Jack Rose "Kensington Blues"

[bichbetru]

The Greatest Ever...Dr. Ragtime....Jack Rose...another Trubidor before bombay, you know the rest....

[naimkarakand]

so fuckin good.

[Bjorklund75]

thank you thank you thank you Jack Rose. Music lives on. Brilliant stuff.

[MUSICBOXMOBILEDISCO]

How on earth can you dislike this...Shame on you!!!. Awesome work/music.

Peace*

[luipoa]

Rebeca Black is alive...God has sense of humor.

[busessuck1]

Sounds like Fahey...

[guruofmonkey]

I've seen him quite a few times. My dad and I had to back out of seeing him in Denver, then he died a few months later. I'll be kicking myself for that one for quite a while. RIP man, thanks for the good stuff.

[beery5]

fucking hell the last track on the album kensington blues is epic , not up on youtube though : (

[Ksimp9]

its a shame not many people know about him.

[ninja067]

hey! he was born where i was!

[davidmar43]

two Bieber fans clicked on this by mistake.

[branche14]

RIP  i see a rose in the sky

[dreamofshrooms]

Fahey's sunflower river blues is a lot similar to this song.....

[jefftrix]

@dreamofshrooms Yeah, this guy obviously got his style from somewhere...

[mussman717word]

The short few riffs about a minute in are very reminiscent of Jimmy Page's work on "Friends." I'm not calling it plagiarism, I mean, even Pagey stole a few things, but it is close, lol.

[richardm123uk]

REST Jack

[y2kbuyusay]

guess I was too hard on the fella. Rest in peace, Jack. Sorry we didnt get to meet on better terms.

[TheDeadandtheDirty]

john fahey much

[gnarrwhale]

@TheDeadandtheDirty

His influences go so much further back than John Fahey, I mean, what about the whole half a century or more of rich old time music that influenced Fahey in the first place. Jack Rose does channel a mean Fahey, Basho, Walker and so on, but his reverence and mastery of the true roots (pre-war rag time, blues, old time, mountain folk,) is NOT to be overlooked. IMO Rose's music is some of the nicest acoustic americana/old time/folk/eastern/raga/ragtime around. Such emotion!

[annica570]

i saw him back in august in asheville, nc. i didn't even know who he was until that show. i feel very fortunate to have seen him and known about his music before his death.

[AngieOnly]

he was awsome!!

RIP Jack

[MrPkapp69]

probably one of the best guitarists to ever walk the earth.

rest in peace jack rose

[PaoloLegnetti]

@MrPkapp69 probably not

[MISFITROBBY138]

@MrPkapp69 bert jansch is awesome.

[codyidaho]

Oh sh*t I hadn't heard of his passin. Damnit. Damnit. Peace, brother.

[abc31881]

the late great Jack Rose

[Fishtowner666]

He lived near me and i never new of him until i read about his death in the city paper.

[artmaniac53]

R.I.P. Jack.

[widefilth]

really lovely that.never heard of him til i read his obit.see you on the other side man.tuning is cgcgce.

[taildragger51]

I'm really sad to hear of this man's death. He was one of the few to take the legacy of John Fahey''s to new dimensions.

[LMMiller9]

Anyone know what tuning he is using? Sounds like one of John Fahey's pieces in C or B tuning. Anyone know?

[sail1948]

My guess is a D tuning.

[5emperfid3lis]

It's in open C (CGCGCE) - on the 'Kensington Blues' album it's tuned down lower, but this vid seems to be about concert pitch.

[kimmiethehippie]

wonderful at guitar

beautiful language indeed

[BJORT]

RIP

[flanders243]

i seen him in glasgow a few months back, can't believe he died.

rip buddy

[m0thland]

RIP man, great guitarist... x

[eyeassault]

This man came to my town to bless us with his music. RIP Jack.

[JoeBlue727]

Sleep well Jack.

[pulaster89]

RIP Jack : (

[OdettaBOOOM]

What a tragedy for music.. it just lost an enormously talented and passionate musician.. I can't believe he's gone...

Rest in peace, Jack, and thank you for leaving beautiful art that will remain here beyond our time.

[ovrcastla]

love you brother

[Mntgoatsfan]

RIP

[patriot41000]

The Great Gig in the Sky , enjoy Jack

[jimmyneel]

Goodbye Jack...

[eyencyst]

terrible loss.great guy and musician.rip...

[benjamwk]

R.I.P. What a talent.

