blackwaterside, --Trad, but he did the arrangement. She sings it unaccompanied. She in fact either did or wrote songs that were done by Jansch, Renbourn & Pentangle; eg The Snows...... Wishing Well, Willy O' Winsbury +. ---.. Blackmountainside was a blatant rip off!

[ledzeppelin1161]

flip here does have a good point, there are so many songs and artists that rip off, the ones he mentioned, anji by jansch is also a cover of david graham i believe, im not too sure if thats his name. i mean the lyrics of come togetehr by the beatles is almost verbatim of a chuck berry song. i mean hell even shakespeare is accused of copying other people. so yea its everywhere. besides i thought the point of music was to enjoy it not analyze it

[cruiserc57d]

Sounds nice! I am going to have to check this Mr. Jansch out. Nice playing, and singing especially with all the finger movements.

[JonLoop]

Great playing, slightly different from the original, and all the better for it. Bert is an incredible inspiration, and it's great people are still playing his music 40 years on

[scaredofheights]

why change lyrics on traditional songs? i know it makes me look sad, buts its a traditional song from a girls point of view. Put the lrics back how they were - you didnt write it, so no ones going to think you're gay, it's ok. rant over

[MegMerrilies]

I love this song. Excellent playing. I think any singing and playing an instrument at the same time is difficult but you've pulled it off no problem.

[Jennobvm]

Hmmm, This is DADGAD right? Damn, I'm an idiot for learning it in drop D, your fingering looks much easier!

[doccface]

Erm.....awesome, just awesome. I learned white summer/black mountainside(Jimmy style) a few months back. Played it to my mate and he said I need to check bert out. Had never heard of him! Since checked him out. Unbelievably awesome.

[weejoeecosse]

standing ovation on that performance,one of the best guitar pieces ive seen online yet

[ningyoko]

Oh lovely, honestly. I hope to someday have such pretty guitar skills.

Lovely.

[conibonjovi]

I just came across you on the "meet you" video you responded to.

That sound is superb. I'll go off now and listen to the others.

[bbaca75]

GREAT JOB!! I have studied Flamenco for years and I have to say that your guitar work is incredible (technique, rhythm, EVERYTHING!)

[folkmusicgirl]

Your guitar playing and singing are superb! Are you in U.K? Do you have any other songs to listen to?

I would especially enjoy hearing you sing some more.

Do you play out in folk clubs at all?

[onekathbuthow]

That was excellent.I would almost say that it was

'clearer ' to listen to than the one by the man himself. Cheers

[MuNkYBizNess]

I think I already commented on this when your bro posted it, very impressive job considering you play it faster than the original. Really great. HOw about posting some more covers to show us what else you can play.

[Waggonerslad]

This is terrific. great job. Am I right in thinking you are actually playing Jimmy Page's slightly altered verion here (in DADGAD?) rather than Bert's?

[TheDruidKing]

Thanks very much! Really appreciate your kind words. Needs a bit of work, I know. I've finally got a webcam working so I'm hoping to get a few more on soon.

[edudut]

so excellent loved the singing as well especially the "make me believe the sun rose in the west with your lying tounge" part. You really play it with taste and feeling. Makes me want to hit a few shots of Irish whiskey, laugh, cry and then maybe get in a fight(just kidding on the last part ) TOP SHELF PERFORMANCE

[GrannyWhackers]

That was very nice!

[Macintoshmatty]

Excellent version Well done!!

[salixarbour]

Highly impressive, Troubleclef. Wonderful!!

[TheDruidKing]

It took a while trying to hear exactly what Bert sings and then I tweaked it slightly. Bert actually sings it from a females point of view as this is the way it was sung to him.

[petrolhead67]

Absolutely beautifully played and sung. Can I ask where you found the lyrics, I've been looking for them for a while?

[joealsilva]

Great fingerpicking!

[Jcronk]

Excellent.

[gustavoblues]

Nice!