Bert Jansch

[ianevans67]

I have the same guitar as his...on his recommendation but mine doesnt sound like that LOL :-(

[chezruss]

@ianevans67

Lucky chap ! which yamaha model have you got?

[cjwaywell]

Less hair but like a fine wine his music has just got better and better as he has grown older. Bert is and always will be the No1 folk singer in the UK no-one comes even close in my humble opinion.

[Pitsku]

What's always been great about Jansch is how unaffected he is by it all. No one plays quite like that and there's something mesmerising about it. The Bert and John album is another cracker in this respect.

[ADAMPAPADAM]

I always respect and admire him since early seventies. A grate artist really!!!

[stumac1984]

when your that good it doesn't matter if you sing the same verse 3 times

[1189wanado]

LOVELY

[blyndzenyth2]

Its called "Blues run the game" by jackson c frank.

[Johnny6666]

But Bert does play it quite differently to Jackson C. Frank. He accentuates the E minor, and gives it something of a different melody...

[badrogue66]

whats the name of this song??

[gppe40]

very good !

[capitan39]

....I would love to see him playing "St. Fiacre"....

[moiliryc]

Is he playing a yamaha?

[ippusor]

Yes, he is endorsed by Yamaha guitars

[moiliryc]

thanks

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

so fine. beautiful.

[cjwaywell]

God

[Rigbyband]

Great Vids!

[sidensvans54]

Genius!!

[davidoc2]

Fukin love this man, a legend.

[blyndzenyth2]

Yes he really truly is a legend !

[davidoc2]

doo-dee al fayed

[marriottmad]

wow hes amazing to watch

[matterdot]

Yeh, so is paint, you should try it some time.

[marriottmad]

you obviously don't appreciate it the way i do. theres a hell of a lot of skill in his playing, but you don't see it....poor you

[matterdot]

Obviously I do not. Anyway, there's a lot more to drying paint than you may think .... and actually I do quite like the music, so there.

[racine09]

I wonder why he skipped the second verse about room service?

[rohanbyrt]

Well, having seen Jansch play several times I think it's fair to say he occasionally forgets the odd verse and what have you. I remember an interview with Bernard Butler in which he said he always had to be really alert when performing with Bert because he might miss a beat "because he forgets or because he fancies it". Just his way I guess, but it still hasn't put me off! Good video, can't wait until he comes back to Sheffield.

[Liam2scot]

bert in fine form, god bless him!

kinda surprised no-one so far has mentioned the author of this great song - the enigmatic and tragic jackson c frank. bert has talked of him in the past with real affection.

[Longshankious]

I love this song. Reminds of Darcy Farrow in a way.

[Johnny6666]

Indeed - the DVD might be of this very show (Amazon lists the DVD as being recorded at Memorial Hall Sheffield on the 22nd April 2006).

[Johnny6666]

Brilliant clip. Thankyou so much!

And Bert has a DVD being released in September! Check Amazon!

[chouquette63]

y'a encore des fous comme moi pour aimer ça

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

Yes, of course Davy Graham was a great influence on his peers and the Americans, and Martin Carthy was too. All such fine artists.

The American blues men with their open tunings inspired them.

[viking1au]

Martin Carthy (now M.B.E.) along with Norma Waterson (also now M.B.E.)and daughter Eliza Carthy seem to be going from strength to strength lately, especially if some of the youtube postings are anything to go by. Martin is certainly brilliant & I think the next big thing to come out of the U.K. in this genre of music will be Eliza Carthy. She is really good. Have a look around on youtube.

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

Bert Jansch the most influnecial acoustic guitar player of the 60's. Inspired all the best of his generation.

[BonDonnell]

indeed, but davy graham has got to be in that statement somewhere as well...does anyone know the source of that jansch clip playing blackwaterside in a studio, possibly late-60's/early-70's (in color, and jansch looks young)? it used to be posted on youtube, but was probably removed because someone ripped it from a dvd

[viking1au]

Stephan Grossman had it ripped off, 'cos he claims copyright on the event, or concert. Even though it is Bert's song (+trad), other creeps get their beaks in. A lot of Ry Cooder got ripped off at the same time, by the same creep.

[Waggonerslad]

It's from "The Bert Jansch Conundrum in Concert". I've got it on VHS. Doesn't say when it was recorded but it must have been around 1980 I think. Strangely the tape seems to have some sort of copy protection and my combi player  refuses to dub it to DVD! There's no getting past Grossman!!

[Waggonerslad]

Obviously this was intended as a reply to the question BonDonnell asked about the blackwaterside video, not as a comment on this one!!!

[Waggonerslad]

Oh, I give up. The reply button clearly doesn't work properly!!! :)

[Johnny6666]

No problem, Waggonerslad. THAT clip was back up recently - and then taken down again! You'd think Grossman would allow Jansch some exposure on YouTube, for Pete's sake!