[nmeoner]

RIP Jack!

[PhillyWings]

RIP

;- (

[wolftoes]

rip jack...so sad

[juiceblade]

gunna burn one for u bro! R.I.P.

[chrysanthemumcity]

What a total bummer.

[slowriot81]

I wish you knew your music was to stay forever... thanks for everything, Jack. We'll meet again, some sunny day... R.I.P. :(

[ThatLovelyEnglishBob]

Thanks for the music, Jack Rose.

[suburbandrone]

I am stunned. was SO looking forward to MORE music over the coming years... RIP!

[mradamcooley]

Life's not fair.

[slaapkamers]

He's fingerpicking with Fahey now.

[mmmaddy513]

RIP. Does anyone have any tabs/music for this or any of his other songs?

[kaaytee]

what a terribly dreadful loss

[Yairyona81]

A great lose.

He was the one who turned me on the Weissenborn.

He's the one influnced me, together with Glenn Jones, to go and record my first album.

May he rest in peace. This is horrible.

[narlus]

Jack, you will be sorely missed. This has been a lousy evening for me, leavened only by listening to your music.

[eric1012wi]

May your soul soar to heaven.

[Ifearsatan]

R.I.P

[BatteryPoweredLove3]

RIP, brother.

[Fwahboom]

Jack is a nice guy, he plays some great music, and he was never taught by John Fahey.

[mradamcooley]

Yeah, it sounds like Fahey. But so does just about every other musician in American Primitive Guitar. I'm glad Fahey's sound is being kept alive.

[hancockatoo]

On the album this is from (Kensington Blues), Rose does a version of the Fahey tune "Sunflower River Blues", so he wears his admiration on his sleeve; but for anyone thinking Rose is just about slavish imitation, check out anything he did with Pelt, or even his album with th Black Twig Pickers this year. Long live Fahey and Jack Rose.

[eric1012wi]

Long live Jack!!! R.I.P.

[vinylaffair]

This sounds a lot like Wildwood Flower...

[Osomatic]

I'm willing to respect the man for his talent. Unless you can do what he's doing in this video, shut the f up.

[cornflaked]

I respect that he worked very hard to play exactly like someone else in physical form and musical style. Boring. I'll take the original, thanks.

[savagerabbit]

At least he picked a better original than most do. But you're right, he's subverting his own talent if he is in fact merely imitating.

[LusoVIDEOcam]

ok... a brother from the singging stars

[dpg25]

Why doesn't he just change his name to John Fahey?

[hollowneck]

I've read somewhere that Jack was taught by John Fahey, so go figure...

Personally I think it's important to keep John's sound alive.

Jack is an exceptional musician and his fingerpicking style is obvously very "Fahey", I hear respect for Fahey in Jack's playing, and great feel.

I don't get all snotty when I hear someone play really well in the style of John Fahey, it gives me a warm glow inside!!!

The Fahey train toots on!!!

[dpg25]

Fair comment, I personally love John Fahey and am glad his style is being kept alive.

However, my comment was more about his appearance than just his guitar playing, the way he leans over the guitar and looks to the side.....just looks like he's trying too hard to be Fahey instead of just being himself....or maybe it's just me!

[hollowneck]

Maybe he should grow a combover & get some beer-stains on that shirt, hehe! ;-)

[savagerabbit]

Very Fahey-esque. Good feeling.

[savagerabbit]

I find it interesting that someone gave me a thumbs down for citing one of Jack Rose's major influences.

[Arsenal123456123]

Travis - I see that you've stumbled upon this impersonator as well. As I wrote above to someone else who thought this guy was copying Fahey: He just takes Fahey songs and cuts them up a bit, ads a few variations. Nothing special.

[zjh1209]

that's what everyone in every genre does, always have, always will.

[MusicMago]

O concerto de Jack Rose no Cabaret Maxime foi Muito Bom mesmo! Quem quiser ver va aqui:

centralmusical. pt/?c=5891

[tgillie]

To think I use to get high with the boy on the colonial theater Cheers Jack

[mufasamusic]

Cool use of the resonation of the guitar. I dig it.

[normanredeye]

it's ok.

[freerockcity]

From this angle it looks like his pickin fingers are little jerry garcia stubbies- Phantom Digits! or so i thought- which at first had me thinkin he was the devil but then i saw he was just foolin. Go J-R!

[copticrecords]

jack is the man

[MississippiBlindJoe]

super cool